{"id":7430,"date":"2017-08-08T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.munich-business-school.de\/insights\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2017-08-08T16:44:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:44:11","slug":"management-education-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munich-business-school.de\/insights\/en\/2017\/management-education-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsible Management Education in Practice (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 1: <\/em>MBS Supports the Principles for Responsible Management Education<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Leadership and Responsibility as Research Fields<\/h3>\n

In the intuitive prioritization of executives, the stakeholder perspective of balancing demands and interests from different groups in society is becoming more and more important. Sustainable development of both employees and also organizations or economic areas is indispensable for a long-term global economy.<\/p>\n

That is why one of the five central research fields of Munich Business School is \u201cLeadership and Responsibility\u201c. Specific research topics, examined together with partners from science and practice, are \u201cConscious Business\u201c (Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz), \u201cCorporate Volunteering\u201c (Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck), \u201cCorporate Sustainability Reporting\u201c, the \u201cBusiness Ethics Wiki \u201aValue vs. Values\u201c (Prof. Dr. Gottfried J. Sch\u00e4ffner) as well as \u201cGlobal Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility\u201c and \u201eHuman Resources, Sustainability and Ethics\u201c (Prof. Dr. Jose M. Alcaraz-Barriga).<\/p>\n

The research field \u201cInnovation & Entrepreneurship\u201d also approaches the subject of responsible entrepreneurship, with research papers on \u201cSocial Entrepreneurship\u201c, \u201cSocial Franchising\u201c, \u201cImpact Investing\u201c and \u201cMicrofinance\u201c (Prof. Barbara Scheck). Munich Business School makes important contributions to practical research with these projects, to the operational practice of responsible entrepreneurship and also to highly up-to-date teaching and advanced training.<\/p>\n

The Diversity of Our Student Body Is the Most Important Fundament<\/h3>\n

Before I enter into more detail on some of the curricular and extracurricular elements of the education of responsible entrepreneurial personalities at Munich Business School, let us briefly discuss something I consider to be the most important basic condition:<\/p>\n

One of the greatest strengths of our university is the high level of internationality. Students from more than 60 nations meet on our campus. Almost 40 % of our students have an international background. This results in high cultural diversity, displayed in the manner in which students interact with one another, and also in sophisticated discussions in the seminar rooms. We believe that these interactions between members of different cultures and nations provide an important basis for promoting tolerance and openness, and for getting to know and understand new, different perspectives.<\/p>\n

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The MBS students come from more than 60 nations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Corporate Responsibility Is an Integral Part of the Curriculum<\/h3>\n

It goes without saying that the subject of corporate responsibility is an integral part of our curricula, starting in the Bachelor program to the Master and MBA programs.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cCorporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics\u201c module, the Bachelor students learn why ethical behavior makes such an important contribution to society and what positive effects ethics and sustainability have both on the national economy as well as on business administration. Another highlight are the so-called \u201cSocial Service Projects\u201c, which have been a mandatory part of the Bachelor program at Munich Business School for more than ten years: Throughout a period of three semesters, student teams work on social projects in collaboration with partners from the civil society, requiring consideration of subjects such as social integration, education or internationality. MBS Professor Dr. Gabriella Mar\u00e1z presented some of these projects in two blog articles (\u201cProject Management and Common Welfare \u2013 Social Project Work at MBS\u201c<\/a>, \u201c\u2019Seizing the Opportunity with Both Hands\u2019 or Classical Project Management?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n