AIESECers in IE

I´m an alumni of Pacifico University from Lima,Perú, and since last November, I´m an International MBA candidate of IE Business School. My background is in marketing and before October 2008, I was a product manager in Samsung's Lima Office. The experience of working in an international company gave me similar feelings when I used to work in AIESEC: learning about diversity, enjoying our differences, being proactive, breaking paradigm, being an agent of change, and so on. If you noticed, all of them involved ACTION-INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PREPARATION. Aiesecers don´t want to be like the rest of the people, we want to be different. That is why I decided to do a masters outside my country, in order to live a new international academic experience.

There are several reasons why I chose IE. First, IE has a very good reputation in Europe in academics, efficiency, networking and diversity. Also, they offer financial support (scholarships) to many emerging countries. Moreover, two of the three main areas that I am interested are: social responsibility and entrepreneurship. IE has an active role in Spain's development. However, besides the reasons above, I decided on IE because of the case method and their process of learning.

Why is the Case Method successful?

I believe that it represents one of the most demanding, engaging, and provocative ways to learn because you have to find solutions to real or unreal situations faced by organizations in different areas and industries. You will put in action theory concepts through three main steps: individual analysis, group discussion, and class sharing.