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Administrators of business schools across the country are coming under increasing pressure to demonstrate accountability in many ways, from curriculum to faculty development. As such, department heads are being asked [...]

Byline: Simmy M. Marwa, Kay Hooi Keoy, S.C. Lenny Koh The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent East Africa Community (EAC) business schools' are inching closer to a world class business school status. The paper is informed by a review of literature on world class universities/business schools (WCU/WCBS). Attributes of excellence of WCU/WCBS are identified and used as a yardstick to gauge EAC business schools' performance. An exploratory web analysis of EAC business schools is then undertaken to establish gaps between these schools and WCBS. Opportunities for improvement are identified and recommendations made to embed a culture of excellence that catapults the schools towards excellence. Nonetheless, impediments requiring immediate attention still stand in the way of EAC business schools' path to excellence, particularly skill shortages and poor research track record. Embracing the suggested improvements, thus offers the schools' real opportunities to focus their quality initiatives towards excellence.

Byline: Nadeem Ahmad Bhatti Total Quality Management (TQM) approaches to continuous improvement are considered successful and widely implemented in higher education in advanced countries. In this research we aim to explore the existing situation of business schools, identify the bottlenecks and investigate the possible remedy measures for the employment of TQM. The study analyses the case of Pakistan taking the institutes of Lahore as study sample. We selected the hundred (100) respondents for interviews using stratified random sampling technique. Interviewees were selected from various hierarchies working in different capacities and response rate is 60%, which is finally taken for analysis. Eight management schools were surveyed from Lahore through specifically constructed research instrument of 18 variables. The findings of research may help the management of business schools to design appropriate strategies to develop the TQM culture, redefine their preferences and reallocate the resources of their institutes.

Byline: Kathy H.Y. Hsu, John R. Tanner While the intangible costs of learning and acquiring classroom technologies are still the major impediment to widespread adoption of classroom technologies, the extent to which the classroom technologies are used has become an important aspect in evaluating the educational quality of business schools. This study provides an initial assessment of the usage patterns of various classroom technologies in three business disciplines.

CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) faces a clear challenge in bringing together academics and students across Europe to create a forum for intercultural exchange. There is the risk that [...]