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Interdisciplinary Higher Education : The Case of Croatian Higher Business schools

In higher education, interdisciplinarity involves the design of subjects that offer the opportunity to experience “different ways of knowing”. Such an education is increasingly important in a global knowledge economy. Many universities throughout the world have begun to introduce interdisciplinary studies or subjects to meet this perceived need. Until now, interdisciplinary education was not available from accredited universities and business schools or universities of applied sciences, in Croatia. This paper examines interdisciplinary education in the business/economics universities and higher business schools in Croatia. Our purpose was to twofold ; first we have attempted to locate the master’s level, business/economics, education programs offered by accredited universities and colleges in Croatia. Second, we hoped to gather enough information about those programs to be able to comment on their underlying philosophical foundation and compare that mindset to similar programs in business education to determine if there was interdisciplinarity in business/economics studies. We located 15 institutions with business/economics programs. Using catalogues and program descriptions, the analysis was undertaken to find interdisciplinarity in programs. We were able to establish four categories of core courses based on groupings of similar and/or related courses. Most programs are based firmly in management studies and quantitative techniques. The findings generally support the notion that higher educational business/economics programs should be created with humanities - interdisciplinary. The fact is that by studying the arts, cultural history, literature, philosophy, and religion, students develop their powers of critical thinking and moral reasoning.

interdisciplinary education ; business studies ; business schools.

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