Planning the Development of Builders, Leaders and Managers for 21st-Century Business: Curriculum Review at Columbia Business School

Abstract

Section A: Introduction to the Study. 1. Purpose of the Study. 2. The Growth of Business Education. 3. Theoretical and Empirical Underpinnings. Section B: Historical Development at Columbia Business School. 4. Curriculum Review at Columbia Business School in the 1950s and 1960s. 5. Initiating the Curriculum Review Process in the Early 1990s. 6. Curriculum Review and the Strategic Planning Process. Section C: Contemporary Curriculum Review at Columbia Business School. 7. Developing the Information Base for Curriculum Redesign. 8. Early Development of a New Curriculum Design. 9. The Process of Forging the Curriculum Review Proposal. 10. Key Issues in Designing Individual Courses. 11. Key Structural Issues Concerning the MBA Program as a Whole. Section D: Implementing and Executing the New Curriculum. 12. Implementing the New Curriculum. 13. Executing the New Curriculum. Section E: Conclusions. 14. Curriculum Change in Context I: Historical Evolution of Columbia Business School. 15. Curriculum Change in Context II: Models of Organizational Decision Making. 16. Comparing and Learning from the Two Curriculum Changes. Epilogue. Appendices: 1. Major Features of Curriculum Review at Leading Graduate School of Business. 2. Deans of the Columbia Business School. 3. Curriculum Review Committee Attendance. 4. Survey Questionnaires. 4A. Survey Questionnaire for Current Students and Recent Alumni. 4B. Survey Questionnaire for Mid-Career Alumni. 5. Topics Discussed in the Curriculum ReviewProcess. 5A. Curriculum Review Committee Meetings. 5B. Curriculum Implementation Committee Meetings. 6. Documents Used by, Developed for and Resulting from the Curriculum Review Process. 7. First Unified Proposal, May 1991: Core Course Descriptions. 8. Final Proposal, October 1991: Core Course Descriptions. References. Index.