News: B-schools tweaking courses to equip students with the real-world

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B-schools tweaking courses to equip students with the real-world

India's business schools are tweaking their courses to make sure that students are well equipped to deal with real-world demands in tune with an evolving business environment when recruiters come looking for talent that will best suit the needs of employers. New subjects introduced for the batch of 2015 include how to be a tough negotiator, getting a firm grasp on Chinese markets, learning from top corporate failures, having a plan B for startups, gauging the psychology of investors, working around organisational politics and gaining a flair for written communication. IIM Bangalore's public policy classes will offer electives such as Business Chinese and Healthcare Economics while corporate strategy and policy professors will teach Learning from Corporate Failures and Rise of Asian Economies.

India's business schools are tweaking their courses to make sure that students are well equipped to deal with real-world demands in tune with an evolving business environment when recruiters come looking for talent that will best suit the needs of employers. New subjects introduced for the batch of 2015 include how to be a tough negotiator, getting a firm grasp on Chinese markets, learning from top corporate failures, having a plan B for startups, gauging the psychology of investors, working around organisational politics and gaining a flair for written communication. IIM Bangalore's public policy classes will offer electives such as Business Chinese and Healthcare Economics while corporate strategy and policy professors will teach Learning from Corporate Failures and Rise of Asian Economies.

Read the Economic Times news report here.

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