tailieunhanh - Teaching economics to MBA Students

The Economics LTSN invited me to write a case study discussing the challenges and rewards of teaching economics to MBA (Master of Business Administration) students. Why a case study about MBA teaching? Certainly, it is an important market and has grown rapidly. More to the point, teaching MBA students poses particular challenges, but equally can be exceptionally rewarding | Kho luận văn kinh tế đồ sộ http Peter Swann Manchester Business School University of Manchester Published August 2002 Introduction The Economics LTSN invited me to write a case study discussing the challenges and rewards of teaching economics to MBA Master of Business Administration students. Why a case study about MBA teaching Certainly it is an important market and has grown rapidly. More to the point teaching MBA students poses particular challenges but equally can be exceptionally rewarding. A natural place to start is with some of the myths about teaching MBA students. It is said that that MBA students do not want to learn about economics and especially not micro More generally it is said that they don t like the tough subjects like economics and statistics but prefer the more approachable subjects such as marketing and strategy. It is said that they haven t the patience for intellectual rigour but want everything distilled to a few bullet points. Finally it is said that they are not much concerned about the research prowess of their teachers or even their institution. If they have any view about research it is said that they see research as something that so preoccupies their tutors that these do not pay enough attention to their teaching. I believe that all of these are myths. Contrary to the myths many MBA students can be persuaded of the huge value of studying economics macro and micro . Some of them prefer economics to the softer subjects in part because economics is rigorous. Many of them consider that the presentation which contains bullet points but not much else is an insult to their intelligence. Many of them care a lot about their institution s reputation and the research reputation is an important part of that. Moreover they like it a lot when you can illustrate an MBA lecture by referring to research you have done on the topic - and especially if that research has had an impact on a business or policy audience. However the reader .