Improvement of the quality of MBA teaching requires use of evaluation instruments unique to the problems and concerns of MBA students. This study used critical incident methodology to develop and evaluate a behaviorally based system to gauge the perception of MBA students regarding teaching quality. Perceptions fell into five distinct categories: instructor's accessibility to the student; instructor's application of course material; instructor's knowledge of the subject; instructor's preparation and organization; and instructor's empathy for the student.
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