Interview with the Global MBA Student (a Lithuanian, who works in Russia) who had the courage to combine his challenging work as a consultant in PWC, IE’s hectic 15 month program and family life. The text in Russian can be found at MBA Strategy website.
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Aug
Interview with the Global MBA student from Russia
Written on August 31, 2012 by Irina Polovnieva in IE Experience, News, Russia, Student Perspectives
Aug
Global Executive MBA – first hand experience
Written on August 16, 2012 by Irina Polovnieva in IE Experience, Life at IE, News, Russia, Student Perspectives, Women in Business
An interview with the current Global Executive MBA student from Russia Olga Grischenko, where she shares her story from the point of looking for a suitable program up to the unexpected level of challenge that she faced at IE’s Global Executive MBA program. The interview is in Russian and can be read here: http://www.mbastrategy.ru/content/view/2882/209/lang,Rus/
Jun
CIS Alumni Gathering in Odessa
Written on June 12, 2012 by Irina Polovnieva in Alumni Perspectives, Events, IE Updates, Russia, Ukraine
On the weekend of May 26th and 27th Ukrainian city of Odessa welcomed a group of IE alumni from Russia and Ukraine. The first meeting of such a kind turned out to be a success. A good mixture of 2 sessions in Positive Leadership and Management/Mismanagement styles delivered by IE Professor Lee Newman and Head of Adizes Institute of Ukraine Oleksiy Kapusta, followed by a 2 hour fun city tour, wine tasting and great lunches and dinners in the open air near the Black Sea left an unforgettable impression on the participants. IE atmosphere and attitude of respect and open mindedness helped everyone connect really well and enjoy the great company. Those who could not attend should really be envious, but they can start packing for the next CIS Alumni gathering in Baku in 2013. This will be fun!
Photos from the event can be viewed here.
May
IE Business School Update: Daniel Bobu
Written on May 16, 2012 by William Pacheco in IE Updates, Romania, Student Perspectives
Daniel Bobu
A Romanian, the Best IMBA Student 2011
Redactia › Mar, 2012-01-03 14:35
Daniel Bobu is the only Romanian graduate of IE Business School for 2010 – 2011. Even more, from a total of 450 students, Daniel obtained the “Best Student”, distinction, which recognizes his merits as the best student of the year, for his behavior and outstanding results.
Work cannot be replaced by anything
Having a 6 years experience in marketing, Daniel worked for companies such as Vodafone, Procter&Gamble or Johnson&Johnson. He also has experience in project management – he collaborated with governmental clients, leading teams of 50 people. Furthermore, he also worked in brands administration, for the Balkans region, within Procter&Gamble.
One – two Romanians a year at IE Business School
In addition to criteria regarding their whole activity and overall behavior, the main criterion in selecting the Best Student remains the academic performance, therefore the grades.
“Personally, I managed to obtain very good exam results, mainly thanks to my family’s support. I know it sounds like an ”Oscar winning speech”, but you will understand right away what I mean. The IMBA at IE Business School is a very rigurous program and demands a significative envolvement from each student. This means that spare time becomes a rare asset and the attention you pay to the loved ones dicreases significantly”, Daniel Bobu explains.
One of the strengths of this MBA program is DIVERSITY: both at a professional and a geographical level. For the past years, IMBA students were from approximatively 70 – 80 countries, and Romania usually holds 1 – 2 representatives.
Knowledge, easiest to quantify
Furthermore, IE Business School is among the best 10 MBA programs in the world, as rankings from business magazines such as Financial Times and Business Week demonstrate it.
”I chose IE Business School using a series of criteria. First of all, I knew I wanted to work in Europe, therefore I looked for European MBA programs.This thing holds 2 main advantages: case studies and subjects in general are structured taking into consideration local characteristics and the fact that European MBAs are 1 year - 1 year and a half long, while in the USA they take 2 years. This aspect has an impact on the program related costs and on the time that the student is ”off the professional market”, Daniel also mentions.
As he believes, the aspects which are the easiest to quantify after graduating such an MBA are professional abilities, marketing, finance, HR knowledge, and soft skills such as presentation, communication or team work.
MBA, from academic to practical
”The alumni newtork is also an advantage. From a person to another, opinions on the advantages offered by networking are diverse. From my point of view, I am aware that the professional advantage exists, but is not a major one. Nevertheless, from a personal point of view, it is a great achievement. The fact that we went through a difficult period together, away from our families, working (and partying) side by side, helped building strong friendship relations between the colleagues.
Prevoius professional experience was also a determinant factor. The fact that Daniel worked during a significant number of years before the MBA program was an important element.
”Subjects dealt with during the MBA cover a wide range of aspects, from marketing to strategy and finance. My previous experience not only helped me obtain good results, but also to understand easier the studied subjects. Personally, I consider that prevoius professional experience is a good filter that transforms the MBA from an academic to a practical exercise. Also, work cannot be substituted by anything, and performance cannot be obtained without effort”, the IE Business School graduate concludes.
Source:
Cariere Magazine: http://www.cariereonline.ro/articol/un-roman-cel-mai-bun-student-al-mba-ului-ie-business-school-update
Apr
Innovation and Real World Experience in the Classroom
Written on April 25, 2012 by William Pacheco in Student Perspectives
William Ramon Pacheco
Since this is the first of possibly a few posts, I should take a moment to introduce myself. My name is William Pacheco and I am a part of the April 2011 intake for the IE’s IMBA program. I am originally from the United States, but more specifically, from the state of Florida. I graduated from the University of Florida and worked for 6 years with Accenture then for another 5 years with Pfizer before coming to IE to begin the MBA program and also my fellowship with the International Development team. I cannot say enough about my time here; much has been learned, many friendships have been made and much fun has been had.
The reason for this post however, is to highlight one of the key offerings that I feel has made my time here at IE especially enlightening. While most business schools these days offer case based learning techniques, several courses I have taken during the year have featured simulations that give a student such as me a better feel for what “a day in the life” of a specific career is really like.
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