Role Of Management Education Research Articles

Intelligence and Consciousness as Complementary Dimensions: The Role of Management Education in Configuring the Connection between Intelligence and Consciousness

Intelligence and Consciousness as Complementary Dimensions: The Role of Management Education in Configuring the Connection between Intelligence and Consciousness

Role of management education in adapting the Indian public sector to market-based economic reforms

PurposeIn 1991, India embarked on market-based economic reforms initiatives pillared on liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG). The reforms exposed the public sector enterprises to competitive market forces, raising the need to identify and develop the competencies necessary for survival. Executive training programs were initiated to prepare public enterprises for the market-based reforms. Three decades later, the reforms especially privatization is witnessing renewed interest under the current administration. In this context, the article takes a closer look at the structure of management education provided to public sector officers in India. The article also identifies barriers for implementing the learnings from the management courses in the workplaces and suggests approaches for closing the gap.Design/methodology/approachThe study follows a thematic approach based on unstructured interviews of senior executives of Indian public sector enterprises covering oil and gas, aeronautical, power and transportation sectors. New public management (NPM) is used as a yardstick of “business-like” characteristics of public sector enterprises.FindingsDespite heavy investment, trainings have had only partial success in implementing the core objective of NPM, i.e. to provide quality services in a professional manner to meet citizen requirements. The study found that though concepts of NPM are introduced at multiple management training programs, the public enterprises lag in the implementation of NPM. The ingrained hierarchical and procedural culture of the enterprises was often highlighted as the challenge to its implementation.Practical implicationsThe study will be of significance to Indian policymakers in designing management education programs to public sector employees. It brings out – (1) various models of management education provided to public servants across industries, (2) provide evidence on the extent of NPM implementation, (3) identify barriers for transitioning the learnings from the management courses to workplace and (4) suggest changes for improving effectiveness.Originality/valueThe existing research on LPG in India covers the economic transformation post-implementation and the factors contributing to the success of its implementation. This study adds to the limited literature available on the management education of public servants in the country.

The Grey Shade of Management and Management Education

Since the Government is talking about revamping the higher education structure in our country under the generic basket of New Education Policy (NEP), Management Education seems to provide the basic structural element towards the same. Moreover, the focus on the skill element in the ‘being implemented’ policy further accentuates the need and role of management education across various disciplines irrespective of whether already existing or thought off in the years to come depending upon the shape and character of the Indian Economy supposed to lead the world in a way where predictions are a bit difficult. The current situation is like ‘Amrit Manthan’ and this will take some time before things settle down to pave way for a clearer path to such an issue! But then, as it is well known across academic and industry peers, no other education is complete without management education. This is so because two important ingredients: resources and the environment, have no alternatives. They will remain forever and will keep playing a vital role towards maintaining what we intend to call ‘Grey’ shade of Management Education. This article covers some very basic issues that may help us understand the colour ‘Grey’, synonymous with the extensive coverage and maturity that we all envisage in our country of multiple colours. Moreover, it looks to some thoughts on the ‘Management’ field itself being grey!

FEATURES OF UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: ELEMENTS OF SYSTEMATION AND INNOVATION

This article investigates the features of the development of university management education. The interaction of management-education and management science is considered. The main factors of development of the modern university and the role of university professional management are determined. Attention is drawn to certain processes that must be practically implemented in order to achieve a better quality of management education. The role of economic science and education for management training is proved. The features of primary management education are determined. The forms of specialization of management training of bachelors and masters are offered. An analysis of the staff composition of the administrative departments of the universities and ways of its improvement. The features of the factors of influence on management-education of branch and structural-functional character are considered. It is suggested to consider professional management as a system that has the potential for innovative transformation. The systemic connection “teacher-student” in the context of innovative interaction is investigated. Attention is drawn to the nature of the professional training of the teaching staff of the university, which works with a specialty “management”. The necessity of systematic and innovative interaction of “management-education – management science – business community” is proved. Attention is drawn to the need to consider the American experience of the best universities in Ukraine. The university as an economic corporation model is proposed for research. The role of management education and university management science in creating the conditions for the development of the third generation university is determined.

Role of management education in enhancing startups – a descriptive review

In the Indian Business ecosystem, the country is witnessing a flurry of new startups, almost in all industries, predominantly with new innovations, new technologies, since 2015. This may be of two prime features – with tremendous potential of profound market size and rapid increasing of day-today budding of new entrepreneurs. This may be due to new government initiatives like “Startup India, Standup India”. The new startups or the existing startups, so-called family business firms give the ones to actualize their faster growth, accomplishments, such as financial growth and freedom, pride. In the journey of entrepreneurship, there are myriad of challenges such as huge competitors, political strategies, law enforcements, and market dynamics to be encountered every day. In the case of new ventures an entrepreneur need to be of wellversed the contemporary events and should be of muscled with the knowledge of management tactics to abreast the challenges. The management education is indeed provides the ample of knowledge of management tactics with its application in forming successful strategies pertaining to marketing, finance, human-capital, employee engagement, Product innovations, pricing that matches the business environment, that will aids a entrepreneur to have a smooth glide in the business atmosphere. Despite the startups are of flourishing in numbers, it is horrendous that there are many witnesses of Startup failures, due to the lack of knowledge of management about the business, these shortcomings in the management of business have lead to many breakdowns of the new startups and non-viability of running the family businesses due to lack of management tactics that have lead to many closed downs. This article will give a Descriptive review about the how the role of management education that enhances a new entrepreneur and family firms in a successful way.

