Faculty Development Program by IILM Gurugram Advanced and Innovative Approaches in Management Education at School of Management at JC Bose University of Science and Technology Many management professors believe that good subject knowledge will guarantee professional success in teaching. However, knowledge of highly sophisticated professional skills, concepts and theories will be useless if the faculty do not know how to prepare and deliver the content in the classroom by using innovative curriculum development and teaching practices as well as adopting new ways of engaging students in
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Management Educators. The programme focused on holistic aspect of Management Education and equipped the faculty members and department with new and innovative methods of curriculum development and teaching approaches. Further the program ensured that the faculty was enriched with ways of better student engagement as well as Industry Engagement techniques and methods leading to maximization of output for students as well as the school. Key Benefits • Vital curriculum development techniques • Design and customize teaching approaches • Communicate professional information, innovative ideas, and objectives to students and participants with clarity and force • Use new and innovative ways of engaging students in the classroom and outside • Use new teaching strategies to make their classes more lively, interactive, and interesting • Understand effective Industry Dr Saima Rizvi and Dr Vidhisha Vyas taking a session on Curriculum Engagement approaches and Development techniques the classroom. Apart from this Management Session Planning Education is incomplete without industry Curriculum Development engagement. To develop the competency of the The curriculum of a B-school should be application management department of JC Bose University, oriented and industry relevant with an objective IILM University has conducted a 5 days FDP in to make graduates job ready for various industry November 2019. For two days the participants profiles. The courses should be benchmarked with were present at IILM Campus and for three the best B-schools globally. Curriculum should be days at JC Bose University campus. The sessions robust in terms of readings, articles, links, case were highly interactive and senior faculty of IILM studies, videos and concept notes which students University Dr Vidhisha Vyas, Dr Saima Rizvi, Dr can refer to for a particular topic. Every module Sona Vikas, Dr Pooja Verma, Prof Ruchi Shah, or course should also have a learning objective Prof Sangeeta Sumbly and Dr Pinky Goswami and it should also be mapped with the program conducted the sessions. level goals it aims to achieve. Program level goals Purpose of FDP will aim to build certain skill sets, knowledge and Advanced and Innovative Approaches in competencies in the graduates over the program Management Educationare required to fulfill the duration. The focus of the curriculum and delivery changing needs of students, industry and job is therefore to adopt a wide spectrum of activities market. This FDP was an intensive intellectual and in various sessions and also incorporate innovative action-based engagement for the management assessment to evaluate the student learning at faculty to improve and make them better the end of the course/module. A detailed session
