Michael Bryant
Michael Bryant is an international specialist in business school accreditations. He earned an MBA at the University of Warwick and a PhD at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He has held several posts at a French Grande Ecole de Management, including Dean, Director of International Development, AACSB Project Manager, and most recently Professor Emeritus.
Mike’s research interests and publications include accreditation issues, the internationalization of business education, and the role of international experience in developing the interpersonal and cross-cultural skills required of today’s managers. His most recent publication is: Contextual and linguistic challenges for French business schools to achieve international accreditation: experts as boundary-spanners. Critical Perspectives on International Business. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-06-2020-0080 (with Vigier, M.) (2022)
He has served on AACSB committees, on peer review team visits, and as mentor/advisor for business schools in Africa, Europe, North and South America, providing advice, guidance and mentoring to schools preparing for AACSB, EFMD and AMBA accreditations, with a focus on Eligibility Applications for Initial Accreditation, developing a successful Self Evaluation Report, Continuous Improvement Review and re-accreditation applications, implementing effective processes leading to quality improvements and meeting accreditation standards.
