Can the Swedish Economic model be implemented in North America?

What is GNH - "Gross National Happiness" ?

If you are genius, solve this :)

JIBS (Jönköping International Business School) - Sweden. Wish I could go for a 3 month International MBA Exchange program to Sweden! :) Will try!

How to win in style! Millionaire Game show winner - Gotta love that confidence!

More companies plan to hire MBA grads in 2012 in USA and possibly, in Canada: Reuters report.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein.

My dream MBA exchange programs

International Universities like having exchange students!

1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Ireland
4. Russia
5. USA - Harvard, Columbia, MIT Sloan, Wharton, Haas, Booth, Kellog, Stanford etc.
6. China

About AIESEC

The OVGS (ONTARIO VISITING GRADUATE STUDENT) program: Elective in another Business school within Ontario for the Winter 2012 term.

Yo Boyz,

Check out the OVGS program, LOL.

If you are in the 2nd term of Business School (or later), you have the option of doing one or more of your elective courses in another Business School.Check out the link:

http://ocgs.cou.on.ca/_bin/home/ovgs.cfm

What you need to do: 

• Contact your program administrator
• Discuss with him about the program that you wish to take in another Business School
• Fill out the form for your School
• Fill out the form for the target school
• Get approval
• Pay fees in your own University
• Go ahead and do the program in the target school

As far as I know, this is the procedure. Need to re-confirm. Will update when I do. Cheers!

I know that one of my class mates is planning to do a course from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Punjabi song - Enjoy! (Imran Khan - Nazar)

Get maximum exposure + Be flexible + Take your time.

3 things I have learnt from my MBA experience so far:

1. Be flexible / Have an open mind 
2. Gain maximum exposure
3. Do not make hasty decisions / Take your time

What I mean is that with time, one may have a change in ideas / preferences. One may want to change career focus. Thus it is better to give yourself time to discover yourself as much as you discover the world of career opportunities out there. It is better to get into internships rather than sign a job contract. This is unless you are very sure about what you want.

At this stage, I am still discovering what I want and have decided not make an immediate commitment to a job. Lets see how things work out :)

I have an idea for making an amazing Documentary Film

I have an idea to make a documentary film - for YouTube, if not for the theatre, LOL. Sounds crazy / way too ambitious, I know. Lemme see if I can do it. Need to constantly keep challenging myself and look to conquer greater heights. Status quo sucks in so many ways! Having started with making short clips on Youtube has given me some confidence. I even learnt about video editing using Windows Movie Maker... All you need is a HD video camera, a good videographer, a director, research material and off you go! Movie making has never been easier in all of history!Plus, I have the research material ready and I can actually visualize the whole movie in my mind right now :)

The topic that I have in mind is a controversial topic. May ruffle a few feathers. But will get attention to the necessary target group. And perhaps social justice. Will see if it works out in the near future. This also makes me want to shy away from getting into any Sales jobs. Earlier, I was crazy about jumping into the first available job. But now, I think I can do more with my life. I should not get into a job that shall take away all my time and energy. I can be of use to society and help those who are under - privileged in society.

- Gerry.

Ryerson Summer Exchange Program - What are the possibilities?

For Ryerson University, in particular, the following info is available, with regards to International Exchange Programs:

• http://www.ryerson.ca/ri/students/ryerson_students/study_abroad_exchange/exchange.html
• http://www.ryerson.ca/ri/students/ryerson_students/study_abroad_exchange/fbus.html
• http://www.ryerson.ca/ri/students/ryerson_students/study_abroad_exchange/partner_schools.html 
• 4 of the following are common for all programs at Ryerson University:
• China: http://www.ojs.ouinternational.ca/
• India: http://omgprogram.org/
• France: http://ora.ouinternational.ca/
• Germany: http://obw.ouinternational.ca/

Some of the schools for TRSM students are:

Partner Institution	Location	Participating Schools	Language of Instruction
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)	Auckland, New Zealand	Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt	English
Chung-Ang University	Seoul, South Korea	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
Copenhagen Business School	Copenhagen,  Denmark	Business Mgmt ITM	English
Curtin University of Technology	Perth, Australia	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
Dublin Institute of Technology	Dublin, Ireland	Business Mgmt Retail Mgmt	English
EPSCI	Paris, France	Business Mgmt ITM	French
Fachhochschule Frankfurt	Frankfurt, Germany	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	English & German
HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences	Helsinki, Finland	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt	English
Hanzehogeschool van Groningen	Groningen, The Netherlands	Business Mgmt	English
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong, China	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
IESEG - School of Management, Lille	Lille, France	Business Mgmt	English
InHolland University, Amsterdam	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Business Mgmt ITM	English
Johannes Kepler University	Linz, Austria	Business Mgmt ITM	English & German
Jonköping International Business School	Jonköping, Sweden	Business Mgmt ITM	English
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences	Karlsruhe, Germany	Business Mgmt ITM	German
Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	English
Napier University	Edinburgh, Scotland	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	English
RMIT University	Melbourne, Australia	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield,  England	Business Mgmt	English
SKEMA Business School	Nice, France	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	English
Tec de Monterrey, Mazatlan Campus	Mazatlan, Mexico	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English & Spanish
Tec de Monterrey, Monterey Campus	Monterrey, Mexico	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English & Spanish
Universidad del Pacifico	Santiago, Chile	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	Spanish
Universidad de Zaragoza	Zaragoza, Spain	Business Mgmt	Spanish
Universita degli Studi di Firenze	Florence, Italy	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	Italian
Universite du Quebec a Montreal	Montrael, Quebec	Hospitality & Tourism	French
Universite Laval	Quebec City, Quebec	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	French
Universite Paris-Dauphine	Paris, France	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	French
University of South Australia (UniSA)	Adelaide, Australia	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM	English
University of Stirling (on hold)	Stirling, Scotland	Business Mgmt Retail Mgmt	English
University of Surrey	Guildford, England	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
University of Technology Sydney	Sydney, Australia	Business Mgmt Hospitality & Tourism Mgmt ITM Retail Mgmt	English
University of Westminster	London, England	Retail Mgmt	English
Zagreb School of Economics and Management	Zagreb, Croatia	Business Mgmt	English

