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The Singapore Advantage

The growth of Singapore is much talked about the world over. Visionary governance has amply compensated the absence of natural resources. The fact that Singapore is today the world's 4th largest center for foreign exchange dealings after New York, Tokyo, and London, reflects the extent of globalization and the importance of this city-state. Singapore is also one of the most wired countries in the world. A leader in telecom and IT services, Singapore has been an early adopter of the world's latest technologies and many global companies have made it their regional home.

The mere mention of Singapore conjures up superlative epithets. Singapore is rated to have the best business environment in the region, and is rated the fifth best worldwide out of 60 countries. Singapore's stock exchange is one of Asia's largest. In 2004, the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report placed Singapore among the Top 10 most sophisticated financial markets in the world. Most international banks have their regional head quarters in Singapore and close to 20% of its GDP is contributed by financial services alone.

Singapore is one of the most safe and modern cities to work in. Apart from this, working in a global firm headquartered in Singapore can be a truly fulfilling experience.

Singapore's Economic Development Board explains that the country's success so far is underpinned by, what it calls, the CORE fundamentals - Connectivity, Openness, Reliability and Enterprise. It is these CORE strengths, which will continue to take Singapore into the next phase of growth, as the city marches into the future.

What makes is Singapore a Preferred Management Studies Destination

• A renowned talent capital
• High standard of English language education system
• Variety of on-job training, holiday work options and interaction with industry leaders
  
• Conducive environment for management education
  
• Equatorial Climate with sunshine all year round
  
• Sound political and economic system
  
• Safe and harmonious environment with clean and green surrounding
  
• World class transportation system
  
• Honest and efficient workforce

The GMBA program of S P Jain, is an intellectual journey in management education. It comprises a variety of academic and non-academic learning, which goes beyond the conventional classroom method. The entire learning process at S P Jain's GMBA program is focused on inculcating sensitivity to real world issues, along with the ability to become 'leaders and change agents' in their chosen fields.

After the success in Dubai, S P Jain felt the need to expand its campus location to include another international business capital, and quite logically, Singapore ended up being the obvious choice.

Just as Dubai has an international trade and business environment, Singapore has similar trade and business growth rates that are mind boggling. It has a safe, legally sound, vibrant business environment, has an extensively well-developed finance and insurance industry, retailing is a high-priority area while it is a proven leader in Information Technology in the Asia-Pacific region. Its highly developed services sector creates huge growth opportunities for international business.

In terms of infrastructure, Singapore is second to none, it has a clean, safe and multi-cultural environment. As a result, it ends up being a destination of choice for some of the most qualified professionals from around the world.

Singapore's business growth fuels a growing need for talented management professionals. At SPJCM, we expect our students to fill this demand for quality management professionals.

Dubai - Singapore - Toronto
The Three cities cross over model

The Global Manager has come to rule the world, where geographical boundaries and borders are fast disappearing giving way to a newer and more interconnected international landscape. Global exposure has thus become an important ingredient for learning and imbibing the various facets of global management.

When students enroll for S P Jain's Global MBA program, they have the privilege of studying in three world-class cities in one year. The three-cities model is a unique concept designed to expose students to varied cultures, meet with different companies, study different success stories, and network with people from three world famous cities. Leaving the shores of one's home country to explore the world beyond not only broadens one's horizons but helps one build the global business acumen that today's challenging marketplace demands.

Students choosing Finance or IT do their core curriculum in Dubai and then 'cross over' to Singapore to study their specializations. Those who choose Marketing, Global Logistics & Human Resources Management first go to Singapore for their core curriculum and then move to Dubai for their specializations. The program may vary with every intake and will depend on which stream students choose.**

The MBA program in all three cities is taught by an award winning and renowned faculty comprising of researchers and educators from S P Jain, the Schulich School of Business, Toronto and from other leading business schools from across the globe. The faculty's efforts are supplemented by local talent, resulting in a truly integrated program combining the best of all three cities. Experts in their respective fields, they are truly helping to transform the way business is conducted. They incorporate their findings and latest developments into the delivery of relevant management information through a progressive academic curriculum.

Many global recruiters and large corporations have operations spanning Singapore, India and Dubai. They will benefit by having a ready pool of talented individuals, pre-exposed to these fast growing geographies. Even if a student returns to his home country after completing the program, the international exposure will greatly help him/her in understanding the global economy better.

**(While students joining the GMBA April 2009 intake would start in the manner mentioned above, those joining the GMBA Winter intake (December 2009) would in all probability start in the reverse manner, i.e. Finance and IT doing their core curriculum in Singapore and then 'crossing over' to Dubai, while Marketing, Global Logistics & Human Resources starting in Dubai and then moving over to Singapore for their specialization.)

*The Toronto leg of the GMBA program is optional. A student may choose to go to Toronto or continue the program at the Singapore/Dubai campus

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