Friday 29 November 2013

Business school, achieve the best you can be

In 2003, cheung kong graduate school of business MBA program starts, at that time professor, staff and students have a sense of purpose, that is to create a world-class outstanding business school. Today, the Yangtze river business school MBA program has gone through ten years, China's entrepreneurs proud of to study in school of business.

 

 

 

Wu Xiaoping is cheung kong graduate school of the second session of MBA students, he describes the structure of the cheung kong graduate school of business MBA program at the time the class members: "class nearly 50 people, foreigners, female man, foreign employees and employees of state-owned companies, self-employed person... these early in the school of business students, no matter from where they had one goal in the same study, that is: hope that through business school learning, achievement a best yourself." Wu Xiaoping at CICC (CICC), general manager of wealth management execution.

 

 

 

Today, early MBA students in the class had already become industry leaders. "The only one in the class are from the western supermarket manager of a small town in the Yangtze river business school learned to BD and branding, now he has achieved national chain supermarket." Wu Xiaoping said.

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong "mix circle"

 

 

 

That's right! In business, MBA students from various circles, from all walks of life circle in financial circles, fast, real estate, IT, and be people relish the entertainment circle, and so on... .

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, however, the "mix circle", imagine if is scrabble, interpersonal communication, then it is wrong. In school, the students real learning and trying to do is "into the team." Team into is a process: from "outsider" to a member of the class, never familiar with to get along with each other, and that good "mix" became the leader of the elite class.

 

 

 

Actually, in the school of "mix circle" is not easy to compromise and the argument will be survival strategy here. In class discussions, you will often see such scene: strong girls or ladies take say, foreigners enjoy long time of presentation, and handsome boys compromise here and there. In the meeting room, you might hear the Japanese accent, Indian accent, and distinguished north American accent, of course, in the daily fierce discussion, you may occasionally hear Beijing swearing. Heat transfer on the net the cheung kong graduate school of a certain class of class rules, also made such a "even though you are very sophisticated, also want to pretend to a little child, especially when doing the collective game."

 

 

 

Whether to go to school before you is the enterprise executives, or the big shot, industry circles. In business circles, in order to face all kinds of "cynicism", you have to practice out of a strong heart.

 

 

 

Cheung kong graduate school of many courses need to be on stage, but not every time onstage, will usher in cheers. If you after half a minute on the stage and say a sentence, there is one point to the people in the "circle" response will make on people "not calm".

 

 

 

Wu Xiaoping had experienced such a situation, he said that at that time, the "friendly girls clap loudly shouted at the stage of I, not so friendly and saluted the clap table laughed."

 

 

 

Standing on the stage, and different speaker also can have different reactions. "Inner powerful people may and the audience laughed together, to ease their tension; and the inner frail people, standing on the stage flushed, may be zoned out." Wu Xiaoping recalled the scene, said he was in fact is the latter.

 

 

 

But the good thing is: like Wu Xiaoping in this "circle" is a shy person, slowly to accept the challenge, inner training, "mix circle" ability is also rising, so finally can also "calmly" and Mr Li ka-shing to sit down and talk about business and life.

 

 

 

Accept the "mission impossible"

 

 

 

Listening carefully in class, after class, take the initiative to finish the homework, get along well with her classmates, communicate with teachers actively... .. Finished these, maybe you can really become a "good student" in school. Business school training goal, however, are not a group of "good students" obedient, sensible, from here out of students but to become future leaders in the market place.

 

 

 

Right! Be a leader in the future, can't always in the "paper". Business schools teaching in such a transformation, make business plan book out of the classroom, let the students learn in practice, more make the students nervous, the practice of school curriculum difficulty is gradually increasing.

 

 

 

Give you a task, requirement is: in two weeks time, let you to find and select 10 entrepreneurs in the United States, in New York and silicon valley respectively held a seminar on Chinese entrepreneurs, there is no any financial support, even the activities of the site need to find a way to myself. Sitting in a Chinese classroom you may say, "god, this is a mission impossible."

 

 

 

This is referred to as "mission impossible" plan, students' practice is part of the cheung kong graduate school of the module, can be said to be the business school students "composition" on purpose. Students should make full use of campus of time to study in the United States, the independent planning and finish the practice of challenging tasks.

 

 

 

In June, the Yangtze river business school class of 2012 MBA students are accepted and successfully completed the "mission impossible". Activities of the sponsors and organizers, level 2012 MBA BaoYang huan said, "the early stage of the international communication we need to coordinate with various business affairs, basically in communication on standby 24 hours; the feasibility of the activity plan to solicit opinions of the class, each student practice division of tasks, we're all trying to overcome all kinds of uncertainty in activity."

 

 

 

Fortunately, despite the concerns, location, activity funds, the investment community guests or sold at a solution. The "mission impossible" - young entrepreneurs business plan seminar in New York and silicon valley successfully held as scheduled, activity by local business school students, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, and media attention.

 

 

 

Xia Lian deputy director of the MBA programme director at reading "mission impossible" said, "we are very attach importance to cultivate the students' practical ability in the world," mission impossible "is not a must task, just said task difficulty is big, has been far beyond the general business school practice teaching. Also it is very difficult, is likely to inspire students' potential, must effectively, close teamwork, beyond the self-realization in difficulties and setbacks."

 

 

 

And your alumni mentor, talk about business and talk about life

 

 

 

What do you often see on TV and magazine famous entrepreneurs, if one day sitting opposite you, drinking coffee and chatting with him, telling him about your study and work in trouble, can, of course, the key is to ask him why he can achieve success in business. Such a scenario, you will be unusually excited?

 

 

 

In fact, central Europe, the Yangtze river, such as Peking University guanghua school of the best business schools are a group of Chinese has been trying to do such a thing, and it also have been very successful. Make the best in the business school alumni MBA students mentor, this already became the business school teaching strategies, in general, these outstanding alumni are successful entrepreneurs, government officials, as well as some executives.

 

 

 

In the central European business school, the alumni mentorship program has a very nice name, called "mentor" project. Project name seems to tell us, is between MBA students and alumni mentor "also division also friends relationship, which means that the talk of between teachers and students may not be limited to how to do business.

 

 

 

Indeed, none of the business school will drop off huge alumni resources, cheung kong graduate school of CEO, EMBA alumni many voluntary as MBA students mentor.