Acknowledging Student Diversity: Modifying the MBA Experience for International Students

Karen Dunwoodie, Murray Ainsworth
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Most international students entering RMIT's MBA program have relatively limited work experience and lack self-presentation skills. Some shortcomings in self-confidence in a western culture, job-seeking skills, networking experience and personal presentation skills are also evident. In these qualities the international students are notably different from the older Australian part-time students with whom they study. This visible diversity provided the catalyst for developing several “internationalising components” to better meet the needs of international students to enable international students to present themselves as informed, capable, culturally aware and desirable graduates. This paper describes how program changes were made with the objectives of building team interaction and problem solving skills, as well as cross-cultural awareness, building self-awareness of “me as a manager in the global marketplace” and exploring cultural diversity in business practices. In addition, the “competencies” stream was modified, with emphasis being placed on students' ability to assess the appropriateness and cultural fit of western models and theories in their own countries.
承认学生多样性:修改国际学生的MBA经历
大多数进入RMIT MBA项目的国际学生工作经验相对有限,缺乏自我表达能力。在西方文化中,在自信、求职技巧、社交经验和个人演讲技巧等方面的不足也很明显。在这些品质上,国际学生与他们一起学习的年长的澳大利亚兼职学生明显不同。这种可见的多样性为开发几个“国际化组件”提供了催化剂,以更好地满足国际学生的需求,使国际学生成为见多识广、有能力、有文化意识和令人满意的毕业生。本文描述了如何以建立团队互动和解决问题的能力为目标进行项目变更,以及跨文化意识,建立“我作为全球市场中的管理者”的自我意识,并探索商业实践中的文化多样性。此外,对“胜任力”进行了修改,重点放在学生评估西方模式和理论在本国的适当性和文化契合性的能力上。
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