Content written by Jeremy Hazlehurst and published by Poets & Quants
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Extracted Content: If you want another reason to pay close attention and participate in class, here’s a good one: your professor could be your next boss.
It’s hardly news that business schools have great connections with businesses — after all, their main purpose is to help students get a great job. But in this fast-changing business environment, top schools are going a step beyond bringing in CEOs to give the odd lecture or taking students on a tour of the shop-floor. Increasingly, managers from the best businesses are also teaching large chunks of the courses on MBAs.