“So many activities, professions and industries will be fundamentally affected by exponential advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, automation and computerisation,” says Greg Whitwell, dean of the University of Sydney Business School, which tops the MBA Ranking.
The forces of disruption are all too familiar to the deans of our top-ranking business schools. Not only do they have to ensure their students are equipped to deal with them but they must handle the effects they have on their own institutions.
“The jobs we do and how we do jobs will change – and a business school has to help to prepare students for that kind of uncertainty and help them see the future as not just a threat but as something that offers opportunities.”
Source: Boss MBA Rankings 2017: How the deans of top business schools stay ahead | afr.com