The Top 10 Business Schools with the Highest Rating for 'Soft Skills'
Category: Corporate, Organizational Issues, Competition (AC317)Originally Submitted on 4/11/2003.
Interpersonal communication and other so-called soft skills are what corporate recruiters crave most but find least in MBA graduates. "The major business schools produce graduates with analytical horsepower and solid command of the basics -- finance, marketing and strategy. But soft skills such as communication, leadership and a team mentality sometimes receive cursory treatment." (WSJ) Recruiters' comments included "cutthroat," "soften the edges of the students," "humility should be a core curriculum course," "arrogant," "tone down the egos," but also "creme de la creme," "salt-of-the-earth, but a little out of touch," "marketing gurus" and "quant wizards."
1. IPADE was rated 1st for Leadership Potential.
2. Dartmouth was rated 1st for Communication & Interpersonal Skills.
3. Dartmouth was rated 1st for Ability to Work Well within a Team. However, it placed 5th in Leadership Potential.
4. IPADE ranked high in all 3 areas – 2nd in Leadership Potential, 3rd in Communication & Interpersonal Skills, and 3rd in Ability to Work Well within a Team.
5. Instituto de Empresa was strong overall as well – 1st in Leadership Potential, 2nd in Communication & Interpersonal Skills, and 5th in Ability to Work Well within a Team.
6. Yale University also placed in all 3 divisions – 3rd for Leadership Potential, 6th for Communication & Interpersonal Skills, and 2nd for Ability to Work Well within a Team.
7. Purdue - 5th in Leadership Potential, 1st in Communication & Interpersonal Skills, and 1st in Ability to Work Well within a Team.
8. Business Schools placing in the top 10 in all 3 divisions were: Instituto de Empresa, IPADE, Yale, and Dartmouth.
9. The Top Ten for Leadership Potential in rank order:
Instituto de Empresa IPADE Yale ITESM Dartmouth IMD Purdue University of Buffalo, SUNY Ohio State, and Michigan State
10. Also placing in the top ten in at least two of the categories were: University of Maryland, Emory, and College of William and Mary. IMD and Washington State placed in one division in the top ten. To read the methodology, go here: http://www.collegejournal.com/bschool03/aboutsurvey/20020909-methodology-1.html .
Top ten overall (in rank order) were:Dartmouth College (Tuck) University of Michigan Carnegie Mellon University Northwestern University (Kellogg) University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) University of Chicago University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) Yale University Harvard University
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