“Innovation has nothing to do with how
many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was
spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about
the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.” - Steve Jobs
In February 2015, ‘Parents Meet’ was
conducted in a prestigious business school in India. It is a practice by some
business schools to organize ‘Parents Meet’ where parents of students interact
with faculties of educational institutions. One of my ex-students who was
pursuing MBA after working in a company for 5 years invited me to interact with
his parents in the ‘Parents Meet’. Although I was busy with my research work, I
took time out and met his parents along with the parents of other students. It
was a great experience to interact with parents as I found parents having lots
of concerns about the future of their children and fate of management
education. It was an opportunity for me to share my views on career and
management education.
My student’s father asked me, “Sir, I
came to know that there is no future for management education. Is it true? What
should my son do now?” I understood his concern and replied that there is
always future for management education. Only thing is that presently there is
slow down for management education globally due to several reasons. Here are the
actions steps to take to streamline management education in India.
- Design course curriculum as per the needs of the industry. Don’t shell out students with outdated curriculum as they lose their relevance and become unemployable. The objective is to create employable and deployable students with a future mindset. Additionally, they must excel as entrepreneurs.
- Encourage students to participate in practical learning and involve them to come out with their creative ideas. Mentor them with passionate experts to ignite their passion and add value.
- Students must have fire to excel and they must show their keen interest to acquire knowledge rather than to acquire mere paper qualifications. They must learn that knowledge is king, not their qualifications. Qualifications serve as passports to corporate world, but they have to prove themselves ultimately in the workplace. Hence, they must emphasize on knowledge to survive and succeed.
- Replace exam-oriented attitude with knowledge and practical based attitude.
- It is essential to have the best faculty, good infrastructure, great libraries and dedicated nonteaching staff to create an excellent educational institution.
The management graduates need a
specific mindset, skill set and tool set as per the present and future needs to
grow as effective executives and global leaders. All stakeholders including educational institutions,
industry, faculties and students must invest their efforts to enhance the
momentum for management education. Any failure will result in shelling out incompatible
students and collapse of companies in the long run. Hence, encourage innovative
management education as per international standards to ensure its relevance and
sustainability.
Globally e-commerce is picking up
rapidly and there is need for more entrepreneurs. There are plenty of
opportunities for entrepreneurs to start companies with low capital due to
mushrooming online business. Currently there are a less number of women
pursuing management education. In fact, women have plenty of opportunities to
grab employment opportunities and also to excel as entrepreneurs.
It is high time Indian business
schools changed the present management education. Indian business schools must
catch up with global business schools and prepare curriculum keeping globalization
and technology in view. Focus on niche
and specialized areas. Create innovative courses and customize as per the
present and future needs to enable students to be competitive to grow as global
executives and leaders.
“If you’re not failing every now and
again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” – Woody Allen
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