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Does Africa Need An "African" Management Education Model?, Howard Thomas, Lee, Michelle P., Lynne Thomas, Alexander Wilson
Does Africa Need An "African" Management Education Model?, Howard Thomas, Lee, Michelle P., Lynne Thomas, Alexander Wilson
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
The African approach to management education has been shaped by a range of environmental, cultural, contextual and regional characteristics. Africa is by any measure a massive, multi-cultural, multi-lingual continent offering the promise of significant economic growth in the longer term. The environment is characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity and, often, disruptive change. Despite this, some African states have tried to adapt and formulate a range of strategies for economic growth management and the development of international and inter-regional trading opportunities arising from globalisation. Existing evidence suggests that African management educators have tried to adopt a pragmatic perspective that emphasises …
Growing The Impact Of Management Education And Scholarship, Laurent Batsch, Thomas Bieger, Arnoud De Meyer, Sriven Naidu, Arnaud Raynouard, Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Flavio Vasconcelos
Growing The Impact Of Management Education And Scholarship, Laurent Batsch, Thomas Bieger, Arnoud De Meyer, Sriven Naidu, Arnaud Raynouard, Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Flavio Vasconcelos
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
Management is not only taught in business schools. For more than 100 years it has been taught by a special type of university that is 'more than a business school'. An international group of university leaders trace the emergence, role and future contributions of 'universities for business and management'.