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‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolonial analysis of international branch campuses:

01 Jan 2019-Organization (SAGE PublicationsSage UK: London, England)-Vol. 26, Iss: 1, pp 75-97
TL;DR: The authors explored how the "world-class" discourse as an ideology and a fantasy structures neocolonial relations in intern... and built on postcolonial studies and discourse analytical research exploring how the 'worldclass' discourse as ideology and fantasy structure neocolony relations in the US.
Abstract: In this article, we build on postcolonial studies and discourse analytical research exploring how the ‘world-class’ discourse as an ideology and a fantasy structures neocolonial relations in intern...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the importance of adopting a contextualized approach to hybridization processes that, first, takes into account the historical and cultural contexts from which hybridity emerges and, second, helps to identify the elements that change as well as those that persist when western management practices are imported into developing countries.
Abstract: Drawing on postcolonial studies of management, this article highlights the importance of adopting a contextualized approach to hybridization processes that, first, takes into account the importance of the historical and cultural contexts from which hybridity emerges and, second, helps to identify the elements that change as well as those that persist when western management practices are imported into developing countries. Using a discursive analysis, this article shows the ambivalent nature of the accounts given by managers (trained in western traditions) of the Tunisian company Poulina as they explain how they modernized their company through the implementation of a US management model. The managers' ambivalence takes on two distinct forms. First, while they seem to have internalized the rhetoric of modernization in insisting on how they used the US management model to overcome the 'dysfunctional' family-based organizational system, they simultaneously express resistance by detaching themselves from the French colonial organizational model. Second, when they describe the implementation of the US management practices and how workers resisted them, it seems that they have implicitly negotiated and reinterpreted these practices via a local cultural framework of meaning. Based on these findings, I argue that hybridity is best understood as an interweaving of two elements - the transformation of practices and cultural continuity - in which identity construction, local power dynamics and cultural frameworks of meaning jointly shape the hybridization process of management practices.

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TL;DR: In this article, a special issue (SI) editorial contributes to ongoing efforts worldwide to decolonise management and organisational knowledge (MOK), and a robust pluriversal discussion on the how and why of decolonization is presented.
Abstract: This special issue (SI) editorial contributes to ongoing efforts worldwide to decolonise management and organisational knowledge (MOK). A robust pluriversal discussion on the how and why of decolon...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) position themselves and compete with one another, and used hierarchical cluster analysis to identify strategic groups and institutional competitive strategies in the UAE higher education market.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to discover how higher education institutions may segment the market in a competitive higher education hub and to assess the usefulness of strategic group analysis as an analytical technique for market and competitor analysis. As a case example of a competitive higher education market, this research investigates how higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) position themselves and compete with one another.,The research relied mainly on secondary data, which were obtained from the websites of institutions and regulatory bodies. Then, hierarchical cluster analysis was used to identify strategic groups and institutional competitive strategies in the UAE higher education market. A panel of experts helped interpret and explain the cluster results.,Eight distinct institutional clusters were identified, which include public- and privately-owned institutions, as well as elite and specialist institutions. Institution and programme accreditation were found to be particularly important in the UAE market. The institutions in each group appear to operate in a particular market segment, targeting students who have similar needs and wants, and who often share similar demographic features.,It is concluded that strategic group analysis may help institutions to evaluate potential markets, select target segments and develop competitive strategies. In the UAE market context, the results demonstrate how institutions may position themselves to create strong and distinctive identities. The results of the research may be of interest to higher education institutions that operate in competitive markets, and particularly those that want to evaluate foreign markets.,This is believed to be the first study to use a strategic group approach for analysing competitors in a higher education hub.

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TL;DR: Recently published research on higher education as discussed by the authors has focused on the issues and approaches in researching higher education, as well as the methods and methodology in higher education research and the process of research higher education.
Abstract: Part 1: Recently published research on higher education Introduction Journals Books Part 2: Issues and approaches in researching higher education Researching teaching and learning Researching course design Researching the student experience Researching quality Researching system policy Researching institutional management Researching academic work Researching knowledge and research Part 3: The process of researching higher education Method and methodology in researching higher education Theory in higher education research Researching higher education at different levels The process of researching References

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"‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolon..." refers methods in this paper

  • ...Our research approach is discourse analysis, a methodology in contemporary higher education research and postcolonial studies that employs documentary analysis, interviews and observation as its main methods (Tight, 2012; Ulus, 2015)....

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of education in relation to the new imperialism, which is defined as the incorporation of low-income countries and regions that were previously subject to older forms of European imperialism into a new regime of global governance which serves to secure the interests of the USA, its western allies and of global capitalism more generally.
Abstract: The aim of the article is to discuss the role of education in relation to the new imperialism. The article begins by explaining what is meant by the term the ‘new imperialism’ and how it differs from older forms of European imperialism characterized by colonial rule. The new imperialism is presented as having material and discursive aspects although it is the discursive basis of western rule and how this affects education that forms the major focus for the article. Using Foucault's theory of governmentality, the new imperialism is presented as the incorporation of low‐income countries and regions that were previously subject to older forms of European imperialism into a new regime of global governance which serves to secure the interests of the USA, its western allies and of global capitalism more generally. The article then analyses the concept of ‘development’ which has provided the principal means by which the West has come to understand and hence control the non‐West. The article then turns to a consi...

