Post pandemic – global MBA programmes still matter

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a tectonic shift in the traditional education system, compelling all stakeholders to think and adopt beyond the ordinary. During the pandemic years, many business opportunities dried, resulting in significant job losses, thus making business schools re-imagine the way forward to prepare students for a post pandemic new world order. Continuous experimentation by B-school leadership teams led to re-thinking MBA, aligned more towards adopting to a new normal. Amidst these continuous changes, it became imperative to think, how a global business management programme can prepare graduates in the post pandemic business world.

Global business programmes come with significant advantages. It starts with preparing graduates with a keen understanding of the globally diverse cultural nuances. Embracing culture is a necessary element of a successful global business leader. Every nation provides a variety of cultural norms that need to be embedded in the business programme curriculum. Global business leaders need to access the varying cultures and adapt to the same in alignment with the local business needs. Appreciation towards global cultures in turn helps in knowing global markets in a better way. Thus, global business programmes attempt to focus on how business leaders function, not only to learn the relevance and impact of global cultures on business, but also how they can apply these in varying business strategies. Thus, a global business programme effectively enables participants to prepare and ask the appropriate questions to the business community on how business can be done across different geographies.

Eventually, what does all this lead to? A global business programme opens up doors towards endless possibilities in the new world order, leading participants to take a step that is closer towards their life’s aspirations, both in terms of self-recognition and financial benefits.