Ranking of external stakeholders important in driving CR issues

The single biggest external factor driving CR teaching was reported to be Industry by 46.2 percent of all Management Institutions surveyed. Government bodies at 38.5 percent were ranked second as influencing forces for CR teaching whereas CR-related Networks and Associations (38.5 percent) stood third in the order of effectiveness as external drivers.

4.6 Challenges of CR Teaching and Research in Core Curricula

In order to help create space for CR in business education, it becomes crucial to identify the hindrances in its advancement. The respondent institutions were asked to enumerate the top three obstacles and rank them in the order of significance.

Obstacles in the uptake of CR in core curricula

The challenges to CR uptake in management curricula, predominantly, are the lack of corporate support (33.7 percent), lack of resources at 23.1 percent, and the absence of understanding or interest in CR (21.2 percent) by institutions.

Having identified the impediments in the path of CR uptake in business education curricula, the Management Institutions were asked to suggest ways in which these could be overcome.

Possible solutions

Out of several solutions suggested in overcoming the challenges that face the uptake or assimilation of CR in the curricula of Management Institutions, the most prominent is a perceived need to generate awareness among students on CR with 23.7 percent of the institutions reporting it. As many as 5.4 percent opine that CR should be enforced through accreditation mechanisms whereas 5.3 percent say the CR academic agenda can be furthered if there is increased endorsement by corporates.