MBA Students Sail to Course Assignment
January 05, 2010
A hard-working group of
graduate students wrapped up their Fall 2009 course on Global
Management (MBA 575) with the ultimate field trip––a weeklong
December cruise to the Caribbean.
While the trip was enjoyable, it was also serious work for the 26
student-travelers. The early-semester academic work required
students to learn the ways companies must adapt when conducting
business in markets with diverse cultural, social, economic, and
legal systems. The cruise was arranged to allow them to see the
concepts they had been studying at work in real situations at stops
in the Grand Cayman Islands, Honduras, Belize, and Mexico.
Class presentations on the local economies were assigned for
onboard classroom time between stops. At some destinations,
students were able to strike up unexpected conversations with
business owners during shopping trips. Other class visits were
specifically planned. One student’s family in Honduras invited the
group to visit its outdoor-recreation business, where the group got
to go zip lining (sliding from tree to tree on a secure
above-ground suspension system) in a tropical forest and learn
about tourism at the same time.
Students completed their final assignments after the cruise ship
returned to Tampa on December 13. Each student was allowed to bring
one adult guest along on the trip.
Saint Leo’s MBA program is constantly developing travel-study
opportunities. For more information, contact Ashley Henderson at ashley.henderson@saintleo.edu.
