Leadership Development in Business Schools: An Agenda for Change

26 Pages Posted: 3 Mar 2009

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Jeffrey Pfeffer

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Date Written: February 14, 2009

Abstract

There is surprisingly little evaluation of business school or, for that matter, company leadership development efforts. What evidence exists suggests that business schools have not been particularly effective, overall, in their leadership development activities. In part this is because leadership development has been used more for fund raising than to guide either the curriculum or affect the faculty evaluation process. If business schools are going to take the mission of leadership development seriously, a number of changes are necessary.

Keywords: leadership, education and training

JEL Classification: M19

Suggested Citation

Pfeffer, Jeffrey, Leadership Development in Business Schools: An Agenda for Change (February 14, 2009). Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1352622 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1352622

Jeffrey Pfeffer (Contact Author)

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