Maya Thesis Competition Awards

August 3rd, 2019

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

We are very glad to share good news with you!

GHRM English MBA Alumna Maya has won awards in two Thesis Competitions:

1. 12th TSC Taiwan Thesis Competition(2019 TSC第12屆崇越論文大賞暨第4屆崇越行銷大賞頒獎典禮)–Excellent Master Thesis Award

2. 2019 Fubon Thesis Competition(2019富邦人壽管理博碩士論文獎)–Award for Outstanding Performance in the Category of Human Resource Management and Organization Theory.

Students from all over Taiwan have been submitting their works and waiting for the results. The competitions are two stage process – as soon as the first-round results were announced, students were invited to give a presentation of the manuscripts. Final results were announced during the Award Ceremony, which took place in Taipei on 3rd of August 2019 (it is interesting that both Ceremonies are held on the same day (12th TSC Taiwan Thesis Competition Award Ceremony in the morning and 2019 Fubon Thesis Competition in the afternoon). It was surprising for participants that President Tsai Ing-wen joined the opening of Award Ceremony and gave a speech.

Maya has graduated from GHRM English MBA Program last month (July 2019) and had a chance to submit her Master Thesis titled: “Being proactive when your coworkers are not happy: Exploring the moderating roles of proactive personality and self-control capacity.” for participation in the above-mentioned Thesis Competitions.

Maya has joined GHRM English MBA Program at NSYSU in September 2017 and has been actively working on her research. Within 2 years of Master Program Maya achieved high performance and some academic milestones:

- in December 2018 she presented a paper in the 32nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference in the Organizational Behavior Delivery Stream and the paper won 2 Awards: “ANZAM Conference Best Paper in OB Stream” and “ANZAM Conference Best Paper”.

-  she also became an honorary member of the Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of Taiwan as one of the students who achieved academic excellence by the time of graduation.

Maya decided to stay at NSYSU for PhD Program at Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management. She is fond of research and looking forward to more challenges in her academic career, as she wants to make contribution to research based on her working experience and inspiration, she got from her studies at NSYSU.

Asking Maya on her participation, she replied with very heartwarming answer: “I have spent a lot of time developing the research framework, doing literature review and collecting the data. The method I chose is not the easiest one. It also was not an easy task to finish writing thesis before the Competitions deadline, preparing for Thesis Oral Defense and final exams, but I knew it is a great opportunity to get acknowledgement of my work by Taiwanese Scholars and tried my best to fulfill this task. It all wouldn’t be possible without guidance and support of my Advisor Professor Nai-Wen Chi, as he inspired me with his own example of hard work and aspiration for research. He has encouraged and invigorated me to apply for participation in these Thesis Competitions. It was an honor for me to represent NSYSU and GHRM English MBA Program and present my paper in the Competitions. I have received a lot of nice feedback, questions and comments from Competitions Committee Members and feel even more inspired to continue my research as Institute of Human Resource Management PhD student at NSYSU. I would like to thank my Advisor Professor Chi Nai Wen for his guidance and support, Director Sharon Wang and Ms. Cindy Lin - GHRM English MBA Program Coordinator and other staff for their kind support though my studies and whole National Sun Yat-sen University for welcoming me and providing with resources and knowledge!”

We are very glad that our students achieve such high standards and represent GHRM English MBA Program and NSYSU in the country level Competitions winning highest awards. We encourage our students to work hard on their research, try a lot of opportunities and constantly challenge their limits!

Photo credits: “Taiwan Management Institute” and 翁挺耀.

Interview_Marc

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Today we are providing an interview with one of our recent alumni Mr. Marc Hermanski.

Marc is originally from Germany, he is Taiwanese from maternal side and German from father’s side. Mr. Hermanski has spent his entire childhood in Germany and worked for a couple of months in China after undergraduate studies. This working experience lit up interest to get to know more about maternal routes and Marc decided to come to southern Taiwan for master’s degree. He had several interviews with some universities and decided to study at NSYSU’s GHRM English MBA Program, because it was the best fit. “Environment of the campus is wonderful, everyone is super friendly, willing to help and everything is really convenient, moreover the diverse group of students are making up a great study environment” – Marc recalls those good times we spent together at NSYSU.

As Marc knew Chinese to some extent before he came to Taiwan it was not a great challenge for him, but he still attended the free Chinese classes NSYSU offered and would highly recommend, because “the NSYSU Chinese Language Center is doing a great job in teaching. The provided materials that are easy to follow. Keep on track and try to speak and go to places where you are forced to talk Chinese”.

Marc has obtained our GHRM MBA degree this January, 2019 and is now back to Germany, as he has already found a job at BLUFIXX GmbH in the chemical industry. His job as a business development manager is it to find new market opportunities as well as consult the CEO in any strategic question.

