MBA program, Business school is to rethink software skills（BusinessWeek)

According to the BusinessWeek magazine, it points out an MBA program at the business school that it is important to rethink "software skills".

It says that there is a gap actually between the education contents which are being taught at the business school, and the knowledge and the skill that the costomers ask for.

There are two kind of skills with this "software skills". The first one is the human resource management, and another one is the decision-making management.

At this time, the survey to the program director with more than 8,600 managers, 373 business schools and 118 deans.

According to this research Result, the six themes are mainly pointed out with the interest of the managers` issues.

(a)「human capital」,(b)「logistics and technology」,(c)「decision-making processes」,(d) 「administration and control」,(e)「strategy and innovation」、(f)「task environmen」

Especially Customers would put on the high prioloties to the 「human capital」 and 「decision-making processes」,although the MBA program thought much of the "administration and control" most.

You could read the releted articles through the following links,

(1)BusinessWeek: B-Schools Soft on 'Soft Skills:
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/aug2007/bs2007082_280172.htm?chan=rss_topEmailedStories_ssi_5

(2)FT(Financial Times): Spotlight on MBA curricula:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a19b3f9a-41ba-11dc-8328-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=a9543bac-edcc-11db-8584-000b5df10621.html

(3)The Addmission Insider: MBA Students Don't Like What MBA Employers Need：
http://www.theadmissionsinsider.com/front-page/2007/8/2/mba-students-dont-like-what-mba-employers-need.html