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Overview
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The UCLA – NUS Executive MBA program allows our global MBA students from around the world to participate in an unparalleled global learning experience without interrupting their careers.
The program capitalizes on the immense resources of two Pacific Rim powerhouse business schools in meeting the future needs of organizational management and embark upon a challenging and intellectually stimulating voyage.
Together these two leading business schools produce a remarkable synergy and their graduates can be a significant resource to your organization.
Management Practicum
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The Management Practicum is an extensive consulting project designed to allow UCLA – NUS Executive MBA participants an opportunity to apply their management skills, and the frameworks and tools acquired in the program to real-life business dilemmas.
The projects challenge participants to analyze and resolve complex business issues. These consulting projects are intended to allows the students to work with a wide range of organizations to define and solve strategic problems, explore business opportunities, enhance organizational competitiveness, and improve organizational and managerial effectiveness.
Management Practicum Participants
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A small team (or a dedicated individual MBA student) from the renowned UCLA and National University of Singapore MBA, of experienced management professionals
o MBA Student or a team of MBA students, all with 10+ years of prior real-world business experience
o Multi-national and diverse multi-disciplinary backgrounds
The full support of UCLA and NUS professors, staff and intellectual resources, including trend forecasting resources such as Gartner, etc.
Corporations looking for help solving challenges and creating business solutions (or) ideas.
Management Practicum Projects
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Prior projects of the program have emphasized:
Exploring New Markets/Segments
o MATTEL’s Distribution Strategy in South Korea
o Flextronics’ Strategy in India
Enhancing Organizational Competitiveness
o Reversing the Trend of Declining Revenues As Observed for Perkin Elmer Japan
Management Practicum Time Line
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The current project cycle is ~6 months:
Project Sourcing and Development
o November to December 2010
Project Scope and Definition
o Before End December 2010
Data Gathering and Analysis
o Before February 2011
Project Work and Conclusions
o Before May 2011
Management Practicum Benefits
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For Companies:o Project Resourceso Professional Supporto Innovative Thinking/Solutionso Global Perspective
For the Student-Executives:o Opportunity to explore new industrieso Opportunity to explore new challengeso Opportunity to explore new markets
For the Universities:o Exposure to current business challengeso Exposure to real-world issues and solutionso Alignment with innovative corporations/managers
Management Practicum Expectations
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Company’s participating in the program are expected to:
Brief the project teams on the issues, needs, challenges to be addressedo November/December 2010
Provide goals and necessary information for the teams so they can adequately help solve your challenge, budget allocation of $5,000 for re-imbursement of only needed project expenses (no fees)o Through Completion
Final presentation in late May 2011 in Singapore
