UVA Darden is a strong business school known for its case study method. Like Harvard, UVA uses this method to teach everything from finance to ethics. Over the course of 2 years, the students have more than 600 cases. Yes, it’s rigorous.
Darden is known for consulting
Of course, the case method parallels a lot of consulting. Lots of data and facts which need to be synthesized into hypotheses and potential solutions. No surprise that 30%+ of the graduates go into consulting.
Scott Beardsley will be the new Dean of the school after 26 years in management consulting. Definitely has pedigree – MBA from MIT, editor of the Sloan review, responsible for learning and leadership development at McKinsey. Not shabby.
Great speaker series
Excellent speakers CEOs and heads of consulting firms. Some of these are dated, but strong management and leadership is timeless. The corporate titles were current at the time of the talk. . .they may have different roles now.
- “Leadership in the 21st Century and Global Forces” Dominic Barton, McKinsey 2016 here
- Scott Price, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of UPS, 2019 here
- Leading the Digital Enterprise: Dr. Claudy Jules, Accenture, 2017 here
- “Fireside Chat” with Deloitte’s Jim Moffatt, 2016, here
UVA Darden was always known for consulting. Now with the new dean, even more so.
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