Integration of information and communication technologies in management education: a path for success

Abstract

We are in VUCA environment, a highly competitive environment, with distributed access to resources. The talented HR can give requisite which could provide the requisite cutting edge services to organizations to flourish. This calls for producing business management graduates who could efficiently handle the next century challenges. To achieve this, revolutionary pedagogical changes have to be made in terms of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) that would come in handy for improving the quality of imparting of management education in general and learning in particular. Many surveys conducted by industry associations like FICCI, CII and Aspiring Minds has pointed out that employability of business management graduates is the major issue. Hence any initiative, such as ICT as a pedagogical change will go a long way in solving this problem apart from enabling the youngsters to contribute to the Gross Domestic product (GDP). This paper aims at examining the role of ICT in improving the quality of management education. It further explores to find whether ICT enabled education enhances the learning experience and provides new skill sets to the students. Design /methodology – This study critically examines the role of ICT in Management education which is based on literature and document review. It has covered educational reports, empirical and theoretical research and various articles. Originality/Value- This is mainly an analytical study by exploring the secondary sources and reviewing documents including the experience of few institutes in the field of management education to make out a case for effective use of ICT.