Loyola Marymount MBAs Visit Asia

This summer, 35 MBA students from Loyola Marymount University had the opportunity to spend three weeks in Asia as part of their education, according to a press release from the school. The students, who were accompanied by five faculty members as well, made stops in Seoul, Korea, Beijing and Shanghai, China, and Kyoto and Tokyo Japan as part of the Comparative Management Systems (CMS) Program.

The CMS program allows students to gain first-hand experience with global management concepts and practices. Students must complete a year of study for the program, which concludes with a trip to a handful of countries in a specific area of the world. Each year, students are divided into teams based on their personal business interests. These teams visited companies that reflected their unique interests, including Google Japan, Intel, Sonos, Disney, and National Geographic. Students also had a chance to visit tourist attractions like the Samsung Innovation Museum in Seoul and the Great Wall and Olympic Stadium in Beijing. The program aims to prepare students to lead and work in a team setting while being capable of overcoming real-life obstacles and issues. Students will present their final research projects on August 28th at LMU in an event that is open to the public.

All of the students immensely enjoyed the trip. “CMS was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me,” said Millie Musslewhite ’15. “I got to travel to countries I had never visited and meet with top executives at companies like Google, Intel and Disney. It was a great way to end my MBA experience,” said Millie Musslewhite, MBA ‘15, in a press release.

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