Role of Management Education in creating future Business Leaders
Keywords:
Management Education, knowledge, skills, values, business, sustainability, leadership.Abstract
To be competitive the business needs to be innovative and proactive. Business needs leaders who are competent enough to perform at par. However, the industry tries to identify the required talent essential for making a business successful, especially in higher positions from B-School. The role of higher education is vital over here. Developing the right qualities, skills, and values among management students is the first and foremost responsibility of B-schools. Management education is still trying to bridge this gap of the talent, required by the industry to be sustainable in the VUCA world. This study tries to identify students’ perceptions of the degree of knowledge, skills, and values as part of holistic education are imparted and the challenges identified by the industry experts in the dissemination of knowledge and skills. Parameters for knowledge skills and Values are identified based on the literature available. Primary data is collected from 75 respondents including industry experts, and students to identify the gap. Two sets of questionnaires were prepared. Quantitative and qualitative data are used for analysis. For qualitative data, descriptive statistics are used. The study found that knowledge related to current Affairs and business scenarios is disseminated very frequently but less focus is on self and social awareness as well as Knowledge of Information technology. the skills are concerned few skills are imparted effectively but essential skills like managing failures and emotional stability.
References
Pradnya Chitrao, Management Education as a Tool for Developing and Sustaining Emerging Economies, Science Direct, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 133 ( 2014 ) 240 – 248 (2013)
Sharma Ritu, Sharma Ishita (2021) Integrating skill-based education in Indian higher education sector: transitioning from academia to workplace, Towards Excellence, VOL.13-2, pp-604-620, ISSN- 0974-035X
Desai Kaita, Ramisetty Jotirmayee, Husaini Nilofer, Bhagalaxmi Macherla (2021), Employability training intervention in higher education in India: Model based study, Turkish Journal of computers and mathematics Education, 12-10, 4316-4322
Prajapati Ravindra, Sharma Bosky, Shrama Dharmendra (2017), “Significance of Life Skills Education”, Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 10-1, 1-5
Koris, R., Örtenblad, A., & Ojala, T. (2017). From maintaining the status quo to promoting free thinking and inquiry: Business students’ perspective on the purpose of business school teaching. Management Learning, 48(2), 174–186
Barghate M, (2021)A Study on Branding of ‘B’ Schools (Brand Building Activities of Academic Institution), Journal of Advance Management Research, ISSN: 2393-9664 (5-5)
Leroy, H. L., Anisman-Razin, M., Avolio, B. J., Bresman, H., Stuart Bunderson, J., Burris,
E. R., Claeys, J., Detert, J. R., Dragoni, L., Giessner, S. R., Kniffin, K. M., Kolditz, T., Petriglieri, G., Pettit, N. C., Sitkin, S. B., Van Quaquebeke, N., & Vongswasdi, P. (2022). Walking Our Evidence-Based Talk: The Case of Leadership Development in Business Schools. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 29(1), 5–
https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518211062563
Fara Azmat, Ameeta Jain, Bhavani Sridharan (2023) “Responsible management education in business schools: Are we there yet? “Journal of Business Research, ISSN 0148-2963, Volume 157, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113518
Jamuna A.S, Srinivasa Rao K.S (2016), Role Of Faculty In A B-School: An Intrapreneur In Developing Future Entrepreneurs, ISSN Print: 0976-6502 and ISSN Online: 0976-6510 (7- 5), pp.154–163.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
