Brightest business students undergo immersion program with top US firms

MANILA, Philippines - The country’s “best and brightest” business school students are now undergoing a week-long immersion and orientation program with several top United States multinational companies and their top executives in an effort to introduce them to world best practices in business management.

A total of 33 students coming from leading universities in the country were selected from 181 applicants by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) for their annual Business Orientation Program (BOP) which started last April 19.

AmCham is the oldest, private, non-profit American chamber of commerce outside the United States with some 700 members.

“Over the past seven years, we have given deserving students the chance to have actual experience as to how top companies conduct business in a bid to both educate them on industry best practices and inspire them to take the lead in their respective fields in the future,” says Carol Dominguez, this year’s BOP committee chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of John Clements Consultants, Inc.

The selected delegates are undergoing the eight-day BOP wherein they will have the opportunity to interact with CEOs of 15 American companies through talks and business projects and get a deeper appreciation and understanding of the dynamics of these multinational organizations.

The business students will also get to discuss topics raging from the state of the Philippine economy and how will they be able to contribute to the country’s welfare.

The BOP is one of AmCham’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) projects, and aims to give better understanding of key global business and economic issues and harnesses the participants’ analytical and problem-solving skills in the context of real-life business environment.

By the end of the week, selected delegates will be given a chance to take Test of English for International Communication or TOEIC, which is significant to corporate communications.

To be able to join in the program, aspiring student must be a Filipino, an incoming senior taking up a business major or business-related course and possesses an above average academic record and leadership skills.