Management education in India

Abstract

In this paper, an attempt has been made to critically examine the management education in India and identify the factors hindering its effectiveness. According to the author, lack of clarity regarding the expected outcome of the management education programme, discipline-orientation and ivory-tower approach of the academicians, lack of involvement by practitioners in the industry and bias towards conceptual learning are some of the factors hampering the effectiveness of the Indian management education. He gives general suggestions for enhancing^ the effectiveness of Indian management education including: a) shifting the focus of programmes from conceptual learning to skill development, attitude change and value classification; b) acquiring a faculty having a greater practical orientation and an interdisciplinary approach; c) establishing greater collaboration between the management institutions and the industry with regard to the design and contact of management education programme's and research; and gradually discontinuing the government financing of management institutions and encouraging these institutions to generate funds from the industry and the market.