Millennial Mindsets: Keeping pace with the changing business student generations
Generational change No sooner have the Baby Boomer to Generation X teaching staff got to grips with the very different learning behaviours of Generation Y (Millennials – born between the mid-1990s and 2000) than the different features of Generation Z (born after 2000 and graduating NOW!) become apparent. Price (2009) used a simple mnemonic, a…
Read MoreThe Impact Culture of BIMTECH
We are proud to announce that the Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) has undergone the rigorous process of earning the BSIS label. The Business School Impact System (BSIS) scheme is designed to determine the extent of a school’s impact upon its local environment – the city, region and country in which it is located.…
Read More2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards winners
EFMD and Emerald Publishing announce with great pleasure the winners of the 2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards (ODRA) – an awards scheme designed to celebrate excellence in doctoral research. This year, 277 entries were received from authors based all around the world, a 17% increase as compared to the previous year. Ten winning papers have each won…
Read MoreEmployability and business school graduates
Following the results of the 2019 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey, which polled more than 1,200 employers in 45 countries worldwide to find out hiring demands for MBA and business master’s graduates, an additional “Employability and Business School Graduates” report was released today. The report presents trends in applicant skills and preparedness in the rapidly changing labour…
Read MoreRSM hosts the first Global Responsible Research Summit
Contributing to a better world through better research A majority of scholars, academics and deans of business schools agree that it’s vital to create a new research ecosystem centred on credible and useful research. But so far, achievements have been scarce. That’s now changing. The discussion moved from the theoretical to the actual in July…
Read MoreSupport for faculty in the digital age
Earlier in July, we had the opportunity to meet with dozens of EFMD members at the EOCCS community webinar “Who needs Faculty? Outsourcing the Online Lecture” hosted by Keith Pond, the EOCCS Director. It was a privilege to talk with business school faculty from Europe and South America as we discussed an issue that creates anxiety…
Read More11th Conference of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management
The Iberoamerican Academy of Management and the International School of Economic and Administrative Sciences of Universidad de La Sabana are happy to invite you to the 11th Conference IAMBOG 2019 on 4–6 December 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia. Academics and practitioners across all management disciplines rating high on theoretical and methodological rigour are invited to submit…
Read MoreLeadership for the Anthropocene
Pause for thought At a recent academic conference I attended, one of the most thought-provoking sessions (at least for me) concerned ‘organization studies and the Anthropocene’. It was a call to arms for organizational scholars to engage through their research with the myriad ways in which human activities have impacted on the planet and for…
Read MoreA Lesson in 60 Seconds
On Sunday, July 7 the Women’s Soccer Cup tournament played its final game in France. As never before, the stadium was full, and the game was televised and streamed around the world. During half-time, very interesting commercials tailored to the occasion caught my attention. I will comment today on one in particular, by Volkswagen called…
Read MoreBusiness (School) models: A new paradigm in Learning?
Disruption in business models pervades business school curricula. Amazon, Uber and Netflix have each disrupted traditional markets. These companies, and many like them, provide excellent, relevant and up-to-date case studies for business school teaching. At the same time, the traditional business school model is being challenged – and there will be casualties… Traditional teaching uses…
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