The Role of Business Schools in Transition Economies: “Education to Change Society” in Kazakhstan

Robert W. Robertson*
Dean of the Bang College of Business,Kazakhstan Institute Of Management.
Periodicity:June - August'2006
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.1.1.408

Abstract

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.

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Robert W. Robertson (2006). The Role of Business Schools in Transition Economics: "Education to Change Society" In Kazakhstan. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 1(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.1.1.408

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