Open AccessThe Impact Of AACSB Accreditation On The Value System Of Close To The Student Programs
Author(s) -
Robert E. Kemper,
Michael P. Bradley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v4i1.6444
Subject(s) - accreditation , value (mathematics) , accounting , measure (data warehouse) , quality (philosophy) , power (physics) , business , computer science , medical education , mathematics , statistics , medicine , database , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
AACSB accreditation is intended to be a measure of the quality of the output of Colleges of Business for their constituents. The AACSB has used surrogates to measure outputs in the past. This essay is a commentary on the effects that measuring inputs instead of outputs has had on the central value systems of accredited colleges. The power of the AACSB over the value system of an entire organization is illustrated with an actual experience.