Analyzing the Utility of Faculty Development Programs:A Faculty Perspective

Abstract

Faculty Development Programs (FDP) are intended to prevent faculty from being outdated, especially, in the field of higher education where most recent synthesized knowledge has to be incorporated in the course content so that students can get the first-hand conceptual understanding of new knowledge. Apart from this, there are some more specific objectives of the FDPs such as to bridge the skill gap created by the intrusion of the technology and technology based teaching tools, to meet the anticipated need of career advancement in order to fulfil academic oriented administrative challenges. This research paper discusses what faculty members think about faculty development program in terms of benefits offered by these programs. This paper also intends to analyze the benefits of such programs for B-schools. The outcomes show that most of the faculty perceive that FDP are linked to development of the B-Schools. The outcomes also reveal that FDP improve the faculty retention ability of the B-school. Results also disclose that FDP improves faculty retention ability, communication skills, presentation skills, innovative way of content delivery and classroom teaching etc. Though not quite deeply, but through this paper, it also tries to understand the nature of faculty development program.