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Experiencing Asia Through Tweets

Posted by Christine Ferrell, staff member for UNC Kenan-Flagler’s global OneMBA Program.  Content compiled from tweets from @gOldf1nga, Alan Golding, Class of 2012, representing the first five days of the Asia Residency.  Two more days until completion!

I continue to be amazed by the rich real time information we can all disseminate through sites like Twitter.  Nearly 10,000 miles (or 15,000 kilometers for our OneMBA partner schools) away, our students are taking to social media to share their experience during the Asia Residency.

Below, I’m sharing — in chronological order — Alan Golding’s tweets.  When read in sequence, they paid a visit picture of the experience thus far.  The students will wrap-up the residency on Saturday, May 19 and return to their home schools to graduate.  Congratulations!

 

12 May – Pre-residency 

Great morning at The Taj. Back to Delhi #onemba12

Stuck in traffic that would make Joburgers want to cry #Delhi

 

13 May – Asia Residency Day 1 (Delhi)

Click here for blog post that includes Day 1 itinerary.

Tweets:

Interesting comparison of production costs between India and China#OneMBAasia

Pursuit of excellence come first, profits will follow. #OneMBAasia#vinodsharma

7 out of 10 Indians live in villages. Interesting problem and opportunity for consumer marketing #OneMBAasia

Knowledge process outsourcing company, #Evalueserve, ten year success story. From India to global player. Now 2600 employees.

Entire senior management team is virtual. Organized in the same way as their delivery model. #Evalueserve #onemba

India a small market for corporate research. Research driven decision making not the norm. Promoter driven model dominates.#kpo #onemba

25% attrition needed in a service industry to keep costs down. Especially high in India. #onemba

 

14 May – Asia Residency Day 2 (Delhi)

Day 2 Itinerary includes:

  • The Fascinating Story of Su-Kam, Mr. Kunwer Sachdev, Managing Director, Su-Kam Power Systems, Ltd.
  • Legal Aspects and Taxes from a Corporate Perspective, Mr. Sidharth Arya, Managing Partner, Survan, Attorneys-at-Law
  • Company Visits:  Su-Kam Power Systems, Ltd., ITC Green Centre, Hero MotoCorp Ltd., Evalueserve

Tweets:

Inverted technology needed for treadmills in India cos of unreliable power supply. #onemba

If a product can work in India or Bangladesh then it can work anywhere #onemba12

“Succeeding in India can require a different morality compared to a developed country” #onemba12

Touring Delhi with three Mexicans

First session for last day in Incredible India . Intro to cultural aspects of India society @OneMBA

India invented the “third way” of government. Borrowed multiparty democracy from the West & planned economic development from USSR @OneMBA

Fascinating that India was organized politically along language lines@OneMBA

 

15 May - Asia Residency Day 3 (Delhi and travel to Kong Kong)

Day 3 Itinerary includes:

  • Indian Society and Culture, Dr. T.K. Oommen, Eminent Indian Sociologist and Former Professor JNU, New Delhi
  • Women in Industry: Issues and Challenges for India, Ms. Kamna Raj Aggarwalla, Vice Chairman, CII Punjab State Council & Director GDPA Fasteners
  • Indian HR Landscape, Dr. C.P. Shrimali, Prof. (HRM), MDI
  • Flight to Hong Kong
Tweets:

India is the second largest Muslim country in the world @OneMBA#amazingfact

Brilliant explanation of the caste system. Hindu religion believes that there is a hierarchy at a human’s creation @OneMBA

Great example for my country, South Africa. Secularism in India is the dignified coexistence of different religious groups @OneMBA

Given that India is organized according to language, makes me think that India is a lot like the EU @OneMBA

Introduction into the world of the Indian woman at work. @OneMBA#Asiaresidency

Legal framework for women’s equality exist in India but bringing about social equality remains difficult @OneMBA #Asiaresidency

HR landscape in India @OneMBA

Work life balance a large challenge for Indian women. Especially when balancing maintaining a family. @OneMBA

 

16 May - Asia Residency Day 4 (Hong Kong)

Day 4 Itinerary includes:

  • Overview on Hong Kong’s Latest Business Environment, Mr. Charles Ng, Associate Director-General, InvestHK, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Human Equation in China, Dr. Gilbert Cheung, Honorary Institute Fellow, The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, CUHK
  • Horse Racing Tour and Welcome Dinner, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Shatin
Tweets:

Agency costs are lowered in a sophisticated society. Acceptance of authority and heirarchy key in China & India. @OneMBA

In HK. Yesterday a brutal day of travel combined with lectures. Fantastic talk about Chinese culture the highlight tho. @OneMBA

 

17 May - Asia Residency Day 5 (Hong Kong)

Day 5 Itinerary includes:

  • India vs China: Cultural & Historical Roots of Modern Success, Prof. Leslie Young, Executive Director, The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business; Wei Lun Professor of Finance, CUHK
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia, Dr. Stephen, Frost, Honorary Institute Associate, The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, CUHK
  • Lunch at Nanlian Temple
  • Free afternoon in Hong Kong
Tweets:

Interesting history of China, technology transfer from Russia key in 50′s so much so that Hu Jintao actually speaks Russian @OneMBA

Gandhi vs Mao two streams with different impacts. China gained industrialization while India gained a more tolerant society @OneMBA

CSR in an Asia Pacific context. Great discussion with #stephenfrost@OneMBA

Min wages in Shenzen is the highest in China. 1500 renminbi – about $180 per month @OneMBA

 

Chinese worker starting a career today was born in 1995. Very different mindset to previous generation @OneMBA

Biggest issue in east Asia for companies – finding enough talent

China moving from the manufacturer of the world to the market of the world @OneMBA #stephenfrost

Seafood dinner on an island outside Hong Kong. How amazing is that!

