EDITOR’S LETTER
Universal APPEAL
EDITORIAL Head of editorial Colette Doyle c.doyle@amba-bga.com Content editor Tim Banerjee Dhoul t.dhoul@amba-bga.com
iven that the business school sector operates in such a global environment, it is no wonder that the various individual marketplaces give rise to many regional challenges. In the UK, for instance, while quality assurance is at a very high standard, there can be over-regulation. In fact, one of the current difficulties facing UK-based As business schools around the world face a myriad of challenges, a creative approach to pedagogy is essential deans is the political pressure to restrict student visas – particularly the spousal visa. To this end, incoming AMBA & BGA chair Professor Wendy Loretto is working with the association’s CEO, Andrew Main Wilson on lobbying the government on the issue, a topic she elaborates on in our interview with her in this issue. In South Africa, meanwhile, schools are still dealing with the legacy of its troubled past, as our feature reveals. Business schools there have been forced to adapt global insights to the complex realities of the local environment. They developed that knowledge into complex stakeholder relationships and led searching conversations about ethical leadership. During apartheid, companies often led the way toward social change. This trend was reflected at many of the country’s schools, several of which integrated their classrooms long before apartheid ended and began searching considerations of the role business can play in a changing society. Some things, however, are universal, such as the ingenious pedagogy methods outlined by Essca in its treatise on dealing with adult learners and the article by Matt Lilly from Hult International Business School on challenge-based learning. In the former, the authors note that the path of adult learners needs to be signposted, but must also allow for a degree of organisational autonomy. Lilley’s submission, meanwhile, contends that challenge-based learning can help an individual become a better leader. The school’s management education cohort is constantly challenged on the way it approaches the various case study problems presented. Enjoy the issue, we’ll be back next month with an interview featuring award-winning Toulouse- based school TBS, plus features on a leadership equation for the challenges facing 21st-century managers and research into the concept of skills-first HR. G
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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Chief executive o cer Andrew Main Wilson
Executive assistant to the CEO Amy Youngs a.youngs@amba-bga.com ACCREDITATION ENQUIRIES accreditation@amba-bga.com
PETER BAINES
VINCENT CALVEZ
CATHERINE DUGGAN DUGGAN GEORGIEV ATANAS GEORGIEV
STÉPHANE JUSTEAU
MATT LILLEY
WENDY LORETTO
MORRIS MTHOMBENI
MARK SMITH
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