BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
COURSE DESIGN AND CURRICULA
unwanted change relating to performance, strategy, relationships, co-operation and partnerships. It can also help leaders understand themselves better as well as those in their teams, making them better placed to mediate conflicts and provide team members with effective coaching. Such knowledge can then be used to recognise unfavourable and unwanted behaviour, including potentially unfit individuals for our teams, projects and business goals as well as working environment, organisational culture and reputation. This will allow our future leaders to build organisations with good mental health and, in turn, contribute towards developing and supporting a healthy society. The challenge of creating management education curricula that will prepare
students adequately for the needs of 21st- century managerial roles is defined by a number of factors. These include societal changes, calls for more evidence-based approaches to teaching and changes in our understanding of multiculturalism, as well as a desire for greater inclusion of under-represented groups. However, the acceleration of psychological problems in organisations and the rise in mental health concerns among employees must also be central considerations. We need innovation in the industry. As part of the trend towards connecting sciences and professionals from different, yet in reality interconnected, fields, there is strong evidence in support of incorporating psychology and its applications to business and management when educating and training tomorrow’s leaders.
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Daniel Tuma is an entrepreneur with particular expertise in applying psychology to business and management. He is the founder of the Made in Czechoslovakia business school based in Prague, Czech Republic. Tuma has 20 years’ experience as a university lecturer and coach for CEOs and managers. His research encompasses the topics of corporate psychology, empathy and emotional intelligence
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