OVERSEAS BUSINESS
From larger networking opportunities to competing with the best in the world there are plenty of benefits of pursuing your MBA abroad.
The global village that all of us live in today, offers us limitless opportunities. Let’s think about some of them for a moment. The MBA graduate of today can work in virtually any country across the world. If he is an entrepreneur, he can sell his products in Africa, South America, Europe or anywhere in the farthest corners of the globe. But the student needs to be aware of the world that is waiting for him. In a domestic institution or university, the student mingles with peers from his own country. His networking possibilities are high and it stands him in good stead in the domestic environment. In a global institution, the student studies with classmates, teachers and staff from a multitude of countries. The networking opportunities are multiplied and he is able to gain an exposure to various cultural backgrounds on the same campus. That is an education in itself.
Secondly, what strikes most people powerfully about an MBA programme, is when it fuses the world of academics with the business world outside. In some MBA schools, academicians live in isolated ivory towers. They are able to teach very well and are capable of understanding the concepts in a given textbook. This approach is excellent for the under graduate programmes. However, in a post graduate programme such as an MBA, the teaching has to go beyond these borders. It has to encompass real life business situations so that students can learn from the experiences shared by the lecturer. An MBA from a globally connected institute, for instance, gives you both the academician’s bird’s eye view of the world and offers you the professional’s worm’s eye view as well. The interaction of academically qualified and professionally qualified teachers gives the student a stimulating environment, making it a complete MBA.
At a global institution you are learning to race with the best from all over the world right from the minute you walk into the campus
In the future, the Indian MBA graduate is going to compete, not just with Indians from all over the country, but with MBA graduates from all over the world. That is the challenge posed by globalization. An MBA at a global institution gives you a head-start. Within campus you are competing with fellow students from all over the world. You are learning to race with the best from all over the world, right from the minute you walk into the campus. When you emerge as a graduate, you are quite comfortable and equipped with all the skills to handle the competition and to successfully build a competitive advantage.
The great entrepreneurs, the good managers of today are often mavericks. So, what can we learn from them — can we see a pattern in the behavior of these people who are rebels to the norm and have succeeded beyond the expectations of their peers? Can we make rules about how, when and why we should break rules? That’s the challenge in management education today — to create new systems that allow for constant non-conformity and most importantly global exposure.