SERDANG,  Nov 19 (Bernama) -– 138 Putra Business School (PBS) graduates will be conferred with their degrees at the 43^rd UPM Convocation Ceremony upon successful completion of their MBA, MSc and Ph.D. programmes on 19th November 2019.
 
“My PhD journey was not an easy path. But since this kind of opportunity is rare, so I had to finish where I started. Quitting was never my option. Positive mindset, persistence, family support and DOA (prayers) were my critical success factors in getting through my doctoral programme (in finance), along-side winning the coveted gold medal in Asian Cycling Championships” said Dr Norhasmat Abdul Aziz.
 
“PBS's line up of experience, scholarly and industry-driven lecturers, have been the pulling factors to me personally, notwithstanding my other industrious colleagues, towards investing in our unique intellectual-industrial capital. The aim was to strike a balance between striving for an academic excellence and internalising the real time work culture, within the student population, comprising peoples of wide-ranging nationalities.  PBS, thus, has provided me with rich intercultural learning experience, an imperative in the current corporate cultural processes.  Therefore, such a pleasurable and unforgettable learning journey offered to me was made possible by the learned and competent team of lecturers and the administration staff”, said Dr Siti Zubaidah Mohd Ariffin, former cabin crew who is conferred with Ph.D. (Management).
 
Dr Sitti Rahma Abd Hafid, a Ph.D holder in Medical and Health Science, will be conferred an MBA (General Management). “I feel honoured and privileged to be part of Putra Business School.  I truly feel that the school has laid a strong Business and Management foundation considering my different background i.e. Medical and Health Sciences.   The decision to pursue an MBA actually was to dig more knowledge on business and management.  The journey, in fact, was most challenging.  However, the return is most satisfying, knowing the fact that PBS is one of the most established and first AACSB Accredited Business School in Malaysia”. 
 
In meanwhile, two graduands were conferred the most prestigious awards for their academic excellence i.e. President’s Award for Joanna Jayaprakash and Human Governance Award for Hafizah Abdul Aziz.
 
ABOUT PUTRA BUSINESS SCHOOL
Putra Business School (PBS) was formerly known as the Graduate School of Management (GSM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). It is a leading business school in Malaysia and the first post-graduate business school accredited by AACSB - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Only less than 5% of business schools, worldwide, have the honour of such accreditation. PBS is also accredited by ABEST21 (The Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow, a 21st Century Organization). In addition, all programmes offered by PBS are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), as approved by the Ministry of Education.
 
The academic programmes offered by PBS include MBA (General Management) and MBA (Corporate Governance), are conducted in collaboration with Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA). While MBA (Marketing) and MBA ((Human Potential Management) are conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Marketing Malaysia and Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management, respectively. Other programmes offered are:  MBA (Finance), MBA (International Business), MBA (Accounting), specialised Master of Science (MSc) and specialised Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). For more information, please visit our website at http://www.putrabusinessschool.edu.my.
 
Source: Putra Business School (PBS) 

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