标题：SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN – RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION WITHIN MBA PROGRAMMES OF SOUTH AFRICAN AND AFRICAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS
期刊名称：Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review
电子版ISSN：2223-5833
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：3
出版社：Sohar University, Oman and American University of Kuwait
摘要：This paper explores certain management,development andeconomic issues relevant to the discourse of the MBA programme and its teaching in South Africaand Africa as a whole.It attempts to situate the discourse within the realmsof broader debate that permeates its relevance to both management and its wider and broader role in developing societies and to development in general. An attempt is made to project on both positive and negative aspects of certain salient issuesthat need elaboration and understanding by academics and Business Schoolsin South Africa.It will also attempt to briefly explore some nuances relevant to entrepreneurship within the context of the MBA programme and,other important aspects that may need some attention by academics and Business Schoolsinthe formulation of their MBA programmesand the contribution that Business Schools can make tohighereducation. The paper usedarticles that have been published in the popular media, in business magazines and relevant textbooksand does not pretend tocapture all issues that may be relevant to the MBA, nor does it pretend to exhaust in any detail the issues that are explored in this paper. The primary aim of the paper is to stimulate discussion and debate for purposes of enhancing the MBA programme as a brand, in an attempt to strengthen its importance and relevance to management and development within the framework of relevant higher education discourse.This paper as a starting point will posit and argue from Samantha Crous's perspective that "Africa needs own people solutions"(July, 2012), and on the other hand will briefly explore the comments made by Mamphela Ramphele (August, 2012) that the "Time for radical change in education," has arrived. Issues in relationship to human resources in the context of development will be explored and the article–What's the point.whichappeared in the Financial Mail by David Furlonger (July 20, 2012: 32 -34)will be reviewed and the relevance of the entrepreneurial discourse to and within MBA programmes will bediscussed very briefly and elaborated upon
