UT Arlington’s EMBA Class Heads to China
for Two-Week Immersion in Global Business

September 19-23, 2008—Executive MBA students will travel to China on Friday for a two-week immersion in international business. The trip is part of the curriculum’s global business focus and is a unique component of UT Arlington’s domestic EMBA program.

The experience will be documented in a blog created by Maher Maso , EMBA student and current Mayor of the City of Frisco.

The College of Business has two Executive MBA programs: the domestic EMBA, which is held at the Fort Worth Center and is the fastest growing EMBA program in the region; and the Asia EMBA, one of the largest programs of its kind in mainland China and Taiwan. In partnership with several leading Chinese universities, UT Arlington’s Asia EMBA prepares business and state enterprise leaders for the rapidly changing business environment of 21st century Asia.

“The Chinese consider American-based advanced business education to be the best in the world,” said College of Business Dean Daniel Himarios. “But an MBA in the U.S. is often far more expensive than most Chinese can afford. UT Arlington established the Asia EMBA to meet the vital need for an excellent but affordable executive MBA program in mainland China and Taiwan.” The Asia EMBA began in 2001 and, to date, there are more than 1,000 graduates.

Students in the domestic EMBA program benefit from the Asia EMBA through the China immersion experience. In a unique opportunity to explore the global business arena, the domestic EMBA students connect with their Chinese peers as part of an individual project related to China. During their visit, the students will tour and study a number of Chinese companies in Shanghai and Beijing including 51 Job, China Shipping, Americhem, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Nokia, Sinosteel and Huiyuan Juice.

In addition, the domestic EMBA students are assigned two book readings, Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Cost Innovation is Destroying Global Competition and Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers Worldwide.

Students “will compare and contrast what the books say to what they observe during the trip,” said assistant dean David Mack.

The class returns to the states Ocober 1.