Rethinking Undergraduate Business Education

Abstract

Much of the literature on management education focuses on the postgraduate level: this paper reviews the existing undergraduate business studies curriculum. Despite superficial indicators of health it is argued that there is a need for fundamental debate on the shape and purpose of this curriculum. Such debate, it is argued, opens up the space for the development of more critical perspectives. The paper seeks to suggest ways in which the curriculum might develop and how critical perspectives might be addressed.