Are business schools doing their job?

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 648-662

  Muff, Katrin ^a  

^a BUSINESS SCHOOL LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business education; Business schools; Curricula; Leadership development; Learning methods; Management skills; Master of Business Administration; Switzerland; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863430443     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211243854     Document Type: Review

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