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Bulletin – April 2023

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IFSAM Webinar

IFSAM is glad to announce its next Webinar on 20th June 2023 at 2pm CEST

The governance of higher education markets in turbulent times: the challenges of corporatization and distance learning

The pandemic has accelerated the trend towards corporatization and distance learning in higher education institutions (HEIs). Education in business and management, which accounts for 15/20% of Higher Education student numbers across the globe, has been exposed to both trends; in particular, business schools have been exposed to corporatization. Hence, HEIs that are traditionally governed by a bottom-up approach have been pushed to a top-down organizational model based mostly on financial indicators. At the same time, the pandemic made distance learning reach record shares of the market in different parts of the world. As far as regulation is concerned, governments in different parts of the world have taken decisions either for or against public education and funding, and have either tightened or loosened educational criteria. Hence the turbulence we identify has different configurations across the globe. We want, in this panel, to examine the different ‘turbulences’ taking place in different countries and regions, not just to compare them, but to imagine ways forward that may protect education quality.

Panelists:

Dr. Flavio Romero Macau, Edith Cowan University, Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning

Dr. Lars Engwall, Uppsala University, Coordinator of the Higher Education, Research and Culture in European Societies

Dr. Teguh Dartanto, Universitas Indonesia

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Presidents’ Platform Meeting

The nineth Presidents Platform Meeting on “impact of management research” took place on April 17, 2023. The panel included Silviya Svejenova (IFSAM Vice President Research), Renate Meyer (WU Vienna and 2021 division chair of the OMT Division of the Academy of Management), and Menico Rizzi (Steering Board member at CoARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment).

Attendees and panelists engaged in exchange about promises and perils of the assessment of impact of management research. On the one hand, management research can contribute to ongoing discussions about today’s burning issues. On the other hand, measuring impact presents the risk of reverting to the unproductive use of metrics. Against this background, scholarly associations in management can play an enabling role in fostering the use of such metrics responsibly.

Several joint initiatives among attendees emerged from the discussion. Menico Rizzi invited IFSAM members to consider joining CoARA – Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, and he would welcome questions from interested parties. For more information about CoARA, visit: https://coara.eu/