Pursuits
How Business Schools Create Irresponsible Leaders
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Most business schools have spent the past decade making their programs global in scope, which tends to mean sending students to foreign lands for immersion programs. The model they’re using, however, creates leaders that are dangerously out of touch with the context in which they’re running businesses.
That’s because international field trips and contact with global chief executive officers cannot alone give students an understanding of the social and political issues unique to every market.