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"‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolon..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Western societies represent major points of reference and repositories of preferred knowledge and development due to their perceived cultural dominance (Lo, 2011; Tikly, 2001, 2004)....

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the current state of Organization Studies in Latin America, disclosing the epistemic coloniality that prevails in the region, and recognize the role played by the term "organization" as an artifice that facilitates the comparison of different realities through their structural variables, but also the inability of this term to recognize any reality that escapes instrumental rationality and the logic of the market.
Abstract: This paper discusses the current state of Organization Studies in Latin America, disclosing the epistemic coloniality that prevails in the region. Adopting an approach based on the recognition of the relevance of the geopolitical space as place of enunciation, the paper sustains the relevance of the ‘outside’ and ‘otherness’ to understand organizational realities in America Latina. The argument is developed in three sections. The first section establishes the main characteristic of the development of Organization Studies in Latin America as its tendency towards falsification and imitation of the knowledge generated in the Centre. The second section recognizes the role played by the term ‘organization’ as an artifice that facilitates the comparison of different realities through their structural variables, but also the inability of this term to recognize any reality that escapes instrumental rationality and the logic of the market. It also articulates the increasing importance of such a concept in the cont...

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"‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolon..." refers background in this paper

  • ...…be heard in order to disrupt neocolonialist practices and bring the periphery to the centre of academic discussion and theory formation (e.g. Alcadipani et al., 2012; Alcadipani and Faria, 2014; Ibarra-Colado, 2006; Mignolo, 2011; Mir and Mir, 2013; Özkazanç-Pan, 2008; Westwood et al., 2014)....

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  • ...Accordingly, non-Western viewpoints should be heard in order to disrupt neocolonialist practices and bring the periphery to the centre of academic discussion and theory formation (e.g. Alcadipani et al., 2012; Alcadipani and Faria, 2014; Ibarra-Colado, 2006; Mignolo, 2011; Mir and Mir, 2013; Özkazanç-Pan, 2008; Westwood et al., 2014)....

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TL;DR: The most recent developments are education hubs as mentioned in this paper which are being used by countries who are trying to build a critical mass of local and foreign actors, including students, education institutions, companies, knowledge industries, science and technology centers, who engage in education, training, knowledge production, and innovation initiatives.
Abstract: The last decade has seen significant changes in all aspects of internationalization but most dramatically in the area of education and research moving across national borders. The most recent developments are education hubs. The term education hub is being used by countries who are trying to build a critical mass of local and foreign actors—including students, education institutions, companies, knowledge industries, science and technology centers—who, thorough interaction and in some cases colocation, engage in education, training, knowledge production, and innovation initiatives. It is understood that countries have different objectives, priorities, and take different approaches to developing themselves as a reputed center for higher education excellence, expertise, and economy. However, given higher education’s current preoccupation with competitiveness, global branding, and rankings, one is not sure whether a country’s plan to develop itself as an education hub is a fad, the latest branding strategy, o...

295 citations


"‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolon..." refers background in this paper

  • ...These hubs typically offer favourable operating terms for IBCs by offering, for example, various subsidies, allowing repatriation of assets and profits, and their tendency to attract a large pool of students looking for international, Western degrees (Knight, 2011; Lane, 2011)....

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TL;DR: The authors examines the relevance of existing accounts of globalisation and education for low-income, post-colonial countries, with special reference to the education systems of sub-Saharan Africa, using recent developments in globalisation theory, existing accounts are analysed in relation to their view of the origins, nature and future trajectory of globalization and the implications for education.
Abstract: The article examines the relevance of existing accounts of globalisation and education for low income, postcolonial countries, with special reference to the education systems of sub-Saharan Africa. Using recent developments in globalisation theory, existing accounts are analysed in relation to their view of the origins, nature and future trajectory of globalisation and the implications for education. It is argued that most of the recent literature deals with Western industrialised countries and the newly industrialised countries of the Pacific Rim and therefore has limited relevance for low income countries. The literature that is concerned with low income countries often lacks a firm theoretical basis and has been limited to a discussion of the impact of economic globalisation on education. Drawing on recent work on the political economy of development and the state in Africa, the article sets out a conceptual framework for understanding various aspects of the education/globalisation relationship in low ...

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"‘World-class’ fantasies: A neocolon..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Western societies represent major points of reference and repositories of preferred knowledge and development due to their perceived cultural dominance (Lo, 2011; Tikly, 2001, 2004)....

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