EDITOR’S LETTER
EDITORIAL
Content editor Tim Banerjee Dhoul t.dhoul@amba-bga.com Head of editorial Colette Doyle c.doyle@amba-bga.com
HIGHER LEARNING
Art editor Sam Price
Sub-editor Heather Ford
Processes of programme adaptation and enhancement lie at the heart of this issue’s features
T he Business Graduates on new ways of learning and initiatives aimed at adapting to the changing requirements of business and society. Programmes that can be studied in multiple countries around the world widen access to a business school’s expertise. However, a potential downside is the loss of international experience and exchange Association (BGA) champions continuous improvement in the delivery of management education. So, in this edition of Business Impact , we focus that students acquire when they come together in a single study location. At the School of Management Sciences at the University of Quebec in Montreal, an intensive week of working in cross-cultural teams aims to solve this problem. In our cover feature ( page 18 ), the school’s EMBA director Kamal Bouzinab guides us through an experiential learning initiative that aims to drive personal growth by leveraging the diversity of its far-flung cohorts. Similarly, the Global Degree initiative put forward by Berlin School of Business and Innovation provost Kyriakos Kouveliotis ( page 26 ) seeks to create an international community that will enhance global perspectives, allow for further understanding of multiculturalism and enable students to
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“AN INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO DRIVE PERSONAL GROWTH BY LEVERAGING COHORTS’ DIVERSITY” practise skills and creativity in environments outside their home region. For Egade Business School, a central facet of programme enhancement comes from working with the Principles for Responsible Management Education to integrate social and environmental dimensions into its teaching. Professor Christiane Molina Brockmann explains why changing times necessitate action from business schools ( page 10 ). Attributes for institutions to focus on, as well as wide-ranging examples of how to prepare students for careers that specialise in this growing area of prominence, are then outlined by Woxsen University School of Business’ Debdutta Choudhury and Rajat Gera ( page 32 ). Lastly, our exclusive look into the gender dynamics at play in the latest AMBA & BGA research o ers areas in which programmes could be adjusted to foster greater equity in the classroom and the business world.
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Business Impact ISSUE 4 2023
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