ABSTRACT
The disruptive challenges faced by business schools underline the need for human resource development and leaders prepared to respond and innovate—the arrival of new competition, new technologies, pedagogic innovations, new learning models, and new business models are likely to disrupt further schools conventions around careers and programme formats. The rapidly changing education market means that business schools need to practice a little more of what they preach or as Federico says, “business schools should be drinking their own champagne”. By valorising colleagues through training led by internal experts, business schools could promote access to skill development, share good practice, and promote cohesion between academic and professional support staff. Likewise, using academic expertise for internal projects reinforces faculty’s contribution to their school’s development. The scope is huge. Academics with discipline expertise can aid the recruitment of professional support staff or can advise on strategy formulation or how to use big data.
