PRME Working Group on Poverty, a Challenge for Management Education
Description
The aim of this collective effort is to work towards a proposal that introduces the issue of poverty in the curriculum and the learning methods in the education of future professionals, as part of the social environment in which business management operates.
PRME Working Group on Fighting Poverty through Management Education invites you to join a series of workshops on 24-25 September in advance of The 2013 PRME Summit 5th Annual Assembly, to be held 25-26 September 2013 in Bled, Slovenia.
Call for Contributions for the new edition of Collection of Best Practices and Inspirational Solutions which will be published online, presented in the WG Workshops, and also distributed as resource material to all delegates of the Summit.
The All Academy Theme session on the Informal Economy, Poverty and Responsible Management Education, held on 5 August at the 2012 Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston, USA, was very successful. Some of the presentation slides are available for download. Further details pertaining to each presentation can be obtained by contacting the authors:
Dr. Gerard Farias: gfarias@fdu.edu
Mr. Milenko Gudic: milenko.gudic@iedc.si
Mr. Jonas Haertle: haertle@unglobalcompact.org
Dr. Mzamo Mangaliso: mangaliso@isenberg.umass.edu
Dr. Paulo C. Motta: pcmotta@iag.puc-rio.br
Dr. Hsu O'Keefe: hyok@aol.com
On the occasion of the 3rd Global Forum, the PRME Working Group on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education presents its Report on Fighting Poverty through Management Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions.
The Report is based on the results of a CEEMAN/PRME global survey conducted in October-December 2011, which collected 435 responses from 70 countries. In addition to identifying main challenges and opportunities faced by business faculty and administrators in integrating poverty issues into their courses, programmes, modules, and curricula, the Report introduces a “Collection of Best Practices and Inspirational Solutions” as a useful learning tool and interactive platform for further experience sharing. This initial version of a future online platform from which management educators around the globe could benefit, but also contribute to by sharing their own experiences on including poverty-related issues into management education.
Vision Statement
The vision of PRME Working Group on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education is to be advocates for the integration of poverty-related discussions into all levels of management education worldwide. Our vision is grounded in our beliefs that:
- Poverty is a legitimate topic for discussion and research in schools of business and management
- Business should be a catalyst for innovative, profitable and responsible approaches to poverty reduction
- Multiple stakeholder engagement is needed for innovative curriculum development
In our role as advocates, we will:
- Create opportunities for multi-stakeholder discussions
- Foster discussions that lead to concrete results
- Disseminate reports
- Serve as a global repository for innovative curricular approaches, learning methods and educational materials that embed poverty in management education
- Support the development of a community of management educators, researchers and professionals committed to integrating poverty into the business curriculum
Our working group will disband only when the issue of poverty is deeply embedded in all levels of management education worldwide.
Background
Business schools, as the main providers of educational services, need to exchange views and ideas, collaborate and develop new ways and means to sustainable development and the development of responsible leadership for a better world. In this context, fighting poverty is not only one of the major Millennium Development Goals, but also a big challenge for management education.
In the context, CEEMAN launched its first global survey on the relationship between management education and poverty in 2008.The survey, designed by Milenko Gudić, CEEMAN, Slovenia, and Al Rosenbloom, Dominican University, USA received 154 responses from 33 countries from all over the world. The survey results were presented in the 1st Global Forum for Responsible Management Education held on 4-5 December 2008 in New York and published on the respective home pages of leading international associations focused on the role of business in society and the principles of responsible management education (CEEMAN, UN Global Compact sponsored initiative PRME , and Business in Society Gateway).
Following this, PRME suggested establishing a special PRME working group on fighting poverty. In order to expand and deepen future work in this area, CEEMAN team designed and administered in May-September 2010 the CEEMAN/PRME Survey on Poverty as a Challenge for Management Education. Preliminary results of the survey were presented in the 2nd Global Forum for Responsible Management Education, held on 23 June in New York, while a summary of the final results was presented at the 18th CEEMAN Annual Conference held on 23-25 September in Caserta/Naples, Italy.
The Final Report, with results based on 377 responses from 51 countries, was published in October 2010.
To join the Working Group, which now includes over 50 members from more than 20 countries, please contact Milenko Gudić, IMTA Managing Director, CEEMAN at milenko.gudic@iedc.si or PRMESecretariat@unprme.org.
View Stand Up, Take Action, Make Noise for the MDGs 2010 video on YouTube.
View Power Point slides from the 5 May 2011 Working Group Webinar
