The Best Business Schools for Career and Personal Growth by: Jeff Schmitt on August 28, 2014 | | 29,639 Views August 28, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit A student in a class at the Indian School of Business Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) Discrepancies Between Career Progress and Aims Achieved Rankings Surprisingly, the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), which ranked #3 in Career Progress, came in at #96 in Aims Achieved. In other words, despite rising in seniority and company size, alumni respondents didnāt feel they achieved what they sought out to do in school. And this school isnāt alone. The Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) ranked #2 in Career Progress and #84 in Aims Achieved. In fact, both schools showed a similar discrepancy in 2013. South Africaās University of Cape Town (#13 in career progress and #92 in aims achieved) and the UKās University of Bath School of Management (#17 in Career Progress and #95 in Aims Achieved) also followed this pattern. While these are extreme examples, most schools had a 10-30 spot rank discrepancy between Career Progress and Aims Achieved. Take Harvard Business School, for example. It ranked #4 with the career metrics, yet fell to #50 in the aims survey with alumni. Conversely, the University of Chicago (Booth) scored much higher on Aims Achieved as opposed to Career Progress, ranking #16 on the former and #46 on the latter. IESE Business School Stanford Tops Combined Average In reality, Career Progress and Aims Achieved are similar metrics. The former applies student-supplied data to rank their career development (with size of company likely discriminating against entrepreneurs and seniority not necessarily mirroring influence). Similarly, attaining school goals (i.e. Aims Achieved) doesnāt necessarily translate to career success. To balance out these two interests, Poets&Quants averaged the two rankings. Not surprisingly, Stanford again came out on top, with an average rank of 1.5 when Career Progress and Aims Achieved are combined. Switzerlandās IMD edged out Spainās IESE Business School, with the schoolsā average rans at 4.0 and 4.5 respectively. The London Business School (7.5), Esade Business School (8.0) and the University of Cambridge (Judge) (8.5) all maintained combined ranks under 10 (with the Yale Business School coming in just behind that with a 12.5 average). To view the top 100 schools, continue to the next pages. Donāt Miss: World’s Best Career Management Centers Previous Page Continue ReadingPage 3 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Questions about this article? Email us or leave a comment below. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.