given the pov problems associated with the rankings i have decided to move it here to the talk page since i have also added some information concerning history with the little information that i have obtained so far i decided to remove the cleanup tag for now if someone believes that the article is still in need of a cleanup replace the cleanup tag and give a reason for it i appreciate the help if someone provides it talk rankings between and the school's position in businessweeks biennial business school ranking has averaged around and businessweek also ranks major academic divisions disciplines all of the school's divisions ranked in the top five in all nine surveys of the past twenty years the magazine has consistently rated the major disciplines of the university of michigan business school in the top five since it launched its biannual ranking of professional schools in only three other business schools can make this claim when businessweek online announced its top ten management gurus based on surveying executives worldwide michigan professors dave ulrich rated number one noel tichy c k prahalad and michigan alumnus gary hamel phd dominated the list businessweek'''s the best b schools report of october ranked the business school sixth overall among the best business schools and fourth in leadership for its training efforts in the same report under the best and brightest category for schools that produce graduates with the best skills the business school ranked in marketing in general management in ethics in global scope in other businessweek rankings the mba program was ranked in its executive education rankings businessweek ranked the business school in the wall street journal harris interactive survey rankings national school overall ranking national school marketing national school operations management national school for recruiting woman national school for recruiting minorities national school for ethics the wall street journal harris interactive guide to business schools recruiters' top picks released in september ranked the business school national ranking top north american schools in academic excellence for marketing in academic excellence for operations management top international schools in academic excellence for accounting for hiring minorities for hiring women u s news and world report april ranked michigan's executive mba program as the public emba program in its america's best colleges report michigan ranked in management undergraduate programs in marketing undergraduate programs in finance undergraduate programs u s news and world reports departmental excellence ratings placed michigan in the top five for strength across the board u s news world report's best undergraduate business program rankings placed michigan third tied with university of california berkley this is the highest rating for any public university the financial times' special report on executive education released may ranked michigan in program design for quality of program faculty among the top for skills and learning food and accommodations and relevance of teaching materials the academy of management journal in its most recent ranking ranked the faculty in the top two for research performance among business schools the national black mba association named the university of michigan business school the outstanding educational institution of the year in hispanic business'' magazine rated the university of michigan business school as one of the best graduate schools in the nation for hispanics category