HENRY MINTZBERG COMMENTS ON THE GORDON-HOWELL REPORT OF 1959

So, five decades down the line, what are the long-term effects of Gordon-Howell? Its critics echo Dr. Mintzberg from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University: thanks at least in part to Gordon-Howell, business education's emphasis has moved too far away from practice towards theory. Perhaps. But it would be easy to move too far (once again) from the research role, at the expense of the academic rigour necessary in a university environment.

The Economist, June 4, 2009