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Seeing differently: putting MBA learning into practice
Author(s) -
Hay Amanda
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2006.00262.x
Subject(s) - criticism , management development , subject (documents) , exploratory research , value (mathematics) , psychology , management , sociology , public relations , political science , social science , library science , machine learning , computer science , law , economics
MBA programmes frequently form part of managers’ training and development activities. However, such programmes have been subject to intensifying criticism, with critics arguing that MBAs do little to enhance management practice. Against this background, the paper presents an exploratory study of UK MBA graduates, which sought to identify the ways in which their MBA programme was seen to contribute to management practice. The findings suggest that the MBA is seen to add value to management practice in terms of seeing differently, in respect of self, others and organization.