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Purpose: The study aimed to capture student experience during virtual internships by identifying the facilitators and barriers during their experiential learning journey. The students were pursuing their Master's in Business Administration (MBA) program at a business school in India. The authors shed light on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the current education system, specifically experiential learning through virtual internships. Design/methodology/approach: About 38 Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted from July to September 2022 with the students of a business school located in Pune, India. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed to generate new themes for ascertaining the facilitators and barriers to virtual internships. Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis was undertaken to analyze the lived experiences of the respondents. Findings: Students viewed virtual internships positively in terms of mentor support, active learning, flexibility, and an easy onboarding process. Poor work-life balance, lack of peer learning and infrastructure issues were some of the barriers/challenges faced by the students. Practical implications: The study discusses various managerial and administrative implications. The findings help educationists design effective pedagogy by drawing insights from constructivist learning theory, where students' active role during virtual internships must be given primary attention. Corrective measures in the pedagogy can be taken while designing a virtual internship, considering the barriers found in this study. Originality/value: The themes identified in the study are a novel contribution to the growing body of knowledge on virtual experiential learning. The study empirically captures student experience regarding a relatively new phenomenon of virtual internships, which is the uniqueness of this paper.

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the levels of awareness, degree of familiarity, willingness of educators to embrace the Artificial Intelligence (AI) environment and to evaluate the potential benefits that they can have from AI in their teaching activities. Exploratory research was conducted at 14 business schools and to achieve the goals of the study, factor analysis was carried out. Four factors were identified from factor analysis which was given names based on the mean and standard deviation of factor scores. This can act as a reference for those business schools that have begun offering management education using AI or are planning to use AI in the future.

Purpose: The present study aims to understand context and dynamics of cognitive learning of students as an outcome of the usage of popular movies as a learning tool in the management classroom and specifically in the context of a course on cross-cultural management issues. Design/methodology/approach: This is an exploratory study based on qualitative analysis of reflection notes of 14 students who participated in an elective course on "managing cross-cultural issues (MCCI)" in the second year of their MBA programme. Students were asked to submit reflection notes focused on classroom learning as an outcome of the course MCCI with specific reference to used movies "Outsourced" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Students' reactions in their reflection notes were analyzed through qualitative content analysis. Findings: The findings of this study reveal that students found selected movies very relevant and effective in learning cross-cultural theories, issues and developing cross-cultural competence. They also enjoyed movies as learning experience in the classroom. Both instructor's observations and students' reactions regarding the effectiveness of movies as classroom learning tool are very positive. Practical implications: Popular movies, if appropriately selected and included in cross-cultural training programmes for expatriate managers, immigrant workers and managers who travel to different countries, could be very useful as a learning tool for developing multicultural perspective and cross-cultural competence. Originality/value: This paper could be very useful to academicians and researchers who want to use popular movies as an instructional or research tool for exploring the psychodynamics of classroom learning in management and social sciences courses or professional training programmes focused on cross-cultural management skills, global leadership skills, diversity management. (Contains 2 notes and 2 tables.)

Purpose: This paper seeks to examine whether the primary factors motivating the career plans of high-achieving Indian adolescents vary between academic specializations. Particular attention is to be paid to differences between science and business students. Design/methodology/approach: The study surveyed approximately 2,700 secondary school students in South India regarding their academic and career plans and their perceptions of business compared with science. Survey results were analyzed using both descriptive techniques and multinomial logistic regression. Findings: Students perceive business to be comparable with, but not superior to, science and engineering. The proportion of students choosing business over science increased among males and in some more economically developed cities. Engineering students were most likely to cite parents as a major influence, while business students more often pointed to salary and career prospects. Research limitations/implications: The study's scope was limited to South India. Greater geographic coverage could broaden the generalizability of the results. Practical implications: The increasing desirability of formal business education can give rise to a stronger entrepreneurial base and greater business development in India. Furthermore, improved management skills in the Indian workforce can attract higher value-added offshore work from multinational corporations. Originality/value: The existing literature contains little empirical research directly comparing business students with their peers in science and engineering, with no such study previously conducted in India. The results shed light on what attracts students to each track and can inform policy aimed at encouraging further enrollment in specific fields. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.)

