Business education is expanding to represent environmental effects in management and decision topics. This article describes the status of environmental regulation, the deployment of environmental management in business affairs, and the status of business education in presenting environmental management topics. A survey of business schools in the…

Offers an overview of trends in business curricula as seen by Charles Hickman of the International Association for Management Education. Notes skill development, assessment tools, exit exam, integrated curriculum, curricular design/complex learning models, high tech models/distance delivery, and partnerships. (SR)

Cases are stories that are meant to educate. Teachers can deliver cases by lecture, through Socratic questioning, through discussion leading, and in small group learning. Some cases are fact driven and deductive, whereas others are context driven. Science appears to demand closed-ended cases with correct answers; however, in frontier science,…

The author discusses the value of design as a management tool. He argues the importance of using the project method to teach design to managers. (CH)

Organizing training for business executives differs greatly from that for business students. Trainers of experienced business personnel must provide practical, relevant programs that introduce new approaches, methods, tools, and structures. (SK)

Notes that business today is concerned with the translation and application of ethical principles into everyday business life. Offers a list of Web sites on ethics and business ethics at various colleges and universities. (SR)

In the last 25 years, 80 to 100 chairs or institutes focusing on the study of capitalism have been established on college campuses, sometimes facing criticism because of potential conflict with the institution's mission. (MSE)

Beyond doubt realistic projections of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) enrollment are needed, but the available estimates are unreliable. This study provides an alternative methodology for projecting MBA's to 1990. The National Center for Education Statistics projects MBA's by compounding a series of five past ratios. (Author)

Hungarian business education in a restructuring era faces such challenges as underemphasis on corporate finance/accounting and overemphasis on bookkeeping, lack of status for marketing in the curriculum, and isolation of subjects with little practical application. The goal of sustainable development is a possible focus for business administration…

Kathleen Gwynn and Associates, an admissions advising firm for young analysts finishing two-year residencies at top investment banks and financial-consulting firms, provides one-on-one counseling to M.B.A. applicants. Some business school admissions officers are wary of the potential influence of such counseling services. (MLW)

Business schools, rich in resources and flooded with applicants, are doing little planning and are ignoring important trends. A three-year study that included visits to 60 business schools, interviews with 200 corporate executives, and surveys of 9,000 educators, executives, and business-school students and alumni is described. (MLW)

Discusses the application of marketing principles to a software house specializing in products for the construction industry. Concludes that service management and marketing insights are important factors for the successful growth of a company or service department. (YP)

Business continues to be the most popular major of undergraduates while at the same time, many corporate recruiters are looking for graduates with liberal-arts backgrounds. The increasingly global economy has brought new responsibilities for employees, and graduates need better communication and foreign language skills. (MLW)

Effective learning in management education can be enhanced by reproducing the real-world need to solve problems under pressure of time, inadequate information, and group interaction. An interactive classroom communication system involving problems in decision making and continuous improvement is one method for bridging theory and practice. (SK)

In contrast to the U.S. system of teaching management in a college setting, Germany focuses on competence development through job-based education and other European countries are somewhere in between. Management learning in class and on the job should be integrated, and diverse approaches are preferable to standardization. (SK)