India as a nation has always provided room for innovations and entrepre- neurships. This has given rise to some of the best global schools. This juggernaut will roll on, not because of Government, but in spite of them. It is hoped this volume will bring s

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the critical dimensions of higher education in India. It focuses on the growth and expansion of private higher education and public policy. The volume discusses issues related to the growth of for-profit and not-for-profit private higher education institutions and their implications at the policy level. It outlines the role of such institutions towards the internationalization and global ranking of the Indian higher education system. The book discusses the trends in internationalisation adopted by private higher education institutions and explains the resulting impact on aspects such as the diversity of programs, skill formation, employability, pedagogic practices, standards, curriculum development, and research and development, as well as the wider externalities in terms of promoting India’s soft power and international relations with other countries. While outlining the challenges of Open Distance Learning (ODL) and online education in India, the book also discusses the use of ICT, OER, and MOOCS among others to address the challenges of the ODL system. This volume will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of education, public policy, political science, international relations, law, sociology, economics, and political economy. It will also be useful for academicians, policymakers, and anyone interested in the internationalization of Indian Higher Education.

Today, The Business World Feels That The Commerce Graduates And Post-Graduates Lack In Right Kind Of Skills Which Are Needed. Now The Time Has Come To Realise The Mismatch Between The Product And The Demand. We Have To Adopt Market Orientation To Our Products To Make Them Saleable. There Is An Urgent Need To Overhaul The Existing Business Education System To Cope Up With The Dynamic World. The Problems Faced By The Business Graduates And Post-Graduates Are Of A Great Concern For The Students, Academicians, Business World And Even For Parents. The Reasons Are Many And They Are Oriented Towards Classroom Theoretical Teaching, Lack Of Practical And Work Related Skills, Lack Of Communication Skills, Parochial And Not Global In Values And Thinking, Lack Of Base Of Information Technology, Etc. Against This Background, An Attempt Is Made In This Volume To Focus A Light On The Emerging Challenges Before Business Education And Explore Some Measures To Overcome These Challenges.

Effective education and training is essential to the positive development of a manager in corporate or organizational settings. In order to stay abreast of current management trends, it is necessary to implement new perspectives and technologies being utilized in the field. Innovation and Shifting Perspectives in Management Education features a comprehensive assessment of the complexities present in management training programs in educational settings. Highlighting best practices and real-life experiences within the field, this book is an essential reference source for practitioners, policy makers, undergraduate and graduate students, academics, managers, and professionals.

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The book - which was originally published by Kluwer in 2004 - is a collection of scholarly papers focusing on the role of spirituality and ethics in renewing the contemporary management praxis. The basic argument is that a more inclusive, holistic and peaceful approach to management is needed if business and political leaders are to uplift the environmentally degrading and socially disintegrating world of our age. The book uses diverse value-perspectives (Hindu, Catholic, Buddhist, and Humanist) and a variety of disciplines (philosophy, ethics, management studies, psychology, and organizational sciences) to extend traditional reflections on corporate purpose and focuses on a self-referential organizational-existential search for meaning, identity and success.

This book examines a range of contemporary issues related to the global delivery of sport management education. At a time of unprecedented change in Higher Education, the book looks closely at how sport management education can and should deliver positive outcomes in sport business and management outside of the university. The book brings together sport management academics from around the globe and examines how their practice in education has been shaped by the cultural, religious, and political context of the national regions in which they work. It aims to identify core principles in sport management education and implementation, and discusses the key aspects of sport management programmes, from curriculum design and pedagogy to issues around unified accreditation and the needs of employers. It also focuses in on what sport management education might look like in an increasingly digital post-COVID world. This is essential reading for all sport management educators and anybody working in sport-related professions looking to understand global educational platforms and their implications for policy at local, regional, national, and international level.

If you are thinking about starting your own business, what would be your first step? And more importantly, what would you do to make it successful? This stunning and fascinating argument lies at the heart of this amazing and enlightening book, Entrepreneurship and Startup Management. This book emerged from the combined statements and opinions expressed by prominent individuals and contributors. The book creatively describes Entrepreneurship as the universal and consistent process throughout the world because every business is backboned by entrepreneurial drive to survive and get prosperous in the economic system. The book also include the current scenario Covid-19, and how it has impacted every employee and has given thought of taking initiatives or exercising their thoughts of doing business so that they won’t face such regression in their professional lives again, in this regard this book can be a path finder for them as it relates to various startups. It will also be helping them in their new ventures by detailing about various available government support systems. This book will help not only new entrepreneurs but will put light on various dark spots in the corporate field to emerge new rainbow of success and survival. In this book, Dr. Gupta and other authors goes far beyond event to explore what it means to uncover your own strengths as an entrepreneur, why individuals should do so, and then describes in detail how this can be achieved. The path outlined by Dr. Gupta and his team is clear, but not easy, because your greatest gift rests alongside your deepest wounds.

This book provides a comprehensive account of asymmetric linkage in the trilogy of environment, development and sustainability and its impact on society. It examines varied perspectives and issues of development related to environmental destruction and sustainability challenges. By examining the recent trends of development and recording the dilemmas which are creating ecological imbalances, it explores some alternative ways of development to achieve sustainability. Divided into three parts, it has a broad canvass. The first section examines critically the ‘perspectives’ on ecology, practice and ethics, rural development and man–forest interaction in the metropolis. ‘Issues’ of dams, river, agricultural distress, environmental migration, eco-tourism, ecological conservation and land acquisition are assessed in part second. ‘Alternative’ means of development is explored in part third by incorporating chapters on the constructed wetland, biofuels, subsistence economy, water and traditional knowledge practice. This interdisciplinary book is of immense significance to academicians, researchers, postgraduate and graduate-level students of social sciences and environmental studies; policymakers, development practitioners and NGOs working in the area of environment and development.