Guests Commentary: On Building Cooperation for Business Education Amongst Asian Countries



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The goals of business education are manifold but can be summarized as addressing the following objectives : a) to deliver a valuable learning experience for the students so that they can become effective leaders and participants In the business community; b) to contribute to the conceptual and methodological body of knowledge In international business education; c) to assist business enterprises with operational know-how to compete In a national, regional and global economy. As we focus on strengthening business education In the Asian region, It is evident that the region IS poised and ready to undertake these objectives and make unique contributions  to the area of business education. It IS In this region In the last decade that the world has witnessed unprecedented economic growth rates, a growing skilled and literate labor force, swelling ranks of business students In universities, the spread of new research and learning centers, the Influx of new business , and the rapid liberalization of previously closed economic. business educators In the region have a real challenge – and simultaneously a real opportunity – to keep pace with, Indeed a few steps ahead of, these rapid developments In the Asian region. It IS encouraging to note that business education In the region has world class universities , research institutes and internationally recognized scholars. We are now at a point where we are poised to reach the next level of excellence with our unique experiences. With many of the Institutions and expertise In place In many of the Asian countries, we are now at a crossroads where we can go beyond our past reliance on a knowledge base derived primarily from a Western experience . We need to explore effective ways of strengthening the learning experiences of our students to enhance their abilities to lead and manage local, regional and multinational firms which are growing rapidly In the region.

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A. Hamid, A., Chair, T. S. N., & Zahir, A. Q. (1996). Guests Commentary: On Building Cooperation for Business Education Amongst Asian Countries. Jurnal Pengurusan, 15, 1–10.

@article{hamid1996guests,
  title={Guests Commentary: On Building Cooperation for Business Education Amongst Asian Countries},
  author={A. Hamid, Aziz and Chair, Tan Sri Noah and Zahir, A Quraeshi},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={15},
  number={},
  pages={1—10},
  year={1996},
  doi={},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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