GПрезентация к экспертной дискуссии

1. Yuri Tazov,, the President of the Russian MBA League
On the way to the «perfect ranking»
of business schools
Gaidar Forum 2016
Expert Discussion «RANKINGS OF
BUSINESS SCHOOLS: OLD AND NEW
CHALLENGES»
15.01.2016

2. Ranking of business schools
• gives a mark of quality for business education
• motivates business schools to improve their work
• gives the information for employers about the
business schools
• attracts public attention to quality issues in business
education

3. The algorithm of choosing business
schools
• review of rankings and choice of the top-5 business
schools
• exploration of the schools’ websites
• collecting the feedback from alumni, colleagues and
employers
• visiting business education fairs
• visiting the business schools’ «open day»

4. The sources of information of
business schools
according to the materials of MIRBIS, 2012

5. Indicators of the ranking for
choosing business schools
• faculty (52%, in the opinion of the enrollees)
• specialization of the MBA program (47%)
• cost of the program (40%)
• opinion of employers (22%)
• possibility of obtaining a diploma of a foreign
business school (18%)

6. • students already have career positions
• their career and salary do not depend on the diploma of
a business school
• students have various goals (not just an income
increase)
• graduates are prepared to recommend their business
schools even if they are unable to achieve their own
goals
• business schools attempt to control the results of the
survey among its graduates ("for our school it is
unacceptable to have such a low position in ranking...")
Business education. Russian features

7. • the most adequate to the reality
A «perfect ranking» is:
• independent of the creators
• independent of business schools
• controls the sources of information
• free of subjectivity ("experts")
• plainness

8. «People`s ranking» of the
Russian business schools
Organized by "MBA in Moscow and Russia" (mba.su)
Collection of the information: the Russian League MBA in
cooperation with alumni associations
Graduates of the 55 business schools from all regions of
Russia
Partners: Superjob.ru (2012-2014), Job.ru (2015)
Main media partners: «Izvestiya», «Kommersant»
Since 2010 - 6 rankings were published
Publications: «Izvestiya», «Kommersant», «Rossiyskaya
Gazeta», «Vedomosti», «RBC daily» and others

9. «People`s ranking».
Principles
• assessing satisfaction of the graduates with education
• ranking only on the basis of graduates’ assessment
• 9 criteria
• no intermediaries in obtaining information from
graduates
• simplicity, lack of adjustment coefficients
• soft ranking

10. «People`s ranking»
Satisfaction with results of
education
1. What is the main objective for getting a business education
2. What has business education given to you in the first place?
3. Assessing benefits of learning in the MBA (a five-point scale ):
• income increase
• career growth
• starting-up a new business
• business development
• personal and professional development
• getting new business connections
• Income growth (%) after 3 years

11. «People`s ranking».
Additional information for
analysis
• position in the company before and after the studies
• assessing alternative opportunities of studying in a
foreign business school
• recommending your business school to friends and
colleagues
• which Russian business schools could be recognized
the best except your own

12. Yuri Tazov
the President of the Russian MBA League
www.mba.su/league_mba
ros.liga.mba@gmail.com
Thank you!