Educators
Africa Conference
Conference Starting your ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Accreditation Journey Workshop
This workshop will take place 24 July 2024, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Overview
This workshop is of real value to business schools who are considering or have already decided to enter the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ accreditation process. It provides participants with a clear understanding of the requirements of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ accreditation, the journey itself and how to complete the initial steps that will launch a school towards accreditation. With a mix of group work, discussion and exercises this workshop will leave a school well placed to decide whether it wants to pursue accreditation and, if it does, how to get the journey underway successfully.
Seminar Objectives
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Understand the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ approach to accreditation
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Recognize the value of being ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ accredited
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Be familiar with the steps involved in achieving ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ accreditation
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Be cognizant of the requirements to be accepted into the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ accreditation process
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Develop the capability required to complete the unit application and EA form
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Network with other business schools from the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community
Agenda
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Introduction
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Overview of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
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Introduction to accreditation
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The Journey and requirements
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Inclusions and exclusions
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What is required in the Eligibility Application (EA)?
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ decisions on the EA
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Conclusion
Facilitator
Geoff Perry is executive vice president overseeing global membership. With senior management experience in the university sector, having served as business school dean, pro vice chancellor, and deputy vice chancellor at Auckland University of Technology—a 28,000 student, research-intensive university—he has strong strategic, financial, and people management capabilities. He has mentored, advised, and evaluated many higher education business schools across the Asia Pacific region and North America. Recently he co-chaired the Business Accreditation Task Force, which was mandated by ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥’s board of directors to work with the association’s community to develop the 2020 business accreditation standards. Perry has a significant portfolio of peer-reviewed journal articles, commissioned reports, and presentations. He has academic and private sector experience and has worked, consulted, and researched in his home country of New Zealand as well as more broadly in the Asia Pacific region. Perry holds degrees in the arts and the humanities and has a PhD in economics with a focus on labor and international economics.
Registration Fees
Member (by 24 June 2024): 195 USD
Non-member (by 24 June 2024): 295 USD
Member (after 24 June 2024): 295 USD
Non-member (after 24 June 2024): 395 USD