The participants of the fifth edition of the Executive MBA Edhec - Campus took part in an intensive study program that is part of the curriculum of the course, which was held in Mumbai (India).
The Students of the fifth edition of the Executive MBA Edhec - Campus met their colleagues of Executive MBA Edhec from France and Morocco in Mumbai for a full immersion week from 3rd to 10th January.
The main purpose of the trip was to study and examine the market and the economy of this emerging country.
The students had many seminars and company visits. These were useful to give an overview of the Indian economy. Among the business visited: Reliance Communications, a family business that in 10 years has become one of the leading Indian companies for Information Technology, L'Oreal, a subsidiary of French firm famous around the world for cosmetics, Fiat India, in joint venture with Tata Motors, Yes Bank, one of the best-known private banks in India, Taj Mahal Hotel, the luxury hotel chain spread throughout the world and the Asian Heart Institute, one of the most advanced hospital in India for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
An interesting and unique example of a "service company" in the city of Mumbai is the organization of the dabbawallahs, a group of people dealing with the delivery of lunch to workers. Dabba is a lunch-box and the dabbawallahs are those who deliver these lunch boxes those who request it. In other words, inside the dabbas there is home-cooked food for a client that dabbawallahs pick up and delivery on time according to customer's inquiries, and after lunch they collect again the boxes and send them to the respective homes.
This system of delivery "door to door" originated over 100 years ago at the time of the British government, when the employees often preferred home-prepared food instead of the local food of the canteen. Today there are students, managers and employees, with little time available for lunch, to take advantage of this service. Dabbas are transported on local suburban trains, cycling and walking, with reduced transport costs. The “small army” of dabbawallahs consists of about 5000 people who deliver more than 200,000 meals per day, with an efficiency of 99.9999%. The insignificant margin of error, although the majority of dabbawallahs is illiterate or almost illiterate, it is possible thanks to the decoding of each Dabbas. A simple colour coding system doubles as an ID system for the destination and recipient.
This was an unique and unforgettable week that allowed the students to bring home a lot of learning experiences and impressions of Mumbai and the Indian society in general.
Duration: 18 months Hours: 500 (1 hour = 60 minutes) Start of 6th intake: October 2010 Enrollment Deadline: 31st July 2010 Venue: LUCCA - Fondazione Campus Studi del Mediterraneo
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