JOIN USA day-long quality improvement workshop on ‘Research and Guidance Skills for MBA Projects’ was organised by the Canara Bank School of Management Studies.
A manual by business administration academicians, sketching guidelines on ‘how to write project report’, to help students upgrade the quality of projects taken up as part of the course, was released on the occasion.
Postgraduation in business administration is one of the most sought after courses today.
Quality regulation Bangalore University alone has 12,000 students pursuing MBA. While scores of students are stepping into the profession, there has been a need to regulate the quality of course content.
Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prabhu Dev inaugurated the workshop. He promised support to business management experts if they came up with a framework for upgrading the content for MBA course.
He also called upon professors to help students improve their analytical skills so that they could come up with creative ideas in projects.
Innovation
Pavan Sony, a research fellow at IIM-Bangalore, spoke about enhancing innovation and creativity in projects.
He pointed out to the budding entrepreneurs that “business does not always depend on a B-plan, but on being open to a plan B.”
“Projects should be chosen on the basis of value of practical applicability. The project reports must always be short,” he said.
He said there was great competition in all fields today, but deficiency in attention among the people. “Mind-mapping is important to handle this challenge effectively, as it will enhance creativity in projects undertaken,” he explained.
C Manohar, dean of the International School of Business and Research, and the programme director, said the seminar would help bridge the gap between industry and academics by enabling students to pursue projects useful to the industry.
It would also help students draw from the experience of those in industries, enriching their academic knowledge, he added.