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标题：International Accreditation as a Transformational Change: Case Study of Business School in Kazakhstan
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作者：Yelena Istileulova ; Yelena Istileulova
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2013
卷号：106
页码：1555-1566
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.12.176
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThe new 21st century with its global trends opened the arena for International Accreditation for business schools in the countries of CIS. The impetus for change in business education of CIS is coming from Kazakhstan that represents a benchmark for the business education in Central Asian region. The paper explores a transformation, experience and institutional change as a result of various international accreditations. It begins by examining the perception about the international accreditation of 12 B-schools of Kazakhstan where 6 schools already made their first steps towards applying for various types of external international accreditation. The second part of this paper is a case study of a leading B-school in Central Asia with its ambitious role to become a world class university and its strategy in approaching the world leading accreditations coming from AACSB, EFMD and AMBA. The scope and purpose of the change process, transformation of all business schools with its specifics in Kazakhstan, the strategy and a unique experience of a leading school on its path towards accreditation are shown based on the interviews with top-managers, questionnaire and reports for the period of 2011-2013.
关键词：International accreditation;Institutional Change;Business schools;AACSB;EQUIS;CIS;Kazakhstan