Making friends: Mason School professor Howard Busbee and a new friend made during the Global Mindset trip this past January.
Pratyush and the Chef: Master of Accounting student Pratyush Dubey meets with a member of the crew during one of the many stops of the Global Mindset trip.
Sunset: The sun sets on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.
Developing a Global Mindset
At the W&M MAcc program, we strive to create
future business leaders. That's why we have initiated the Global Mindset
program: because financial reporting standards are converging to serve
global business. We are proud to have students from all over the world
in our program and truly celebrate the diversity of perspectives this
brings to the MAcc experience at Mason School of Business.
Now,
with support from our colleagues at Argos, E&Y, Cherry, Bekaert &
Holland, Grant Thornton and Maersk, we have developed a course that puts cross-cultural understanding at the forefront. Using Thunderbird School of Management Professor Mansour Javidan's methodology, we have developed a class that challenges students on the intellectual, psychological and social levels. Whether they are
relaxing and playing games from around the world in the Global Mindset
Studio, participating in a global knowledge seminar or taking advantage
of our new course, the W&M MAccs have myriad opportunities to expand
their horizons.
Our new course, Developing a Global Mindset,
set sail January 4. Students travelled from Los Angeles to Mexico and
Costa Rica before navigating the Panama Canal and continuing on to
Columbia and the Grand Cayman Islands. By the time they flew back to
Virginia, on January 17, our MAccs had delved into three emerging
issues: the challenges of global financial reporting, global
perspectives on sustainability, and multinational taxation.
MAcc
Director Linda Espahbodi hails the course as another milestone in the
program's series of innovations. "The course revolves around team work.
As the class delves into the three emerging issues together, each
student connects the three parts of their most important problem-solving
resource: the team's intellectual, psychological and social capitals.
It is this understanding that will help our students become truly
effective business leaders in the 21st century."
And now you can get a taste of the adventure experienced by our MAcc students:
