Lessons Learned from Introducing a Learning Management System to Support Face to Face and Blended Learning Courses in an MBA Programme

Although there are a number of benefits and recommendations that are common to most educational institutions that adopt a learning management system (LMS), there are also some positives and negatives peculiar to the particular institution under consideration. This study looks at the implementation of a LMS at a leading business school in the Caribbean. This school was chosen because there were some characteristics in terms of the governance structure and organization of the school that brings out some peculiarities that may be found in other business schools. In addition to identifying these peculiarities and the issues that they raise, some recommendations are made for how these can be addressed to ensure that the benefits of the LMS can be maximized. From these experiences a methodology will be posited which can be used by other educational institutions considering adopting a LMS