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CORNELL'S
JOHNSON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
The
Scientist as Manager
In
1996, Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management
created a unique 12-month MBA program for scientists to leverage
their math and analytical training. To create a need for these managers
and to demonstrate that employers would hire them, and to position
the Johnson School as a thought leader on emerging business trends,
we conducted a survey of senior executives from the nation's largest
companies. Not only was there a strong interest in scientists as
potential managers, but we also found that corporate America saw
technological literacy as essential for the next generation of managers.
A Spector-organized
roundtable — "The Scientist as Manager: Emergence of a
New Business Elite" — included senior management from
leading companies such as Polaroid and McKinsey & Company, as well
as government officials, academics, and press. The program generated
coverage in publications ranging from U. S. News & World Report,
Los Angeles Times, and The Financial Times to Science,
New Scientist, and Chief Executive.
For
the Johnson School's already very selective program, the response
was swift and strong, with the ratio of inquiries to places in the
program running at about 30 to 1.
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