Impact of Technology on Business Schools: Perceptions of Faculty & Management

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of faculty and management of Pakistani business schools about the impact of technological advancements on its five dimensions; program offerings, contents of the programs, teaching methodology, geographical expansion and partnership. This study was conducted in business schools of Islamabad and Lahore (Pakistan). The data were collected from 155 faculty members (115 male and 40 female) of business schools. A structured questionnaire consisted of 24 statements was developed to collect the data. All the items were closed ended based on five point Likert Scale (strongly agreed to strongly disagreed). The data were analyzed using mean, SD, t-test and One Way ANOVA. The findings show that there is insignificant impact of technology on business schools to offer executive MBA program, online MBA program and to open overseas campuses while there is positive impact on contents of the programs, teaching methodology, geographical expansion and partnership.