JMGT_V1_N1_A2 R.W. Robertson Journal on Management 2230 – 715X 1 1 9 15 Business management training, globalized market, market economy This paper explores the role of business schools in assisting developing countries like Kazakhstan as they move from a centrally planned to a market economy. Specifically, the paper uses the case of the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research as an example of the type of institution delivering business management training necessary to build local capacity to lead the process of change and develop managers prepared for the new globalized market economy of the 21st century. June - August 2006 Copyright © 2006 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=408