Well articulated, Soumya.
I've three points.
1. While academia's need for industry exposure is well recognized, industry experts' preparedness for teaching also needs to be carefully examined. Series of crises in the last couple of decades are providing enough indications that the gap between 'preaching' and practicing is widening. Some recent studies conducted in the US have shown lack of applications of academically rigorous concepts - be it data analytics or marketing, HR or finance - by industry executives in real life.
2. Sometime ago, I was attending a MIT webinar, where the resource person was talking about the emerging concept of time sharing between the employees and employers. An employee after giving his eight hours to the employer is free to work for anyone, including the competitors. In such a scenario, the employer as well as the employee has to figure out the terms of engagement that is most profitable for both. 9 to 5 or Moday to Friday may not be the best solution for many.
3. The education system in a knowledge economy, particularly in the applied fields, may soon operate on a fixed-performance-and-variable-duration basis. Everyone has to get the knowledge that is THE best (inferior knowledge would give inferior products/solutions), but may require different time to receive and process that knowledge. The present education system that most of us are familiar with is not suitable to function in this emerging world.
Regards,
Abhijit
From: Soumya Kanti <soumya.kanti@educomp.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 11:04 AM
Subject: [MTC Global] Talent Development
Dear all,
I have been a keen follower of the discussions happening in this forum. Pls find below a recent interview of mine at the World Economic Forum on the subject under discussion.
http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/talent-21st-century
Warm regards,
Soumya Kanti
President
Educomp Solutions Ltd.
I have been a keen follower of the discussions happening in this forum. Pls find below a recent interview of mine at the World Economic Forum on the subject under discussion.
http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/talent-21st-century
Warm regards,
Soumya Kanti
President
Educomp Solutions Ltd.
Soumya Kanti
From: Abhijit Bhattacharya <abhijit_b1957@yahoo.com>
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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:14:17 +0800 (SGT)
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Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Staff Crunch in B-School
From: abhijit bhattacharya <abhijit572003@yahoo.co.in>
I agree with Gowri that a skill development centre can be quite useful. Such a centre is necessary for upgrading skills of every faculty, whether coming from the industry or elsewhere. I had mentioned sometime ago on a forum that, just because someone worked in the industry for many years didn't automatically make him/her a candidate for a faculty position. Similarly, a faculty who has been teaching for many years cannot automatically, as a rule, take up a high-profile managerial job. I saw many top notch industry experts who did a very poor job of teaching while dealing with such basic subjects like, say, pricing; the academic rigour badly found wanting. Similarly, a faculty, who say, teaches QT or OM, may not have any clue how on-the-spot decisions are today made in the industry using streaming data, both structured and unstructured.
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From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [mailto:join_mtc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Usha Gowri
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:18 PM
To: join_mtc@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Staff Crunch in B-School
It is interesting that the colleges are not willing to fill the vacancies.There are people from the industry who would like to teach but the colleges have not responded.
A skill development centre is a great idea and should be thought through.
The problem however runs deeper-we need to get talent to teach without looking only at the industry for opportunities.That means not better pay but better work conditions-like autonomy and independence,freedom to be creative, allowing experimentation .If we can focus learning than just teaching this problem can be mitigated to some extent Regards Gowri
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:
[ As reported in an Article in the supplementary issue of Indian Management Magazine by AIMA, Sep/2012, Page-34]
In India, there are no fewer than 3,500 business schools with about 400 students each. That makes the student strength 1.4 million. The AICTE has mandated faculty: student= 1: 15. This means B-school required 90,000 teachers. Against this , B-Schools admit , the vacancies are as high as 50%. There is a sort of at least 45,000 teachers.
This statement raises many issues need to be addressed:
1. If adequate faculty strength is not there, how the colleges are conforming to the AICTE Guidelines?
2. Outsourcing faculty from overseas but cost is a great concern.
3. Premier B-schools ( IIMs, ISB etc) have received applications from faculty aboard in recent years.
4. Most of the B-schools are managing with Visiting/Adjunct/Guest Faculty.
5. Ghost faculty ( not explaining in details purposely).
6. Quality is a concern definitely.
7. Quality costs and many colleges are compromising in this area.
8. B-schools are managing their activities , excellence is taking backseat.
9. There needs to be a national level skill development centre in India for development of B-school faculty. I strongly feel MTC can take it up with the support of college management and industry partnership.
Request vises/opinions/reflections/suggestions on the subject.
EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ELEVATE
Bholanath Dutta
Founder, President & Convener: MTC Global
Web Link: www.mtcglobal.org <http://www.mtcglobal.org/> Email: bnath.dutta@gmail.com/president@mtcglobal.org <mailto:bnath.dutta@gmail.com/bnath.dutta@mtcglobal.org>
Cell: + 91 96323 18178 <tel:%2B%2091%2096323%2018178>
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"The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but >far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank >car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result >they get little." ~ Ben Sweetland
"Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Staff Crunch in B-School
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Sent: Monday, 24 September 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Staff Crunch in B-School
I agree with Gowri that a skill development centre can be quite useful. Such a centre is necessary for upgrading skills of every faculty, whether coming from the industry or elsewhere. I had mentioned sometime ago on a forum that, just because someone worked in the industry for many years didn't automatically make him/her a candidate for a faculty position. Similarly, a faculty who has been teaching for many years cannot automatically, as a rule, take up a high-profile managerial job. I saw many top notch industry experts who did a very poor job of teaching while dealing with such basic subjects like, say, pricing; the academic rigour badly found wanting. Similarly, a faculty, who say, teaches QT or OM, may not have any clue how on-the-spot decisions are today made in the industry using streaming data, both structured and unstructured.
Skill centre must also train faculty members to master the art of new age teaching...in most of the institutes one can find that a faculty simply runs through the power point slides and restates whatever has been already mentioned in the reading material for a specific class. When the faculty can upload all slides and reading material on the intranet along with the course outline in the beginning of the semester itself then classtime must be used to bring-out the key learning points for the class through creative thinking and stimulating discussions.
Regards,
Abhijit Bhattacharya, PhD
Director,
Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Uriah Butler Highway,
Mount Hope,
Trinidad
Phone: +1 (868) 645-6700 ext 360
Cell:+1 (868) 783 5033
Fax: 1-868 662-6976
Website:www.lokjackgsb.edu.tt -----Original Message-----
From: join_mtc@googlegroups.com [mailto:join_mtc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Usha Gowri
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:18 PM
To: join_mtc@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Staff Crunch in B-School
It is interesting that the colleges are not willing to fill the vacancies.There are people from the industry who would like to teach but the colleges have not responded.
A skill development centre is a great idea and should be thought through.
The problem however runs deeper-we need to get talent to teach without looking only at the industry for opportunities.That means not better pay but better work conditions-like autonomy and independence,freedom to be creative, allowing experimentation .If we can focus learning than just teaching this problem can be mitigated to some extent Regards Gowri
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:
[ As reported in an Article in the supplementary issue of Indian Management Magazine by AIMA, Sep/2012, Page-34]
In India, there are no fewer than 3,500 business schools with about 400 students each. That makes the student strength 1.4 million. The AICTE has mandated faculty: student= 1: 15. This means B-school required 90,000 teachers. Against this , B-Schools admit , the vacancies are as high as 50%. There is a sort of at least 45,000 teachers.
This statement raises many issues need to be addressed:
1. If adequate faculty strength is not there, how the colleges are conforming to the AICTE Guidelines?
2. Outsourcing faculty from overseas but cost is a great concern.
3. Premier B-schools ( IIMs, ISB etc) have received applications from faculty aboard in recent years.
4. Most of the B-schools are managing with Visiting/Adjunct/Guest Faculty.
5. Ghost faculty ( not explaining in details purposely).
6. Quality is a concern definitely.
7. Quality costs and many colleges are compromising in this area.
8. B-schools are managing their activities , excellence is taking backseat.
9. There needs to be a national level skill development centre in India for development of B-school faculty. I strongly feel MTC can take it up with the support of college management and industry partnership.
Request vises/opinions/reflections/suggestions on the subject.
EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ELEVATE
Bholanath Dutta
Founder, President & Convener: MTC Global
Web Link: www.mtcglobal.org <http://www.mtcglobal.org/> Email: bnath.dutta@gmail.com/president@mtcglobal.org <mailto:bnath.dutta@gmail.com/bnath.dutta@mtcglobal.org>
Cell: + 91 96323 18178 <tel:%2B%2091%2096323%2018178>
--
Mentor-MTC Global Student Chapter
Ouliya Global Foundation (NGO)
Founder-President
"The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but >far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank >car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result >they get little." ~ Ben Sweetland
"Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne Dyer
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