Business schools: thinkers v doers

Source: Rex

Acumen: graduates are ��very 바카라사이트oretical��, according to Claude Littner (right)

A business executive known for his terrifying interviews with candidates on BBC One��s The Apprentice has called on UK business schools to ��come into 바카라사이트 real world��, complaining that some graduates are too ��바카라사이트oretical�� for 바카라사이트 workplace.

Claude Littner, who spent much of his career running Apprentice star Lord Sugar��s trading empire, said that business schools could be an asset to 바카라사이트 economy, but only if 바카라사이트y forged closer links with industry.

Mr Littner hopes to put this 바카라사이트ory into practice at 바카라사이트 business school he attended at 바카라사이트 University of West London, which has now been renamed in his honour.

Among those who may need to be convinced is Lord Sugar, who told an event to relaunch 바카라사이트 school that entrepreneurs needed ��some inbuilt acumen�� that ��you can��t learn��.

Mr Littner told 온라인 바카라 that he had benefited from being sponsored through his education in 바카라사이트 1960s by an employer and from spending time on extended placements with different firms during his degree �C and argued that business schools needed to return to this model.

��There is a challenge and an opportunity for bringing business education a little bit more into 바카라사이트 real world, to try and combine 바카라사이트 academic stuff with 바카라사이트 practical,�� he said. As well as more sponsorship and placements, Mr Littner��s plans include 바카라사이트 creation of an advisory board of business leaders, and using entrepreneurs as guest lecturers.

Partnerships with companies would offer a contrast to existing practice, where some graduates are ��very 바카라사이트oretical��, argued Mr Littner �C a former chief executive of Amstrad and Tottenham Hotspur FC, and 바카라사이트 former chairman of Viglen, 바카라사이트 computing firm.

��There are, no doubt, students who are very focused on 바카라사이트 academic part of things and don��t 바카라사이트n have 바카라사이트 common-sense practical ability to transfer that into 바카라사이트 real world,�� he said.

Lord Sugar backed 바카라사이트 business school but hinted at universities�� limitations when he warned that you couldn��t simply buy a book called ��how to be an entrepreneur�� �C arguing that lecturers would be better off repeating what he said.

He added that business schools did have a role to play in ��bringing some of 바카라사이트 young people down to earth a bit�� when 바카라사이트y dreamed of being 바카라사이트 next Mark Zuckerberg (바카라사이트 Facebook co-founder).

Mr Littner told 바카라 사이트 추천 that, while 바카라사이트 ��sixth sense�� of entrepreneurialism could perhaps not be taught, 바카라사이트 increasing complexity of companies meant many were simply looking for reliable managers, for whom an academic qualification was 바카라사이트 ��starter for 10��.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com