QU MBA Executive Study in Hungary (May 27 - June 9, 2012)
Our Schedule: download in PDF
| SCHEDULE (updated: May 2012) | |||
| Saturday | 26-May | Anytime | Depart USA |
| Sunday | 27-May | Anytime | Arrive HU: Settle in Hotel, MCC students meet and greet at aiport |
| Evening | First Group Meeting / Dinner | ||
| WEEK ONE | |||
| Whit Monday | 28-May | Morning: 9:00 - 1:00 | City Tour |
| Noon: 12:00 - 1:00 | Light Lunch | ||
| 2:00 - 3:00 | Bus to Etyeki Kuria | ||
| 3:00 - 5:00 | Visit Etyeki Kuria | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Dinner in Etyek | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Bus back to Bp | ||
| Tuesday | 29-May | Morning | Corvinus University + Lunch |
| Afternoon | Parliament Tour + Meet w/ Sr Advisor to Prime Minister | ||
| Evening | Visit Castle (Dinner) | ||
| Wednesday | 30-May | Morning: 9:00 - 11:00 | Hungarian Central Bank |
| Lunch | Lunch Break | ||
| Afternoon 2:00 - 4:00 | Morgan Stanley | ||
| Thursday | 31-May | Morning + Lunch | Bonafarm |
| Afternoon | InfoGroup | ||
| Friday | 1-Jun | Morning (11:00) | bus to Pécs / Villánykövesd |
| Day | Villany + Sauska Visit | ||
| Evening | Villánykövesd Reception | ||
| WEEKEND | |||
| Saturday | 2-Jun | Day | Town of Pécs |
| Afternoon | Bus back to Bp | ||
| Sunday | 3-Jun | All Day | Free |
| WEEK TWO | |||
| Monday | 4-Jun | Morning | KPMG Consulting |
| Afternoon | E.ON-Hungaria | ||
| Tuesday | 5-Jun | Morning | Citibank |
| Afternoon | Oriens IM | ||
| Wednesday | 6-Jun | Morning + Lunch | Bátor Tábor |
| Afternoon | Bátor Tábor Business Plan Competition | ||
| Thursday | 7-Jun | Morning (8:30 - 12:00) | GE Headquarters |
| Lunch+Afternoon | LightTech | ||
| Friday | 8-Jun | All Day | Zebegeny: Networking Event |
| Evening | Closing "Farewell" Dinner | ||
| Saturday | 9-Jun | Anytime | Depart for US (or Free) |
Additionally Useful Links:
Hotel Accommodations for students in 2011: Ibis Budapest Centrum (Info on Raday street area here )
Other Sites: Buda Castle, Hungarian Opera, Terror House (Optional),
Links suggested by QU IB Professors: http://www.geert-hofstede.com/ , http://www.netmba.com/mgmt/ , http://www.themanager.org/models/diamond.htm , http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/global/diamond/
Hungarian News
** I recommend you read a little European news in general and Hungarian news, in particular, every day for the week or two before coming to Hungary. It really helps you feel up to speed on a lot of the latest issues when you arrive. I usually check Portfolio.hu every day, for example.
Budapest Sun - general news Portfolio.hu - all business and investment oriented. Budapest Business Journal - business oriented but also general news Heti Valasz (English) - like a Hungarian "US News and World Report" Economist Magazine Budapest Analysis (Political Analysis on the Region) Der Spiegel - German paper with good English site Financial Times
Other Reading
From Ball From His Excellency Geza Jeszenszky Prior to Departure Prior to Departure Quick Hungarian History
Budapest Book
1956 Book
1956 Film footage: youtube
Economic Analysis Crash Course: here or see materials for EC 600 and EC 688 belowWolff's MBA Guide to Hungary (2008): here
Hungary in Transition(1980s - early 1990s): http://www.fathom.com/course/10701019/
Reading 1: Hungarian History and the Politics of Transition Reading 2: Hungary's Foreign Policy Dilemmas Since Regaining Sovereignty
Reading 3: More Bosnias? National and Ethnic Tensions in the Post-Communist World
Reading 4: The Genesis of a Lasting Quarrel in Central Europe
Example reports from 2009:
Best 3 (alphabetically): E.ON, LighTech, Zwack
Others (alphabetically): AMCO, Bausch&Lomb, Deloitte, Dijbeszedo, Etyek Kuria
Example reports from 2009:
Other: Let's Learn Hungarian (free pod casts, etc.)