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Conversations on Jesuit Higher EducationVolume 49 Jesuit Higher Education in a GlobalContext Article 20February 2016Le Moyne Business Goes Global: Asia: StudentsLearn by Being ThereJames E. JosephFollow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/conversationsRecommended CitationJoseph, James E. (2016) "Le Moyne Business Goes Global: Asia: Students Learn by Being There," Conversations on Jesuit HigherEducation: Vol. 49, Article 20.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/conversations/vol49/iss1/2036 ConversationsThere are few places in the worldmore exciting to conduct businessthan Asia. A recent article in Fortuneby Scott DeCarlo noted that the conti-nent is home to more Global 500companies than North America. Asiaboasts 60 percent of the world’s pop-ulation, providing organizations with an incredible poolof talent and potential customers; innovation and col-laboration abound; and the pace of change on the con-tinent is almost unquantifiable. It is little wonder thatDeCarlo referred in his article to the great eastwardmigration of business.When the Madden School of Business at Le MoyneCollege launched its Madden Everywhere Tour (MET) inthe summer of 2014, Asia was a crucial stop. The pur-pose of the MET is to prepare students to work acrosscultural and geographic boundaries, to forge connec-tions with other Jesuit business schools around theworld, and to promote the Madden School and its mis-sion abroad. The Asia leg of the tour exceeded thosegoals as faculty members from the Madden School and Iformed collaborations with prominent business, commu-nity, and university leaders. The tour began in Chennai, on India’s east coast,where my colleagues and I met with our counterparts atthe Loyola Institute for Business Administration (LIBA).During the visit, we started a cooperative research pro-gram in information systems under the direction ofMartha Grabowski, Ph.D., the McDevitt Chair inInformation Systems at Le Moyne, and established ateaching collaboration and student exchange. In addi-tion, nearly 60 students from LIBA’s MBA program tooka course from Fernando Diz, Ph.D., the M.J. WhitmanProfessor of Finance at Syracuse University, in modernsecurity analysis.Perhaps most meaningfully, we were joined inChennai by Le Moyne computer science major PatrickGrimes ’15, who took a course in investment bankingthat forever changed how he looks at business conduct-ed globally. Grimes further enriched his experience byworking at BNY Mellon’s Chennai operation alongsidemembers of the company’s application security team andby opening his heart volunteering at a local orphanage.Grimes’s experience was our test pilot for “FormationAbroad” – in which students study, work, and serve localcommunities in nations such as Brazil, India, China, orSouth Africa – a program we look forward to growingand expanding.From Chennai, we headed west, to St. AloysiusCollege in Mangalore, India. There that I shared with 300MBA students a detailed account of the turnaround ofOneida Ltd., where I served as chief executive officerbefore coming to Le Moyne. I also met with renownedethicist Oswald Mascarenhas, S.J., chairman of MBA pro-grams at St. Aloysius. Father Mascarenhas agreed to lendhis expertise to today’s emerging leaders by donating 20cases he has written to the Global Jesuit Case Series(GJCS), a repository of business case studies housed atthe Madden School; he also serves on the advisoryboard. Our trip to Mangalore culminated with a discus-sion about sending MBA students from St. Aloysius to LeMoyne for a series of liberal arts courses during the sum-mer. These conversations will continue early this year.The final two stops on this leg of the MaddenEverywhere Tour – to Thailand and Hong Kong – werespearheaded by Le Moyne alumni. Doug Sheldon ’69helped to connect leaders at the Madden School to theirLe Moyne Business Goes Global: AsiaStudents Learn by Being ThereBy James E. JosephJames E. Joseph is dean of the Madden School ofBusiness at Le Moyne College, Syracuse.1Joseph: Le Moyne Business Goes Global: Asia: Students Learn by Being TherPublished by e-Publications@Marquette, 2016Conversations 37Top right; Le Moyne College and Assumption University's Graduate School signed a "Friendship & Cooperation" memorandum of understanding in Bangkok, Thailand. Above: The faculty and student body of the MBA program at St. Aloysius College in Mangalore,India, listen to Madden School of Business Dean Jim Joseph.counterparts in Thailand. His work laid the foundationfor a formal agreement between the Madden School andAssumption University in Bangkok. As a result, MarissaFernando, dean at Assumption, joined the GJCS advisoryboard and Doctor Diz returned to the university last sum-mer to teach. Meanwhile, Sheldon’s classmate, MichaelKwee ’69, chairman of the PAMA Group Inc., arrangedmeetings in Hong Kong between Madden School repre-sentatives and global leaders in banking and transporta-tion and the heads of various foundations to discuss theirinvolvement in the case series. The former head ofHarvard University’s Asian Case Series, Michael Chen,Ph.D., joined the GJCS advisory board and attended itsfirst meeting this past summer in Montevideo, Uruguay.Finally, the Madden School’s connection with bothAssumption and LIBA will be further cemented whenDoctor Diz returns to Asia to teach again at the schoolsthis month.As educators, we must prepare our students toembrace both the challenges and opportunities associat-ed with 21st century globalization. That is no small task.Throughout their careers, these future managers, presi-dents, and CEOs will have to negotiate myriad forces –including technological advances, the free market, andthe Internet – and think in ways that are reflective, adap-tive, and emotionally intelligent. The MaddenEverywhere Tour of Asia and the partnerships forgedthrough it go a long way toward helping us achieve thatgoal. The continent is not just an incredible place to con-duct business but also a fascinating place for our stu-dents to learn about it firsthand. ■2Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, Vol. 49, Iss. 1 [2016], Art. 20http://epublications.marquette.edu/conversations/vol49/iss1/20

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