scholarly journals Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability in MBAs. Understanding the Motivations for the Incorporation of ERS in Less Traditional Markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 7060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaston Fornes ◽  
Abel Monfort ◽  
Camelia Ilie ◽  
Chun Kwong (Tony) Koo ◽  
Guillermo Cardoza
Keyword(s):  
Management Education ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Traditional Markets ◽  
Mba Graduates

This study of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in regions with different history, background, legacies, and trajectories than those in the Global North aims at having an alternative view of how Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability (ERS) are incorporated in management education. To this end, the research uses case studies, analyzes in-depth interviews, and adopts an inductive stakeholder theory approach to identify and understand the motivations for the incorporation of the broad area of ERS in management education in relation to the schools’ main stakeholders, mainly students and their employers. The analysis of the data shows that individual motivations (individual level) and an articulated and embedded mission that incorporates different stakeholders (organizational/curriculum level) are strong predictors. Local regulations and legislation, along with the requirements from international accreditation agencies (institutions/environment level) are also predictors, although not that strong to go beyond the incorporation of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-related course in the curriculum of programs. Nevertheless, these CSR-related courses (organizational/curriculum level) are powerful mediators that create, as a minimum, awareness of ERS in MBA graduates who as a consequence modify their employment objectives. The data also show that the process leading to international accreditations (institutions/environment level), the expectation by employers that MBA graduates should have an ERS mindset/skills toolkit (institutions/environment level), and a hands-on, practice-based teaching methodology (organizational/curriculum level) can act as moderators. These findings show that business schools can become ERS predictors themselves, and to achieve this they need to have a better understanding of the different roles played by the different variables. This publication is based upon work from COST Action CA18215 – China in Europe Research Network, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), www.cost.eu.

Preferential Admission and MBA Outcomes: Mismatch Effects by Race and Gender

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 613-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A. Grove ◽  
Andrew J. Hussey
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Mismatch Hypothesis

Abstract We consider the “mismatch” hypothesis in the context of graduate management education. Both blacks and Hispanics, conditional on a rich set of human capital variables, prior earnings and work experience, and non-cognitive attributes, are favored in admission to top 50 Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs. To test for mismatch effects, we provide two comparisons: (1) comparable individuals (in terms of race, gender, and credentials) at different quality MBA programs and (2) individuals of differing race or gender (but with similar credentials) at comparable MBA programs. Despite admission preferences, blacks and Hispanics enjoy similar or even higher returns to selectivity than whites.

scholarly journals Responsible leadership in management education: A design-based research study

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia Raatz ◽  
Dieter Euler
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Structured Learning ◽  
Responsible Leadership ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Executive Mba

In recent years, the quality of management education in general, and particularly of MBA and Executive MBA programs, has been called into question. There are serious doubts about universities’ ability to give students the competencies they need to deal with complex problems in modern society. One part of the discussion focuses on ethical issues and the process through which students develop values and attitudes. In line with the economic crisis, there has been increasing interest in the development of learners’ attitudes to responsibility. We report the results of a study that starts with an ambitious and yet ill-structured learning goal in a demanding educational practice area: How can pedagogical interventions in management education be designed to promote learners' attitudes to responsible leadership? As a starting point, there are neither consensual definitions of responsible leadership nor substantial theories available to design promising interventions. De-sign-based research (DBR) provides a structured process to deal with research problems, starting with innovative but imprecisely defined objectives and unknown ways to reach them. We introduce the DBR design and describe the research process and results from a project conducted at St.Gallen University’s Executive MBA program. In close collaboration with practitioners, interventions evolved through multiple cycles of development, testing and refinement with the pursuit of theory-building and practical innovation.

scholarly journals The Gender Outcomes International Group: to Further Well-being Development (Going-fwd) Methodology on Identification and Inclusion of Gender Factors in Retrospective Cohort Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeria Raparelli Raparelli ◽  
Colleen M. Norris ◽  
Uri Bender ◽  
Maria Trinidad Herrero ◽  
Alexandra Kautzky-Willer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Synthetic Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pooled Analysis ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Local Analysis ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Background: Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people. It influences self-perception, individual’s actions and interactions, as well as the distribution of power and resources in society. Gender-related factors are seldom assessed as determinants of health outcomes, despite their powerful contribution.Methods: Investigators of the GOING-FWD project developed a standard methodology applicable for observational studies to retrospectively identify gender-related factors to assess their relationship to outcomes and applied this method to selected cohorts of non-communicable chronic diseases from Austria, Canada, Spain, Sweden.Results: The following multistep process was applied. Step 1 (Identification of Gender-related Variables): Based on the gender framework of the Women Health Research Network (i.e. gender identity, role, relations, and institutionalized gender), and available literature for a certain disease, an optimal “wish-list” of gender-related variables/factors was created and discussed by experts. Step 2 (Definition of Outcomes): each of the cohort data dictionaries were screened for clinical and patient relevant outcomes, using the ICHOM framework. Step 3 (Building of Feasible Final List): A cross-validation between gender-related and outcome variables available per database and the “wish-list” was performed. Step 4 (Retrospective Data Harmonization): The harmonization potential of variables was evaluated. Step 5 (Definition of Data Structure and Analysis): Depending on the database data structure, the following analytic strategies were identified: (1) local analysis of data not transferable followed by a meta-analysis combining study-level estimates; (2) centrally performed federated analysis of anonymized data, with the individual-level participant data remaining on local servers; (3) synthesizing the data locally and performing a pooled analysis on the synthetic data; and (4) central analysis of pooled transferable data.Conclusion: The application of the GOING-FWD systematic multistep approach can help guide investigators to analyze gender and its impact on outcomes in previously collected data.

