MBA grad wins award
IT was a joyous celebration for over 500 graduands of Olympia College, Raffles Education Group, as they were bestowed their awards in various disciplines by Deputy Minister of Higher Education Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah at the Royal Ballroom of Istana Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 25.
Eleven graduates of various disciplines also received their prestigious awards named in honour of Malaysia’s founding fathers and distinguished political figures for their accomplishments.
Patsy Tan Mei Ling, recipient of The Dr Raja Tun Mohar Bin Raja Badiozaman’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Master of Business Administration, awarded by the University of Derby, UK, said: “I’m truly honoured to receive this award as it gives me greater enthusiasm towards lifelong learning and development.
”I extend my gratitude to Olympia College, Kuala Lumpur and my independent study supervisor, Dr Vijayakumaran, for their dedication in my study development. The MBA Programme from the University of Derby, UK, is an effective tool for job employability and has secured me a managerial position.”
Patsy majored in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and did the MBA programme on a part-time basis.
“I aspire to lead the organisation to greater heights through employing new skills learnt from the MBA programme,” she said.
Raja Tun Mohar ( pic), after whom the award was named, had held various government positions and was also the Special Economic Adviser to three of Malaysia’s Prime Ministers. Upon retirement from the government service, Raja Tun Mohar was a chairman and/or director of various companies.
Between 1982 to 2001, Raja Tun Mohar became pro-chancellor of University of Technology Malaysia and University Sains Malaysia.
Raja Tun Mohar received five honorary doctorates, of which two are from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Bath, England.
The MBA degree at the University of Derby, UK, takes about 18 months to complete and is available on a full-time and part-time basis. The programme is suitable and flexible for working adults with busy working schedules. It is 100% assignment based and the classes are conducted on weekends.
The MBA programme from the University of Derby provides an opportunity to choose from specialisations of your respective field of work: > General MBA > MBA in Marketing > MBA in Finance > MBA in Human Resource Management
> MBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
> MBA in Healthcare Management
Apart from face-to-face classes, Olympia College supports students with an online portal which helps you to monitor your classes and have discussions with the students from the major countries of the Asean region and throughout Malaysia.
University of Derby provides students with full access of the e-library, which will help in your research and findings by giving you access to unlimited articles and journals.
Student loans are available, with monthly payment at 0% interest (terms and conditions apply). The loans are EPF claimable.
• For details, call 03-2050 3688 (Kuala Lumpur) or 04-228 6898 (Penang). Counselling centres are in: > Petaling Jaya (03-7770 5555) > Johor Baru (07-223 3868) > Kuantan (09-517 7868) > Ipoh (05-243 3868) Alternatively, e-mail raffles@ olympia.edu.my or log on to www. olympia.edu.my