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One of the challenges facing organizations today the ability to embrace change. The business environment is always in a flux and organizations must adapt with a host of new realities and also shed old practices, both on the go simultaneously. This change has promoted a reassessment and demands a change in the traditional managerial concepts and practices. The higher education sector has undergone growth and development in recent years and it is widely believed that future success in a globalized world economy, would belong to those organizations that go the extra miles in providing and building a workforce and management. Hence, to understand this scenario, one of the primary stakeholders in management education are the Academicians. A total of 39HR Academicians working in twenty-three institutions, as in State Universities, Central University, Technical University, National Institute of Technology, Deemed Universities and Autonomous B-schools based in Karnataka were covered in this study. The data collected was analyzed using statistical tools such as Frequency, Percentage, Coefficient of Correlation and Chi Square by the application of SPSS 20.0.1 software. The results revealed that - HR Academicians were of the opinion that their role consisted of a mix of teaching, training, research based activities.HR Academicians have published research articles in journals ranging in numbers of minimum of 3 to a maximum of 14 articles. Half of the HR Academicians have not been able to publish any papers or articles in any journals. Most of published articles have come from HR Professors and Associate Professors. To conclude, this paper aims to understand the changes in HR management education, thus support in the restructuring HR Management vertical and its methodology, for the greater good of the discipline and its stakeholders.

Keywords

HR Education; Restructuring; Rigor; B-Schools

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