摘要:This paper examines the use and application of the “Great Entrepreneur-Leader Model” in teaching and training MBA students for success in the real business world. The author defines and provides several examples of the model in use and application at various schools and colleges of business and leadership, and then examines the problems and deficiencies of this model in terms of disadvantages in using this model as the dominant approach to prepare aspiring entrepreneurs or MBA graduates for the real world. The author identifies and explains seven major flaws or deficiencies of the model and discusses how business schools and colleges and their faculty can make changes that improve how they teach successful business, leadership and management examples. Finally, the author deliberates on the nature of 21st century business environment and the role that business schools and colleges and their faculty must play in preparing men and women to be successful in a rapidly changing and uncertain environment.
关键词:Entrepreneurs; Leadership; Great entrepreneur-leader model; key success factors;(KSFs); competitive advantage; MBA programs.