The Indian business education system is highly outdated, using methods and techniques that appealed to an earlier generation of students. Even today, importance is still given to test and exam scores, attendance and overall academic performance rather than the skills that actually matter. The research paper uses a step by step approach to analyse where the Indian business education system lacks and what are the optimal solutions that can be applied to favour desirable outcomes with respect to quality of students produced. To suit the purpose of the paper I have used a qualitative research methodology consisting of interviews from about 80 students. The main objectives of the paper are to highlight drawbacks of the current business education system and develop a new system of training and educating students practically. Through my research I have found out that the current business education system no longer serves the purpose of creating quality business persons but rather people who depend on the numbers printed on their degrees. I have also found out and suggested other methods that can be used to achieve the goal of real individual development in today's business scenario. In the ending note, I have duly acknowledged the importance of both the education systems and have placed emphasis on explaining why the transition from the current education system to the suggested education system is so important, not just for individuals, but also for the nation as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the student psychological contract in the post-pandemic induced hybrid mode of the academic ecosystem in residential business schools of India. The study puts forth three facets of understanding student expectations for contract fulfillment: the business school, academic staff (faculty) and peers. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sequential mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative), data were gathered and analyzed in two phases. Perceptions of students regarding their expectations were captured through in-depth semi-structured telephonic interviews. The sample comprised 64 students pursuing two years of full-time master's in management courses at four residential business schools in India. Data obtained through interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The themes extracted were prioritized using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in the second phase. Findings: The study provides insight into the prioritized expectations of students from their peers, academic staff and the institute. The findings of the study propose that though the expectations may differ across different groups, the mutual interdependence of these groups was mandatory for contract fulfillment. Originality/value: Research on student psychological contracts in the hybrid mode of business education is scarce. The study provides a holistic perspective on this from the lens of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore an employability enhancement initiative, the Additional Skills Acquisition Programme (ASAP) project in the state of Kerala, India, as a case for the inclusive development of employability in college and university students. Design/methodology/approach: ASAP is applied as a case study to examine the employability enhancement initiative in India. Findings: Participation in the ASAP project led to increased measures of employability. These increases were most pronounced in women and individuals living below the poverty line. Partnerships between educational institutions and organisations focusing on students' technical and skill development can help overcome local and national talent shortages. Originality/value: The theoretical implications come from addressing the lack of representation of skills based employability initiatives among students from India in the vocational behaviour literature. Practical implications come from knowledge sharing of innovative strategies to enhance the employability outcomes of individuals entering the labour market. New ways to overcome the reported mismatch in business education between curriculum content and the development of employability skills in graduates are presented. Benefits for diversity and inclusion are also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brands are fundamentally about experiences and relationships, forming the prime basis of an institution's connection with its stakeholders. With the mushrooming of business schools (both private autonomous and government-supported) and fading global boundaries, especially in the Indian context, communicating a business school brand to stakeholders has become extremely important. Indian business schools must have a strong brand personality in India's competitive business education space. Brand personality helps create, evolve, and enhance a brand's positioning and perceptions among stakeholders. These perceptions are critical in influencing an institution's behaviour and performance. The current study is an earnest effort to probe into the mindset of Indian students about how they perceive business schools' brands across India. The study has been undertaken in two phases. The first part of the research seeks to analyse the most relevant factors guiding in the selection of B-schools. The second segment assesses the brand personality of select Indian business schools using the brand personality scale developed by Guenes et al. (2009). This paper extends the current knowledge in measuring the brand personality of business schools, especially in India. This study would help institutions apply brand personality measurements to their business schools and implement focused branding efforts to gain a higher student share and build a quality education brand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economics literature on returns to education has focused largely on wage workers, thereby ignoring a sizable section of the workforce which is self-employed. This paper presents the estimates of private returns to education for business, farm and wage workers in India using a nationally representative household survey. The paper addresses the sample-selectivity issue arising due to endogenous sector allocation in the earnings equation using the multinomial-selection approach. Our results show that the average rate of return to education is higher for wage workers followed by business and farm workers. Focusing only on wage workers would provide an overestimate of returns by 30 per cent for business workers and by 40-50 per cent for farm workers. Further, the profile of returns across the education ladder varies perceptibly for the three type of workers with higher education being more rewarding for wage workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A contemporary definition of diaspora points to communities that are transnationally dispersed but remain connected to their place of origin. Accordingly, diaspora do not have an objective existence but are forged through a variety of means, involving multiple agencies and sites of formation. One of these sites is higher education. Based on interviews conducted with Indian and Chinese students in Australia, this paper suggests that recent policies and practices of internationalisation of higher education, shaped by market rationality, have steered international students in Business Studies towards particular forms of diaspora, aligned to a range of beliefs about the importance of their participation within the global economy and in particular their role in facilitating transnational regimes of business activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – Management education is at its peak in India. But pedagogy and modes of delivery are not always innovative compared to top international Business Schools. It is through experimentation that the paper may be able to discover what works best in our context. The purpose of this paper is to determine the effectiveness of intensive mode of delivery vs traditional semester-wide teaching of management courses among MBA students of a leading Business School, through one such experiment. