CA Prashant Jain

Management Education: A Key to Success

Teaching & Learning Process: Challenges & Issues – Teaching From Mind & Learning By Hart

In this paper article , I try to indicate some point & describe them in this way first define what is teaching, learning, teaching & learning combine, describe teaching process & learning process & its characteristics, challenges & issues of teaching from mind & learning by hart. It’s also include some examples of teaching & learning like Michel Faraday, from whom, where & how he learn, it also include example of movies of Amir Khan’s “Tare Jami Par” & “Three idiots” about teacher & learner ,Example of atom bomb & terror activities challenges & issues of teaching & learning. Example Visnu Sharma great writer & teacher who written “Panch Tantra Stories.” & great learner of Arjun in Maha Bhart. ... Read more

Strategies For Reducing Institute-Industry Gap

In this highly competitive world, it has become indispensable to create managers who are ready to take on industrial challenges. Keeping this in view and to develop industry ready managers; Industry-Institute interaction cell is required for minimizing gap of expectation by employers. There is a need for effective intervention to understand employer needs, variable sectors specific skills, training requirement that improves business performances, articulation of business expectations in educational institutions and engagement of industry leaders with higher education institutions ... Read more

Quality Management In Higher Education-Role Of Students

Total Quality Management is a philosophy of continuous improvement, which can provide educational institutions with appropriate tools to meet the needs and expectations of their students and other stakeholders, and it involves the role of regulatory bodies, management, faculty, society etc. The role of students can be of great importance if they are involved in the academic community. They can be involved in higher education enhancement committee, quality circles, academic audit system, elected student representatives, tripartite system and students associations at subject level for problem solving, decision making, evaluation etc. The students’ ability to see the situation from the perspective of a learner and they being the largest stakeholder investing time and money in education can make their contribution valuable and important for maintaining quality of higher education. This will help to attain the new objectives of higher education i.e. aim of self learning, teamwork, linking learning, adaptability etc. and the progress of the students will definitely lead to success of institutions of higher education. ... Read more

Quality Management

Quality Management or in some cases Total Quality Management is applied to business and industry; but it has been recently introduced and experimented in higher ... Read more

Improving Quality Of Management Education- A Triangular Approach

The increasing demand for postgraduate education in management in India has resulted in a steep rise in the number of institutes offering such education. However, the quality of education offered in many institutes is seriously being debated by students and prospective employers. The efforts to improve quality appear minimal, resulting in little or no improvement in quality. Provides a summary of status of quality in management education and critically analyses the issue of quality. Further, the paper describes the structure and pattern of post-graduate management education as offered in India, along with a description of regulatory agencies existing in the country to monitor the standards of management education. Towards the end, suggests appropriate solutions, to improve quality. The general objective is to provide help to develop strategies for improving quality of postgraduate education in management. The authors recommend a triangular management education model. ... Read more

Quality In Higher Education (Role Of Students)

“The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people”In the twenty first ... Read more

Expectation of Students from B-School

The present world is changing and getting innovated day by day. The students having immature mind and boiling blood also start expecting the higher outputs from the institutes. It should be clear that institutes are for making students employable and they are not the “placement agencies”. Moreover, the other expectations of the students are also somewhat genuine and somewhat unrealistic. Hence, this research paper is throwing light in this area that what students expect from a business school. ... Read more

Teaching-Learninng Process

The rapid changes and increased complexity of today’s world, present new challenges and put new demands on our education system. There has been generally a growing awareness of the necessity to change and improve the preparation of students for productive functioning in the continually changing and highly demanding environment. In confronting this challenge it is necessary to consider the complexity of the education system itself and the multitude of problems that must be addressed. ... Read more

Higher Education In The Twenty-First Century

The education sector in general and higher education in particular are undergoing profound changes in India. Enrolment in higher education has been growing to meet the needs of a larger and globalizing labour market. The rapid expansion of the Indian higher education system is due to opening up of the higher education sector for private participation during the 1980s and the economic liberalisation that started in the early 1990s. This research paper is an informative type of paper which will present information regarding the governance and management, some of the recent reforms in the higher education in 21st century done by the government of India and what are the tasks ahead for improvement of the education system in India. ... Read more

Expectation Of MBA Student From B-School

1.    Introduction: B-School is an endeavor to create ‘knowledge pool’ through knowledge sharing, knowledge imparting, knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation for the future managers in ... Read more

Institute – Industry Gap – The Employability Gap

Knowing is not enough, we must apply Willing is not enough, we must do Abstract With the Industry and Academia often expressing divergent views, the article provides both with a platform for expression with the aim to help bring about a meeting of minds. Institute – Industry partnership forms an important activity for any academic institutions as its stakeholders interact with the real world. To work out this employability gap, it is essential for the institutes must realize that their ultimate goal is to deliver quality students to the industry. Covering up this employability gap won’t just benefit the student or the institute or the industry, but would overall benefit our nation as well. We have the fire in us; we just need to feel it and prove ourselves. Together we can and we will, make a difference! ... Read more

