Building an in-house MBA Programme – Part 4

Let me address the third question from my Part 1 post on the topic of your organisation creating and implementing an in-house MBA Programme for employees.

Question

What about a recognised accreditation?

The question is who are you trying to get your MBA programme recognised and accredited by? It must be the students, who are your employees. If they see value in the programme and gain learning that leads to better development opportunities within the Company and if your employees are eager to join the programme this will demonstrate the value of your programme. Using your programme to form part of your ability to attract good employees to your Company will support its accreditation. Marketing your MBA as part of the Company’s overall offering as a good employer will also support its accreditation. Don’t forget it’s your employees that will give it the accreditation it needs.

Having the employees better educated and more marketable to other employers will provide recognition. You might think why should our Company train our people for others to poach? Once my Managing Director asked me had I been ever approached by external head hunters, I replied “yes lots of the times – if nobody else wants me what are you doing with me here” 

Your internal training and staff development must be recognised as a valuable retention tool. It will be your own employees that will provide the accreditation for your programme through their participation and implementation of their learning within their roles.  Building your programme into a sort after course will add value to your employees, business and clients.  I am positive if for example the Google’s, Microsoft’s, Shell Oil and other companies had such an offering in -house it would quickly received  recognition.