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 19 dimensions were used in this study. The questionnaire was tested on two different groups. An independent sample t-test was conducted for each dimension, to find out if the group that was subjected to this experiment had opinions different from the group that did not undergo the accelerated version. Findings – The results indicated perceptions on most of the dimensions disconcerting, barring increase in commitment, engagement, focus, and concentration with intensive mode. Further, this negative perception augmented towards intensive delivery mode, after experiencing traditional delivery. Practical implications – The literature does appear to show controversial outcomes related to intensive mode but more studies are in support of intensive modes of delivery format. The issue of whether students learn better in a semester/trimester of traditional length or with a compressed schedule is a key concern to the innovations in higher education scheduling today. Findings of this study pose a serious threat to all those management institutions which are planning to attempt to speed up the delivery of programmes and courses within them in order to reduce cost or other reasons. Originality/value – In education literature, significant amount of research has been carried out using a time compressed in developed countries. This study is one of the first studies, which focuses on determining the effectiveness of intensive teaching against traditional trimester/semester wide teaching among MBA education in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship help in boosting economic growth and development, nurturing entrepreneurship can have a positive impact on an economy and a society in several ways. For starters, entrepreneurs create new business. They invent goods and services, resulting in employment, and often create a ripple effect, resulting in more and more development. For example, after a few information technology companies began in India in the 1990s, businesses in associated industries, like call center operations and hardware providers, began to develop too, offering support services and products. An entrepreneur is someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. An entrepreneur is an agent of change. Entrepreneurship is the process of discovering new ways of combining resources. The youth is the pillar of nation who assist in provide the strength and progress to economy. This research paper aims to investigate the entrepreneurial intention of graduate students, it examine their attitude, intention and behavior towards entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is to know how is the intention of students in creating start up, what is the mindset of student in creating new business against job, which kinds of roadblock they assume, which kind of perception they have towards government assistance for entrepreneurship development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) of business school students using the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (TEIQue- SF). The primary objective of the research is to study the wellbeing, self-control, emotionality and sociability of students in a specific business school and to identify the impact of work experience, age and gender on the respondents. "TEI is defined as a constellation of emotional self-perceptions located at the lower levels of personality hierarchies and measured via the TEI questionnaire" (Petrides et al., 2007). This survey was carried out among the students of a specific B-school in Tamil Nadu, India and comprised 115 respondents. The researchers employed oneway ANOVA to test all variables using descriptive statistics for better understanding. Many research papers on EI of leaders have been published but only a few have been published on students of a specific B-school, particularly students of a B-school in south India. The results show that TEI is not significantly associated with work experience, age and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper narrates our experience with a course on Information Technology (IT) that is part of the MBA core of a premier management school in India. World over, there is a trend to drop IT-related course(s) from the core MBA curriculum since, some believe, IT being embedded in all business disciplines need not be taught separately. We argue that with IT becoming omnipresent, every line manager needs to be aware of its possibilities. The students need a course whose content should be dynamic as emerging IT concepts of yesteryears become entrenched today, and newer ones emerge. Over 10 years, we turned around a core course that was once disliked, to one which is now considered to add significant value. We emphasize the journey that utilized student feedback as important signal for successful course design. We believe every school, given its forte and target students' profile, needs to discover its own IT-related core course through a similar journey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brands are fundamentally about experiences and relationships, and therefore they form prime basis of an institution's connection with their stakeholders. With the mushrooming of business schools (both private autonomous and government supported) and fading global boundaries, especially in the Indian context, communicating a business school brand to stakeholders has become extremely important. It is imperative for Indian business schools to differentiate and build strong brands in the competitive business education space in India. Brand building helps in creating, evolving and enhancing a brand's positioning and its perceptions among stakeholders. These perceptions are critical in influencing behavior and hence the performance of an institution. The paper aims to assess the brand equity of select Indian business schools (from the prospective student's perspective) using a familiarity–perception–preference–choice framework. The branding framework proposed in this study highlights how consumer-based brand equity measures can be used to improve business school positioning and hence the brand image. This paper gives an opportunity to extend the current knowledge in measuring the brand equity of business schools, especially in India. This study would help institutions apply brand equity measurements to their business schools and implement focused branding efforts to gain a higher student share and build quality education brands. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Purpose – This paper aims to review the author's association with the discipline of business-to-business (B2B) marketing for nearly 40 years. Of these, 34 were spent teaching in a postgraduate institute, i.e. the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is organized around nine lenses for reflection. These provide a comprehensive coverage of the author's experiences. The paper critically evaluates the author's performance as a B2B marketing instructor, researcher, trainer and consultant. It examines the evolution of B2B markets and marketing in India and traces the symbiotic relationship between academics and practice. Findings – The reflection reveals that B2B marketing practices have benefited and improved a great deal in India due to interventions from academia. However, the most disturbing aspect of B2B marketing practices in India is all-pervasive corruption. There seems to be no solution for it. Practical implications – An important audience for this paper is young faculty members. It is hoped the paper will be able to motivate them for more research and publications. The challenge for B2B marketing is to fuel the declining interest in the discipline. The B2B marketing discipline in India needs more faculty members, and substantial home-grown research articles and cases. Originality/value – The paper illustrates that the Indian B2B scenario has changed a great deal: the impact of competition and globalisation has transformed B2B marketing practices beyond recognition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India is predominantly dependent on the traditional pedagogic tool of lecture method to impart education. Though case study method and project-based learning are used in top B-schools in imparting management education at the Postgraduate (PG) level and of late in the PG classes of Commerce education, it is the lecture method which is still relied upon at the Undergraduate (UG) level which is of less use when it comes to building workplace competencies. Hence, the scope for using alternative pedagogies in general and at the UG level in particular, has been explored in this paper. This paper comprises of an introduction; the literature survey justifying the need for alternative pedagogies; few popular pedagogies used in other parts of the world both at the PG and UG level; the alternative pedagogies that have been used by the author at the UG level and concludes with an emphasis on the need for application of alternative pedagogies in business education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper covers the issue of foreign collaboration in the Indian Business Education and its implications on professionalism and development of competence among the budding managers. The issue of foreign collaboration in Indian Business Education is considerably significant issue in the light of India as an emerging economic power and business. Already there is considerable flow of foreign collaboration in Indian business education witnessed by the institutional partnership. The existing institutional partnership and the future intension of foreign players are entering in business educations have been impacting in the new professional development as well as to develop professional competence in the arena of management education in India. Impacts on the new array of professionalism and competence in the country due to foreign collaboration need a fresh re-look and assessment. This paper has three sections. Section -1 deals the historical snapshot of global alliances of business education, modes of alliances; section-II deals on the quotients analysis for spread of global alliances, and in final the section the section-III analyses perceptions of stakeholders on the global alliances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore the various range of business incubation services being provided to the nascent entrepreneurs which is based on comprehensive compilation and subsequent analysis of literature followed by case based approach in context to Indian higher educational institute (HEI) based business incubation centres. The objective behind this research is to critically assess the assistance services and to prioritize the service dimensions provided by the business incubation centres. Data has been collected from various business incubation centres to capture the experience of the incubated clients and other stakeholders who are directly and indirectly attached to the business incubation centres. The novelty of this paper is that there is no available literature that has followed a similar approach in measuring most influential business incubation service parameters taking different HEI based Indian incubation centres. Statistical analysis has been deployed for investigation of service dimensions and prioritized it accordingly as well as a model has been proposed with the identified service dimension that influences the creation of the new ventures. The findings suggests that HEI based business incubation centres are providing services to emerging economies by leveraging talent and thus creating value. The findings have both entrepreneurial and managerial implications for decision makers in universities, industry and government. The management of incubators, entrepreneurs as well as researchers can take input from this study in order to accomplish effective service management for scalable ventures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – Past research has largely portrayed job choice as a relatively rational and goal-directed behavior where applicants make decisions contingent on organizational recruitment activities, or evaluations of job and organizational attributes. Research now informs us that job choice decisions may also be based on social comparisons and social influence. The purpose of this paper is to add to this body of knowledge by examining reasons why social influence is a key factor in job choice decisions of relatively young job seekers. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on in-depth interview data from graduating seniors at an elite business school in India. Findings – Respondents did not see themselves as acting based on social influence as much as they perceived others around them to be. Reasons they noted for others' socially influenced job choice decisions were: peers and seniors are seen as more accessible and trustworthy than organizations; organizations do not share all and/or objective data, driving job seekers to other sources; job seekers are clueless and hence follow a "smart" herd; and job seekers make decisions for social status signaling. Respondents pointed to socially influenced job choices as being rational behaviors under certain conditions. Research limitations/implications – Generalizability of findings may be limited to young job seekers or to the Indian context, and the authors encourage replication. The authors also acknowledge the importance of individual difference variables in job choice decisions, a factor not considered in the present research. Practical implications – Given that job seekers rally around others' notion of an attractive job or an organization, the paper outlines several implications for managerial practice. Originality/value – This study, in a yet unexamined cultural context, points to the simultaneous and combined importance of normative and informational social determinants of job choice, bias blind spots in one's own job choice perceptions and