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300 Chinese Students visit DBS for MBA lectures 2010.02.02 - 03

Over the two day period, February 2-3, as part of the Short Study Abroad Programme for Chinese International Students hosted with the support of the China-Japan Cultural Exchange Centre, Waseda Business School and Doshisha Business School, Chinese students from all over China (Fudan University, Jilin University, Dalian University of Technology, Harbin University of Science and Technology [HUST] and the Northeast Normal University of China) attended lectures by professors from both the Global Studies Faculty and DBS.

Article on "Living at Doshisha" of Doshisha University website 2009.10.23

E. Barden Smedberg, Jr. Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Where is it possible to take MBA courses in English, Japanese and Chinese? Welcome to the Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA) at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan!

Business is global and this is a key reason I choose to study abroad for my MBA.

Having been assigned to Japan with a Fortune 500 consulting firm and conducting business in Singapore, China, and the Philippines I knew I would like to continue to work between Asia and the United States. While earning an MBA I simultaneously would like to improve my Japanese business language skills, especially business writing (Kanji).

These are some reasons I choose to do an MBA at Japan's 2nd oldest University, Doshisha.

My focus of study is on Comparative Management between Japanese and USA/European companies. I will take classes and perform research, hoping to publish, on this topic.

During my first month at DBS (Doshisha Business School) I have enjoyed interacting with classmates from Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Qatar and the United States.

Attached find a picture from a DBS student baseball game held on the grounds of the former Imperial Palace, which is a 15 minute walk from DBS. If you choose to study at Doshisha you will be surrounded by the beautiful culture of Japan and intelligent students from around the world. Welcome to Doshisha Business School!

 

Best Regards,
E. Barden Smedberg, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia (USA)

Beer Game 2009.11.26

These photos show our first Beer Game ever played with the GMBA students who enrolled in the class of Business System Dynamics, Fall 2009,  by Prof. Kaoru Yamaguchi.

 

It is a role-play game based on the structure of supply-chain management, 

and widely played among business people and students  worldwide as an introduction to systems thinking and dynamics.