Business executives are expected to contribute effectively over a lifetime while facing global competition and working in a succession of industries. New emphasis on lifelong learning raises questions for business school faculty about what qualities of thinking, knowledge, attitudes, and skills are needed for success. Teaching excellence Faculty experience increasing pressures on their time arising from demands for individual accomplishment and institutional development. Faculty must pursue teaching excellence as well as achieve high-quality research, consulting, and programme development. Teaching initiatives Faculty have to create new ways of integrating academic research and classroom offerings, expand team exercises, and collaborate with businesses on student projects and executive programmes.
Technology drives faculty to extend traditional modes of delivery.
Distance learning, networked courses, chat rooms, video conferencing, and e-mail interaction challenge faculty to reconsider their teaching methods and learning outcomes.