(MODERATOR'S NOTE: A response to the last article on internationalisation of B-Schools by a graduate of Kellog Business School, Northwestern University)
Hi Aman Malik! I sent the article to my sons in the US. The older one has written his comment which might be of interest to some of the members. He has done his MBA from Kelloggs in the Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Thought of sharing it with you. Keep up the good work! Regards, Rebecca Kurian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To a certain extent, internationalization is a function of supply and demand, and the macro economic conditions facing any given market area. In Europe, there is significantly more internationalization of MBA programs because European executives are expected to traverse the entire EU as a market area. In the US, this is less of an issue because the vast majority of American MBAs take jobs with American companies and these tend to be focused primarily on the domestic American market. While it is very valuable to have an ever-increasing international flavor to the student body, I am not sure that the experience is tied to issues of globalization or international markets. At Kellogg, approximately 25% to 28% of my class consisted of international students, very few of whom had any intention of returning to their home countries, or of taking "international" jobs. I enjoyed the fact that 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 students were foreigners, and I am sure all my classmates benefited from that in terms of understanding other cultures. At Kellogg, the curriculum also offers a number of ways to get the international experience, either by exchange programs or by visiting foreign countries as part of certain classes. At last count the Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) classes had trips to more than 30 countries. As with everything, the more internationalization the better, but it needs to be a good balance. The schools that are filled with international students also suffer in terms of the quality of instruction. I know that Kellogg would admit international candidates whose English was less than fluent and whose ability to write English was less than fluent. Now if you have a some students who are like that, it is fine. But if you have 70% of your students who are somewhere on the "less than fully fluent" scale, you start to affect the quality of education. The American MBA is also predicated on a full "Socratic" method question and answer way of teaching with a lot of discussion and debate in class. In many other cultures that would be unheard of and in fact, discouraged. So as much as Americans would benefit from having international students in their MBA programs, I think the foreign students benefit from learning the American way of business. Lots of love, Ravee ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> �������������������������������������������������������� This is ZESTGlobal. Post articles on international affairs to [email protected] If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTGlobal by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/join ==theZESTcommunity====================================== [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
