How Relevant Is the MBA? Assessing the Alignment of Required Curricula and Required Managerial Competencies
研究分析了MBA必修课程与管理岗位所需关键能力的匹配程度，发现管理者认为最重要的行为技能在课程中覆盖最少，且学校排名和使命导向对此无影响。
Masters of business administration (MBA) programs are being met with escalating criticism from academics, students, and various organizational stakeholders. Central to these criticisms is the contention that the MBA is wholly out-of-touch with the “real world” and is irrelevant to the needs of practicing managers. Examining this contention, we investigated the relevancy of MBA curricula in relation to managerial competency requirements. Relying on an empirically derived competency model from 8,633 incumbent managers across 52 managerial occupations, our results showed that behavioral competencies indicated by managers to be most critical are the very competencies least represented in required MBA curricula. Findings further indicate that institutional factors such as media rankings and mission orientation have no effect on the alignment of MBA curricula with critical managerial competencies.