Join the April discussion with Professors Srikant Datar and David Garvin about "Rethinking the MBA".
This call is open to all HBS Alumni.
"Rethinking the MBA" – For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business world has changed, say Professor Datar and Professor Garvin – and MBA programs must change with it. They believe that MBA programs aren't giving students the heightened cultural awareness and global perspectives they need. Newly minted MBAs lack essential leadership skills. Creative and critical thinking demand far more attention. Professors Datar and Garvin will demonstrate how leading MBA programs, including HBS, have begun reinventing themselves for the better – and will offer ideas for how business schools can surmount the growing challenges in today’s business world.
Professor Srikant Datar
Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting at Harvard University. A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, he received gold medals upon graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A Chartered Accountant, he holds two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Professor David Garvin
David A. Garvin is the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He joined the Business School faculty in 1979 and has since then taught courses in leadership, 
general management, and operations in the MBA and Advanced Management programs, as well as serving as chair of the Elective Curriculum and faculty chair of the School's Teaching and Learning Center. He has also taught in executive education programs and consulted for over fifty organizations around the globe, including Biogen Idec, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, BP, Frito-Lay, Gillette, L. L. Bean, 3M, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, Mueller, Novartis, RPG, Seagate, and the U.S. Forest Service.
These lunchtime events--available to all HBS clubs worldwide--are usually only for paid members of the New York Club with the exception of this event in April. This is only one of the continuing benefits of supporting the wide range of activities for area alumni and other goals of the Club--including providing scholarships and pro-bono consulting. If you would like to become a member, do so on-line or if you need help with the website, call the Club office at 212-947-5544.
To register for this limited capacity event, please call 1-800-925-8000 (US and Canada) or 1-334-260-9999 (outside US) and request registration for "Harvard University conference call on April 29, 2010 at 12:00pm EDT." Dial in information for the call will be provided by the operator once registration is complete.
Thursday, April 29th
*Location: Your Office or Home
*Time: 12:00pm EST
*Cost: No Charge; Usually a Members Only Event
*RSVP by 12 noon on the day before
*We will e-mail conference call instructions and instructions for submitting questions via e-mail
*Organizers: Bruce Marcus '80 (Moderator), HBS Alumni Office