decisions, gender specific socialization influences on job choices, and the notion of job fit in terms of fitment with expectations of important reference groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role of management education in meeting the new challenges of global economy in the context of internal and international market forces is imperative. Management education in India is now facing challenges like superficial coverage of Indian business in socio economic environment with little global perspective, more emphasis on theoretical aspects and very less practical orientation and skill development, usage of foreign case studies with lack of applicability in Indian framework, least academic-industry interface and less research base. There already exists a gap between the expectations of corporate and courses (specializations) offered by the management institutions. So the challenge is to have a foresight while offering the courses and replicate future needs of the corporate and train a manpower that is going to cater to these needs. There is need for the faculty re-orientation and upgradation of their knowledge, skills, teaching technology and pedagogy in the light of these changes. The challenge therefore exists for educators to enable change from a traditional sequential mindset to an open innovative learner. This paper presents the current requirement of the dynamic management education to meet new challenges of global competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management Education in India is going through a very important stage of defining its future sustainability; on one hand there is an increasing number of campuses of quality institutions like IIM, ISB, IMT, S.P. Jain that have been opening their new campuses in India and also other countries. On another hand there are a growing number of management institutions to fill the second and third layer demand. Under this complex background this research paper is an attempt to study the various rankings of management institutions in India along with a perception study of key stakeholders towards such rankings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The need of the hour is an education system that nurtures integrated human excellence which creates human capital that contributes to the development of the country. The higher education system in India has grown remarkably during post independence and has become one of the largest systems of its own kind in the world. Particularly, Management Education has witnessed extraordinarily volatile growth. Today, MBA has become the most desirable and sought-after advanced disciplines throughout the world, which caters to the needs and requirements of the students. The paper "Management Education in 2020: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities" provides a review of the current trends of management education throughout the world including India. It also glances at the direction pursued by educational institutions for fulfilling the vision and other objectives. Besides this, it aims at structural changes and development of Management Education in India with special reference to the issues like curriculum, students, faculty, research, business school relations, and accreditation, followed by important concerned issues like Challenges and Future vision for management education in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China will shape global resource use, the location of market demand and international institutions and interdependencies in the decade to come. In this paper we argue that an understanding of the historical and institutional context of the BRICs, and the potential shift towards a multi-polar world is important for developing curricula and content in international business courses in the future. Implications for international business theory and teaching are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Expansion of employment opportunities among management graduates is an important objective of the management schools across India. At the same time, however, the rate of employment growth in India slowed down from 2.7 percent to 1.07 percent in the last decade. Given this fact, it is increasingly realized that most of the management schools do not offer any assurance of employment to students in the formal job market The role of entrepreneurship education in management schools becomes extremely important as it will foster job creation, encourage risk taking and innovation, and improve the global competitiveness of Indian enterprises. This paper discusses the current need in management schools to integrate entrepreneurship education as an essential component in the curriculum. This will create a new breed of entrepreneurs, who will help India achieve a new form of economic development, which can encompass all spheres of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Student’s attitudes towards Statistics are pivotal to their learning process as positive attitudes lead to highly satisfactory course achievement and lead to positive outcomes outside class as well. In this paper we are exploring the perception of students of management apropos Statistics, familiarity with which is imperative in today’s world of Analytics. The quantitative approach was used to compare attitudes of the students using the two versions of the “SATS-36” instrument validated and copyrighted by Candace Schau. A Google form was used to collect responses and was sent to all the students who were enrolled in the Business Statistics course. 172 students responded for the pre-test study while 71 students responded for the post-test study. Data was analysed to see if gender, specialisation choices and previous math experiences accounted for differences in perceptions towards Statistics. It was found that students’ overall perception of statistics is positive and surprisingly they were more positive towards the beginning of the semester. These results are important as they can lead towards understanding of business student’s attitudes towards statistics and a way to refine the teaching learning process so that students are in a strong position to exploit the supply demand gap in the Analytics domain and deliver value to organisations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to study the green management practices and research, teaching, training and consulting in green management in Indian business schools as management education, particularly business schools are among one of the fastest growing industry of Indian economy on one hand and also they have a responsibility to train managers and future managers; provide guidance in terms of consultancy and create new knowledge i.e. research in green management. