Emily Margitan's Comm 101 Blog

This article questions whether American business schools put enough focus on Globalization. Some schools may do a great job at promoting their International focus, but Pankaj Ghemwat of IESE business school begs to differ. He believes that business schools are not international enough with 5% or less international undergraduate students and most case studies focused on America. The University of Chicago may seem very international with three campuses in Chicago, London and Singapore but surprisingly, the same material is taught at each location.

This article stood out to me because I would have never thought to question whether Universities have false advertising when it comes to things such as an their focus on International Business. I feel that UBC doesn’t fall under this category. For instance many of the articles we have read are international focused such as Ryanair, Russian Vodka and Euro zone crisis. Sauder also has a very high international student ratio. Most of my friends at UBC are international because my residence is about 75% international and exchange students. I have noticed in Comm 101 class that international students add depth to discussions by explaining their views of concepts based on living in countries other than Canada.

Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/whichmba%3F/2011/09/pankaj-ghemawat