Learning Methods Preferred by Management Students

Purpose: To obtain the views and recommendations of Management students of MS & MBA programs of Abasyn University, Peshawar about various aspects of the current managerial education learning methods/styles.
Study Design: Cross-sectional survey design is adopted.
Place and Duration of Study: Abasyn University, Peshawar in October and November 2014.
Methodology: Preformed close ended structured questionnaire regarding managerial teaching and evaluation methods and recommendations was used to collect the data from students of MS & MBA (n=170) at Abasyn university, Peshawar. SPSS (21) program was used for analysis. Data was presented as a frequency percentage.
Findings: A majority of the students (81%) thought that multimedia was the most effective teaching tool, (58%) students viewed 45 minutes as ideal lecture duration. Measures suggested that young teachers/Lecturers (89%) convey lectures better than senior teachers to students & domestic languages (55%) are better mode of conveying lectures to students. Student (87%) preferred Practical field work as a tool of evaluation.
Conclusion: Managerial students in this study preferred Junior/young teachers, multimedia, Domestic/national Language to understand the lecture, lecture duration less than 60 minutes and Presentations as their preferred mode of evaluation. Students recommended increased emphasis on better lectures, increasing learning motivation in students and more hands on practical field work to improve current managerial education system.