International Accreditations. |
The ANZQAN community works together to discuss and understand the impacts of accreditation on management education. The ANZQAN membership includes universities and business schools that are at various stages of their accreditation journey. This includes fully accredited schools, those undergoing accreditation and schools that are interested in eligibility. There are three main international accrediting bodies worldwide.
AACSB.
As the world’s largest business education alliance, AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) connects educators, students, and business to achieve a common goal: to create the next generation of great leaders. Synonymous with the highest standards of excellence since 1916, AACSB provides quality assurance, business education intelligence, and professional development services to over 1,500 member organisations and more than 785 accredited business schools worldwide. With its global headquarters in Tampa, Florida, USA; Europe, Middle East, and Africa headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Singapore office serves as the primary support base for Australia and New Zealand schools.
EMFD.
An international, not-for-profit, membership organisation of business schools and corporations, based in Brussels, Belgium, with offices in Asia and the Americas. EFMD has nearly 900 member organisations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in 86 countries. EFMD provides a unique forum for information, research, networking and debate on innovation and best practice in management development. It is recognised globally as an accreditation body for quality and impact assessment in management with established accreditation services for business schools and business school programmes, corporate universities and online courses.
AMBA.
The Association of MBAs is the impartial authority on postgraduate management education and is committed to raising its profile and quality standards internationally for the benefit of business schools, students and alumni and employers. AMBA established that vision in 1967 and it is as relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago.
The themes of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability are found across all accreditation standards, and these are closely connected to several international membership organisations dedicated to progressing globally responsible leadership and practice. This diagram demonstrates the connections between these organisations and the business school accreditation bodies.
The themes of ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability are found across all accreditation standards, and these are closely connected to several international membership organisations dedicated to progressing globally responsible leadership and practice. This diagram demonstrates the connections between these organisations and the business school accreditation bodies.