MBA Study Tour Archive: 2015
The 2015 Master of Business Administration Study Tour blog follows our intrepid MBA students as they travel through South India.
Welcome to the 2015 Master of Business Administration Study Tour blog site. Here you can follow our intrepid MBA students as they travel through South India: from Kochi to Kozhikode to Chennai.
Our students actualised corporate social responsibility in a poor school, investigated aspects related to tourism in Kerala, growth IT industry, management education in an Indian Institute of Management (IIM), manufacturing, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras), and banking in India. Read on and enjoy.
Tourism and its environmental impacts - 1
by Andrew Bailey, Darren Lee, Utsav Sharma, Claire Lewis, Karl Jenner, Dona Davis, Sudipa Kadam
The challenge for Kerala is that as tourism booms, it may risk losing its authenticity and become akin to other tourism hotspots like Bangkok and Bali. Read more »
Alleppey – the Venice of the East?
by Madeleine Bargh, Ewan Henderson, Louisa Rodani, Maru Pihema
Alleppey is known as the Venice of the East and is one of the oldest parts of India, having thrived as a trade port for Arab countries in pre biblical times. Read more »
Tourism and its environmental impacts - 2
by Lionel Chin, Oliver Cunneen, Hayden Green, Priyankaben Topiwala, Clinton McKee
Contrasting scenes made us all ask each other the same question: is tourism really a positive influence on this beautiful region of the world? Read more »
Lessons on corporate social responsibility
by Tina Syme, Pat Kiranantawat, Simon Dartford, Lingzi Xue, Priyanka Giri
Our ongoing learning about corporate social responsibility was put into practical effect with a visit to St. Sebastian’s UP School. Read more »
Corporate Social Responsibility - 2
by Lionel Chin, Oliver Cunneen, Hayden Green, Priyankaben Topiwala, Clinton McKee
In reality, it was the MBA students who gained the most by our presence and time being so warmly and genuinely appreciated. Read more »
The business of IT in India
by Simon Dartford, Priyanka Giri, Pat Kiranantawat, Jessica Smith, Tina Syme, Lingzi Xue
On our third day we visited the new and rapidly expanding IIM Kochi campus in a special zone dedicated to the development of IT companies. Read more »
IT Industry in India - 2
by Andrew Bailey, Darren Lee, Utsav Sharma, Claire Lewis, Karl Jenner, Dona Davis, Sudipa Kadam
IT is the largest private sector employer in India, with the highest relative share of national GDP (9.3%). Read more »
Manufacturing in India
by Simon Dartford, Priyanka Giri, Pat Kiranantawat, Jessica Smith, Tina Syme, Lingzi Xue
We visited two manufacturing businesses, part of the automotive business chain, focused on innovation and operating efficiency and effectiveness. Read more »
India’s Business History – 1950s
by Andrew Bailey, Dona Davis, Karl Jenner, Sudipa Kadam, Darren Lee, Claire Lewis, Utsav Sharma
The 1950s was characterised by consolidation of the integral structures, legislation, and platforms to propel India’s economic growth. Read more »