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Envible lifestyle
Robin Edwards, of Macquarie Graduate School
of Management, also points to the low
cost of living. “Sydney is the hub of [Australia’s]
financial services industry and while geographi-
cally remote from, say, London, it is a cost-
effective destination offering a stable government
and economy and a distinctly attractive culture and
enviable lifestyle.”
So what do recruiters and alumni think?
Sej Butler, Recruitment manager for IBM Europe,
based in the UK, says, “Regarding Australian MBA
graduates my first instinct might be, ‘Why are they
applying here? Is it a temporary solution for
them or down to wanderlust?’ It’s valid to come to
Melbourne, Victoria
the UK if their company has outgrown the
Australian market, which is common as Australia’s
“While Asian immigration has increased over the last
population is only 20million, or for personal
reasons such as family. Recruiters will be careful
100 years, so has the Australian diaspora, with a million
about that; however we do welcome applications
from all of them and will recruit on merit.”
Australian nationals overseas. B-schools reflect this
He adds that Australian MBAs may still
have an image problem outside the Asia-Pacific.
cross-cultural trend. AGSM and MGSM both send
Interestingly, staff and alumni agree with this point.
Branding overseas is a difficult, long-term
students regularly to campuses in Hong Kong and
undertaking. Katie MacNamara, an MBS alum,
says, “I feel that Australia still has a way to go in its
Singapore while MBS students visit China, as well as
perception outside the country. From my time in
McKinsey and talking with fellow consultants
Europe and the US in their exchange programmes”
around the globe, my feeling is that a good
Australian MBA is highly regarded in the Asian
region but not as much in Europe and the USA.”
that previously may have focused on second-tier Easy visas Some also feel that Australia may be too
European or American schools. Clare Cunliffe, a In the US the Bush administration’s decision to globally isolated to fulfill a role in big business.
British MBS alum, chose Australia because, “I had decrease the number of visas for international However any advocate of Thomas Friedman’s
family there and I already knew that Australia was students in 2003 has benefited Australian “flat-world” theory, showing that technology has
a fabulous place to visit. But the more I researched b-schools. “The Bush phenomenon,” as Prof. made neighbours of people in far-flung countries,
it, I learned of the variety of business schools, was Seybolt calls it, “has not only made it harder for will tell you that Australia is not isolated at all. Prof.
impressed by the faculty and facilities and made international students to get into the US, but also Jones has this to say: “Australia actually enjoys an
my choice from there.” Clearly, as an Anglophone more undesirable. There are a lot of reasons for advantage because it was isolated in the past. More
nation, MBA courses in Australia are attractive to why people are not choosing US schools right now, so than other western cultures, Australia has always
English and we offer the chance to get that education in had to participate in international partnerships in
speakers without foreign language aptitude or one of the most liveable places in the world.” order to advance economically. Mastering the art
interests, as well as to non-native speakers wanting Indeed, quality of life is a key reason for of business relationships and alliances increasingly
to improve their language skills. But there are other people applying to Australian MBAs. Students plays a central role for big business here.”
reasons why applications to Australian schools finding time in their fraught schedules uncover a So, as the world’s global economy shifts its
are up. fabulous lifestyle in Australia. It has a tropical base from the powerhouses of Europe and North
“We are finding from Europe as well as South climate in the north and a Mediterranean climate America to the massive emerging economies of
America,” says Prof. Glynn, “some students who further south - a famous expression says that Asia, maybe this perception is not a bad thing at
are not interested in the USA due to factors as Queensland is ‘sunny one day, hot the next,’ while all. Maybe the shrewd money is on an
diverse as American activities in Iraq through to Melbourne can have ‘four seasons in one day.’ Australian MBA and to keep one foot in both
activities of American multi-nationals. Australia It has world famous sporting arenas and events, camps after all.
is seen as offering a comparable educational eye-opening flora and fauna, rugged countryside
experience to the UK, Canada or the US.” and beaches and a variety of culture and cuisine
that surprises many first-time visitors.
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