Policy Deployment and Learning in Complex Business Domains: The Potentials of Role Playing

<p>This article focuses on the use of Role Playing games in management education, aiming at demonstrating that they have the potential to provide concrete experiences in which participants can acquire conceptual knowledge and operative skills, both at the individual and the collective level. More specifically,<strong> </strong>Role Playing games are powerful tools able to support participants’ learning at different degrees, since they provide a context and the conditions for concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. To pursue this aim, a specific Role Playing game was used in an MBA setting focusing on the management of a typical supply chain. Additionally, a nominal group technique facilitated the emergence of group consensus, and the development of improvement policies. The research design and the results of several gaming sessions are discussed and analyzed according to the theoretical framework presented in the article. Overall, this study shows that Role Playing simulations can play a serious and relevant role in management education, providing free and safe environments in which participants can face decision-making issues, and problem-solving challenges.</p>

Students' perceptions of the lecturer's role in management education: Knowledge acquisition and competence development

Based on the need for new paradigms fostered by the European higher education framework, this study explores the influence of the lecturer's role on knowledge acquisition and competence development in undergraduate management students. The lecturer's role is analyzed through students' perceptions of the lecturer's ability to build a good relationship and use appropriate teaching methods. This analysis is conducted from the perspective of student-centered learning and theoretical approaches that have emerged in the business field that show a conceptual affinity: the transfer of training and knowledge. Data were collected from 145 undergraduate students studying management courses in a Spanish university. The results indicate that the perceived ability of the lecturer to create a good relationship with students positively influences their perception the suitability of the teaching methods used, and the suitability of these methods, in turn, influences the students' level of knowledge acquisition and competence development.

The Theory of Practice and the Practice of Theory

As academics who interact with senior and mid-level business managers on a regular basis, both informally and as consultants, the authors often note that ideas of theory and practice are not well developed among people outside of academia. It is posited that this deficit offers the prospect of less than optimal approaches to matters such as solving business problems, understanding the role of management education and nurturing useful interaction between businesses and business schools. This paper attempts to explain the role of theory and its relationship to practice in a business setting so that it can act as a standing reminder for business practitioners.

Role of Management Education in Entrepreneurship Development:An Indian Overview

Role of Management Education in Entrepreneurship Development:An Indian Overview

Role of Management Education in Entrepreneurship Development for Sustainable Growth- Development of Women Entrepreneurship

Women plays prominent role for the development of economy. Woman constitutes the family, which leads to society and Nation. Entrepreneurship of Women development is an essential part of human resource. Entrepreneurship is the state of mind which every woman has in her but has not been capitalized in India in way in which it should be. Women today are more willing to take up activities that were once considered the preserve of men, and have proved that they are second to no one with respect to contribution to the growth of the economy. Due to change in environment, now people are more comfortable to accept principal role of women in our society. Despite all the social hurdles, Indian women stand high from the rest of the crowd and are highly praised for their achievements and self dependent in their respective field. The transformation of social framework of the Indian society, in terms of increased educational status of women and various aspirations for better living, necessitated a change in the life style of Indian women. She has competed with man and successfully stood up with him in every walk of life and business is no exception for this. These women leaders are self-confident, winning and willing to take risks. They managed to survive and succeed in this cut throat competition with their hard work, carefulness and determination. The present paper endeavors to study the concept of women entrepreneurs, reasons women become entrepreneurs, problems faced by women as an entrepreneur, and the remedial measures to overcome those problems to be a successful women entrepreneur, it will also suggest the ways of reducing hurdles of the women entrepreneurship development through study of SWOT Analysis in Indian Context and to survive in the Globalised world, steps taken by Government and Various National and International associations for development of women entrepreneurship in India.

Responsible leadership development through management education: A business ethics perspective

Whilst business has contributed hugely to human development and economic progress, there is, at the same time, an intensifying debate about its complicity in aggravating the sustainability risks that society is currently facing. This debate also has a bearing on the role of management education in shaping the ethical and functional paradigms in the light of which businesses are created, developed and managed, as well as the parameters in the light of which they are evaluated and rated to be successful or not. This concept paper explores the emergence of a new paradigm in management education, namely one that incorporates the development of responsible leadership. In doing so, the paper contends, management education will have to engage with three critical issues, namely the meaning and place of ethics in theories of management, the development of managers as responsible leaders and the design of a curriculum that will effectively integrate matters of ethics and responsibility across the spectrum of management subjects.Â

Rola trenera-doradcy w edukacji menedżerskiej

Rola trenera-doradcy w edukacji menedżerskiej

Engagement with the Mainstream in the Future of Post Keynesian Economics

This paper examines the reasons for the difficulties Post Keynesian economics has had in supplanting mainstream neoclassical theory and for its resulting marginalization. Three explanations are given: intellectual, sociological and political, where the latter two are largely responsible for the current relationship of Post Keynesian economics to the mainstream. The paper also reviews various strategies for improving the future of Post Keynesian economics, including a focus on methodological issues by maintaining an ‘open systems’ approach; a strategy of ‘embattled survival’; the development of a positive alternative to mainstream economics; a strategy of ‘constructive engagement’ with the mainstream; and a dialogue with policymakers. While the global financial crisis has increased the potential for constructive engagement with the mainstream, significant barriers remain to the effectiveness of this approach. The crisis has, however, enhanced the possibility of engaging directly with policymakers and gaining a greater role in management education.

