Renowned business school partners with Future Nations School
LYNDHURST – The Field Global Immersion is a course designed to strengthen and develop students' global intelligence.
Future Nation Schools (Pty) Ltd, a 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of the Sifiso Learning Group is a field global partner for Harvard Business School, whose executives have been working with the team remotely in the months leading up to their arrival in the country.
The school is hosting a team of students from Harvard Business School in Lyndhurst and Fleurhof campuses for one week, which is part of a required first-year course at Harvard Business School called the Field Global Immersion.
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Future Nation Schools is one of 157 field global partners spanning 13 countries around the world. Together, these global partners combined to host more than 930 Harvard Business School students in all.
Sizwe Nxasana, a chief executive officer said they are pleased to be working with Harvard Business School to provide students with a real-world learning experience in South Africa.
“We feel certain that the students will gather insights here that they would never be able to glean from a classroom discussion alone,” said Nxasana.
The Field Global Immersion is a course designed to strengthen and develop students’ global intelligence – their ability to manage and operate effectively across cultures and business contexts.
While here, the students will pitch their ideas to the leadership team, conduct field research with teachers and present their final recommendations to management.
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The purpose of this immersive experience is to provide students with the opportunity to do real fieldwork in an unfamiliar context.
Harvard is quick to acknowledge that this important learning experience would not be possible without the global partners.
“We are extremely grateful to Future Nation Schools and all the Field D Global Partner organisations for all they do on behalf of our students,” said Professor Juan Alcacer, the faculty head of Field.
“The students benefit immeasurably from this experience and we hope the partner organisations do as well.”
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