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TCUs MBA students learn by doing job Nearly two dozen MBA students are enrolled in a new experiential learning course at Texas Christian Universitys Neeley School of Business that has them spending more time outside the classroom than in. This semester, the school launched Neeley & Associates Consultants. Its really a class, but the coursework includes service in a consulting project for an outside company or nonprofit group. There are some classroom sessions, but those mostly address topics to help the students with their work. You need to get them out of the classroom, said Bill Cron, an associate dean at the business

The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIM-L) will launch its one year full time residential executive program, the International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX), at its upcoming Noida campus in the NCR region. According to IIM-L, the program is expected to commence from April 14, 2008. IIM-L’s IPMX is designed for executives to prepare them for “leadership roles.” The program aims to broaden the core managerial competencies and to enhance the professional growth of students. According to IIM-L, “The program will develop business education that is grounded in the Indian and international business environment. It will accelerate understanding of business

Ivey encourages women in pursuing business careers In the past 15 years, there has been a 50 per cent increase in the number of self-employed women in Canada, and it is expected that one million Canadian women will own a small business by 2010. However women still only constitute one third of the total number of self employed Canadians according to a report released by CIBC. Westerns Ivey School of Business wants to encourage more young women to pursue a business education. With 34 per cent of Iveys current MBA students female - up from 25 per cent last year -

Texas Christian U. MBA students learning the old-fashioned way Nearly two dozen MBA students are enrolled in a new experiential learning course at Texas Christian Universitys Neeley School of Business that has them spending more time outside the classroom than in. This semester, the school launched Neeley & Associates Consultants. Its really a class, but the course work includes service in a consulting project for an outside company or nonprofit group. There are some classroom sessions, but those mostly address topics to help the students with their work. You need to get them out of the classroom, said Bill Cron, an associate dean

MBA students ride into the real world MBA students have been working throughout this semester with Prestige Volvo of East Hanover, New Jersey, on a real world marketing project. After months of research and working with Prestige staff, the students will make their formal pitches to judges today in Duques Hall at 5 p.m. The best of the students ideas will be put together and incorporated into a new advertising campaign for Prestiges sales department. Lynda Maddox, a professor of marketing and advertising, said she designed the course as a transition from the classroom and textbooks to the real world of

Bank behind business talks Jamaica – FirstCaribbean International Bank is once again one of the major sponsors of the 5th Caribbean MBA Conference, to be held here next month. FirstCaribbean has acknowledged the value of the forum – pointing out that it is important for Caribbean institutions to create opportunities to attract these highly-trained nationals back to the region. In order to do this, FirstCaribbean has created a first world business environment in which students can develop their careers while helping to build our region, said Milton Brady, the banks managing director. FirstCaribbean previously supported the conference when it was held

Distance-Learning Program To Have Its First Out-Of-State Classroom After 36 years of offering business degrees via distance learning in South Carolina, USCs professional Master of Business Administration program is blazing new ground across the state line. The universitys Moore School of Business MBA program for working professionals will open a distance-learning site in Charlotte this fall, the first out-of-state classroom for the program that began in 1970. School officials say the programs longevity coupled with U.S. News & World Reports ranking the Moore School of Business as No. 2 in the international business specialty make the program a boon for Charlotte-area professionals. Professional MBA

Chandigarh, August 17, the students of MBA from the University Regional Center Punjab, Ludhiana, met with the Rector Professor RC Sobti informed about the lack of facilities at the centre. Students at the university had with a presentation on their problems. Students have said there is a shortage of teachers, as well as basic infrastructure. She stressed, however, that the meeting began on August 7, they have no teachers. They argued that teachers, has been at the centre were under. "This is not a youth hostel facility. Shuttles daily to a problem. In a classroom, which we have, there is no projectors,

UC Davis MBA Students Make Corporate Tour of Japan Any trade delegation to Japan would be envious of the itinerary: exclusive meetings with leaders of more than a dozen major corporations, a visit to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and dinner with senior officials responsible for the countrys industry and trade. But this two-week trip begins this weekend for 13 MBA students at the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis. The trip is the culmination of the schools 10-week international management practicum -- one of the ways the management school helps prepare its students to lead in the global economy. The course and

NOIDA: top managers of leading companies such as Reliance Industries, HCL, Parsvnath colors and the UK have proposed that the development of links between schools and businesses in order to stimulate the economy of India an economic superpower in the next two decades. "It should put the emphasis on development of all students in today's world, the hard core of marketing. The objective of the B-schools should have the development of the entire human being, "Director, India Pvt colors UK Ltd, Pradeep Bhagat, said in an HR Summit organised by B-Amity International School. He added that only a complete development

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