Preparing Business Leaders Requires One

Regarding “Makeover for MBA Programs,” James Flanigan, June 26:

Teaching business principles and “preparing leaders” require learning from those who do it or have done it. This relevancy factor is simply part of the fast-paced global economy.

Relevancy requires that the MBA-level instructor be a true practitioner-scholar who has been there and done that -- run or been a key part of a global business and has an advanced degree.

MBA students coming into most programs arrive with an average of three to 10 years of business experience. In fact, most programs require this experience.

Unfortunately, according to current studies, many of the tenured and tenure-track faculty teaching in the business schools do not have this experience.

Leonard Lane

Corona del Mar