Nation's business schools cope with changing world of e-commerce.(Brief Article)

As the recent dot-com meltdown teaches, the rapidly changing nature of e-commerce can quickly leave the unprepared and uninitiated scrambling. As a result, e-commerce is the fastest trend to take hold in the slower-changing world of higher education.

"The Internet and e-commerce is proving to have a profound impact on our MBA program," says Randy Batsell, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Rice University's Jesse H. Jones School of Management.

Graduate and business schools are revamping their programs to keep up with the new skills needed in the workplace. In fact, a recent study conducted by Batsell finds that e-commerce courses within management education, programs are rapidly …