This paper seeks to probe the issue of management education in relation to ideology and culture. Our central concern is whether the theories and practices of management from developed countries can be copied and implanted in the Third World - and if so, with what consequences. We are concerned about the effects on the host culture of this technology transplant. Although the paper draws on the experience at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, it is our view that the issues are not peculiar to the situation, but rather that they are of general significance to other 'Third World countries.