September 26, 2006

Just no cell-phones or private consultants

Sir, as a reply to your article “MBA Students cheat the most” September 21, Guy Wroble replies with a suggestion of creating a SEC-like body “to police the academic performance of MBA students something that only has value from a job creation perspective. Instead examiners should develop open books exams because this does indeed reflect better the future working conditions of any MBA but they don’t do it, because they are lazy and it is easier to ask questions when designed for closed books. The way examinations are being done is stacking the MBA deck in favor of the cheaters, which presumably could have some negative societal consequences. The only tools I would keep out of any MBA examination rooms are cell phones and private consultants.