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Join UST and Expand Your Opportunities to Study Abroad
6/27/2007
 This past summer, 13 graduate students studied abroad in Bangalore, India. Dr. Beena George, assistant professor of management information systems, initiated, developed and implemented the trip with the support of the Study Abroad program. Fueled by interest in India’s leading role in the services globalization industry, business schools across the United States and Europe are choosing India as a destination for study abroad programs.
Participants studied sourcing management with special focus on offshoring. “The goal of the course was to provide students with an understanding of various global sourcing options available to organizations today, including outsourcing and offshoring,” George said. “The classes were conducted on-site at UST and covered issues such as the sourcing decision, stages in the outsourcing life cycle, outsourcing relationship management and critical success factors for outsourcing.”
The visit to Bangalore supplemented classroom discussion for the students as they visited academic and business organizations. These visits provided students with the opportunity to view facilities and meet key personnel in these organizations.
“The study abroad session in India was truly an experience that could not be replaced by reading articles, books or papers on the topic,” graduate student Christina Luffman said.
The group also visited Hewlett Packard, Texas Instruments, Infosys– Bangalore campus, the Training Center in Mysore and two call centers–AOL India and Hinduja TM, plus a number of smaller business process outsourcing firms.
The group met with students from the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, along with them, debated the efficacy of business education and the merits of offshoring.
On the cultural side, students traveled to Mysore to visit palaces and other historical monuments.
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