An investigation into the effectiveness of executive education: a comparative analysis of British programmes

The findings showed that when compared to comparison programmes which offered a more traditional pedagogy, the target programme generated higher levels of satisfaction in the pedagogy, higher levels of personal and organisational return on investment (ROI), and higher levels of positive behavioural change. Attention was also paid to the perceptions of co-workers who work alongside the target CSR group to test confirmatory patterns.

It is clear that if executives are encouraged to be agile, then business schools must also adopt this plasticity in terms of their executive education offerings which need to be innovative, adaptive, fit-for-purpose, provide return-on-investment (ROI) regarding course fees, and must be delivered by individuals who can deliver relevance and rigour. That said, many business schools often employ small numbers of academic staff who also have significant industrial consulting experience.

To that end, programmes which offer the much more contemporary and relevant offering can lose impact quickly where there is a change in faculty members. <br>