ABSTRACT
“The ‘FT’ ranking measures three main criteria: the career progression of graduates; the international focus of a programme; and the research capabilities of a business school”. Della Bradshaw, Business Education Editor of the Financial Times in London and for the past ten years overseer of the newspaper’s business school ranking system, is unimpressed by either approach. An initial ranking the previous year was used because Ms Bradshaw felt the methodology being used was “too biased”; in particular an attempt to include the views of MBA recruiters was successful. The idea behind the ranking, according to Ms Bradshaw, was – and still is – to produce a listing of business schools around the world that are producing global managers for the 21st century. The FT ranking measures three main criteria: the career progression of graduates; the international focus of a programme; and the research capabilities of a business school.