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire was developed based on literature review which was first tested and discussed with experts and then used for the survey of 500 top business schools in India which were at least five years old out of the 950 business schools in India. Findings – The study shows not so good state of research, teaching, training and consultancy on one hand and below average performance in practice of green management within business schools in India. The findings are not encouraging and Indian business schools need to give more attention to the subject of green management both in theory and practice.Research limitations/implications – The authors have taken only the biggest business schools in India. The research work suffers from the usual limitations of survey research method. The findings reflect lack of research on the topic and needs to be taken care of particularly, considering the importance of the topic. Indian business schools needs to build both theory and practice of green management. Practical implications – In light of the importance of the subject and on-going debate on business schools, Indian business schools must improve both the practice as well as research, consultancy, teaching and training on the subject to make a real impact. Originality/value – This study has made an attempt to study and document the current state of Indian business schools on green management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management Education in India has always been going through some very difficult times but more so in last few years. It has experienced closing down of many business schools in India, due to falling demand and poor quality of delivery. The students' perception of equating management education with placement has put the future sustainability of business schools in doldrums. We have a situation of increasing number of quality institutions and their campuses like IIM, ISB, IMT, SP Jain, TAPMI not only in India but overseas and on other hand there are a growing number of management institutions to fill the second and third layer demand of students willing to pursue their post graduation in management. The recent Supreme Court verdict of devaluing the power of AICTE puts another dimension on the future of management education in India. Under this background this research paper is an attempt to study the various ranking of management institutions in India along with a perception study of key stakeholders towards such rankings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An organization must make effective use of their human resource in order to succeed in today's global market place. It is commonly believed that managers are one of the most important assets of organizations and institutions to meet the challenges of global competition. Managerial effectiveness has been an increasing field of study since past researches have shown it as an important part of an organization as a whole. From a managerial point of view, job satisfaction is important due to its impact on several issues like turnover, cooperation, talent retention, absenteeism etc. Several issues affect the managerial effectiveness at work place. The long term stability of any organization depends on the knowledge skills, competencies, positive attitude and behaviour of their managers. This paper addresses the effectiveness of the processes involved in business administration programmes for managers in India. It aims to understand the foundation of appropriate business administration for managers and to explore their view and perceptions in relation to the skills and knowledge required of them. This research may help the management institutions to rethink and redesign their institutional priorities to increase managerial effectiveness. This study tries to link the management education as an antecedent of the managerial effectiveness. The methodology employed consists of survey of questionnaire as the main source of data. The sample consists of 100 respondents (managers) working in different organizations. Taking up this issue, the present study investigates the impact of management education on managerial effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's business environment, knowledge has become a major driving force for organizational excellence. Effective knowledge management is considered to be an essential source of competitive advantage and a key to the success of organizations. As a result, companies are now showing a tremendous interest in creating an environment which facilitates continuous organizational learning. A business school is supposed to be a knowledge intensive and learning organization. An organization becomes a learning organization when the entire organization learns while it works, and is able to adapt quickly to market changes as well as to other environmental changes. The increasing number of business schools in India in the last few decades has raised concerns about quality and sustainability in the education sector. There are various initiatives undertaken by different business schools in order to gain considerable edge over their rivals in the education sector. This paper tries to explore if Indian business schools are taking sufficient steps in order to become learning organization in true sense. Further, it examines the current level of learning in a business school and provides a direction for enhancing organizational learning activities to create a learning environment in the business school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - This paper seeks to discuss the characteristics that describe a rubric. It aims to propose a systematic method for developing curriculum wide rubrics and to discuss their potential utility for program quality assessment. Design/methodology/approach - Implementation of rubrics is a recent phenomenon in higher education. Prior research and theoretical issues related to rubric design and development are discussed. The proposed method for rubric development is illustrated by deriving generic analytic scoring rubrics for two assessment methods, namely projects and cases in a Master's level business program in India. Aspects related to the validity of the rubrics developed are investigated and results of reliability study conducted using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) are reported. Findings - Upon testing, the rubrics were found to be reliable and valid grading tools. Results of inter-rater and intra-rater reliability analyses illustrated that the rubrics supported standardization of the manner in which cases and projects could be evaluated in different business courses. Practical implications - Whereas previous studies on rubric construction have largely concentrated on task specific rubrics, this study focuses on development of curriculum wide rubrics that can be employed for assessment of students' learning at both course and program level. Originality/value - To date there has not been any published work on issues of assessment of student learning through project and case analysis rubrics within diverse courses in a business program. The method detailed in the study can guide the development of generic rubrics for alternative assessment methods employed in business programs as well as in other disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management institutes offer a range of academic courses with different aims, for diverse target groups, and group work is a common pedagogical aid for teaching these courses. The aim of group work is to foster cross-functional learning among group members and inculcate team spirit. While instructors have an understanding of the objectives of group work, such groups may not always yield the desired results. This paper explores the dynamics of social conformity in student groups of the one-year Executive MBA programme in a premier management institute. The results of the study suggest that social conformity exists in such groups and is also the cause of resentment