(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-08) Blaine, Sue
Almost all businesses face
the issues of globalisation,
whether these are breaking into
foreign markets from Lesotho
to Finland, competing with
similar products abroad, or having to consider
whether to buy components made far afield.
Technology has created the imperative of a
global focus.
This means business schools have to give
their students opportunities to learn how to
deal with people whose cultural backgrounds
are far removed from their own, and how to
operate in starkly different business and legal
environments.
For the University of Stellenbosch Business
School (USB) this means fostering working
relationships with business schools in other
countries, so that students can learn from
experts in other regions and from their peers
in other countries. In doing this, the business
school is following a global trend – business
schools across the world are increasingly training their focus on ‘internationalisation’.