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...John H. McArthur, assistant dean of the Business School, moved one rung up the ladder to replace Lawrence E. Fouraker, Baker Professor of Business Administration, as dean of the B-School...
...devoted entirely to a critical evaluation of the Business School--left the faculty and administration there feeling somewhat beffuddled, shifting uneasily in the public gaze, wondering how to respond to the sudden attention. Few saw the report as overly negative; some even called it "a resounding endorsement" of the B-School's achievements. Most, however, saw it as recommending reforms or shifts of emphasis with which the B-School was already concerned...
Critique, endorsement, or simply a set of mild suggestions, Bok's well-publicized report took center-stage at the B-School this year: the questions it raised demanded an answer. That demand, however, unsettled many at the B-School, including the members of the senior faculty who, because of their enormous diversity, were incapable of putting forth a unified response to many of the issues Bok examined. Nevertheless, several groups attached to the B-School this year undertook the task of answering the president's report...
...report came from the Associates of Harvard Business School, an alumni group made up largely of infuential corporate executives. They published a report in January entitled "The Success of a Strategy." The document, as the title suggests, lent sweeping support to the programs and methods of the B-School. While it was carefully phrased to avoid the appearance of direct conflict with Bok, the alumni report did disagree with his criticisms on several points. The most notable difference of opinion came over the school's use of the case method of teaching...
...speech, Ali discoursed on the importance of friendship and remembering one's roots to the standing-room-only B-School hall...