MBA Curriculum: How Different is Different?
It was rather strange to see the Economic Times "The Q to Become an MBA Just Got a Bit Longer! " 25th May 2011, make headline news about the development of emotional, spiritual and social quotients to the wards of business schools. I am sure even if the interviewees made no such claim, the reporter Kala Vijayaraghavan seemed to have had a 'gestaltic' vision of the synchronicity of multiple intelligences. She goes on to say
"Befriending and mentoring students living in slums, hardship stints in backward villages, mandatory internships with NGOs and hospitals, treasure hunts deep inside the city of Mumbai, immersions in other global cities, lectures by Aamir Khan and his 3 idiots co-star R Madhavan, compulsory lessons on ethics and environment, and even management mantras from the Bhagvad Gita it now takes a lot more than the usual dose of case studies and classroom sessions to earn an MBA. And honing social and spiritual quotient is now as important as sharpening the intelligence quotient (IQ).At the same time, the MBA is also beginning to reflect the changing world order"
It was rather strange to see the Economic Times "The Q to Become an MBA Just Got a Bit Longer! " 25th May 2011, make headline news about the development of emotional, spiritual and social quotients to the wards of business schools. I am sure even if the interviewees made no such claim, the reporter Kala Vijayaraghavan seemed to have had a 'gestaltic' vision of the synchronicity of multiple intelligences. She goes on to say
"Befriending and mentoring students living in slums, hardship stints in backward villages, mandatory internships with NGOs and hospitals, treasure hunts deep inside the city of Mumbai, immersions in other global cities, lectures by Aamir Khan and his 3 idiots co-star R Madhavan, compulsory lessons on ethics and environment, and even management mantras from the Bhagvad Gita it now takes a lot more than the usual dose of case studies and classroom sessions to earn an MBA. And honing social and spiritual quotient is now as important as sharpening the intelligence quotient (IQ).At the same time, the MBA is also beginning to reflect the changing world order"
