Welcome to “Impactful Insights: Conversations with BSIS Assessment Experts,” a comprehensive professional interview series that explores the world of impactful business education through the perspectives of BSIS Assessment Experts.

Throughout this series, we engage with seasoned professionals inticrately involved in the Business School Impact System (BSIS) assessment framework. Through candid discussions, we uncover their wealth of experiences, insights, and reflections on business education and institutional development.

• Learn about the experts’ impactful careers, the journey that led them to their current roles and how they have contributed to sustainable business practices in their work.
• Discover how they view impact and how BSIS influenced their perspectives on business education.
• Uncover the rationale for their institution’s involvement in the BSIS process and how their school benefited from the BSIS assessment.

In today’s rapidly changing business world, there is a growing emphasis on the societal impact of business schools. BSIS experts offer invaluable insights into how institutions can effectively address this shift and align their strategies with broader societal needs.

In this ongoing series, their experience and expertise will broaden your perspectives by providing practical examples and case studies of successful initiatives that have contributed to societal development. By showcasing real-world applications of the BSIS framework, our experts offer tangible strategies and best practices that other institutions can adopt to enhance their impact.

This collection of thought-provoking conversations emphasises the diverse approaches and innovative strategies implemented by different institutions. It creates a platform for dialogue and the exchange of ideas, ultimately driving collective learning and improvement. We hope you will be inspired and empowered to embrace the principles of social responsibility and sustainable development within your institutions.

Join us as we embark on a journey of exploration and discovery, uncovering the far-reaching impact of BSIS on business education and societal development. Stay tuned for more insightful conversations with the BSIS Assessment Experts.

About BSIS

The Business School Impact System (BSIS) is the first comprehensive impact assessment tool for business schools, covering more than 130 indicators across seven dimensions of impact. It provides a tailor-made data collection system for monitoring, assessing, and developing the impact of business schools.

The BSIS process involves the definition of the impact zone and institutional scope, data collection, impact assessment, and the report with recommendations for future development. Demonstrating the school’s impact on internal and external stakeholders, the system serves as a communication and negotiation tool externally and fosters an impact culture within the school. Schools that undergo BSIS are awarded the BSIS label for a three-year period.

• There are currently more than 80 schools across 20 countries that have received the BSIS label.
• To learn more about the impact assessment system, please visit the BSIS website or contact Julie Comte.

What is it like for schools to undergo the BSIS process? Discover the compelling journey of Blanka Cimcioch, International Accreditations Coordinator at Poznań University of Economics and Business, as she shares her insights on navigating the BSIS process, highlighting the challenges, seizing the opportunities, and reaping the rewarding results it has yielded. Read more.

About EFMD

The European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) is a global non-profit organisation founded in 1972, with nearly 1000 institutional members across 92 countries. It serves as a premier network for management development professionals in academia, business, public service, and consultancy. Recognised globally for accrediting business schools, programmes, and corporate universities, EFMD’s 30,000-strong network shapes management education worldwide. It fosters socially responsible leaders and managers through information exchange, research, and networking.

EFMD facilitates close collaboration between companies and academic institutions, offering an array of services to its tight-knit community, such as conferences, seminars, workshops, awards, international projects and industry surveys. It leads quality assurance and enhancement through accreditation and certification systems like EQUIS, EFMD Programme Accreditation, EOCCS, CLIP, its EDAF mentoring programme and the BSIS impact assessment system. EFMD aims to strengthen the global management development community with a positive societal impact. For more information, please visit www.efmdglobal.org.

About FNEGE

The French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE) was founded in 1968 to face the gap in the teaching and practice of management in France. FNEGE initially designed the Business School Impact Survey (BSIS) to determine the extent of a school’s impact upon its local environment – the city or region in which it is located. The BSIS process has been adapted for an international audience and is now offered in a joint venture between EFMD and FNEGE as a service to EFMD members in any part of the world.

At the international level, FNEGE has also pioneered joint programs with foreign institutions. Today, it is still responsible for several programmes for Master students and doctoral students, in collaboration with some French establishments of higher education.

For additional insights, announcements and perspectives about BSIS, visit the conversation here.