WELCOME BACK
NEW SEMESTER - February 2009

I would like to extend a warm WELCOME BACK to the returning MBA students for the second semester. This semester, the 1st batch students will be joining the '2nd cohort' students (new students) for the MBA Program. The subjects registered for this group are: 1) Leadership in Organization, and 2) Corporate Finance. Commencement of Leadership in Organization classes was on the 14th and 15th February 2009.

This blog is dedicated ONLY to those '2nd cohort' students in the same class with the 'seniors'. Invitations will be send out to the 2nd cohort students to register for the yahoo groups email listing.

Again, welcome back and good luck!

NEWS UPDATE!
FMA 6043 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
PROJECT PAPER DUE DATE - EXTENDED!

Dear all, please be advised due to requests from few, if not all our fellow MBA students, Dr. Sobri has agreed to extend the project paper due date from 17 Jan to 19 Jan 2009. All assignments must have the postage date of 19 Jan and must reach Dr. Sobri's office on 20 Jan (Tuesday) via express mail/poslaju. Appreciation to Dr. Sobri as he has been so kind in extending the due date again!.. Please relate this info to others.

For more details, please check you email (yahoo groups).

p/s: I would like to say congratulations and well done to all who took the FMA 6043 - International Business FINAL EXAM on 10 Jan 2009. Hopefully all of our efforts and night less sleep will be rewarded with excellent grades. Again, congrats and well done!

Thank you..

NEWS UPDATE!
USING THE APA FORMAT

As discussed last Sunday, 4 January 2009 in Dr. Sobri class, here is the website for APA format reference:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu, click on APA Formatting and Style Guide

Brief APA details:

General APA Guidelines

Your essay should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides. You should use 10-12 pt. Times New Roman font or a similar font.

Include a page header in the upper right-hand of every page. To create a page header, type the first 2-3 words of the title of the paper, insert five spaces, then give the page number.

Please be sure to contact your instructor for any inquiries.

Thank you.

NEWS UPDATE!
FMA 6043 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Dear all, I was informed by Dr. Sobri regarding our assignment dateline. It is official that the due date for our latest case study titled - Slimline: Marching to a Different Drummer, Textbook: pages 379-281 is due on our next meeting on 3 Dec 2008 (Saturday). For our Project Paper, the due date is on the 17 Jan 2009. Please relate this information to others.

Again, our assignments due date as follows:
Case Study : Due Date - 3 Jan 2009
Project Paper : Due Date - 17 Jan 2009

Please send the Project Paper to Angkasa Training Centre on the due date mentioned. For more details, please check you email (yahoo groups).

Thank you.

NEWS UPDATE!
FMA 6043 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Notice on PROJECT PAPER - URGENT!

As all of you have been informed, Dr. Mohd Sobri has given us an Individual Project Paper Assignment.

a) First Choice:
Select one topic from the text book (Griffin, Ricky W. and Pustay, Michael W., 2007) and give focus on a particular topic. For example: Chapter 4, The Role of Culture. Write the paper on this i.e. 'Doing Business in Japan: The Impact of Japanese Culture and Challenges'. Another example: Chapter 9, Nontarrif Barriers. You can write a paper on 'Textile and Apparel Industry in Malaysia: Issues of Nontarrif Barriers'.

b) Second Choice
The Internationalization of a Malaysian Company. Select a well known Malaysian company and write a paper on it. Give focus on issues and challenges that the company face towards making a name in the Intenational arena. Evaluate the company, providing secondary information as references.

The paper must be a form of 'literature work/review/writing' that follows the APA format. For more details, please contact directly the Instructor.

Thank you.

NEWS UPDATE!

FMA 6043 - SCHEDULE CHANGE

Dear all, please be advised that FMA 6043 - International Business meetings for 27 & 28 December have been postponed to 3 & 4 January 2009. The date change is because of Dr. Mohd Sobri Don's trip to Beijing. Pn. Noraini have also informed us as per our visit to UUM Sintok (29 & 30 Nov). Please relate this information to others. Also check you yahoo group emails.

Thank you.