AACSB International and Association of African Business Schools AABS Connect: Annual Conference 2015

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1 AACSB International and Association of African Business Schools AABS Connect: Annual Conference 2015

2 AACSB MISSION AACSB Interna,onal advances quality management educa,on worldwide through accredita,on, thought leadership and value- added services.

3 AABS Case Study: Background Higher educa,on in your country is growing quickly, both in terms of providers and students, as it has been a government priority to increase access. Addi,onally OECD reports that the growth of college age students will increase drama,cally over the next 20 years. The government has not only allowed for the expansion of public universi,es but also for the entry of private higher educa,on providers. You ve been asked to develop plans for a new business school at your established public university. The university has a department of economics and business, as it known more for social sciences educa,on. It has a law school and, in 10 years ago the university added an engineering school and an agriculture school, and has plans to build a medical school. Among other public universi,es, yours has a solid but not elite reputa,on. There are two other more elite public universi,es in the city, and both have business schools with western- style MBA programs. Growing young popula,on and middle class. Increasingly mobile across borders within Africa and across the world. The city has an excellent base of employers, but has struggled to differen,ate itself. The president is highly ambi,ous and has poli,cal aspira,ons.

4 Your 1 st Challenge Exercise 1 The president has asked your group to develop 1) A Mission Statement for a Business School and: 2) A list of five strategic priori,es for the next five years. Work together to develop the mission statement and the list of priori,es, priori,zed from highest to lowest. Es,mate the propor,on of total es,mated costs for each.

5 Your 2 nd Challenge Exercise 2 The dean has been asked to submit plans and budget requests to recruit the first set of faculty members over the course of next five years. In your group, develop ini,al plans, including: 1) Priority of faculty hired by discipline 2) Projected size and general characteris,cs by department or discipline, and 3) Approximate budget (in Euros) required over the next 3 years.

6 Your 3 rd Challenge Working with your group, priori,ze your business degree programs that you plan to launch over the 1 st 5 years of opera,on. Will your business school also be engaged in Execu,ve Educa,on programs?

7 AACSB Organization Headquartered in Florida in the USA Offices in Singapore and Amsterdam Staff member located in India Total 76 employees 750 volunteer assignments

8 AACSB Snapshot 01 May, 2015 Total Members: 1470 Educa6onal Members: 1411 Business Members: 52 Management Associa6ons: 7 Total Countries/Territories: 88

9 Our Newest Office to Serve EMEA Opened January Looking for your involvement! Piet Heinkade 55, Amsterdam, the Netherlands +31 (0) Fiscal Year 14 Seminars & Conferences May 2015, 1 st mee,ng of Middle East Advisory Council Special Advisor to AACSB, George Najjar, Provost, Lebanese American U.

10 Total educa6onal AACSB members: private ins,tu,ons 182 public ins,tu,ons AACSB Footprint Europe, Middle East & Africa 23% - 81 AACSB educa1onal members in the AACSB accredita1on process. 29% - 99 AACSB educa1onal members hold AACSB accredita1on Ac,vated Membership EMEA

11 Reach of AACSB International AACSB-accredited members present AACSB members present No AACSB members present Distribu,on of schools as of March 2, 2015.

12 Creation of AACSB s 2020 Committee The 2020 Commiiee was appointed ajer the January 2014 Board of Directors mee,ng and was given the charge to recommend strategies and structures to significantly increase AACSB s achievement of its global mission, providing for superior membership advantage as well as quality improvement and quality assurance services, with par,cular focus on emerging economies.

13 2020 Committee Recommendations Establish a Global Improvement Network Project. Provide regionalized services. Expand AACSB as the central node for global business school informa,on.

14 Global Improvement Network Launch The GIN pilot project will span a 24- month period star,ng in the fiscal year. Comple,on of the GIN pilot project will result in the following benefits to AACSB: Enhanced knowledge and informa,on about the current status of business educa,on in emerging economy regions Expanded DATADIRECT par,cipa,on Strengthened AACSB presence in emerging economies

15 Global Improvement Network Philosophy AACSB s mission is to advance management educa,on worldwide through accredita,on, thought leadership and value- added services. By engaging with a small number of schools, we will help schools make progress on a quality improvement journey while AACSB gains valuable informa,on about business educa,on in regions where we have not geographically engaged schools significantly in the past.

16 Structure of GIN Cohorts It is expected that most schools recruited for the GIN pilot project will come from developing regions across the globe In each of these areas, 4-6 schools will be selected to form a cohort. Each cohort will engage with two coaches or mentors recruited from within the region

17 Key Resources for Global Improvement Network Participants Data Direct: Largest repository of b- school data in the world Compara,ve trends Student/Faculty demographics Salary data Faculty qualifica,on defini,ons Effec,ve prac,ces database Benchmarking reports

18 Key Resources for Global Improvement Network Participants Effec,ve Prac,ces Database Reported by schools and peer review teams To share prac,ces uploaded from team reports, schools need to remove confiden,al status Categorized by accredita,on standard Over 2,500 entries made by schools and an addi,onal 2,000 entered by Peer Review Teams

19 Educa6onal Resources: Conferences Key Resources for Global Improvement Network Participants Conferences: Provide broad, over- arching views of the global trends and issues affec,ng the industry Some are specific, topic- based forums or symposiums Seminars limited number of par,cipants Intensive training in a focused, in,mate classroom semng Webinars Interac,ve, web- based sessions, cost effec,ve and convenient

20 Additional Resources BizEd Magazine enewsline (including ENL Live) Resource Centers