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Factors affecting quality of management education in India: An interpretive structural modelling approach

Ritika Mahajan (Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India)
Rajat Agrawal (Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India)
Vinay Sharma (Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India)
Vinay Nangia (Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India)

International Journal of Educational Management

ISSN: 0951-354X

Article publication date: 6 May 2014

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose and value of management education was always under the critics’ scanner but the proliferation of institutes impelled a serious debate on its quality. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors affecting quality of management education in India and explains their nature, significance and mutual influences using interpretive structural modelling (ISM).

Design/methodology/approach

The factors were listed through literature review. They were then validated by empirical research conducted through questionnaires administered electronically and personally to 220 master of business administration students and alumni. On 13 such factors finalised, a qualitative and interpretive tool, ISM was applied.

Findings

Leadership emerged as the most important factor followed by organisational structure and practices. Interrelations otherwise not easily observable established their prominence. An important fact that evolved is that almost all the factors have strong interdependence and have to be seen in coherence when analysing their impact on students.

Originality/value

The literature until now has been highlighting the factors and their association with management education largely in isolation. This paper contributes to the existing literature by proposing a framework of the interrelationships of the factors which have a role in improving the quality of management education.

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Citation

Mahajan, R., Agrawal, R., Sharma, V. and Nangia, V. (2014), "Factors affecting quality of management education in India: An interpretive structural modelling approach", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 379-399. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-10-2012-0115

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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