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The 8th Executive Seminar in Thailand February 16 - 22, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020 Welcoming Dinner
17:30 Meet with representatives from MUIC at the hotel lobby and go to restaurant by Skytrain by walking. Rabbit card will be provided by representatives from MUIC. (Walk to skytrain station, Chong Nonsi (S3) on Silom Line to Siam station (central) and
change to Sukhumvit Line and get off at Asok station (E4). Use exit 2 and walk to Sukhumvit Soi 12 to the restaurant)
18:10 - 19:30 Dinner together 19:30 Depart to Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and time on your own
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Class 1: Introduction to Thailand, Culture, and Language - Class 2: Business Environment in Thailand Visit 1: Swiss Embassy
Breakfast at 101 East Restaurant (opens from 06:00 – 10:30 hrs.) 09:00 – 11:00 Class 1: Introduction to Thailand, Culture, and Language by Ajarn Arpaporn Iemubol
(Classroom: Skylight Suite 6, 36th floor) 11:00 – 13:00 Class 2: Business Environment in Thailand by Asst. Prof. Nuntana Udomkit
(Classroom: Skylight Suite 6, 36th floor) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch will be provided 14:00 Depart to Embassy of Switzerland by Mini bus 15:00 – 16:30 Visit 1: Embassy of Switzerland Contact person: Christine Washington, Cultural Attaché and Executive Assistant to the Ambassador 16:30 Return to Anantara Bangkok Sathorn Hotel by Skytrain Time and dinner on your own
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Visit 2: United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) Class 3: Sustainable Development in Asia
Class 4: Financing Sustainable Development
Breakfast at 101 East Restaurant (opens from 06:00 – 10:30 hrs.) 08:20 Meeting at lobby at Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and depart to UN Mini van 09:00 Arrive at United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) 09:30 - 12:00 Visit 2: United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) and
Class 3: Sustainable Development in Asia by Mr. Riccardo Mesiano 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch on your own at UN canteen 13:30 – 16:00 Class 4: Financing Sustainable Development by Dr. Alberto Isgut
and Dr. Isabel Pereira Rodrigues 16:00 – 17:00 Depart to Asiatique the Riverfront for Dinner Cruise by Chaophraya River
by MRT and Skytrain 17:00 Time on your own at Asiatique the Riverfront 18:30 – 20:30 International buffet along Chaopraya River 20:30 Depart to Anantara Bangkok Sathorn on your own
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Visit 3: Cho Heng Rice Vermicelli Factory Co. ltd
Class 5: Managing Diversity and Inclusion: The Case of Thailand and ASEAN
Breakfast at 101 East Restaurant (opens from 06:00 – 10:30 hr) 08:30 Meeting at lobby at Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and depart to Cho Heng Rice
Vermicelli Factory Co. ltd by vans 10:30 – 12:30 Visit 3: Cho Heng Rice Vermicelli Factory Co. ltd, welcome by Mr. Kraisin
Wongsurakrai, AEC Prompt Vice-president of Thai Chamber of Commerce, member of Thai-Chinese Business Council committee
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch will be provided at the factory 13:15 Depart to Mahidol University International College, Salaya 14:00 – 16:00 Class 5: Managing Diversity and Inclusion: The Case of Thailand and ASEAN
by Asst. Prof. Malinvisa Sakdiyakorn (Classroom: A321, 3rd Floor Aditayathorn Building)
16:00 – 17:30 Campus tour 17:30 Depart to Anantara Bangkok Sathorn by vans Dinner and time on your own
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 Visit 4: Thai President Foods PCL – Visit 5: Bosch
Breakfast at 101 East Restaurant (opens from 06:00 – 10:30 hrs) Check out and leave for Chonburi Province
06:50 Meeting at lobby at Anantara Bangkok Sathorn and depart to Thai President Foods PCL by vans (please order your breakfast box at concierge service counter 3 days in advance) 10:00 – 11:30 Visit 4: Thai President Foods PCL 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch on your own 13:00 Depart to Bosch 14:00 - 16:00 Visit 5: Bosch, Laemchabang 16:00 Depart to Cape Dara 17:00 Check-in at the hotel and time on your own
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Class 5: Eastern VS Western leadership differences developing a transformative leader approach Visit 6: Cape Dara – Farewell Lunch
Breakfast at hotel 08:50 Meeting at hotel lobby 09:00 – 11:00 Class 6: Eastern VS Western leadership differences developing a transformative
leader approach by Assoc. Prof. Claus Schreier (Part 1)
(Classroom: will be informed) 11:00 – 12:00 Visit 6: Cape Dara "Talk with Marketing Manager or her representative
about doing family-run boutique hotel and Management by young executive"
12:00 – 13:00 Class 5: Eastern VS Western leadership differences developing a transformative leader approach by Assoc. Prof. Claus Schreier (Part 2) (Classroom: will be informed)
13:00 – 14:40 Farewell lunch with certificate presentation 14:40 Check-out and leave for Bangkok, and to Anantara Bangkok Sathorn 17:30 Arrive at Anantara Bangkok Sathorn
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Lecturers’ Profile The 8th Executive Seminar in Thailand
February 16 - 22, 2020
Ms. Arpaporn Iemubol
Associate Dean for Administration
Lecturer at Humanities and Languages
Division
Mahidol University International College (MUIC)
Tel: (662) 800 3574 Ext. 215 Email: [email protected]
Class 1: Introduction to Thailand, Culture, and Language
Monday, February 17,2020 from 09:00-11:00 hr.
