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Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2-26-2014

Author Affiliation

Dean and Director at Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Conference Name

4th International Conference on Business Management (4th ICoBM)

Conference Location

Sukkur IBA, Sukkur, Pakistan

Conference Dates

2014-02-26

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Keywords

Management education, quality education, value chain

Abstract / Description

Academic institutions are not really known for their buildings and infrastructure or even the quality of their faculty but for the contribution they make in the generation, dissemination and application of knowledge. In Pakistan unfortunately we have been emphasizing on producing meal tickets called degrees rather than imbibing the instincts to assimilate knowledge and apply that knowledge to the real world problems faced by us. Seeing this assembly of students I have decided that I would address you on a subject of great importance i.e. the value chain of quality education in the field of management .We have always heard that for management education to have successful outcomes it must emphasize on high quality, relevance and rigour. These are abstract terms that need to be fiirther dissected. . . There are so many business school producing MBAs and BBAs and all kind of degrees who profess and preach the same concepts of quality, relevance and rigour. .But my basic hypothesis is what distinguishes one institution from the other is the strength of the whole value chain just not one or two components. Unless all these components are glued together you really cannot have quality education. So what are these components?

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Keynote address delivered at the 4th International Conference on Business Management (4th ICoBM), Sukkur IBA, held on 26–27 February 2014. IH0103

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