Olin MBA curriculum changes

My MBA is almost over and if I look back at the MBA curriculum, then these are some of the changes that would make the course even better:

1) Reduce the number of cases. The students go through so many cases, that towards the end, everybody reads the cases for the sake of answering certain questions and the analysis is very superficial. There is very little knowledge gained through those cases towards the end.

2) The cases are 20 years old sometimes - which is fine - but there should be effort to tie it up with examples of where it is applied in the current economy.

3) More focus on quantitative aspect of the case - It is generally assumed that the students will do the numbers but very few cases actually force anyone to really do any calculation. Again most writeups are more theoritical. So although we are a case based school, when it comes to consulting cases, we find ourselves at a disadvantage.

4) As a school, our focus should be to develop the reputation in one or two areas - like finance and marketting. This would help in not only attracting more companies but also help becoming the core school for such programs.

5) The school should lay more focus on business ethics. This is also one of the messages that go out to corporates that the students from Olin Business School are ethical. I think having a honor code is one way to drive ethical decision making but business ethics course should be mandatory either during core or in the orientation program.

6) Ensure that the students, professors and career center are aligned to a common objective.

       As I see currently, these are the objectives :

Student - Learn the concepts and get a job. Getting a job is high priority

Professors - Help children learn the concepts and deliver better research work. Better research work is high priority or may be it is balanced.

WCC - Prepare students to get a job. Don't care of what students learn.

So I see a objective misallignment.

One way to align better is to have the WCC to work with the professors and after a course is over, the WCC should come in picture and highlight how this course would help in job search,interviews and interview questions related to the course, the professors and WCC should get a alum who would speak as to some applications of those in the industry.