| | 8 December 2021HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEWI n the current scenario, it's essential that the Business schools demonstrate high quality to seek international recognition and status. Business schools should work closely with students to move their passions into professions. Today's learners need more than an understanding of the functional disciplines; they need to be deeply connected to the purpose of their work. Business schools will find it difficult to achieve quality without passionate leaders, strong institutional support, excellent organization, and precise processes to ensure accountability. Business Schools that aspire to excel in quality must achieve a number of multidimensional, qualitative outcomes. More precisely, they must promote engagement among stakeholders, deliver high-quality programs, encourage scholarly research, and design a relevant curriculum.To supersede among the best in the world, business schools need to meet expectations on these six factors: stability, collegiality, and a strategic mindset.Stability: At a stable business school, financial, human, and physical resources are in good shape and likely to remain so. A stable environment provides a foundation for creativity, innovation, and new programming. By contrast, a school with an unstable environment might be underfunded, understaffed, and operating in facilities that are too small or too old to meet its needs. In such an environment, the school is unlikely to achieve its mission, pursue new endeavors, work at continuous improvement, or maintain high quality.Collegiality: A collegial institution fosters significant engagement among students, faculty, staff, industry and the surrounding community. It is stable and well-staffed, and it enjoys a well-developed infrastructure. A collegial organization doesn't just deploy enough resources to support its mission; it creates an environment that is positive and collaborative. Its administrators and faculty share responsibility and accountability as they establish strategic directions and action plans, and they take corrective action if the school isn't demonstrating progress toward achieving its mission.Strategic Mindset: A business school with a strategic mindset is able to articulate its mission publicly, implement systems to monitor its progress toward that mission, periodically review and update the mission, and pursue continuous improvement. When the business school initially develops its mission, it should gather input from key stakeholders, including administrative leaders, faculty, students, employers, recruiters, and alumni. A business school with a strategic mindset realizes that its students must develop such a mindset as well. Graduates should be able to look beyond their functional expertise to think critically about business systems and how they impact society. While these graduates will use their technical skills to launch their careers, they will rely on their strategic abilities to map out long-term career plans and see beyond their own jobs as they consider the role of business in society. A business school with a strategic mindset will position its graduates for life, not just for work.Leadership: The importance of committed leaders can hardly be overstated. An effective leadership team not only will assist in formulating the business school's mission and strategy, but it also will rally all stakeholders to participate in carrying out the strategic management plan. ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AS SUCCESS MANTRA AT B-SCHOOLSBy Dr. Sai Kumari.V, Head & Professor, Department of Management Studies, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai
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