Our
International Executive MBA group together with some other FIA students headed
to the US for one of the international modules last September. Owen Graduate
School of Management – Vanderbilt University, hosted us for a whole week of
organized lectures and activities. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Strategy,
Decision Making and Managing Change were some of the class topics that were
held during our stay.
We also
enjoyed several visits to outstanding companies. FEDEX innovated by creating
the overnight delivery industry, and we visited their super hub in Memphis from
11:00 pm to 2:00 am, when hundreds of airplanes converge from all over the
world with cargo and correspondence which is delivered by 10:30 am the next
day. An intense and superbly managed operation does this incredible task in a
short period with wonderful precision.
At Nissan,
we toured the most productive car factory in the USA, where Japanese techniques
meet American workers and robots help productivity and quality. Production is
being set up at the Smirna plant which we visited for the all-electric Nissan
Leaf, as well as battery manufacture, while producing some of the bestselling
traditional Nissan cars on the Market.
Jack
Daniels was also a great visit! In this small town near Nashville, the world’s
5th largest selling whiskey brand is produced integrating the most
traditional production systems in the US with modern marketing techniques that
make the Tennessee whiskey a global success for generations.
And as we
were in Nashville, the opportunity to visit country music clubs and venues like
BB Kings was an obligatory part of the experience!
Great
classes, exceptional companies and a good time were had by all.
Learn about
Vanderbilt our long term partner in this and many other initiatives in both
research, student exchange and teaching, with the Owen
Graduation School of Management:
For the past 25 years,
the Vanderbilt Executive MBA has remained one of the premier, full 60-credit
MBA options for busy executives. Consistently ranked in the top 25 in Business
Week’s poll of Executive MBA programs, Vanderbilt’s EMBA program is proven to
help mid-career managers, executives, and business owners achieve their
personal and organizational goals.
All of their programs at the
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management come with a promise to students:
“Here is a place where you will be
challenged to achieve your potential; find support as you shape your future;
discover lifelong friends and mentors; and open doors to new possibilities.”
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