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ABSTRACT. This paper discusses business and entrepreneurship education in South-East Asia. The article examines the sources of business and teaching material, primarily originating from the West, and the poor fit in local business and national context. The rich legacy of local knowledge and philosophies are briefly discussed with the paper hypothesizing the potential advantages of incorporating indigenous management ideas in pedagogy.JEL Codes: L26; A2Keywords: business schools; colonialization; entrepreneurship; management; pedagogy; philosophyWe don't need no thought control.No dark sarcasm in the classroom.Teacher, leave them kids alone.Hey, Teacher, leave them kids alone!Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall1. IntroductionAfter the Second World War many South-East Asian nations had to work hard for independence from their colonial masters. After more than 50 years of self government in some cases, many of these nations have developed relative urban affluence where consumerism and enterprise dominates life. Career development and upward mobility often requires a diploma, degree, and post graduate qualifications. However, a colonial hangover and psychological dependence still lingers on. All these awards, especially within the business, entrepreneurship, and management disciplines are heavily based upon Western theories and ideas, embedding the occidental mindset within the South-East Asian psych.The dominance of occidental intellectual thought, particularly within economics, entrepreneurship, management, and organizational disciplines displays all the hallmarks of neo-colonialism through the backdoor. Although governments of South-East Asia espouse their own respective national values and ways of doing things , the fact is that students are taught predominantly ideas and values through local college and university systems. Occidental sourced knowledge is accepted into South-East Asian societies without questioning. This is the last bastion of colonialism, the subliminal way the west imposes values upon others, without overtly being aware of it. What more, people pay for the indoctrination of these values.No country can be truly independent until it espouses, teaches, and promotes its own indigenous ideas and values. South-East Asia may stand independent politically, gone a long way in achieving economic independence, but today still trapped within the syndrome of intellectual colonization. As business schools steadfastly stick to occidental business curriculum, former western colonial masters still dominate their ex-colonies, this time intellectually.2. The Spread of Management Education in South-East AsiaBusiness, entrepreneurship, and management courses are the fastest growing areas in South-East Asian education. Along with ICT, these are the most popular areas within both the private and public higher education sectors. The relatively low overhead and operational cost per cohort is a financial windfall for colleges and universities. Business education has become the cash-cow of colleges and universities within the region.What makes these courses financially lucrative is the relatively low cost of teaching resources for basic courses compared to other disciplines. Very little infrastructure aside from classrooms and lecture theatres are required. A great number of business schools develop curriculum around an array of international edition US sourced textbooks on offer by the major educational publishers, strongly competing for business.Consequently the intelligentsia of many business schools has looked inwardly, focusing their concerns upon quantity and numbers. The organization of the majority of regional business schools is based upon the best of what both Weber and Taylor had to offer. They are bureaucratic diploma factories based upon single textbook unit courses, orientated around exams that at best measure memory and retention rather than creativity and the potential of the student to be innovative. …
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