and negation of group work. The conclusions indicate the need to look afresh into the formation of student groups and, more importantly, at group work as a pedagogical tool in management education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Is it necessary for a student of management to learn any mathematics? Is this knowledge likely to be of any use later in the professional career? This paper presents arguments on both sides of this contentious issue. It is found that while mathematics may not be as directly useful as specialists in quantitative areas would like, the habit of abstract reasoning that it helps to develop serves a manager well later in life when major decisions must be taken and general policies formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Having chaired a PGP Review Committee at IIM Ahmedabad two decades back and, at the same time, prepared a special issue of Economic Times on Management Education, I had the opportunity to interact with different groups of people. The present paper draws mainly from my experiences of these two events. Along with this, I have also drawn from my experience with teaching management students, managing the PGP and Fellow Programs at IIM Ahmedabad, and observing the way things happen in the IIMs and other management institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last two decades entrepreneurship education has grown rapidly in the West, and has acquired academic legitimization and respectability. Leading Indian management schools have, however, started offering entrepreneurship education only recently, motivated by the global success of Indian entrepreneurs. This article examines entrepreneurial intent and perceptions on entrepreneurship education of Indian management graduates through a field survey. The findings have been benchmarked with that of Sloan School graduates, an institution that is considered to be in the forefront of entrepreneurship education. Based on these observations, and through the lessons learnt from two decades of entrepreneurial education experience, the paper suggests key issues that must be considered for providing excellent entrepreneurship education in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In most nations, entrepreneurship has been crucial to economic growth and social stability. India has the world's biggest proportion of young people in its population, and it is struggling with the high rates of youth unemployment. In this jobless situation, finding new jobs is challenging for students. Therefore, having an entrepreneurial goal is the most crucial mechanism for doing a new business and being self-employed. This research aims to evaluate the perceptions of the Berhampur University students toward entrepreneurial attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control on entrepreneurial intentions by using Aizen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) and data validation in the state of Odisha setting. This research study population was 1048 students of Berhampur University, and 319 students participated in data collection for research sample but 294 usable sample responses received as of the 2021-2022 academic year. The study used a cross-sectional research design. Purposive sampling was used to gather the data, and a closed-ended questionnaire was given to respondents. Data was cleaned and analysed by applying statistical tool of structural equation modelling to examine at the relationships between the constructs and variables. The research findings revealed a positive relationship between perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurial intentions. Surprisingly, the outcome results were somewhat contrary to TPB because the construct of personal attitude and subjective norm with entrepreneurial intentions did not have any significant relationships with the population of university students. This research will offer fresh perspectives on both academics and policymakers. Universities today play a key role in impacting students' views and behaviours by offering a platform and an atmosphere that encourage an entrepreneurial spirit. In order to emphasise the advantages of being a young entrepreneur, policymakers should concentrate on establishing a new business and funding start-ups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizational crossvergence is the identifying framework in this study of the emerging similarities between both educational systems and business systems in India and the United States. A sample of 237 international MBA graduates was examined relative to the education they received in a combined United States and India management program. They studied in both countries, and pursued careers in either country. We confirm that the applied value of advanced business education originating in India was enhanced, but not significantly surpassed, by the Western learning experience. The applicability of graduates' acquired skills was as relevant for employment in India as in American organizations. Implications for policymakers resulting from the findings highlight the clear justification of deepening management education collaboration amongst educators and employers in emergent and developed markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management Education in India is in a critical stage of its development. Existing management education institutions are facing tough competition from the emergence of modern day management education institutions. The role of The Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill, 2010 will further aggregate the scenario of management education in India and will lead to the survival of the best. This paper attempts to highlight the role of accreditation for management education institution to gain competitive advantage from all the perspective i.e., National Accreditation, Regional & International Accreditation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In India, the universities offering commerce and management programmes have understood of late the necessity to co-exist with the industry. There have been many comments on universities sending student outputs which are not immediately employable by the industry and they in turn have to educate the students to the requirements of the industry. In order, the universities have realized the need to incorporate the industry professionals into the curriculum aspects and overall administration related aspects. This is on the contrary to expectations among the conservative educationists in the country. This paper will hence analyse the need for the industry interaction, the challenges that are faced by the universities and the future course of action that will be needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an exploration into the limitations and constraints present in traditional business cultures towards women entrepreneurship. Questions are raised asking whether the structure of traditional institutions inherently pose obstacles for would-be businesswomen, focusing on whether inadequate access, limited demand, or social norms primarily lead to fewer women entrepreneurs. Field research is conducted in business training programs in India, comparing several features of the applicants and their skills. Concluding comments are offered, noting positive effects of business education on the prospective incomes of businesswomen.

