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...were concerned that over 20 years, without really recognizing it, we had shifted toward an emphasis more on set-up time than thinking time." Thomas R. Piper, professor of Business Administration and the chairman of the Required Course Subcommittee (RCS), which mades recommendations for the first year program, said. "We felt the balance was inefficient...
...RCS report states that "A heavy work week... is consistent with the development of certain attitude and capacities that are useful in subsequent careers." But it goes on to say that "the present workload given its routinized and controlled nature is exhausting and encourages a survival mentality...
...least some B-School students agree that the workload changes will be beneficial and are much needed. "We had to go through a political minefield to get here," Vytas Kiselius, a second year student and member of the RCS said this spring. "Students now feel the workload and the pressure are counterproductive," he added...
...School officials note that the MBA program, even after the changes, will remain the most demanding in the nation. The RCS study states that the average work hours of students--about 55 hours per week--compares to an average of 48 at Stanford and 40 at the Wharton School of Business. Total class hours over the two year program will be 515 hours at the B-School, compared to an average of 400 hours at nine other schools surveyed...
...RCS will hold concerts at Harvard and in several east coast cities to help raise the $50,000 needed for the tour, Nicole I. Sinek '80, tour financial director, said yesterday...