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Partner Institution	Location	Participating Schools	Language of Instruction
The Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS University)	Mumbai, India	All	English
University of Pune	Pune, India	All	English
Indian Law Society, ILS Law College	Pune, India	All	English
Shivaji University	Kolhapur, India	All	English
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey, SNDT Women's University	Mumbai/Pune, India	All	English
St. Xavier's College (affiliated with the University of Mumbai)	Mumbai, India	All	English
Jai Hind College (affiliated with the University of Mumbai)	Mumbai, India	All	English
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) (affiliated with the University of Pune)	Pune, Indai	All	English
Goa University	Panaji, India	All	English
Birla Institute of Technology, BITS Pilani	Jaipur, India	All	English

I personally know of people who have done internships in some of the locations as listed below:

1. CBS (Copenhagen School of Business, Denmark)
2. Italy
3. France
4. Harvard Business School (Boston, MA, USA)

If I had the chance, I would like to do a training from USA - A school like Wharton School of Business or Harvard Business School or even any SUNY (State University of New York) Business School. It would not only look good on my resume, but also help me make good networks. I am giving this a thought.

Some more partner Universities of Ryerson University are as follows:

Ryerson's Partner Schools

For more information on the exchange partner you are considering, choose one of the links below for a student-produced snapshot of the institution.

• Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) (Netherlands)
• Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand)
• Baden-Wurttemburg Filmakademie (Germany)
• Birmingham City University (UK)
• Bournemouth University (UK)
• CERAM (France)
• City University London (UK)
• Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
• Cracow University of Technology (Poland)
• Curtin University of Technology (Australia)
• Danish School of Journalism (Denmark)
• Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
• EPSCI (France)
• Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
• Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
• Hanzehogeschool van Groningen (Netherlands)
• Hogeschool van Utrecht (Netherlands)
• Hong Kong Baptist University (China)
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China)
• InHolland University (Netherlands)
• Johannes Kepler University (Austria)
• Jonkoping International Business School (Sweden)
• Karlstad University (Sweden)
• London South Bank University (UK)
• Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
• Napier University (UK)
• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) (India)
• RMIT University (Australia)
• Roskilde Universitetscenter (Denmark)
• Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (UK)
• Sheffield-Hallam University (UK)
• Simmons College Boston (USA)
• Technologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
• University of South Australia (Australia)
• Universidad Argentina de la Empressa (Argentina)
• Universidad del Pacifico (Chile)
• Università degli studi di Firenze (Italy)
• Universite Paris Dauphine (France)
• University of Abertay Dundee (UK)
• University of Portsmouth (UK)
• University of Stirling (UK)
• University of Surrey (UK)
• University of Technology-Sydney (Australia)
• University of Westminster (UK)

There seem to be some private and public organizations enabling summer exchange programs, as well. Here are some links:

• http://www.iseontario.on.ca/
• http://www.aiesec.org/

Will complete soon...

- Gerry Som

We tend to limit ourselves in comfort zones - Don't do it !!!

We are beings with unlimited potential. However, we tend to limit ourselves in many comfort zones. We have been mentally conditioned to limit ourselves. Here is a sample story:-

Some mosquitoes were put in a box and they kept jumping a lot. The box was covered from the top and each time they jumped they hit the top of the box, and when they jumped too close to the right or the left they hit the sides of the box. Slowly, to avoid harming themselves, they learned to jump just under the cover and without reaching the sides of the box. One day all the four sides of the box were opened. The mosquitoes were free, but they kept on jumping as far as the limit they had learned. The physical limits were no longer there. But they had become conditioned mentally. The same thing happens to us. We have to open the sides of the box and take off the top, or we can continue to live inside the box created by our own mind.

Given below are some conditionings under which we work, because of which we do not experience complete freedom.

* Beliefs, acquired since our childhood, which limit us.
* The negative images of low self esteem that we have created of ourselves.
* The damaging thoughts of doubt, which does not let the highway of trust to build up inside ourselves and does not allow the creative energy of positivity to flow from inside us to the outside.
* The fear of failure or not being to able to succeed completely. A lot of times the fear exists due to past experiences of failure or not having succeeded as much as you would have liked.

We need to become aware of what our pattern of thoughts is, which brings us under the negative influence of mental conditionings. When that happens, we will be able to become free of these conditionings. While we do not become aware, we will continue to remain under its influence.