Glasnost and Management Education: Perestroika as the Imperative

Abstract

Mikhail Gorbachev is a forgotten man today. Yet his contribution to the process of globalisation cannot be undermined. He was the man who changed the world. True, to those who still remember him, he may evoke mixed reactions in them. As the man who dismembered USSR or the person who restructured the world. But, after his perestroika and glasnost the world will never be the same again. And, perestroika and glasnost have touched every aspect of the globe from politics to societies, from economics to education. Management Education included. Against this backdrop it is time to evaluate existing management education paradigm vis-à-vis challenges of globalisation.