Evolving MBA education with business technology innovation: An e-business course directive

Summary

E-business has evolved from visionary ideas supported by optimistic technology maps to complex engineered solutions for business process improvement and innovation. And yet business school courses and programs by and large are lingering at the stage where e-business is introduced, discussed and debated as new phenomena. This paper suggests that MBA e-business related curricula focus on learning the emerging Internet-based management methods and their practice. The gap between the suggested focus and that of the current curricula is evidenced by the results of a survey of over a dozen e-business related courses and programs in the business schools. This paper further outlines a general structure for course or program development with the suggested focus.

Key Words:

• business education
• information technology
• e-business
• innovation education