scholarly journals A score card approach to management education accreditation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MSS EL Namaki
Keyword(s):  
Management Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Balanced Score Card ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
Program Accreditation ◽  
Score Card ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Balanced Score Card ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

Accreditation of business programs and institutions is a powerful industry in the United States and Europe. The industry has massive followers and holds sway over the fate of many an institution. World wide data are not easily accessible but some figures are indicative of the scale and scope of the industry. It is estimated that there are over 4,000 MBA programs in the US, offered by 454 institutions (AACSB, 2014). A multiple of that exists worldwide. Each and every of those institutions needs accreditation or a confirmation of the conformity of the institutional framework, the conversion process and the ultimate outcome with specific standards. The problem, however, is that the standards and those who measure them, have run out of steam, an issue that attracted many including some US politicians(WSJ, July 8, 2015). The following article explores today’s accreditation practice flaws and the potential for a substitute. The article starts with a brief critique of current practice. This is followed by an analysis of the three conceptual foundations of a substitute: systems thinking, metrics and the balanced score card. This alternative blends those conceptual foundations and suggests a novel accreditation instrument: the Program Accreditation Score card or PAS. The article further explores the tenants of this novel instrument and explores its applied dimensions. The article relies on several works on the issue of the accreditation of management education efforts. It refers to existing approaches practiced by key accreditation market leaders and explores some contextual literature. The article could lead to the introduction of a structural change in the conceptual framework and the operational tools of the management education accreditation industry.

scholarly journals Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Angus Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Caste System ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Gender Based

<p>This thesis explores the online ‘manosphere’ subculture of Involuntary Celibates (Incels). Incels have been widely discussed in contemporary media in recent years and have been cited as harmful after several mass-murders and attacks have taken place offline. Previous academic research has largely focused on individual-level explanations for Incel mass-murderers, with few studies seeking to uncover the structural determinants of the rise of Incels. This thesis attempts to fill this gap, exploring the subculture’s negotiation with the changing features of contemporary society. The study utilised internet-based qualitative research methods over a period of three-months to collect data on two Incel forums: r/Braincels and Incels.co. The data was then interpreted through thematic analysis within a constructivist grounded theory approach. The research found that Incels negotiate their anxieties of a rapidly changing globalised world with a sense of victimisation and ‘aggrieved entitlement’ through a worldview that understands society as set up to economically, socially, and sexually favour women. It was also found that through such a sense of entitlement, Incels conceive of a hetero-patriarchal racial caste-system that relies on uncritical readings of selected biological and evolutionary psychological studies. This worldview is known as the ‘Black Pill’ and is employed to ideologically condition Incels against out-groups. Through a shared mythology of victimisation, the Incel ideology of the Black Pill functions to produce a form of ‘stochastic terrorism’ in which individual users interpret the spectrum of beliefs from enacting online gender-based hate-speech to mass violence in the terrestrial world. This thesis presents understandings that could inform future educational programs in critical literacy skills that aim to dismantle the conceptual apparatus that feeds the ideologically charged hatred of groups like Incels.</p>

Analisis Implikatur Percakapan pada Pedagang Jamu di Pasar Tradisional Prenduan, Madura

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Albaburrahim Albaburrahim ◽  
Mochamad Arifin Alatas
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Traditional Markets ◽  
Conversational Implicatures ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Traditional Market ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Implied Meaning

Implicature is an implied meaning of speech that is conveyed indirectly by the speaker to the speech partner. This study aims to describe the conversational implications of herbal medicine traders in Prenduan traditional markets, Madura. This research used a pragmatic theoretical approach (implicature) and a descriptive qualitative methodological approach. The data collection technique of this study used the technique of listening, taking notes, and recording. The data analysis technique classified conversational implicatures based on the pragmatic theory approach. The results of the data analysis indicated that there were conversational implicature in the conversations of herbal medicine traders in Prenduan traditional market. Conversational implicatures are used, namely: prohibition, approval, refuse, command, request, assure, complaint, and report.

Understanding the Preferences for Online Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 194-208
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Alan Williams
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
International Students ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Value Drivers ◽  
Mba Programs ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Instrumental View

Online learning is promoted by the Malaysian Government as a key element in the Higher Education Blueprint 2015-25 (Shift 9: Globalized Online Learning), but research in the Malaysian context is very underdeveloped. This chapter aims to fill part of this gap with a simple analysis of online Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses to examine the appetite and preferences of actual and potential MBA students for online learning. Using data from local and international students studying on MBA programs in Malaysia, the authors show that the MBA students in their sample still have a largely instrumental view of the value drivers of their study programs. The key factors identified by the largest number of groups were facilities, price, certificate authenticity, duration, and flexibility of course times.

Employability and skill gap among MBA graduates in India: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-104
Author(s):  
Neha Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Mba Education ◽  
Mba Graduates

Purpose The purpose of this study is to review scholarly research on employability and skill gap in the context of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) education in India. This paper provides an overview of the critical themes and identifies research gaps for future investigations. Design/methodology/approach Published empirical studies were reviewed and thematically analysed using NVivo 11 Pro. Findings In addition to technical aptitudes and skills, organisations also seek other attributes that are associated with employability, such as communication, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and interpersonal skills. Communication is an important skill frequently cited in the literature. Additionally, themes related to reasons for skill gaps are identified. Practical implications Soft skills and non-technical aptitudes should be emphasised in MBA education. Furthermore, significant reforms in MBA education programmes should be implemented in India to make graduates industry-ready. Originality/value Several studies have been carried out to verify the existence of and reasons for skill gaps amongst MBA graduates in India. Through integrative literature review, the issue of skill gap is discussed. Future research directions are also recommended in this paper.

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