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Sue Warren at BT Retail, which was the fourth largest recruiter at London Business School last year, praises the way MBAs can "challenge the status quo by introducing dynamic new thinkers and innovative leaders to the company.
These are bright people with the latest business training. They are not tied to the 'way we do things around here'."

6.3.4 General Industry

Top 10 Industrial MBA Recruiters in 2006:
Compuserrman International, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Hilti, Johnson & Johnson, Philip Morris*, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, Unilever (including Lever Bros USA). (Compuserman International and Hilti replace Coca Cola and Diageo in 2006)

This broad grouping of industries covers aerospace, automotives, chemicals, logistics, manufacturing, steel, and for the purpose of this report, consumer goods and retail. Each industry reveals individual trends, but a common theme has been a steady increase in MBA hiring for the last three years with the 2006 survey reporting an increase in hiring of 18% (17%). The increasing globalisation of international trade, growing inter-dependence of common markets and increased international competition has fuelled the interest in MBAs across the sector.

In particular, those organisations that have fully embraced globalisation understand that MBAs represent an essential pool of international managers who are capable of working in diverse cultures and business situations. A sizeable number of MBAs who do find roles in the industrial sector will do so with companies such as General Electric, Ford and General Motors where specific MBA induction programmes have been the norm for more than twenty years. Internationally-minded European companies like Siemens and DaimlerChrysler have established MBA entry programmes.

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