New graduation skills - Business schools. From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 12, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

As business schools start to teach more ethics and practical skills, enrolments are climbing again

"TOYOTA would have been proud of our just-in-time implementation," claims Joel Podolny, dean of the Yale School of Management--surely the first time the head of an academic institution has, without a hint of irony, used a factory-floor metaphor for speed and efficiency to describe his ivory tower. In March 2006 the faculty voted to change its MBA curriculum fundamentally. B...

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