I was at a reputed management school recently for a reorientation program with Year 2 students. Nothing has changed there. the campus, classes, staff and unfortunately the way students are being groomed for the corporate world.
And I don't blame the management running the institute for this. I did not see the hunger in the students to change the system. the hunger to go out and be the catalysts, harbingers and implementers of the change. And when I compare this with another B school that i have been interacting with - i can't miss the comparison with the iconic ad - "we are no 2, we try harder"
The corporate life enactment of this same attitude can be seen when management trainees join the organisation. Within a year they are tamed by personalities or politics. instead of changing the things for the better, 80% of them change themselves for better positions. It never takes them far, but rare is the common sense to be far sighted.
