The need for new ways of providing management education and training in the UK has arisen out of a concern to improve the country's competitiveness in world economics. MBAs have been offered by UK business schools for over 20 years. Now, the growth of distance learning provision offers an opportunity to rethink some of the approaches to this generic form of management development. This article examines distance learning MBAs and analyses their value in relation to that of the on-campus version.
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