Business Impact Magazine Volume 30

BGA DIGEST NEWS

Business briefing

The positive societal impact of board directors branching out, why ski season is at the centre of a climate-innovation conundrum and a project to reduce data centre energy emissions all feature in this round-up of news and research from BGA schools.

INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Continental shift

Rabat Business School dean Nicolas Arnaud offers a comprehensive guide to the growing prominence of Africa’s leading business schools on the world stage of management education and reveals how the region is beginning to reshape competition, collaboration and internationalisation.

AMBA & BGA RESEACH

Data Points

A new lifelong learning report from AMBA & BGA highlights that while almost all graduates consider themselves to be lifelong learners, fewer than half return to their business school to upskill.

SOCIAL IMPACT

The public value business school

For more than a decade, Cardiff Business School has made public value a fulcrum of its strategy, devising its own grand challenges and seeking to nurture students’ moral compass, personal values and social awareness. Pro-dean Peter Wells fills us in on the mechanics, initiatives and numbers involved.

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

Dialogue that delivers

Insights from an annual forum at the American University in Cairo’s Onsi Sawiris School of Business feed into ongoing initiatives aimed at impact in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. Leila Abdellatif delves into the details, drawing on faculty perspectives to demonstrate how this hub for exchanging ideas and inspiration is helping to drive continuous improvement.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Preparing tomorrow's leaders

Technological developments demand a new way of thinking about leadership and learning. Drawing on CEMS research, Nicole de Fontaines offers a series of recommendations designed to help business schools equip students with the skills needed to succeed in our AI-driven future.

PEDAGOGY

Demystifying the self-awareness debate

Self-awareness is a popular buzzword in management literature and a trait that is said to yield numerous benefits for leaders. However, a lack of clarity over its components often results in it being taught in a limited way, argues Julia Carden. Here, the Henley Business School tutor deconstructs this mulitfaceted framework to make the case for offering entire modules on the subject

SPONSORED CONTENT

In focus: Newcastle University Business School

Staff and graduates share how the UK’s Newcastle University Business School aims to put sustainability at the front of students’ thinking so that it will shape their future careers as leaders

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