Management Education - a paradigm shift

Management education in the new millennium aims at resource mobilisation through the rationalisation of management process and human resource development.

'Think Globally Act Locally' has been a popular, post - LGP (Liberalisation, Globalisation and Privatisation) mantra. Yet the task of globalisation would remain incomplete unless we stimulate our manpower development with global quality and excellence.

It has now become imperative for every organisation to focus not only on product or profit but on people - the performers.

To grow qualities of life and continuous change in the field of science and technology, Dubai is racing to emerge as one of the foremost metropolises of the world. Over the decades unprecedented growth has taken place in construction, retail, financial services, transport, travel, tourism, education and information and communication technology.

Management Education in the latest themes like Financial Services, Retail Supply Chain and Logistics, Construction Management has added new dimensions to the socio-economic policies of the UAE Government.

Such educational support in these vital areas would create extra marketing mileage for the employees. Skill oriented, innovative and enriched courses are to be designed in the wake of the country's latest human resource development policies.

Such programmes should aim at integrating the country's human resource asset with the employment avenues to overcome the challenges of this competitive world.

The role of the UAE government in encouraging local employment can highly be appreciated in the context of the brain drain or outsourcing. Management education in the latest themes seeks to capture the country's changing recruitment policies for rewarding careers in business, industry, service sector and public system.

Apart from generating novel ideas, it creates awareness about the latest technologies and emerging concepts in Finance, Marketing, Human Resources Development and Information Technology.

It has become possible to disseminate knowledge through transformative management education and take advantage of employment opportunities in the UAE.

So the right person is you and the right time is now to crystallise your dreams and aspiration through Management Education.

Concentrate on your strengths and abilities.
Realise your weakness and limitations.
Evaluate and grasp the opportunities.
Overcome threats - the competitors.

The writer is a lecturer at ECMIT