MBA Student And Alumni Ratings Of Critical Skills In Graduate Business Programs

Abstract

Newly matriculating MBAs, recent MBA graduates, and MBA alumni were surveyed with respect to program and curriculum issues and opinions concerning nine skills deemed to be critical for graduate business education. At the time of matriculation, MBA students were surveyed concerning how important the skills were to them. The students were also surveyed immediately after graduation, and asked how successful the program had been in developing these skills. The final analysis group was MBA alumni who were asked to identify the most improved and most important skills. Between-group comparisons of results concerning these nine skills will be presented along with other results reflecting evaluations of program attributes.