REGULARS
IT’S OUR RESPONSIBILITY: UNDERSTANDING AND BROADENING AWARENESS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
This session will showcase organisations that share AMBA & BGA’s passion for building networks and have adopted a proactive, innovative approach to strategic collaboration. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: TRENDS, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO KEEP AHEAD AS LEADERS Business and the labour market change continually, as do individual career paths. In a volatile world, even MBAs are challenged to keep abreast of trends and issues, and to make sure they are nurturing and enhancing the skills they need, to succeed in their career trajectories. There are many opportunities for both Business School professionals and students to further their knowledge and develop the skills they need in their chosen professions and throughout their lives. And, with a myriad of learning and development opportunities available in a saturated market, students need to embrace learning from other facets that can be integral to their growth.
learning requires a positive attitude towards learning both for personal and professional development. Lifelong learners are motivated to learn and develop because they want to better themselves and this mindset needs to be acknowledged by education providers. So how do we as Business School Leaders provide lifelong learning to our students and community? This session will look at the needs and preferences of today’s lifelong learners and consider programme options and formats. Stackable courses, for example, can offer a favourable solution for those who cannot afford to leave their jobs behind and for whom time is a crucial issue. In this way, learners may collect courses step by step in a way that suits their individual needs and can even study with different Schools. We will explore strategies and opportunities for Business Schools that are reinventing teaching and learning among students, graduates, alumni networks, and in their custom and executive education offerings.
Sustainability and CSR is an approach to the management of organisations which is focused on long-term economic, social, and environmental value. It is a response to the challenges of the modern world facing organisations from all sectors and people from all walks of life. A business can be a force for good if its purpose is not just about the bottom line, and it is willing to serve its community and satisfy societal needs sustainably. There is a growing consensus that business leaders have a responsibility not only to shareholders, but also to wider society – customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and the environment.
But how does this affect business education?
Understanding the impact of decisions and barriers to progress are steps in the right direction towards the development of sustainable and socially just economies.
Knowledge can be acquired and skill sets developed anywhere in everyday life. Lifelong
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