Continuous Improvement Review Seminar(AP)

Each day 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. SST

Join a cohort of peers in virtual learning facilitated by globally recognized Continuous Improvement Review (CIR) experts. Build skills and network in an interactive event focused on understanding the CIR process, documentation, and application, including tables. Learn how to undergo a successful continuous improvement review visit through group interactions, breakout sessions, and targeted discussions.

Designed for accredited schools, the Continuous Improvement Review (CIR) Seminar will prepare your administrators for the CIR process from the first year of the cycle to the CIR visit. AACSB recommends that you attend this seminar two years before a scheduled visit.

Engage in interactive discussions on the foundation of accreditation and review the philosophy of the principles-based 2020 accreditation standards with your peers, giving particular focus to changes in the standards. Explore the CIR philosophy and each component of the CIR report from the lens of your school, and examine how your school’s strategies and outcomes relate to engagement, innovation, and impact.

Learn about the expectations of the key accreditation committees and the peer review team to better understand their purpose and how they fit into your CIR process.

Build your peer network while developing the best strategy for your school’s upcoming continuous improvement review.

Learning Objectives

• Develop a deeper understanding of the philosophy behind the CIR process
• Learn to prepare a CIR application and CIR report, including tables
• Explore the elements of a successful CIR process
• Review the CIR timeline
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the applicant, team member, and committee
• Learn possible recommendation outcomes, such as extension of accreditation and a CIR2

Facilitators

Amy Memon, AACSB International

Amy Memon is Manager of Accreditation Services (Asia Pacific) for AACSB. She has over a decade of experience working with AACSB’s member schools, and served as the association’s special advisor in India for six years.  Prior to her relocation to Mumbai, India, Amy was Manager of Research at AACSB's US headquarters, where she contributed to research reports, including The Globalization of Business Schools and Impact of Research: A Guide for Business Schools.  Amy also represented AACSB at the UN Global Compact to co-convene the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).  She began her career at AACSB developing and executing conferences and seminars across five continents.

Geoff Perry, AACSB International

Geoff Perry is executive vice president overseeing global membership. With senior management experience in the university sector, having served as business school dean, pro vice chancellor, and deputy vice chancellor at Auckland University of Technology—a 28,000 student, research-intensive university—he has strong strategic, financial, and people management capabilities. He has mentored, advised, and evaluated many higher education business schools across the Asia Pacific region and North America. Recently he co-chaired the Business Accreditation Task Force, which was mandated by AACSB’s board of directors to work with the association’s community to develop the 2020 business accreditation standards. Perry has a significant portfolio of peer-reviewed journal articles, commissioned reports, and presentations. He has academic and private sector experience and has worked, consulted, and researched in his home country of New Zealand as well as more broadly in the Asia Pacific region. Perry holds degrees in the arts and the humanities and has a PhD in economics with a focus on labor and international economics.

Who Should Attend

Accredited members, newly accredited members, members whose CIR visit is coming up in the next two to three years, and CIR team members.

Contact Us

For more information, please contact [email protected].