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1E-8, Saturday, January 1, 5:10-6:50 P.M.
Session: Management Education in 2020-II
Session Chair: Darshan Desai
Berkeley College
8044 Co-creating Learning: Management Education 2.0 through the Lenses of Complexity
Darshan Desai, Berkeley College, darshudesai@gmail.com
This paper discusses the role of learning co-creation in the context of business management education. It addresses how an
educator can play a role of a facilitator of social networks and communities; why this role matters in the today’s business
environment; and, how the emergent learning and adaptive leadership can coexist with administrative controls. It further explores
innovative ways to generate and assess adaptive leadership within a network/ community. This paper makes an important
contribution to the existing literature by discussing the generation and assessment of adaptive leadership among online
communities and networks.
8440 Role of Business Schools in India in 2020
Umesh Patwardhan, University of Pune, meshdhan@yahoo.com
Manohar Ingale, University of Pune, surmaning@rediffmail.com
The paper aimed at envisaging the role of Indian B-Schools by 2020. The authors have discussed the evolution of management
education and the changing roles of Indian B-Schools. Some of them are,1. Creating knowledgeable, innovative and ethics
driven managers. 2. Creating management consultants to business. 3. Creating management researchers and thinkers proactively
guiding the businesses on changing scenario. The authors have suggested a revised ‘input-process-output’ model and revised
curricula to enable students to effectively play the role which include case study writing, scenario building and sector wise
presentations to industry etc.
8459 Management Education 2020 for Engineering Graduates
Pravin Pathak, K.K.Wagh Polytechnic, pravin_pathakrr@rediff.com
Mandar Kulkarni, S.B.College, mandarkulkarni1989@gmail.com
Many Engineering colleges in India have started MBA as an additional course. The kind of resources and environment expected
for MBA program is missing at most of such places. We can clearly differentiate between MBA at engineering college with MBA
at independent management institute. In many engineering colleges it is observed that faculties of engineering department having
MBA as an additional qualification conducting MBA lectures. We speak to MBA aspirants and MBA students about their
expectations and experience and presenting their views about studying MBA at an engineering college.
8461 Challenges in Management Education in 2020 : Roadmap through Soft Skills
Shalini Kalia, IMT, skalia@imt.edu
Lipi Das, IMT, ldas@imt.edu
Considering the global challenges of India emerging as an economic super power in the world economy, the paper identifies the
unmet needs of management education and how each presents an opportunity to innovate and change by 2020. Although, the
research in this area has been done in global as well as Indian context, our study explores the role of soft skills in bridging this gap
through exploratory qualitative research. The paper gives a framework to leverage the managerial skills required in a highly
competitive corporate environment.
8467 Indian Management Education 2020: The Need for IT Focus
Nilay Yajnik, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, nilayy@nmims.edu
India is and will continue to be an Information Technology (IT) power. Engineering colleges in India have a good focus on IT in
their curricula. However there are very few Business Schools in India which have a strong IT focus .As the Indian IT industry
moves up the value chain it becomes essential for Business Schools in India to orient themselves to the changing requirements.
This paper will bring out with suggestions the need for reorienting MBA curricula to suit the business scenario of the knowledge
era.