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Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22808 Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme Voss-Price, Lucy ichelp@gibs.co.za Naicker, Ravindran UCTD Collaboration Master of business administration (mba) Leading and development Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Despite numerous successes and appreciable advantages of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the reputation of the MBA has deteriorated in the eyes of businesses, as its relevance has been questioned and businesses often fail to see students applying acquired skills practically back at work.While previous research has focussed on the experience and opinions of MBA students themselves, this research sought insights of businesses and business schools, specifically considering the value of collaborative relationships for strengthening the MBA’s impact.This research aimed to understand how collaboration can improve the impact of the MBA, first by affirming the successes of the MBA, confirming its importance to business and then exploring current challenges. Previous initiatives have been unsuccessful in reviving the MBA’s ailing reputation, as they were isolated initiatives, lacking the support and involvement of other MBA stakeholders.<p/>This research, therefore, investigated the requirements for a collaborative relationship to be willingly entered into and sustained, looking particularly at in-house programmes which were successful in encouraging collaboration and involvement of stakeholders.From the research findings, the Collaborative Impact Model was designed to set out how a collaborative relationship can be established and maintained, optimising the impact of the MBA while also minimising its many challenges. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:48:14Z 2013-04-29 2013-09-06T13:48:14Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-24 Dissertation Naicker, R 2012, Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22808 > F13/4/235/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22808 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-101713/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Collaboration Master of business administration (mba) Leading and development Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title | Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title_full | Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title_fullStr | Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title_short | Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme |
| title_sort | collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the mba programme |
| topic | UCTD Collaboration Master of business administration (mba) Leading and development |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22808 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-101713/ |