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Quotes from our GBM Students

Global Human Resources Management

Managing Change and Technology

Strategic Management

Global Marketing Management

Multinational Financial Management

Other

Global Human Resources Management "Interacting with and exchanging ideas with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and from all corners of the globe is tremendously enriching."
Francis Chima Ottih - Nigeria
"Basically, our class consists of people from many foreign countries, so learning a lot of culture and culture differences from them was fun. Please try to gather many kinds of country’s students to this program. It makes it more fun."
Tomoharu Masutani - Japan
"Recently, Global Human Resources Management became one of the most important techniques for being successful. You should study it for your future."
Hideo Asaoka - Japan
"Great learning experience and great chance to make international friends."
Julie Preciado - United States
"I think GHRM has been very useful for my personal and professional life. I really had a wonderful chance to get a clear idea of the global business world today. I believe GHRM can provide many intellectual ways to progress to anyone who is interested in the global world."
Emre Okay - Turkey
"The GHRM program opened my mind to the global business world. For me, the most important thing was learning about new people and new cultures. I learned a lot, thanks to the class and the activities."
Francois Fenaux - France
"This program has helped me to share experiences with participants from all over the world, and to be updated with new trends within the business market."
Cecilia Sicardi - Argentina
  "I think it’s the first time representation from the South Asian Region "Pakistan" has attended the Global Human Resources Management Program which increased my HR knowledge on difficult issues. This was an excellent program in which we have to meet the different people from different countries of the world."
Tariq Nadeem - Pakistan
  "It’s not just good, but applicable and reasonable."
Rusdi – Indonesia
  "In my first two weeks in this program, I learned a lot of useful, new business methods that will help me in the future. I majored in finance, worked in a bank, but found myself here in GBM (Global Business Management)."
Bashar Abalkbail – Saudi Arabia


Managing Change and Technology "Learning makes change a fun challenge. UCR made learning creative. I finished confidently smiling."
Glo Anne Marfori - Philippines
"It’s very useful because it broadens your mind and you can see that there’s not only one way of seeing things."
Ana Laura Rodriguez – Argentina
  "Attending this program has been of great help to me because not only did it help me to grow as a person, but also as a professional."
Natalia Pedersen - Argentina
  "It (Managing Change and Technology) has helped me to be aware of today’s new technology."
Marc T. Bosch – Spain
  "This course helped me to improve my personality and learn about the business world."
Novelito A. Flores – Philippines
  "This program made it possible to meet people from all over the world and we’ll keep in touch for a long time."
Berengere Cescau – France
  "I especially liked the courses on creativity and managing stress."
Mujde Tokan – Turkey
  "This program has provided me with ample information to use in my professional and personal life."
Jennifer Cunningham – Switzerland
  "I’m pleased to have joined this program, it has given me more awareness into the business world."
Rusdi Rosman – Indonesia
  "To understand and adapt to this changing world is the only way to stay in business."
Francesco Scalesse - Italy

Strategic Management "I have always had a dream of running my own computer company. This program has really given me the confidence that I can make it. The skills gained are many."
Emmanuel Ngoka - Nigeria
"I had the opportunity to attend an excellent professional program in a short possible time in a beautiful state "California."
Saeed H. Alghamdi - Saudi Arabia
"This program can be utilized in Government organizations to enhance and develop the organization."
Hari Prasad Ishar - Nepal
"This program helps me to improve my English and mainly in the business area. Thus, here I have the opportunity to know more about new cultures."
Cinthia Ap. Morales - Brazil
"A short term crash course, but with enormous valuable information & ideas which can be used in professional life."
Surendra Bajracharya - Nepal
"I really enjoyed learning from another point of view and I think it’s essential in a worldwide environment."
Guillaume de Lacheze Murel – France
  "Great courses." Matthieu ten Dam - France
 

"Joining the G.B.M. (Global Business Management) program has really benefited me a lot. It has given me guidelines and strategies on how to communicate with the business world."
Ramnar Montoya – Philippines

  "The classes are as good as they are pleasant. They will really help me a lot everywhere I go."
Fabio Silva – Brazil
  "I have a chance to improve myself with this program."
Mujde Tokan – Turkey
  "Excellent program permitting me an overall view of today’s business world. It inspires me to continue studying when I get back home."
Jennifer Cunningham – Switzerland
  "Have fun, learn with many other countries."
Julius Leksmono – Indonesia
  "Nothing is as constant as change. In keeping with this paradigm, this module provides a keen insight into the dynamics of globalization and equips us with the initial tools to create value by effectively managing change."
Natasha Sinha – India
  "It’s a good staff."
Francesco Scalesse – Italy
  "It allowed me to get good in-depth information on the management field, for example, the different skills, opportunities, threats (obstacles), risks and the "know-how" to apply these theories in the real world."
Marc T. Bosch – Spain
  "I was surprised that I really don’t know much in terms of global management after following this course for only 2 weeks. I thought I’d only get a little bit of a refresher for this knowledge because I’ve already learned it before. In fact, I was wrong. I really made a good decision."
Rusdi Rosman – Indonesia
  "The most interesting is to share professional experiences with people coming from other countries. We learn a lot from others."
Berengere Cescau – France
  "I didn’t think when I chose this program that I was going to obtain so much important information. The knowledge I’ve gained and the program atmosphere are really sophisticated and useful in the future."
Bashar Abou Khalil – Saudi Arabia
 

