The newly emerging educational universe calls for new institutional arrangements, recalibrating the business educational models and replacing those that have become obsolete for the current industry norms. The top business schools of the world are preparing themselves to make strategical choices amongst the different knowledge domains and the accompanying delivery systems, keeping in mind the competitive positioning of the institution. At this juncture, the role of quality assurance and accreditation process in business education have achieved greater significance.Quality assurance is a planned and systematic review process of an institution or program to determine whether or not acceptable standards of education, scholarship, and infrastructure are being met, maintained and enhanced. A broad range of factors that affect quality include institutions' vision, mission and goals, leadership & governance, the talent and expertise of the faculty members, the quality of institution-industry interface, research work, infrastructural facilities, the quality and ambience of the library, accessibility to online journals, and a host of other factors that facilitate in value addition to every process and systems of the institution.Accreditation is the formal evaluation of an organization or program against the best practices at National and International levels. It is both a status and a process. As a status, it signifies that an organization or program meets standards of quality set forth by the Accrediting body. As a process, it involves an in-depth self-review of an organization or program against currently accepted best practice standards, an onsite visit by an evaluation team comprised of experts, and a subsequent review and decision by the Accrediting body.Basing on the recommendations of the Evaluation Team the Institution sets a standard of operation that articulates a level of quality developed by subject matter experts that will be implemented and maintained by an organization or program pursuing accreditation and an accredited organization or program.This issue of the Siddhant: A Journal of Decision Making presents research papers, focused on different emerging issues in management and research. The readers will find the inputs valuable and enriching. The Editorial Board of the journal looks forward to the valuable suggestions from the readers for improving the quality of the articles. The Board sincerely acknowledges the contributions made by the learned authors and thanks the readers for their interest.Looking forward to your continued support in the journey of excellence.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>

sjdm

Siddhant- A Journal of Decision Making

2231-06492231-0657

Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar

sjdm-21-4-editorial

EDITORIAL

Editorial

Mangaraj

Sujata

Prof. Dr.

Online Published on 7 August, 2023.

0710-122021

214

2022

IndianJournals.com

The newly emerging educational universe calls for new institutional arrangements, recalibrating the business educational models and replacing those that have become obsolete for the current industry norms. The top business schools of the world are preparing themselves to make strategical choices amongst the different knowledge domains and the accompanying delivery systems, keeping in mind the competitive positioning of the institution. At this juncture, the role of quality assurance and accreditation process in business education have achieved greater significance.Quality assurance is a planned and systematic review process of an institution or program to determine whether or not acceptable standards of education, scholarship, and infrastructure are being met, maintained and enhanced. A broad range of factors that affect quality include institutions' vision, mission and goals, leadership & governance, the talent and expertise of the faculty members, the quality of institution-industry interface, research work, infrastructural facilities, the quality and ambience of the library, accessibility to online journals, and a host of other factors that facilitate in value addition to every process and systems of the institution.Accreditation is the formal evaluation of an organization or program against the best practices at National and International levels. It is both a status and a process. As a status, it signifies that an organization or program meets standards of quality set forth by the Accrediting body. As a process, it involves an in-depth self-review of an organization or program against currently accepted best practice standards, an onsite visit by an evaluation team comprised of experts, and a subsequent review and decision by the Accrediting body.Basing on the recommendations of the Evaluation Team the Institution sets a standard of operation that articulates a level of quality developed by subject matter experts that will be implemented and maintained by an organization or program pursuing accreditation and an accredited organization or program.This issue of the Siddhant: A Journal of Decision Making presents research papers, focused on different emerging issues in management and research. The readers will find the inputs valuable and enriching. The Editorial Board of the journal looks forward to the valuable suggestions from the readers for improving the quality of the articles. The Board sincerely acknowledges the contributions made by the learned authors and thanks the readers for their interest.Looking forward to your continued support in the journey of excellence.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>