We appreciate Marc’s desire to share his experience and wish him success in all occasions.

Interview_YiTing

Yi-Ting Liu graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Changhua University of Education(NCUE) with the same expectation as all his to-be engineer classmates. Engineers’ path is quite straightforward; continue to graduate program for engineer master degree, doing research and development, and spend the rest of the work life in a sterile room in the technology industry. This had been the plan for most of his classmates while they were discussing in the school lab back then. Yi-Ting then started to imagine whether that is the life he wanted. The salary is generally the main drive for working in such an environment, but is it really the best choice for his life decision? Needed more time to think after graduation, he decided to give up his enrollment at the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) and chose to complete his mandatory military service.

Not long after he finished his duty, Yi-Ting went to Indonesia to visit his relatives. There he found out that his cousins could speak both Chinese and English fluently, in which was impressive for him seeing people speak not only second but even the third language in such level. Yi-Ting was motivated to learn English and asked for suggestions. At first, relatives agreed that going to a language school in English speaking country like America, UK, or Australia is the best option. However, his cousin argued considering to go to those countries while also pursuing a master degree – hitting two birds with one stone. Yi-Ting could not agree more to the latter. He then applied for Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in England.

Going to NTU with an engineering background was difficult for him to catch up the business knowledge at the beginning. Every specific business terminology that came up in the class just went straight over his head. Fortunately, that situation did not make him lose his motivation, by putting extra learning time in the library every day, reviewing school subjects and reading online articles, he eventually got to understand the class discussions and terms been used in the case study. Touching numerous fields of business, the course that changed Yi-Ting’s perception was human resource management. As an engineering college student, he thought human resource department’s task is only working for talent recruitment, however, he then learned that it is responsible for more other things such as performance evaluation, company’s fees, and benefits, training and workshop, and many more until the workers leave the company. Impressed by the truth, Yi-Ting wanted to dig deeper into this area and asked for his NTU professor’s suggestion. That is how he heard NSYSU’s GHRM MBA has an English professor teaching human resource at master level. Without a doubt, Yi-Ting came back to his home country Taiwan to obtain a dual degree from NSYSU.

The fact is, the reality is not always as beautiful as expected. Having an extra degree does not guarantee to get his dream position and the desired salary in the UK, Yi-Ting finally decided to move back to Taiwan to gain more experience. At first, Yi-Ting works for a technology company for recruiting, his works mainly focus on gather all applicant’s information and integrated it into a report in order to present to his manager. Being as a talented employee, Yi-Ting soon got an offer from Digiwin Company, and he then decided to work for Digiwin. Yi-Ting felt he’s lucky because  his manager was also graduated from NSYSU, and are willing to teach him with his own experience.

Yi-Ting realized there are some quite differences between common HR practices in the UK and in Taiwan, and he hopes Taiwan’s HR will keep improving by the time going.

Interview_Vincent

Vincent started his degree in the Labor Relations Department (College of Social Science) at National Chung Cheng University (NCCU). Realizing his deep interest in human resource managing, Vincent then decided to pursue a master's degree in human resource. GHRM MBA Program was his first choice since it provides a full English program and has been known for its diverse community with students and professors from almost all continents. Being in such environment, Vincent did not want to lose any opportunities that NSYSU offered. He did not only complete his exchange program to Switzerland, but he also found an internship at E. Sun commercial Bank. In his opinion, it is one of the best decisions he ever made in his academic life. Working with professionals at E.Sun Commercial Bank allowed Vincent to comprehend the practical side of human resource management. He mentioned that the experience he had in E.Sun bank gave him a chance to build a solid foundation for his future in HR.

In addition, his five semesters in NSYSU was filled by numerous group projects and interactions with classmates from various nations. That played a big role to practice thinking structurally, strengthen his language ability, and broaden his global perception. For instance, sometimes foreigners even understand more Taiwanese culture and sightseeing places than the locals. They are willing to blend themselves into the culture and are brave to explore different places. Hearing their impressions about Vincent’s home country made him understand the differences in mindset, culture, and lifestyle outside Taiwan.

“Some have said that finding a job in Taiwan is not easy. However having an MBA degree with the name NSYSU on it, helps”, he said. NSYSU is such a well-known university in Taiwan. Therefore it indirectly helps the graduates to be a step ahead from other candidates. As a Senior Specialist in BenQ he explained, now it all depends on how much effort the graduates put to prepare themselves to be stand out amongst others. That can be done by collecting meaningful records. Lots of university students spend their time by doing what they are fond of, which is totally fine. However, instead of playing without a record, Vincent strongly suggests that students should participate in events that can be recognized and with records. It may help the graduates enrich their resume.

Again, it all depends on the effort one puts. Vincent emphasized hardly on commitments. Although it may take much time, for him, doing and believing that this journey would be a success, will lead to the best destination in the future!