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MBAs Have The People-Skills Edge. Employers Still Struggle To Measure It
Key takeaways
- And employers say they’re bad at measuring them.
- Elsewhere in the survey the same employers concede they’re not equipped to find these “human skills” before they hire.
- The survey’s most pointed finding for B-schools may be this: MBA graduates’ biggest edge over bachelor’s degree holders isn’t in AI or data skills but in exactly the human competencies employers say they can’t measure.
While business schools rush to fold generative AI into every corner of the MBA – from admissions essays to case studies to capstones – a new survey suggests the more stubborn obstacle to landing a leadership-track job hasn’t moved much in years: It’s people skills, not AI skills.
And employers say they’re bad at measuring them.
The findings come from a survey of 500 U.S. hiring managers and business leaders, conducted on behalf of Eastern Washington University to inform marketing for its online MBA in Organizational Leadership – and they land in the middle of the discussion underway at business schools about where AI fits in management education.
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