A New Approach to Management Education in Poland

Management education courses are being developed at the Lublin Business School, Poland in collaboration with the Lancashire Business School of the University of Central Lancashire, UK. These developments are supported by the UK Government Knowhow Fund. The first of these courses, an Advanced Certificate in Management for practising middle and senior managers, was first delivered during 1991‐92 and validated by the UK partner in July 1992. Higher level courses, a Diploma in Management and an MBA, are being developed and the partners hope to validate these courses during 1993. Describes the content and structure of the courses,together with a quality assurance and assessment regime which is innovative in the Polish context. In developing these courses the partners have attempted to avoid the known problems associated with such transfers of know‐how. Identifies these problems and discusses the ways in which they were addressed by the Lublin project.