Curriculum Development at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad: An Appraisal (PPT)
Abstract :
It has been more than sixty years of management
education in India. Different types of management institutions have been
established in the country to impart management education. Looking at huge
growth in management education sector, many management institutions have
mushroomed in last one decade. Unfortunately many failed to maintain the
desired standards which are required for providing good quality management
education. Management Institutionscompletely ignored the stakeholder theory
approach in providing management education, in another words they did not
address the market expectations from the budding managers. They did not update
the curriculum with the passage of the time as per the demand and need. This
led to poor quality of management education in the country. As per authors
understanding only 5% of the total management institutions in the country have
succeeded in providing good quality management education.
Curriculum Development is the burning issues
for all management institutions in the country. Present paper will discuss the
present scenario of management education in India, issues and challenges mainly
in the area of curriculum development, quality management education. Authors
have taken Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) as a part of their
case study as being Associates they are closely linked with the academic work
in various programmes at IIM-A.
Keywords – Curriculum Development, IIM Ahmedabad, Appraisal