Vol.15 Issue 01 – ’21
Silver linings
Internationalisation, accreditation, and the pandemic – Michael Osbaldeston and Adriana Kudrnová Lovera look at the potential benefits that may emerge from the current challenges.
Read MoreEFMD Programme Accreditation: Past, present and future
After fifteen years of successful programme accreditation under the EPAS label, the EFMD Board convened in the spring of 2019 to discuss the programme’s future direction and decided to rebrand and further develop EPAS into EFMD Accredited. Why that move?
Read MoreCrisis as opportunity
During a global pandemic when business school leaders are preoccupied with virtual learning, budgets, and student bubbles, where do doctoral programmes feature on the list of priorities?
Read MoreRedefining innovation and entrepreneurship
Saleema Vellani explores the entrepreneurial mindset and considers how the future landscape of personal exploration, employment and industry will require ubiquitous innovation skills of new graduates and business leaders alike.
Read MoreHybrid classes transform learning
When you gather top professors from three international business schools to discuss the challenges and successes of teaching in a Covid world, you are faced with the stark realisation that things may never be the same again. A conversation with professors at Hult, IE and IMD.
Read MoreAn effectual approach to course design
While backward design has been widely accepted as the ‘right’ way when designing new courses, John Mullins and Arun Pereira argue that an alternative approach, which they call effectual design, may potentially be a superior approach to course design.
Read MoreThe acceleration of digitalisation within education as a result of COVID-19
There is no doubt that the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will be profound and will have a significant impact on multiple sectors of society, in the Global North and beyond.
Read MoreBusiness school advisory boards
In-depth interviews show advisory boards are invariably shaped by the personalities of their dean and their chair, and they act as a sounding board and critical friend for the senior leadership team at their respective business schools.
Read MoreAmbidexterity strengthens quality management during COVID-19
Assessing the results of a survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on quality management and assurance practices in Nordic and Baltic business schools. By Ulrich Hommel, Björn Kjellander and Claire Thouary.
Read MoreBusiness schools’ green responsibility: Let’s start at the table!
Santiago Garcia and Flavio Alzueta address the importance, responsibility and impact of agriculture and food production.
Read MoreWe call it transpersonal!
What if we could replace this serendipitous journey of learning through experience with one of planned education and learning such that everyone had the knowledge and power to re-programme their own brain?
Read MoreExamining business school leadership
Views from EFMD’s webinar on business school leadership, by Julie Davies, Ewan Ferlie, Heather McLaughlin and Howard Thomas.
Read MoreSustainability games
Exploring the new relevance of innovative teaching formats for sustainability education in business schools by Carmela Aprea and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons.
Read MoreCollaborate locally for enhanced benefits
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 crisis, a debate is arising across the globe regarding university education and, more specifically, management education.
Read MoreThe QTEM Global Business Analytics Challenge (GBAC) and why it matters
Online learning has taken on an entirely new dimension during the COVID-19 crisis. The enormity of the situation has forced us to innovate, change and adopt new technologies and ways of working at an exceptionally accelerated rate.
Read MoreRecruiting and talent development in a post COVID-19 world
Amber Wigmore Alvarez explores how Business School Career Services are evolving to meet the needs of talent and corporate partners.
Read MoreFighting COVID-19 with technology
New entrepreneurial technologies can enable safe face-to-face teaching at our universities, says Gunther Friedl.
Read MoreBuilding a sustainable online strategy post COVID-19?
Ginny Gibson, Stephanie Lambert and Anne Swanberg on EFMD’s invitation to a workshop in a hybrid format.
Read MoreWhat is ‘new’ about disruption?
With the Corona crisis hitting higher education institutions, there is a good deal of buzz and discussion about how this will “dramatically and inevitably” change the way universities work and teach. However… this may not be true for everyone, observes Bernhard Bachmann
Read MoreSulitest – Fostering sustainability literacy for all
Sulitest’s vision is to develop Sustainability Literacy worldwide while also empowering engaged and committed global citizens to make informed and responsible decisions to collectively build a sustainable future.
Read MoreWhat business schools can learn from team sports
Ahmed Abdel-Meguid, Ulrich Hommel and Benjamin Stévenin reason that, like successful sports teams, faculty should be based on synergic skills.
Read MoreThe future of MBAs
Sotiris Karagiannis of University of New York in Prague and Saša Žiković of Faculty of Economics and Business University of Rijeka in Croatia with EFMD Global Network conducted a comprehensive online session on the forthcoming tomorrow of MBA programmes.
Read MoreThe evolving role of the “professions”
What does it mean to have a |”profession”? Ansgar Richter explores the evolution of the concept and how business schools can develop future-proof education for professionals.
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