Arpaporn received her Master Degree in English Language
Studies and Methods, Centre for English Language Teacher
Education from University of Warwick, United Kingdom. She
received her Bachelor Degree in English (2nd Class Honours)
from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University,
Thailand.
With over 15 years of experience in teaching Elementary Thai
I – III and Introduction to Thai Language and Culture to foreign
learners at MUIC, Arpaporn has been invited as a guest
speaker in many special courses and training programmes
such as Thai Language, Culture and Professional Ethics
Training program organized by the Teacher’s Council of
Thailand, Introduction to Thai Language and Culture for
ASEAN in Today’s World (AsTW) Programme, Teaching
Pronunciation and Writing Thai for Thai Teachers, and
Classroom Management in a Multicultural Setting organized
by the Technology Association Promotion (Thailand-Japan).
Apart from her role as a full-time lecturer of Thai at the
Humanities and Languages Division and being invited as a
guest speaker in many special courses and training
programmes, she is also a member of the Executive team of
MUIC, taking the role of Associate Dean for Administration.
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Nuntana Udomkit, Asst. Prof. Dr. Business Administration Division Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, THAILAND Tel: +66 2 700 5000 ext. 4433 Email: [email protected]
Class 2: Business Environment in Thailand Monday, February 17, 2020 from 11:00 – 13:00 hr.
Nuntana Udomkit received her Doctoral Degree in Economics
and International Development from the University of Bath,
United Kingdom in 2002, Master Degree in Economy and
Society from Lancaster University, United Kingdom in 1998,
and Undergraduate Degree in Public Administration (first
class honours) from Chiang Mai University, Thailand in 1995.
Nuntana also received a certificate in Foreign Trade
Development from Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) and Kobe University, Japan in 2008 and Bachelor of
Laws from Thammasat University, Thailand in 2011.
Nuntana started her career with the Bank of Thailand in 1995.
After the completion of her higher education, she worked for
the Ministry of Commerce, the Royal Thai Government from
2002 to 2008. Through her works with expert teams of several
Ministers of Commerce, she gained extensive experiences
and insights on trade and development.
She joined Business Administration Division, Mahidol
University International College in 2008. Her interests are in
the areas of International Trade and International Business
Management. Nuntana also works as a legal consultant and a
litigator. Her areas of expertise are arbitration, international
trade, contract, insurance, and tax.
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Isabel Pereira Rodrigues Business Administration Division Mahidol University International College, Mahidol University, THAILAND Tel: +66 2 700 5000 ext. 4424 Email: [email protected]
Class 4: Financing Sustainable Development Tuesday, February 18, 2020
from 13:30 – 16:00 hr. (shared class with Dr. Alberto Isgut
Isabel Pereira Rodrigues earned her Doctorate degree (PhD) in
Economic Analysis in 2007 from the Universitat Autónoma de
Barcelona (IDEA programme) in Spain. She also holds two
Master degrees in Economic Analysis from Nova Business
School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal, and from
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona.
She started her professional career by working in the private
sector as a technical analyst for bank insurance, and after
completing her PhD, she worked for over 4 years for the
United Nations system. Isabel performed the role of policy
specialist at the Research Unit of the Human Development
Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), and Statistician for the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UNESCAP). During her collaboration with the UN system,
Isabel worked on sustainable and economic development
issues in areas that included: climate change, migration,
health, inequality and poverty.
Since 2014, Isabel has been a lecturer at the Business
Administration Division of Mahidol University International
College (MUIC) in Thailand. Previously, she was the Program
Director of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) at
MUIC, and she is now the Program Director of the Business
Economics Major of the Bachelor in Business Administration
(BBA) at MUIC.
Her research interests focus on sustainable development and
market incentives, economics of science, innovation, and
entrepreneurship. Isabel is also a research fellow at the Center
for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics of the
Universidade de Évora in Portugal.
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Malinvisa Sakdiyakorn, Asst. Prof.
Lecturer, BusinessAdministration Division
Mahidol University International College
Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 700 5000 ext. 4435
Email: [email protected]
Class 5: Leadership in Thailand and Asia Wednesday, February 19, 2020 14:00 – 16:00 hr.
