“Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.” ― Robert Anthony Kreucher.
For more than 5 decades now, US & European Universities do not admit students without a min of 2 yrs work experience. US Universities offer world class education in various streams. How is it possible? Why so ? An MBA/ PGDM program has to be pursued by an experienced candidate, so that they relate theory to practice. 3 decades ago, my own classmate in MBA was a Btech in Elec Engg & worked for 1 yr in an Asbestos company . Sitting next to me, the way he was grasping & reflecting subjects like Ind relations, Marketing, Fin Mgt, Production Mgt, Business Statistics, was enlightening to us - Huge learning. In fact, that is Real Management education.
Offering an MBA/ PGDM course to a graduate will be like making a Ranji trophy player into a Test captain in Cricket.
Yes, some manage,,,,,,,,, - who are those some, around 15 to 20%. They are smart enough, will anyhow learn & update. How about rest , around 80% - is the question. These students are settling down as clerks in Banks, PSU"s, Universities, Post offices, State govt contract, police constables, cut & paste operators, BPO executives, Call center operators, etc ,etc. Is this what an MBS/ PGDM should be doing ?????????
Well, This is what happens when the course, content & curriculum is not in line with what is needed by the industry.
Solution : 1. Infuse Quality & Standards into various facets of Management education 2. Around 30 to 40% of every batch of students getting admitted must have some work exp 3. Conduct more & more FDP"s , once in 2 months 4. Junior faculty have to be curious, serious, ask questions & update themselves from industry experts & professionals. Students are shying away from their classes , a major concern for all of us today. Also vice versa for the professionals to comprehend academics.
4. Solicit , Invite & Engage industry professionals & experts to get associated with Management institutions in several aspects at a deeper level - from institution branding to quality of intake to choice of courses to curriculum content to student development to lively FDP"s to skill training to internships/ projects to suitable placements. Or, else things will deteriorate further.
FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT QUALITY, NO MORE QUANTITY.
Ramesh Vemuganti
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Narayanan <stepnrn@gmail.com> wrote:
Emerging Job Opportunities in different sectors come with a package of abilities required to discharge the particular job in an altogether new market.Our Management Theories are more Class Room oriented. Most of our pedagogy is also borrowed from Foreign Experts whose theories could wellbe a success in their economy but when application of the same according to our markets in required, often the desired results don't come. Thus thereis a gap between theory and practical application. Most B-Schools teach theories and the only time the application comes is during the 8 weeks of internshipwhich is very less and also there isn't sufficient time to analyze their results. Internship sadly has also been utilized by corporate to get Free manpowerduring the Summer Holidays when their executives and workstaff go on holidays....so Fill in the Gaps is the practice in corporate which suits them fine as thecost of these B-School students doing internship with them is not much and I'm sure these B-Schools pass this role as CSR to claim brownie points. I'm notsaying that all corporate fall in these catagory but majority of them.....there are however some good corporate who believe in giving training to facilitate thelearned theories application part but sadly they are few.Recently one of our known circle of friends informed me that their daughter is into skilling.... they take a batch of students align them with job requirementavailable in Canada....put them through the grind...also help them prepare for migration and other Visa related issues and ensure that their counterpartsget good skilled manpower to suit their needs. So to understand what corporate wants is also a necessity so that the B-Schools incorporate the same intheir texts and turn them into manpower who suit their needs.Stephen Narayanan--On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:19 PM, padma misra <misrapadma@gmail.com> wrote:
60 % theory minimum.
Management draws professionals from all fields ... there are certain basics that need to be learned.
Students just don't want to learn to integrate subjects.
They presume management to be a group of individual subjects which are unrelated.
If they find subject matter repeating in other subjects than the core one. They fail to comprehend the significance of the subject from that perspective...Eg 1) I have taught marketing..and push and pull theory
2) I have taught supply chain management and in it.push and pull theoryIn 1 it is with the relation to marketing and sales strategy
In 2 it is with supply chain management and making it cost effectiveThe teachers are also at fault. There lack of preparation results in sloppy delivery of subject.
Infact I am sorry to say..I have seen teachers say..that please see this from notes of XYZ subjects...it is similar . Whenever topics reappear in the course.Students too seek the easier way...OH we already have notes why study this. Or attend this class.
I have made it point ..when students say we will study this or have studied that already..I ask them to come prepared and hold a quiz from the subjects's perspective...
It is sufficient to make them realize that their understanding of a repeating topic in a new subject is very poor. So they sit quite and relearn again.Dr. Padma misra
On 14 Mar 2014 12:32, "Vikas Godbole" <vikasgodbole@gmail.com> wrote:--If orientation of management is practice, what should be the percentage of theory in two years curriculum?--Is present practice & pedagogy focused on developing ready made employee for migration to corporate?VIKAS R.GODBOLE
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