2012 OneMBA Asia Residency – Day 1

Posted by Sarah Perez, Executive Director of the MBA for Executives Programs at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Sarah is attending the 2012 OneMBA Asia Residency.

The OneMBA Asia Residency is an incredibly intense seven-day academic and cultural experience starting in India and ending in Hong Kong. Many students arrived early and spent time exploring, with groups going to the Taj Mahal or to Dubai. After several months apart, they were excited (and jet lagged!) and happy to see each other and complete the journey they first began nearly two years ago.

The students from the OneMBA schools around the world formally convened on Sunday, May 13 in Delhi, India, welcomed by Professor Didier Guillot, Academic Director of the OneMBA Program at CUHK.

The first sessions were fantastic. Faculty and corporate speakers shared details about the Indian economy and how India compares with China. We heard from an Indian entrepreneur about doing business in India and the potential he sees for the future. We learned about marketing to the Indian consumer and the importance of understanding this market. We also discussed the many challenges India faces as its economy grows.

After a full day of sessions, we arrived to a wonderful Indian dinner, with a show of typical dances from different regions in India. What an amazing way to start the last residency week!

Our official itinerary for Day 1 is below:

May 13, 2012 — Delhi

  • Welcome Address, Professor Didier Guillor, Academic Director, OneMBA Program, CUHK
  • Welcome and Program Brief, Professor C.P. Shrimali, Professor (HRM), MDI
  • Macro View of the Indian Economy, Mr. Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank
  • Setting up Business in India, Mr. Vinrod Sharma, Managing Director, Deki Electronics
  • Connecting with the Indian Consumer, Professor Sanjay Chandwani, MDI Gurgaon
  • Opportunities and Challenges in Managing Large Business Organizations in India: A Country Head’s Perspective, Mr. Sanjoy Roy Choudhury, Country Head (India), Evalueserve
  • Opening Gala Dinner

Financial Times: Value-added travel

The following article was originally written by Vincent Bevins and was published in The Financial Times.  You can find an original copy of the article here.

Carlos Quintana is Mexican and Genilson Melo is Brazilian. But their small  national differences are nothing compared with the unexpected cultural  challenges they face studying together on the executive MBA programme at Fundação  Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo, Brazil. What has proved most demanding is  working on projects via phone and email with a team scattered around the world  and who are all from different nationalities and sectors. Continue reading »

BRIC experience on your MBA future-proofs your career

A new world of opportunities: Getting BRICs experience on your MBA is a good way to future-proof your career.

The following article was originally written by Matt Symonds and was printed in The Independant on April 7, 2011.   You can find an original copy of the article here.

If anyone really doubted whether economic power is slowly shifting from its traditional base in the West to the emerging powers of the East, all they need to do is consult the results of the latest Global Snapshot research from the recruitment specialist Antal. According to their recent survey of over 14,000 employers around the world, 81 per cent of companies in India and 71 per cent in China are planning to hire at the professional or managerial level in the coming quarter, in comparison to just 55 per cent in France, 33 per cent in Spain and 31 per cent in Germany.
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B-school Boots on the Ground

The following article was originally written by Matt Symbonds and was published in the Forbes blog on February 2011 . You can find an original copy of the article here.

Doing business in China relies on more than an optimistic message in a fortune cookie.

A few weeks back I was talking to the CEO of a British company which has had a very successful operation in China for several years, but which recently almost ran into serious trouble. The problem stemmed from the appointment of a new local manager, who, despite ticking all the boxes in terms of experience and capabilities, rapidly ran the business into the ground. My contact and his fellow directors flew back and forth between China and the UK in an effort to turn things around, but could not get a clear understanding of what was going wrong. In the end a Chinese friend took the CEO to one side and explained the problem – the manager had a brother.

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Global Residencies Broaden Horizons

OneMBA multicultural groups mirror the diverse nature of today’s business environment

The following article was published January 16, 2010 in the South China Morning Post.

With its main aim of training executives to be global business leaders, the OneMBA Global Executive MBA programme, offered by Chinese University, features four intensive one-week overseas study sessions. These global residencies are hosted by the institution’s partner universities. Continue reading »

OneMBA featured in MBA Innovation magazine

OneMBA: A Study in Cultivating a Global Mindset

The following article was published in the Summer 2009 issue of MBA Innovation, a publication of the MBA Roundtable.

By Bethanie Anderson

Over the past three years, the percentage of cross-continent programs in the Financial Times executive MBA ranking has nearly doubled. During the same three-year period, the number of GMAT tests taken in the US has increased by 13%—while the number has increased by 40% in East and Southeast Asia, 152% in Central and South Asia, 43% in Eastern Europe, and 38% in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

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