2011–2012 AACSB INTERNATIONAL DEANS SURVEY RESULTS A LOOK AT BUSINESS SCHOOL DEANS AT AACSB MEMBER SCHOOLS Login at TheExchange.aacsb.edu. Your username is your institutional email address. • Customize your own contact list using the Directory. • Update your bio and photo. • Participate in discussions. • Access event handouts from AACSB events you’ve attended. The Global Network for Business Educators This is a general data overview of AACSB International’s most recent Deans Survey. For more information or questions related to the survey, please email: research@aacsb.edu 500 DEANS PARTICIPATED School Status Gender of Deans Regions Their Schools Represent Northern America 66% Female Male 18% Non-Accredited 63% 82% FEMALE n=498 n=480; only those who reported gender 28% MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS SPENT IN THE POSITION 1.5 AVERAGE NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS SERVED AS DEAN 6 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS SERVED AS DEAN 1% Oceania 3% • Deans have served as little as 1 month and as many as 26 years in their current deanship. NOT FIRST DEANSHIP 27 Africa { 72% AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS SPENT IN THE POSITION 4% • Deans have served in their current roles for an average of 4.6 years. FIRST DEANSHIP 7 Asia 15% n=498 Percent of Deans in Their First Deanship DEANS WITH PRIOR DEANSHIPS Europe 18% 11% 37% Latin America & Caribbean Ages of B-School Deans 80 Chart indicates the range and average ( ) 76 71 70 60 60 50 47 40 37 30 30 57 51 29 20 AT START OF PAST FIRST DEANSHIP AT START OF CURRENT DEANSHIP CURRENT DEANS Tenure of Previous Dean (in years) 0.3 MINIMUM 5.9 3 4.5 25 PERCENTILE MEDIAN MEAN 8 30 75 PERCENTILE MAXIMUM Position of Immediate Predecessor INTERIM/ACTING DEAN DEAN TOP 3 WAYS DEANS FOUND THEIR CURRENT POSITION NO PREDECESSOR/ FOUNDING DEAN PERCENTAGE TOTAL 60 34 6 NORTHERN AMERICA 54 43 4 ASIA 74 16 10 EUROPE 73 20 8 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 79 5 16 60 OCEANIA 33 83 AFRICA { 7 17 Position Immediately Prior to First Deanship 1 2 3 • 10% of those who were previously at a different institution, also were in a different country. Dean 18.5% Associate Dean 49.7% Department Head/Chair Faculty Member 14.3% 15.4% Interim/Acting Dean 11.6% { More Academic 18.5% 19.3% Faculty Member 13.4% Interim/Acting Dean 10.8% Vice Dean 7.1% 6.7% 6.2% 1.5% Balance of Academic and Professional Experience Among Current Deans Position Immediately Prior to Current Deanship Department Head/Chair Assistant Dean WAS SERVING AS INTERIM DEAN AND WAS PROMOTED (13%) their most recent academic position was within the same institution. 24.1% 8.1% WAS ACTIVELY SEARCHING AND APPLIED DIRECTLY (18%) • 51% of deans indicated that the location of Associate Dean NonOther Program Academic Academic Director WAS NOT ACTIVELY SEARCHING AND WAS INVITED TO APPLY (35%) NonAcademic 6.7% Other Academic 6.3% Vice Dean 6.1% Entirely Academic Assistant Dean Program Director 4.7% 0.6% 19.8% About Equivalent 20% More Entirely Professional Professional 7.6% 2.9% • The top three non-academic roles ever held by current deans were a Business-Executive Role (42%), Business Non-Executive Role (39%), and Business-Self Employed (31%). • 66% of those who indicated a non-academic position most immediately prior to their current deanship were in a Business-Executive Role. • The top three areas of academic focus in deans’ academic careers were Management (14%), Marketing (13%), and Finance (11%). • 45% of deans have lived zero to six months in a country other than where currently employed, while 31% have lived 6 or more years in a different country.