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This article provides information on the PRME Working Group on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education, including its history, current status, ongoing global survey, and deliverables for the 3rd PRME Global Forum. It also highlights other events and activities related to the working group.
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PRME Working Group on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education Current Status and Activities Miguel Angel Gardetti, IESC, Argentina Milenko Gudić, CEEMAN, Slovenia Al Rosenbloom, Domenican University, USA First PRME Latin American Regional Meeting IAE Business School, PRME Secretariat, CLADEA 6-7 December 2011
Content • Brief history • Current status • On-going Global survey • Deliverables for 3rd PRME Global Forum in Rio, June 2012 • Other events and activities
Anti-Poverty WG History • CEEMAN Survey on Management Education, CSR and Poverty, 2008 • 154 respondents from 34 countries confirm poverty as a legitimate management education topic • Survey results presented in 1st Global Forum for PRME, New York, December 2008 • PRME establishes Working Group on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education
Anti-Poverty WG History • CEEMAN/PRME Survey on Poverty as a Challenge to Management Education, 2010 • 377 respondents from 48 countries indicate numerous innovations taking place in integrating poverty into curricula of various business education and management development programs/levels • Preliminary survey results presented in 2nd Global Forum for PRME, New York, June 2010 • Final results presented in 18th CEEMAN Annual Conference in Caserta, Naples, Italy, September 2010 • WG Vision Statement and General Frame of Work
Anti-Poverty WG History • Working Group expands, 2011 • 82 members from 61 institutions • 32 countries, 6 continents • WG survey, 2011 • Identification of interests • First prioritization • Main interest areas, work methods and tangible products
Anti-Poverty WG History • WG webinar hosted by PRME, May 2011 • Invitation to prepare deliverables for Rio • Support from EQUAL • UNDP GIM inputs • Communication platform • WG Workshop in Bled, July 2011 • Global survey design • Deliverables definition • Sub-groups established for key areas and work methods
Current activities • CEEMAN/PRME Global Survey on the Issue of Poverty in Management Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions • Launched in early October 2011 • More than 300 responses submitted from 54 countries around the globe by December, 2th • Survey questionnaire translated into Spanish, Russian, Arabic and erbo-Croatian, 21 November 2011 • Wider participation will enable regional clustering and identifying opportunities for intra-regional and international cooperation of business schools
WG Report for Rio 2012 • WG Report onFighting Poverty through Management Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions • Preliminary results will be presented in the EQUAL Board Meeting in Brussels on 15 February 2012 • Final results will be presented in 3rd PRME Global Forum Rio
Best Practices and Inspirational Solutions • Collection of best practices and inspirational solutions for fighting poverty through management education • First collection to be presented in Rio • On-going online project
Other events and activities • Sub-group activities • Work on communication platform • Fund raising for WG and Sub-group activities • AoM 2012 -Boston, US, August 2012 • PRME Summit 2013 • Bled, May 2013
CEEMAN/PRME Global Survey… • on the Issue of Poverty in Management Education: Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions • http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/la_pobreza • Deadline (extended): December, 12th (2011)
Thank you… Contact: Miguel Angel Gardetti: mag@sustentabilidad.org.ar Milenko Gudić: milenko.gudic@ceeman.org Al Rosenbloom: right2al@comcast.net