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Issue no. 0008
Issue date: Mar 2019

 

 
Course Highlight: Fit-to-lead (GMBA7119)
 
 
This course has been launched in EMBA for more than 4 years, and now it comes to GMBA. The objectives of the course are to build up a healthy lifestyle, as well as to maintain physical fitness of our future leaders when leading a team or a company.  In the beginning of the course, we are honored to have Dean Andy Guo to share his experience. Dean is keen on running, and also the best example for implementing this fit-to-lead concept. He told his story about the Gobi Desert Challenge, how the team collaborate with each other with management knowledge, leadership skills and teamwork spirit, and above all these how both physical and mental healthiness play an important role. Thank you Dean Guo for his inspiring opening!
 
 
 
 

Welcome back PARTY! NTU GMBA X NCCU IMBA

 
Welcome back to school! In the beginning of the Spring semester, GMBA Student Council and IMBA Student Council held and joint welcome back party. This is a big party and we have totally 138 students and alumni from both the programs! This was a very great event that gathered the top 2 English-taught MBA program in Taiwan together. With fun and laughter, we further expanded our network and hope with this big network, we may bring positive effects to the society.

 

 
Social Service: Minzu Junior High School
 
 
The recruitment of the new students has just come to an end, when applicants ask what they can gained from GMBA, I always tell, apart from management knowledge, you can gain a lot more in the program.  In the past, we have orphanage visit, we had game time with High School students, this time, we came to Junior High School and had a short sharing session.  This is the first time our Junior High school students to experience a totally English session, from nervous to relaxed, those youngsters built up their confidence in English!  Thank you GMBA!

  

 
GMBA Alumni Interview, Edward Wang,
Class of 2009
 
 
 
Brief Introduction of Edward Wang

Edward is the General Manager of Taimatsu Tech Co. Ltd.  His family business was founded in 1966, and when he was young, he was tortured to be a businessman.  With this clear objective, he paved his way to the business world by having a BBA Degree and a Master’s Degree of International Business in the United States.  After studying and working for 8 years in the States, he was asked by his families to come back to Taiwan.  In 2006 as advised by his father, he joined GMBA to get a better understanding of the business world with an Asian perspective.  He was a distinct student when studying and awarded the FuBon Scholarship and a chance to be intern there—and this is also where his love story blossomed.


 

Q1. Your family business was set up with Panasonic in the very beginning, but then you are separated.  What is the main reason for this after cooperating with them for almost 50 years?

 

Our family business first started with joint venture method with Panasonic Group in 1966; but then in year 2012, Panasonic headquarters in Japan recorded $ 10 Billion annual loss and decided to liquidate several oversea facilities.  One of them, being Panasonic Energy Taiwan (our factory).  They end up selling their portion of company shares to our family; however, they maintained as one of our most valuable customers/ supplier until today.
 

 

 

 
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