{"id":321,"date":"2013-05-02T17:36:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T17:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scqa.hult.edu\/en\/news\/blogs\/2013\/may\/csr-and-strategy-mixed-signals\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:03:43","slug":"csr-and-strategy-mixed-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/csr-and-strategy-mixed-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"CSR and Strategy: Mixed Signals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Module C has drawn to a close here at Hult, and most of my classmates have said goodbye, off to one or more of Hult\u2019s other global campuses. I\u2019m not rotating- Shanghai Campus offers plenty of good classes, and while it could have been fun, it just struck me as an unnecessary expense that I can\u2019t afford right now. Anyway, I\u2019m probably more valuable here (as an \u201cold hand\u201d to Shanghai life) than I am elsewhere right now. Module C of the Hult MIB program is mainly focused around two core classes, Strategy and CSR, that essentially serve as the capstone classes of the Hult core curriculum. After going through the basics of accounting and management in Module A, and tearing through finance, economics and marketing in Module B, these last two classes (before the electives of Module D and action project in Module E) put it all together, framing how the material we\u2019ve covered so far goes together to create a corporate strategy, and the ethical implications and considerations that should be taken when designing and implementing one. Having now gone through the Hult core curriculum, it\u2019s become obvious to me how much the school\u2019s roots in management consulting influence it- the whole thing is essentially a course in how to be a consultant- a useful set of tools to take into any business role.<\/p>\n<p>The two professors we had for these classes- Dr. Cheng-hua Tzeng, from Taiwan, and Dr. Farzad Rafi Khan, from Pakistan, couldn\u2019t have been more different\u2026 except that they shared a very surprising bond- both earned their Ph.D.s in Strategy and Organizational Management at McGill under management theory legend\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Mintzberg\">Henry Mintzberg<\/a>, and even shared the same cubicle as grad students! It was uncanny- and apparently coincidental- that they ended up teaching the same students, at the same time, at Hult\u2026 yet what a contrast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Republished from <a href=\"http:\/\/nicholasmacdonald.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hypercapitalists in Toyland<\/a>, a blog by Hult Masters candidate Nicholas MacDonald. Read the blog in full <a href=\"http:\/\/nicholasmacdonald.com\/2013\/05\/02\/csr-and-strategy-mixed-signals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kickstart your career in the commercial center of Asia by studying at Hult&#8217;s Shanghai business school. To find out more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/students-step-out-of-the-classroom-to-explore-top-shanghai-companies\/\">Students step out of the classroom to explore top Shanghai companies<\/a>. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to learn about the business world, the future, and yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module C has drawn to a close here at Hult, and most of my classmates have said goodbye, off to one or more of Hult\u2019s other global campuses. I\u2019m not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CSR and Strategy: Mixed Signals? | Hult International Business School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Module C has drawn to a close here at Hult, and most of my classmates have said goodbye, off to one or more of Hult\u2019s other global campuses. 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