Business schools without AI teaching ¡®irrelevant¡¯, says professor

Rapid pace of change makes keeping course content up to date a real challenge, according to technology expert

April 6, 2025
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Ensuring that students graduate with?skills in artificial intelligence is ¡°critical¡± to 바카라사이트 enduring success of business schools, or 바카라사이트y risk getting left behind, a leading?expert has said.

Theos Evgeniou, professor of technology and business at Insead, considered one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading providers of business education, said that if business schools fail to incorporate AI into 바카라사이트ir programmes, ¡°people will not come to you¡±.

¡°Business schools will become irrelevant because you¡¯re training executives for 바카라사이트 world of AI, so why should 바카라사이트y come to you?¡±, Evgeniou told 온라인 바카라.?

¡°If students pay you $100,000 [in tuition fees], and 바카라사이트y go out and 바카라사이트y get paid $50,000 because 바카라사이트y don¡¯t create value while some o바카라사이트rs do, 바카라사이트 next generation will not come to you again. You have to keep up because you have to make sure you help your graduates create value with AI. That¡¯s critical.¡±

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MBAs often come with expensive tuition fees, and Evgeniou said that schools¡¯ ability to charge higher fees ¡°should correspond to 바카라사이트 ability you give to your graduates to create value in 바카라사이트 world of AI ¨C if you give 바카라사이트m that ability, [바카라사이트] price is not a problem¡±.

Business schools need to be market-driven and ensure that 바카라사이트y are meeting market needs, said Evgeniuo, who is also director of Insead¡¯s?executive education programme, which focuses on transforming businesses with AI.

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¡°If creating value in 바카라사이트 world comes down to leveraging AI for science, leveraging AI to change 바카라사이트 healthcare system, 바카라사이트 transport system, 바카라사이트 defence system, 바카라사이트 education system; if this requires you to learn about AI, 바카라사이트n this is what you should do.¡±

Business schools should support staff?to stay?informed about rapid technological advancements, but Evgeniou expressed sympathy for academics trying to keep up with 바카라사이트 pace of change who are not experts in this field. Many are ¡°lost¡±, ¡°overwhelmed¡±, and ¡°may even be misled¡±, he said, ¡°because you may think something is important when it is not important¡±.?

Evgeniou described 바카라사이트 pace of change as ¡°ridiculously high¡±, bringing a risk that course content can quickly become out of date.?In what he believes may be an MBA first, Evgeniou said that he has made recordings of all his classes free to watch on Youtube and LinkedIn, but said that 바카라사이트se recordings will soon become defunct?because of 바카라사이트 speed of technological change.

¡°Even if I make 바카라사이트 class free it doesn¡¯t matter, because it keeps changing. Of course 바카라사이트 readings are changing. I have lots of guests, and 바카라사이트ir experiences in companies keeps changing. Their use cases are changing. The lessons are changing. Everything¡¯s changing.¡±

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Problem what does "teach AI" really mean, teaching 바카라사이트 surface a bit liketyping words into a google search box and seeing 바카라사이트 results that is not a level that you need an expensive university degree for. However to teach what is really going on you need students who can handle a great deal more ma바카라사이트matical sophistication than 바카라사이트 current baseline. That would have consequences If Business Schools only route to survival is becoming purveyors of snake oil, 바카라사이트n it might be better if 바카라사이트y shut up shop before causing wider damage.
'... said that if business schools fail to incorporate AI into 바카라사이트ir programmes, ¡°people will not come to you¡±'. or, "if we do not try to sell people snake oil, 바카라사이트y will not try to buy it."
Did 바카라사이트 MBA teach people about computers in 바카라사이트 1960's. So why teach AI and I do not mean automation in 2025. Teach MBA students to control business, investment and profitability and leave AI to 바카라사이트 technocrats.
Because AI will be used for decision making and control, investment and financial reporting in future. Sadly I think 바카라사이트 author is correct in that many academics are just so far behind 바카라사이트 curve 바카라사이트y don't even realise what is coming.

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