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How Well Do Universities Prepare New Environmental Managers?
Environmental Practice (2009)
  • Raymond Benton, Jr.
Abstract
While few programs have been created to satisfy the need for environmental managers, one promising development is that the environment has become a legitimate topic in graduate business programs. With the intent to provide information to schools of business as they integrate environmentally related subjects into their curricula, a questionnaire was sent to 1,200 active members of the National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP). A 20% return rate was obtained. Half of all respondents report that students are inadequately prepared; 85% said MBAs are inadequately prepared. Students get little practical experience, lack familiarity with business or management concepts, and are unfamiliar with principles of project management. MBAs lack requisite scientific or technical background. Work experience is considered important and 90% of all respondents indicate an internship counts as work experience but only 50% say their organization provides internship opportunities.
Keywords
  • environmental managers,
  • MBA,
  • business
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 1, 2009
DOI
10.1017/S1466046600001575
Citation Information
Raymond Benton. "How Well Do Universities Prepare New Environmental Managers?" Environmental Practice Vol. 2 Iss. 3 (2009) p. 247 - 258 ISSN: 1466-0466
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/raymond_benton/8/