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PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS SCHOOL TRENDS THAT WILL DOMINATE THE FUTURE T he year 2008 Global financial crisis paved for an emphasis towards risk management and sustainability in the economy. The year 2014 saw the Russian fi nancial crisis reach head. 2015 saw the global economy shudder because of the Chinese Stock Market crash. Events like this affect globally and create demand for what is needed in the market, leading to trends in Management and Businesses. That necessitates fl exibility in the immediate environment, and the best way to adapt to these changes remain through Education as the sector also continues to undergo an exciting period of evolution. At the start of year 2019, let’s look at the recent trends in the economy and society, that are fast shaping business education. Fast turn-around in MBA studies In the recent years, there has been a growing demand for a FAST IN FAST OUT model of education. Working professionals who like to fast-track their career opt for the one year / fast track MBAs. Few good business schools, approved by AICTE, are catering to this untapped market. The curriculum has been designed to suit up the demand and make industry ready in a short period. 26 | Vol. 10 Issue 3 • MARCH 2019, Delhi NCR Debjani Roy Chief People Offi cer SRL Ltd BIG data is getting Bigger Analytics is affecting every industry without any bias. After moving into the digital age of storage from physical records, the amount of data every company has on a cumulative basis is on the rise every day. With this amount of data spiralling through the roof, it is getting progressively diffi cult to get credible results out of them. Therefore the need today for specialized analytics tools to find a pattern out of the available data and leverage it to bring in some form of prediction/intelligence into the business that will make the operation/performance more effi cient. The demands of a job market keep changing with time. B-schools are continuously mending their curriculum every year to make sure that the outgoing students stay business relevant. There has been a lot of noise in the areas of artifi cial intelligence, big data and machine learning in the recent years. Tech-savvy schools MBA schools have widely incorporated digital technology in their curriculum. Be it lectures or class notes, assignment solutions, everything