"This program helped me to learn something about real business."
Hsiao-Ying Chu - Taiwan

  "Teachers are very professional and the exercise (outside) was really useful. It’s great to discuss with people who are from different countries."
Tsugumi Sakurai - Japan
  "As the one who doesn’t have any business background and work experience, this program is very useful for me. It makes me learn about business skills and the real business world."
Tae-Kyung Shin - Korea
  "The course was really helpful and very enthusiastic. Big chance to change your career."
Eun Hye Koh - Korea
  "This program is useful to get the business skills needed for my present job."
Hiroshi Suganuma - Japan
  "Strategic Management is a great experience for everyone who wants to develop his or her professional knowledge. I am sure that it will be very useful in my business career."
Renata R. De Carvalho - Brazil
  "I am able to learn international business through GBM and have the opportunity of meeting people who come form other countries around the world."
Kazuo Nagai – Japan
  "All classes were very good and stimulating for me because every lecture or exercise was not merely theory, but of practical content."
Sumito Fujita - Japan

Global Marketing Management

"It’s a very good and international program with participants from all around the world. It’s a program I’d advise anyone to take who wants to think globally."
Marc Danvide - France/Benin

"I used to think the world is a very big place, but this program has helped me to see the world as a very small business village due to globalization strategies."
Emmanuel Ngoka - Nigeria"
It is the first time for me to learn marketing. Maybe, that will help me to work as a CPA."
Shinichi Isobe - Japan
"Although I thought I was a global thinker even before I participated in this class, I found that was not true at all. This experience gave me many ideas for thinking global. Also, to think BIG!"
Daisuke Yonemoto - Japan
"It was the first time that I studied marketing. In the class, the teacher proceeded with some case studies and discussion with another country’s students. It was exciting to me. I’ll be back to the US to study more and more."
Kenji Arai - Japan
"In GBM, I could update myself in the business field. This program gave me a lot of information about what’s going on in the global market."
Sandra C. Kamakura – Brazil
"This GBM program helps me to boost my knowledge in marketing. I found all the instruction and the subjects are very interesting to me."
Estelle Hinh - Luxembourg
  "The GBM program has given me several tools and ways to understand the changes of the world economy. Furthermore, the program showed me the differences between classmates and my own culture."
Rui Francisca De Paula – Brazil
  "I can study business with my different kinds of points and aspects. This course has helped me be more professional."
Yoko Nakamura - Japan
  "I believe I learned many things, especially the lessons in the PC lab will be useful for me. I learned many new web addresses."
Mujde Tokan – Turkey
  "It helps me a lot to improve my personality and to deal with different people."
Novelito A. Flores – Philippines
  "Wonderful. Marketing + Internet = Success & Money
Fabio L. R. de Silva – Brazil
  "It is really good!"
Francesco Scalesse - Italy

Multinational Financial Management

"The most tangible benefit of this program is that it enabled me to have interaction with professionals of different nationalities. To me, that is the most effective way of learning the international financial market."
Paul Richard T. Camangian – Philippines

"I can understand and realize the global point of view, how we can see the world."
A. Semih Kirectepe – Turkey
"Anyone who wants to improve their management skills in a short run needs to take this excellent program. I found it to be a well-organized program which is effective and satisfactory. Two thumbs up for this program."
Fuat Demirelli – Turkey
"If you want a financial management program that is short and concise, yet covers most aspects of multinational finance, this is the program for you."
Rohantha Seneviratne – Sri Lanka
"This program gives foreign professionals a chance to catch up on the latest information on specific fields that if we stayed in our own countries, we wouldn’t be able to do this because of the lack of time to do research. I think this is very helpful."
Francisco Rios Centero – Argentina
"Wonderful. Clear, real and a good opportunity for everyone who wants to learn about multinational finance."
Fabio Luis Ramos de Silva – Brazil
"Global Business Management is the best of the best because I learned a lot from this program. It has helped my knowledge of management."
Novelito A. Flores – Philippines
  "It has increased my knowledge of today’s multinational financial management by 100%.
Marc Taravilla Bosch – Spain
  "I was startled when I began my GBM Finance module. I thought I knew a lot about finance because it is my major, but when I attended this module, I obtained a lot of new knowledge."
Bashar Abalkhail – Saudi Arabia
  "The fear has been taken away from an otherwise difficult and unfamiliar topic."
Jennifer Cunningham – Switzerland
  "Guys, you need it!"
Francisco Scalesse - Italy

Other

"You gain practical knowledge, useful in both your business and personal life."
Julie Preciado - United States

"Brilliant teachers give new ideas and get your mind open."
Fabian Fuchs - Germany
"The program has afforded me the opportunity to meet with people from all over the globe. It is also intellectually very stimulating."
Francis Chima Ottih - Nigeria
"I think these kind of professional programs are very useful for people who want to have a good career in business. I think every period or module is excellent in UCR Extension. I liked it and I’m very glad I’m studying at UCR Extension."
Rabia Hatun Tuna - Turkey
"You can increase your personal value after graduating this course."
Hideo Asaoka - Japan
"The last day presentation is exciting. We can learn many things through the activities with other students from all over the world."
Munehiro Motoyama - Japan
"The GBM class is one big global family. Beautiful in its diversity."
Francis Chima Ottih - Nigeria
  "They were really interesting programs and very effective for our future."
Hideo Asaoka - Japan
  "This is a great program. It is a great way to get an overview of business."
Julie Preciado - United States
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Last Updated
01/11/2008

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