Thomas Hout is a strategy consultant and adjunct senior lecturer at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
...So here's a proposal to make sure MBAs are actually learning the skills they need: competency tests, administered to all graduates...
...Adding to the problem is the perverse, mutually reinforcing dynamic of students seeking high grades and professors wanting better teaching evaluations...
...And while we're at it, why not require teachers to pass an experience test? Freshly minted PhDs are paid well to teach because their students get paid well for the MBA, not because these young instructors are necessarily qualified to teach management. The most effective teachers I've encountered have been those who have worked in business, government, or non-profits--any place where managers face a messy, fast-moving world. Accreditation bodies should set standards for teachers' prior work experience...
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