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05 EDITOR’S LETTER Why the student experience is such a key factor in all aspects of management education 06 BUSINESS BRIEFING News and research from across BGA’s global network 10 COVER STORY COMPETING ON CREDIBILITY UDP dean Mauricio Villena offers a guide to the strategic choices, governance and institutional design needed to thrive in an evolving landscape
30 MIND THE GAP Bridging the divide between academia and industry at the AUC Onsi Sawiris School of Business 34 IN FOCUS The UK’s Manchester Metropolitan University Business School in profile 36 GUEST COLUMN Why today’s leadership must focus on regeneration, not resilience 38 DIRECTOR’S DESPATCH Building on employers’ confidence in the value of business education
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22 ADVANTAGE AFRICA How international immersion programmes co-designed with local institutions can give students the strongest insights into Africa’s expanding opportunities and the realities of business across the continent’s diverse markets 26 BREAKING THE CYCLE OF PSYCHOPATHY To curb the prevalence of toxic leadership and unethical organisational cultures, business schools must recognise psychology as a practical management tool,
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16 A PICTURE OF PROGRESS The innovative Parivartan
framework at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management charts students’ progress against key competencies and helps them lead their own transformation journeys, says dean and director Raman Ramachandran
argues Open Academy founder Daniel Tůma
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