Demand for Skilled Human Resource

Universities and industry, which for long have been operating in separate domains, are rapidly inching closer to each other to create synergies. The constantly changing management paradigms, in response to growing complexity of the business environment today have necessitated these two to come closer. Higher education institutions not only contribute skilled human resources to business, but also in various intangible ways. The intersecting needs and mutually interdependent relationship requires identifying means of further strengthening academia-industry partnerships.Extremely dynamic business world and the rapidly developing knowledge based service economy have put in an increased demand for professionals to manage the business effectively. And this is precisely the reason why amongst various other fields of knowledge, desire for acquiring management qualifications is growing, both amongst the fresh graduates and working executives. Many multi-nationals entered India bringing with them increased demand for professionals. Business education now moved beyond the domains of government control with establishment of many private institutions. Indian economy was being integrated into the world economy. As any other ambitious society, India also started placing great importance on commercial activities as a catalyst to socio-economic development. Resurgent India sees wealth creation as a great equalizer amongst all sections of the society. In such a scenario a knowledge worker who can work at the cutting edge of technology, add value to the bottom-line, and provide competitive advantage to industry has become a hot commodity to acquire. ... Read more

Challanges in Mba

In management education, quality has become a necessity and the circumstances require total quality management. The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. To make India an intellectual capital of the world, we have to rethink about the management education and effort should be made to create a dynamic environment, which can nurture superior quality technical education colleges. Management education in India is not very old; it has taken its practical shape during early sixties with establishment of Indian Institute of Management to train the people with management concepts. After that many institutions, universities have also come forward to provide management education to cater the increasing demand of good managers. The process of liberalization & globalization has created enormous opportunities & challenges & in the era of global competitiveness, we have to exercise utmost care to safeguard, India's interest to see that India does not loose in international arena. In the era of these fast emerging changes, there is a need for future global managers with qualities and competencies in global perspective. Quality is the only currency, which is accepted universally & it is also true in the case when product is education. Every customer is now quality conscious & it is also imperative that a passion for quality is developed in the International as well as Indian psyche.The qualitative aspect of management education is also as important as its technical aspects. Management Education should not just equip a student with technical skills and expertise, but also develop in him the right attitude. It should be our endeavor to produce world class technical & management personnel who would be sought globally. Total quality management should be inducted to make the management education effective. ... Read more

A Study On “Branded Institutes & Students Perception”

Branding Education is more than creating a brand name or a logo or indulging in large media exercises. It is as an exercise that helps develop an identity that inspires people. Today education is not only about bookish knowledge. Now it extends way beyond classrooms to the play fields, stage, music rooms and the very personality of the individuals concerned. The members of a school recognize themselves with its brand. Business schools should accordingly ensure that the strategic focus of their education programs reflects the reality of today's employment market and what students expect from such programs. They should strongly consider allocating additional resources to these programs, improving program flexibility, and further encouraging student participation. The branding strategy and programme of a B-school need to go far beyond the product portfolio and embrace the whole offering from the business school including products, price, place and more importantly people. The paper analysis some of these challenges and their impact on students' satisfaction with their institute experience. ... Read more

Role of Faculty Members In Assuring Quality of Education

The role performed by of faculty members plays a very important role in assuring the quality of curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities of students and thereby managing the quality of education. The role is crafted according to expectations of stakeholders and self in order to make it comprehensive and clear to one and all. A well crafted role can be enriched at all the levels to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of functioning of the institutions. It serves variety of purposes at institution and individual level. In this paper the process of crafting the role of faculty members is explained, role of faculty members is crafted and listed which is based on research study. The crafted role is stated on various dimensions such as curricular, co-curricular, examination, administrative, managerial and research. The expected behaviour of faculty members is also stated. Well crafted role can further be evaluated to refine, modify and enrich it at institute level considering the specific requirements. It may bring spiral effect in improving the performance of the individuals as well institutes over a period of time. The faculty members can use it for measuring their role satisfaction level and taking decisions for self improvement, role shift and even role quit. ... Read more

A Critical Review Of Higher Education In India With Reference To TQM Measurement

In this research paper an attempt is made to assess the quality of higher education with the help of Total Quality Management ‘TQM’ parameters. The ... Read more

Technical Education: Quality; Some Issues

The transformation of the world economy into the knowledge based society calls for fostering of technologically competent human resource as an essential input for national development. The new global scenario poses unprecedented challenges before the technical education system thereby demanding the whole range of skills for round development of nation. ... Read more

Quality Management In Higher Education

Higher Education has been defined as the mother of all professions. The higher education in India has been confronted with many challenges as there is huge expansion of education to 1500 universities nationwide. For high quality education, we need world-class institutions. We also need bright students to opt for research. The fundamental purpose of education is to make students employable. Employability does not mean job specific skills, but it means the general level of preparedness of entry level employees. It requires a combination of basic, higher order and affective employability skills and traits.Presently, Indian education system caters to the need of more than 10 million people. The higher education enrollment is only 13 per cent. There is an urgent need for expanding the higher education base in the country. The various levels of education are - Primary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Secondary Education and Professional Education which includes Medical, Management, Engineering, Agriculture and other Technical Education The quality in higher education is the product of 3Es - Excellence, Efficiency and Equity. The new developments in higher education includes increased supply of education and the emergence of new education providers such as multi-national companies, corporate universities and media companies. In recent years, India’s rapid growth has fuelled a massive increase in the demand for higher education. The potential impact of globalization on higher education provides both opportunities and challenges. The paper discusses the research scenario regarding various issues underlying it. It also focuses on impact of globalization on Higher Education. The paper attempts to bring on surface the factors affecting Higher Education and suggestions to improve the quality of Higher Education. ... Read more