Malinvisa received her doctoral degree in Development
Administration from the National Institute of Development
Administration, Bangkok, Thailand, also winning the
dissertation award in 2009. She holds a MSc in International
Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
from the London School of Economics and Political Science
(LSE), London, UK and a MA in European Studies from
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Malinvisa worked with the Ministry of Commerce for 8 years
in the area of trade promotion where she was involved in the
internationalization of Thai products and services to abroad.
Specializing in emerging markets, she played a key role in
promoting exports of Thai products and services to South
Asia, South East Asia as well as the Middle East and Eastern
Europe. After joining MUIC, Malinvisa served as Vice
Chairman of Business Administration Division for three years
as an overseer and implementer of several projects and
activities related to academic curriculum, student affairs,
international relations and industry networking of the
Division. Malinvisa is also a committee member of the
Creative Cultural and Heritage Tourism Center (CCHT) under
MUIC aimed at promoting and incubating Thai entrepreneurs
in the area of cultural and heritage tourism. Currently, as an
academician and practitioner in the field of HROD, Malinvisa’s
particular interest lies in the area of talent management,
workplace diversity, leadership and organizational culture.
Malinvisa conducts executive trainings for several leading
companies in Thailand, such as AIS and PTTEP and also serves
as a part-time consultant and subject matter expert for APM
Group and Sasin Management Consultancy on HR-related
projects.
Research Interest: Workplace diversity, Employee
Engagement, Innovation Management
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Claus Schreier, Assoc. Prof. Lecturer
of International Business
Program Director of International Business
Business Administration Division
Mahidol University International
College Salaya, Nakhon Pathom,
Thailand
Tel: + 66 2 700 5000 ext. 4478
Email: [email protected]
Class 6: Eastern VS Western leadership differences developing a transformative leader approach
Friday, February 21, 2020
09:00 – 11:00 hr. and 12:00 – 13:00 hr.
Claus Schreier earned his Doctorate in Economics (Dr. rer.
pol.) in 2001 from the European Business School,
International University (www.ebs.de). In 1997 he graduated
with a Master Degree in Economics from University of
Konstanz and 1999 with a Master Degree in Business
Administration from University of Hagen. After his doctoral
studies, he spent 3 years as a Senior Business Consultant for
CSC Switzerland and another 3 years as a partner and
management consultant for Prime-IT Consulting. Today, Claus
is a Professor at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and
Art and part-time lecturer for Strategy and Intercultural
Management at the Institute of Management and Regional
Economics (IBR) (www.hslu.ch). As an Academic Director,
Claus was responsible for further education programs like the
MBA Lucerne, CAS International Leadership and Summer
School Lucerne (www.hslu.ch/summer- school). He has
lectured at various institutions in Switzerland, Germany and
South East Asia.
Since September 2017 Claus is a lecturer for Entrepreneurship
and Management at Mahidol University International College
(MUIC) in Bangkok /Thailand.
(http://www.muic.mahidol.ac.th/eng/).
Important steps in his professional experiences include CSC
Switzerland, Prime IT Regensdorf as well as Bosch GmbH,
Winterthur Life & Pensions and Swiss Life. He is also owner
of the consulting company “Die Kulturarchitekten”
(www.kulturarchitekten.ch) dealing with all kinds of
intercultural issues.
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Speakers’ Profile The 8th Executive Seminar in Thailand
February 16 - 22, 2020
Mr. Kraisin Vongsurakrai Executive Director
494/15‐16, Vanich 1 Road,
Sumpanthawong,
Sumpanthawong, Bangkok 10100,
Thailand
Tel. +66 81 642 7293
Fax +66 2 224 0992
E‐mail: [email protected],
Visit 3: Cho Heng Rice Vermicelli Factory Co. ltd
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 from 10:30 – 12:30 hr. Mr. Kraisin Vongsurakrai received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in International Business from California State University (CSUS), Sacramento, USA and an Associate degree in Science from Yuba College, Marysville, California, USA. He is currently an Executive Director for Cho Heng Rice Vermicelli Factory Company, Cho Heng Rice Company and Erawan Pharmaceutical Research & Laboratory Company. He does a lot of social work. He works for Board of Trade of Thailand (BoT) as a Member to the Board of Executive Directors. He has been a Vice Chairman and treasurer of Elderly Women Home, Pakkred, Nonthaburi (Overseas‐Chinese Mutual Assistance Association) since 2016- now. Mr. Kraisin is also a director and secretary for Thailand‐China Business Council (TCBC), a director for Thailand‐Hong Kong Business Council, a director for Thai‐Chinese Promotion of Investment and Trade Association and a secretary of The Thai‐
Chinese President Club.