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MBA: It's all in a dean's work What does it take to run a good business school? KATHY HARVEY talks to those in charge
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The Independent - London
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May 9, 2002
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The shelves of business school libraries are groaning under the
weight of research into leadership. Hardly a month goes by without
the publication of some weighty tome advising organisations how to
choose the best leaders. Yet, when it comes to putting theory into
practice, academics seem to fare no better than their corporate
counterparts.
"It's very difficult," argues Leo Murray, who is about to leave
Cranfield School of Management after 15 years in charge. "The longer
you are in a place, the harder people find it to imagine what it
would be like with someone else." Cranfield has set up a selection
committee and hired headhunters to search for his successor. It is
proving a lengthy and ...