School’s Associate Dean XUE Qiuzhi went to the podium on May 15 evening, and shared time with MBA students and school academics/staff, looking retrospectively at the development of MBA education around the world in the past hundred years.

More than 100 students, faculty and staff members of the school attended the lecture.

Professor XUE Qiuzhi, associate dean of the school

To be specific, Professor XUE discussed the birth of MBA education, its development in the US, Europe, Asia, and especially in China. He also reflected on how the world and China should improve the management education.

He focused on the birth and growth of MBA education in the US, and demonstrated how it had got through the ups and downs in economic development period.

The US management education has experienced two major reforms on its process of improvement in history.

He presented three examples of Harvard University, Yale University and Dartmouth College, with their distinctive features of MBA programs.

The management education in Europe started comparatively late in history, but has developed into high levels of internationalization.

Professor XUE also said that, the Asia’s MBA industry has developed very fast, as the economic growth in this region has set huge demands on the number management talents, thus creating a great opportunity for the industrial expansion.

Statistics show that, top-100 MBA programs worldwide are run in business schools of the US, and the American models of running MBA programs are closely followed by their counterparts from other countries.

In the current backdrop of global financial crisis, Professor XUE pointed out that business schools should pay more attention to fostering students’ leadership which is driven by ethical beliefs, instead of private benefits.

Meanwhile, the business schools should lead the students to reflect on how to strike a balance between commercial benefits and social advantages.

Regarding the MBA education in China, the associate dean suggested that it develop as “Whole Man” education, which, based on knowledge, comprises of quality education, humanity education, ethical education and life-long education.

In the final session of lecture, Professor XUE interacted with the attendees, asking their questions of interest in MBA education.

May 27, 2009