WHICH MBA?: A critical guide to the world's best MBAs, 16th Edition

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Which MBA? is the most authoritative and prestigious guide to MBAs and other executive education programs on the market.  New to this edition is a focus on the skills that every executive of the future will need, as well as a new orientation that highlights the growing sectors of executive programmes and part-time and distance MBAs.

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Chapter 1: Which skills will the business person of the future need?

[Author: Daniel Franklin/Frances Cairncross]

The Economist Intelligence Unit will conduct a survey of 300 senior executives worldwide, asking them for their view of what skills the employee of the future will need; what profile they are looking for in todayß³ up-and-coming crop of executives; and which functions they expect to see gaining, and declining, in importance within the corporate organisation.

Give the conclusions of this survey, as well as the insights drawn from the in-house analysis and forecasting of the Economist Intelligence Unit, the chapter will give a crisp overview of the relative merits of various forms of executive educationߦull-time MBAs, part-time MBAs, distance-learning MBAs, executive MBAs, and the wider range of exec education coursesߡnd of the trends we see emerging in the executive education marketplace.

Chapter 2: Full-time MBAs

·         advantages,

·         disadvantages

·         FT options (1-year, 2-year)

·         Cost

·         Choosing a school & rankings

·         The studentß³ perspective (short article/box written by student giving insight into what itß³ like on a FT programme)

Chapter 3: Part-time MBAs

·         advantages,

·         disadvantages

·         Options (1-year, 2-year)

·         Cost

·         Choosing a school

·         The studentß³ perspective

Chapter 4: Distance-learning MBAs

·         advantages,

·         disadvantages

·         FT options (1-year, 2-year)

·         Cost

·         Choosing a school & rankings

·         The studentß³ perspective

Chapter 5: EMBAs

·         advantages,

·         disadvantages

·         FT options (1-year, 2-year)

·         Cost

·         Choosing a school

·         The studentß³ perspective

Chapter 6: Executive programmes at business schools

·         advantages,

·         disadvantages

·         Options (open, tailored)

·         Non-business school offerings

·         Cost

·         Choosing a school

·         The studentß³ perspective

Chapter 7