{"id":1483,"date":"2024-07-03T17:12:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2024-07-03T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:16:34","slug":"1483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2024\/07\/03\/1483\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Business School: FG Fumes As Peter Obi Says Nigeria\u2019s Reputation Is At Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-body-top\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<h3>The presidency has countered the remarks of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi\u00a0 on the omission of Nigeria from the Harvard Business School class of 2025.<\/h3>\n<p>Nigeria was omitted from t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/\">he Harvard Business School class of 2025 program,<\/a> which selected sixteen countries for its global immersion course.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development,\u00a0 the LP presidential candidate in 2023 general election Peter Obi and attractiveness to international institutions and investors have recently been severely impacted by major obvious drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Obi stated this on Wednesday via his X handle.<\/p>\n<p>He said the omission of Nigeria, despite the program leader being a Nigerian professor, is particularly striking given the country\u2019s potential and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo, in a post via X, stated that there was no correlation between the Harvard Business School\u2019s prerogative of selection in its Field Global Immersion course and Nigeria\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p>He further referenced the institution\u2019s publication regarding the selection of countries for the course.<\/p>\n<p>Nwabufo wrote,\u00a0<em>\u201cGood morning, Sir. There is simply no correlation between Harvard Business School\u2019s prerogative of selection in its Field Global Immersion course and Nigeria\u2019s image.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is what the institution says on its blog as regards the selection of countries for the course.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) is a semester-long first-year (RC) MBA course. The course is a capstone of sorts, and it requires students to build on learnings from their first-year courses and apply them to real-world business problems. At the beginning of the semester students are paired with a Global Partner (GP) company in one of 16 cities that has a product or service challenge they would like the team to address with their local consumers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt the beginning of the fall semester, students are given the opportunity to rank that year\u2019s Immersion locations to which they would most like to travel. As the MBA population is very diverse (and often includes seasoned travelers) students are also given the opportunity to exclude locations to which they do not wish to travel based on where their home country is, and where they have extensive travel or professional experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith these considerations in mind, country and team assignments (aka: Global Section assignments) are made via an algorithm that ensures diversity of gender and citizenship \u2013 much like their RC Sections! Projects are then assigned to teams at random being mindful of potential conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-878187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Obi-and-Presidency.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Obi-and-Presidency.png 584w, https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Obi-and-Presidency-300x198.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidency has countered the remarks of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi\u00a0 on the omission of Nigeria from the Harvard Business School class of 2025. 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