Talent Acquisition and the Role of Management Education in India

In this information age people’s Knowledge, skills and their relationship capabilities have become critical assets for organizations. In this context, it has become vital for every organization to attract and retain the best available talent. As such, sourcing for best talent continues to hold prominence for the organizations. Worldwide organizations are subjected to heavy pressure due to the declining supply of talent.Talent acquisition: Talent acquisition is a combination of resources, process and intellectual property combined with the organization’s recruitment practices adopted in tackling the so called “War for Talent”.

Disseminating Drucker

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand how Drucker's work has been disseminated through the North American management textbook since 1940, and what this tells people about the wider issue of the social construction and dissemination of management knowledge.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a critical hermeneutic analysis of the presence and use of Drucker in over 500 management textbooks and the socio‐political context in which both Drucker's work and North American textbooks were written.FindingsParadoxically, while Drucker's work was found to be the most‐referenced of any management writer in the textbooks studied, his theories – apart from discussions of “Management by objectives” and the “Knowledge economy” – were rarely discussed. It is argued that the referencing of Drucker served more to legitimize selected points made by textbook authors than to discuss and build on Drucker's work. Explanation of the paradox is explored through the socio‐political contexts in which Drucker was writing, strongly suggesting that the North American textbook has developed a dominant scientivistic trope that construct business “knowledge” through the narrow lens of behavioural science.Originality/valueWhile much writing can be found on the influence of Drucker on the business world and his status as a management guru, little is found on Drucker's body of work in the management textbook, which plays a key role in management education in North American business schools. The paper builds on recent management research on the role of socio‐political context in the shaping of management theory and knowledge, and makes a new contribution to one's understanding of the shaping and contours of management knowledge.

Finding beauty in the banal: An exploration of service work in the artful classroom

AbstractArtists derive inspiration from daily life. According to John Dewey (1934), common experiences are transformed into works of art through a process of compression and expression. Our paper adopts Dewey's frame to demonstrate that experience in the artful classroom plays a valuable role in management education. We asked students to reflect on their work experience and then to provide an artful expression of their reflections. For this exercise we defined artfulness as a process which relies on the discursive practices of satire, and in particular irony and parody. Offering a service management class as an exemplar we demonstrate the use of these rhetorical techniques as reflective learning tools. A class of students were first prompted to consider their common experiences as both customers and service providers, and were then asked to create an ironic artefact. Our paper, which analyses a cartoon sequence produced by students in response to this assignment and in which they parody the fast-food service experience, illustrates how a business studies classroom can be transformed into an artful space.

Finding beauty in the banal: An exploration of service work in the artful classroom

AbstractArtists derive inspiration from daily life. According to John Dewey (1934), common experiences are transformed into works of art through a process of compression and expression. Our paper adopts Dewey's frame to demonstrate that experience in the artful classroom plays a valuable role in management education. We asked students to reflect on their work experience and then to provide an artful expression of their reflections. For this exercise we defined artfulness as a process which relies on the discursive practices of satire, and in particular irony and parody. Offering a service management class as an exemplar we demonstrate the use of these rhetorical techniques as reflective learning tools. A class of students were first prompted to consider their common experiences as both customers and service providers, and were then asked to create an ironic artefact. Our paper, which analyses a cartoon sequence produced by students in response to this assignment and in which they parody the fast-food service experience, illustrates how a business studies classroom can be transformed into an artful space.

The Distinctive Challenge of Educating Social Entrepreneurs: A Postscript and Rejoinder to the Special Issue on Entrepreneurship Education

In September 2004, Academy of Management Learning and Education published a special issue on the role of management education in the training and development of entrepreneurs. Despite making a significant contribution to current thinking about entrepreneurship education, we consider that the special issue contains an important omission—there is no discussion of social entrepreneurs, individuals who develop economically sustainable solutions to social problems. In this essay we seek to address this omission and to outline the distinctive challenges and issues involved in teaching and developing entrepreneurs that combine social and commercial objectives.

Institutionalizing Change in Management Education - A more Humane Future Manager

The paper deals with the issues which are of concern for today's genre of management professionals. The role of management education over and above the theoritical inputs that they impart during their MBA course. The paper raises the questions pertinent to the whole generation of management professionals and what changes need to take place to make this world a better place.

The usefulness of management education

This paper explores the structure and role of management education in teaching and learning management with reference to the structure (hierarchy) and control of the education process. The paper also attempts to question our fear and desire to learn and our fear and desire for learners with reference to the usefulness of management education.