Statement Of HKUST Business School MBA Program

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"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” by Abraham Lincoln. That is what I believe and what makes me become the best candidate of the HKUST Business School MBA program. I want to have my own business. In Hong Kong, a bachelor’s degree is enough to have a well-paid job, even my parents suggest me to work after I have a bachelor’s degree for understanding how a company holder runs a company. However, I have a strong desire of having knowledges that could make me to success, such as human resource management, product branding skills, marketing research and analyze, etc.. It will take me about sixteen month, and I may walk a little bit slower, but it is always worth to do. I believe the HKUST Business School MBA program could help me to develop …show more content…
As a future business owner, international insight would be very critical under the globalized market. During I was studying at UCSD, I communicated with different people with different cultural background. I understood that the difference of their cultural background could affect to their personal decisions; therefore, I learned how to think with others standpoint. During my junior year at UCSD, I have done a group project of introducing a product to the class. I chose an iPhone. Since I have considered the background of my classmates, I brand the product by saying some words which could satisfy to they values. For example, I told the Chinese it is the trend and the icon of success. I tried to make them feel it is a necessary item for shaping a professional and successful images because I knew that Chinese cares about that. Besides, after taking the International and Management classes, I have also learned the relationship between different nations, such as the change of the relationship of UK and EU created a unstable business environment to the investor, or the economic activity or competition between China and the USA. Those analyzing skills are the most critical for my future …show more content…
HKUST Business School MBA program would be my next goal, and it would be a strong foundation of my future career. HKUST is located in Hong Kong, which is one of the international finical centers of the world, and where my business will be started at, so I think HKUST would be the best geographic advantage for me. Although I have studied the international business activities and relationship at UCSD, it is necessary to understand the local business activities in Hong Kong. In addition, Hong Kong is a part of China, and China is developing rapidly. According to my research, the HKUST MBA program would provides different marketing and general management classes, such as China 's External Relations and Their Economic Impact. Besides, HKUST could provide the best MBA program in Asia and the best connection to the business community in Hong Kong. Those elements would be a great benefit if I plan to start my business in Hong Kong. In addition, In my pervious academic career, I was focusing on studying the international relationship and international business activity, so I think now is the right time to intensify my business and management skills. The MBA program could provide a specific management skills and knowledge to me for running a business. As a part of the sixteen full-time program, the summer internship program provides me the opportunities of working on some Hong Kong and China company. I believe I

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