Edward A. Snyder, Dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
I had a great time yesterday discussing with Professor Edward A. Snyder, dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, who came to meet incoming students yesterday after our pre-MBA accounting class.
Dean Snyder, told to us about what is special about Chicago Booth. I totally agree with him. Chicago Booth – he said – is all about challenging ideas, even our own ideas. This is the only way progress can be done. Challenging ideas is generating, analyzing, comparing, discussing ideas, criticizing and questioning ideas politely, and as a result, refining ideas and creating progress for the world. Chicago Booth students usually challenge professors ideas. They even the dean’s ideas in a polite way - said Dean Snyder . This is something that only happens in Chicago.
For me, this is not being theoretical. This is being intellectual. This changes the world. And this is the reason why I chose Chicago Booth. Because I am somebody who likes challenging the status-quo politely and wants to pursue a career doing exactly this in a management position resulting in better practices for business and society.
Furthermore, he also talked about his objectives for Chicago Booth, the most important of which is leading a revolution in marketing, in the same way Chicago already lead a revolution in finance in the past by challenging the previously established financial theories. Most modern financial theories come from the school and have resulted in 6 nobel prizes at the School (82 in total at the University of Chicago).
It is not by chance that Chicago Booth slogan is “Challenge Everything”.
Image: the image belongs to Chicago Booth.
Recent Comments