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"OUR FINDINGS SHOW THAT DEANS' SUCCESS IN LEADING AND SUSTAINING CHANGE WILL DEPEND MOST ON THE SKILLS OF RELATIONSHIP-BUILDING, MANAGING CHANGE, BUILDING EFFECTIVE TEAMS, PLANNING AND FORECASTING, DEFINING AND COMMUNICATING A VISION, AND FUND RAISING. DEANS CLEARLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM." Table 2: Skill Sets Required by Academic Leaders Selling, marketing, and public relations Global business understanding Human resource and staffing Risk, cost, and financial management Project management E-business and IT knowledge Negotiation and employment law 69 67 57 51 48 42 27 Percent of Respondents finding/solving and decision-making skills. In a second cluster, value was placed on interrelated skills associ- ated with the changing economy, such as e-business and IT knowledge and understanding, and global business understanding. Not all change drivers affected all schools in the same way, according to these researchers. For instance, highly ranked schools with large endow- ments and international reputations were less likely to be concerned with the emergence of new competitors. For schools that did perceive greater competition, the following change drivers were more important than they were for the schools not perceiv- ing an increase in competition: the doctoral faculty shortage; the global bazaar and erosion of geo bound- aries; intellectual property rights; compliance and regulatory issues; privatization and venture capital; ex- ploding opportunities in e-business; and rapid changes in the economy. For these same schools, the fol- lowing skill sets were also more im- portant: strategic planning and fore- casting skills; human resource and recruiting/staffing skills; selling, marketing, and public relations skills; 23 % Important % Unsure success in leading and sustaining change will depend most on the skills of relationship-building, managing change, building effective teams, planning and forecasting, defining and communicating a vision, and fund raising. Deans clearly have their work cut out for them," the researchers note. More information about the study can be found at www.cf.villanova.edu /NAJDAWI/presentations/. AACSB Annual Meeting Set for Chicago More than 1,000 management educators from around the world are expected to gather in Chicago for the AACSB International 2002 AnnualMeeting. The conference begins Sunday after- noon, April 7, and continues though Tuesday, April 9, at theHilton Chicago onMichigan Avenue. Keynote speaker Rick Goings, problem-solving and decision-making skills; and fund-raising and grant-get- ting skills. "Our findings show that deans' 22 23 19 22 16 17 will discuss the need to deliver a cur- riculum that will develop new para- digms, reinvent business, understand the markets, and adapt for success. Goings will challenge management educators to provide leadership that will make learning "faster, flexible, more focused, and more fun." Other program highlights will comWorld" with Don Tapscott, in- ternational consultant on technology and e-business. Tapscott will discuss how the dynamics of wealth creation and competition have been affected by the failure of the dotcoms, and he will outline new approaches to busi- include: ■ "Competing in the Post Dot- and officers' remarks. This event will feature presentations from John Fer- nandes, CEO of AACSB Interna- tional; John Kraft, AACSB 2001– 2001 chair, and dean of theWarring- ton College of Business at the Uni- versity of Florida; and Jerry Trapnell, AACSB vice chair-chair elect, and dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University. ness strategy in today's economy. ■ The annual business meeting CEO of Tupperware Corporation, will outline the qualities necessary for becoming a global leader.He also BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2002 7