Flame's liberal touch to MBA course

The global financial crisis and the opening up of the Indian market have prompted business schools to reflect on their future course.

To put some soul in management education, Pune-based Foundation for Liberal And Management Education (Flame) plans to integrate their management courses with liberal education to focus on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership in business courses.

“We are looking at the MBA programme from a different perspective, including new characteristics, and will decide the template for the new course in the next three months. Students need a broad base to see how the psychology of the country is evolving,” said Flame President Prof. Indira Parikh.

Liberal Education is an approach to learning that empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change.

Flame has schools of business, communication, liberal education and performing arts. It has 500 students and It plans to increase the number to 1,500 over the next five years by adding 200 students each year. The institute is now in its fourth year.

The institute offers a two-year MBA programme anchored in liberal education and an MBA in Mass Media — a course dealing with principles of professional management and the craft of mass media including journalism, cinema and television.