Rebuttal argues that business leaders as deans enhance leadership and credibility in business schools, indicating their importance.
Presents the author's views defending the opinion expressed in a commentary that denied the argument that a business person as dean brings several benefits to business schools. Importance of a business leader's skills that he can use as the dean of a business school under the changed state of business education; Argument that a business-person dean can provide better leadership for the college faculty; Discussion of the question of intellectual versus strategic leadership; Arguments pertaining to the criticality of intellectual vitality within the school of business; Significance of the business leader's credibility in the business and other external communities to attract and maintain support for the school.
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Edward Blocher (1997) studied this question.
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