Experiential Learning Slant: Program for B-School Students to Adapt Leadership Skills

Abstract

Background:This research is focused on adapting leadership skill among B-School students to ensure that the institution produces trained students to lead the future. Whether it be job or business post MBA, the most critical skill of every student in industry would be interpersonal skills and leadership skills. There are lot many skills with respect to leadership that is required in workplace starting from strategic thinking, creativity to being flexible and a maintaining a good lead with team members. This helps students in team building, effective work, defining identities post their MBA.

Objectives: The main objective of this study is to share a way to support B-School students in adapting leadership skills and that has been done using experiential learning as a key factor.

Methods:A secondary review research has been carried out in this study process to identify the gaps in existing strategy to adapt leadership skill among B-School students. It has been identified that the model suggested by Jestine (2021) and Stephanie (2021) are highly suitable for developing leadership skills with few variables add-on such as practical exposure, pre-course and specific experiential exercise.

Results:The hybrid model designed here with reference to existing parent model consist of pre-preparation, input, process, assurance of learning and finally learning outcome with reward.

Conclusions: The benefit of such kind of research supports in leadership skills development among students starting from teaching how to lead, helps in understanding networking till opportunity to compete in corporate world and lot more.