If India is to sustain its growth and compete with foreign firms, it will need to have a supply of high quality business graduates that meets the needs of business organizations. At the same time, in a developing country like India, with huge inequalities in income, institutions providing business education need to meet developmental goals. This paper evaluates business education in India in the context of this twin mission. We begin with a brief description of the evolution of business education in India. Then, we discuss the potential role of business education and evaluate Indian business education in this context. Finally, we suggest some interventions to help Indian business institutions better meet the challenges they face and discuss the implications of these for higher education development in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The training and education plays vital role in building entrepreneurs especially women due to low women literacy rate in the country. This paper tries to explore the status of women elf-employed / entrepreneurs, role of polytechnics in building women entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurship and government policies, two specific points need to be stressed in the interest of women entrepreneurs and internal and external aspects of women entrepreneurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The purpose of this exploratory study is an examination of some perceptions of US education, as experienced by foreign MBA students. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal field study captured perceptions of a group of 51 international students over a one-year interval. The first anticipatory survey was done in India, and the follow-up was made in the USA at the end of a foreign sojourn semester. Inter-item correlations and t-tests were used to examine variance in student perceptions, highlighted by qualitative elements. Findings: In general, the students went home, less impressed than they had expected to be in terms of the perceived general quality of the American business education, as well as their abilities to make friends with the local people. Additionally, the observed preparation of the American students for master's studies was not nearly as high as the foreign students had anticipated. Research limitations/implications: Results are not generalizable to broad populations, as the sample was small and localized. Social implications: Emerging markets are successfully luring locals and sojourners based on cost and proximity as they achieve greater legitimacy in their institutional credentials. This could challenge the preeminence of Western higher education, especially in light of concerns arising from marketization and rigor. Meanwhile, developed market institutions need to be strategically mindful of their international guests as a resource rather than a commodity. Originality/value: Extant internationalization studies tend to focus on administrative viewpoints, whereas this research examines the perspective of international students, which may be indicative of lessening gaps between perceptions of quality of developed and emerging market higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European countries are known to India for high returns and successful investment with long traditions. Investment either for profit making or human development- both ways Indian-European partnerships were well appreciated in the past, and creating new road maps for the future . In terms of doing business- Poland ranked 1st as most attractive FDI destination in Central Eastern Europe and 5th most attractive in Europe (after Germany, UK, France and Netherlands)1, at the same time India ranked 9th as most attractive destination in the wold (2016)2. India and Poland- both governed by single Party governments, and bringing successful changes in policy making mechanism on daily basis in order to minimisethe barriers for foreign investors and increase foreign collaborations in the interest of national income. With such new policies and openness- trade between India and Poland has been increased up to $2.23 billion in 2015 and expected to be doubled as $5billion by 2018³. But there is an identified untapped potential area which may boost this cooperation is- 'Education'. Education as a business sector has yet to be acknowledged by both countries in order to fulfil each-others need and desires. Poland is known for well established educational system and institutions for research & development with high class study programs from centuries. But in current scenario, facing huge demography problems and struggling for survival. Many private universities are getting closed (not getting enough number of students), and public universities are depending on public funded students (from public schools). At the same time Indian is facing trouble to accommodate it's own young people under territorial universities due to huge number of applicants and less number of universities. Growing Indian middle class is in the capacity to expand $500 - $15000 for their quality higher education abroad. Thus, Poland-India has space to work together based on 'demand and supply' policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study was to analyze frequency of advertisements given in selected Newspapers targeting car readers .We conducted analysis on 85 print advertisements in Pune city for selected four newspapers. This study analyzed six car manufactures advertisements in four consumer interest newspapers from April to june 2015. It was found that the top three ad-vertised car manufactures were Maruti, Hyundai & Skoda. It was hypothesized that Average no of Advertisement given by all six automobile cars manufactures are same. Also it was hypothesized that Average no of Advertisement for automobile cars are same for all 4 newspaper. The study offers a snapshot of the print advertisements in India that will be useful to managers & researchers Significance : it is important in two broad ways - managerially & from a research viewpoint. Firstly managerially, it will describe the state of advertising phenomenon in an emerging market like India. Secondly this study lay the foundation for future studies in Print Advertisement Analysis in Newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]