IME Asia applications due Friday 12 noon!
Please remember to submit yours tomorrow.
We look forward to having you in the course.
The Carroll School’s International Management Experience (IME), a three-credit course that culminates in a two-and-a-half-week trip abroad, combines classroom concepts with the realities of managing in a global environment.
The course, which is open to all MBA, MSA, and MSF students, begins on the Boston College campus with an exploration of the economic, governmental, and social factors that affect the conduct of business in a variety of industries and contexts.
Toward the end of the course, students travel with faculty members to an international destination, where they visit new ventures and established small businesses as well as major local companies and multinational corporations.
During the trip, participants interact with business leaders, tour manufacturing operations, and meet with government officials responsible for trade and investment activity. They observe first-hand the application of management principles and strategies in the global arena. They also participate in networking events, which may include Boston College alumni who live and work in each country.
Itineraries vary from one year to the next, but recent destinations include China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand.
For more information about the International Management Experience and to see photos of recent events, see IME Asia.
Student Journal Entry: Upon arrival, our group leader and wonderful professor Greg Stoller, with a nice hand from Winnie (our tour guide) successfully had us seated. The food was then brought out and placed on a lazy susan. The waitresses brought out delicious beer (Tsingtao) and delightful food. Some of the entrees included a delicious spicy eggplant stir-fry which we placed on crisp fresh lettuce leafs and topped off with some delicious sprouts and soy sauce. The walk back to our hotel was well lit as if we were near times square except with all of the writing in Chinese characters and narrower roadways. It was at this exact moment that my jetlag stepped aside for a moment to let me realize I was on the other side of the planet. Welcome to Hong Kong!
