The MBA needs an overhaul, say prominent Canadian executives

The MBA is hardly dead, but it needs an overhaul. So says Ron Duerksen, Chief Strategy Officer at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, along with several prominent coauthors, including top executives at Bombardier, Telus, and the CBC. Writing in the Globe and Mail, the authors note that demand for MBAs is growing: 84% of companies plan to add MBAs to their workforce in 2015, up from 62% five years ago. In order to continue to be relevant, they say, the MBA must move beyond pedagogical approaches developed in the early 20th century and towards a practice-based approach focused on real-world skills.

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