SERDANG, July 31 (Bernama) -- Putra Business School (PBS) organized its industrial talk with Adjunct Professor Nora A Manaf, Group Chief Human Capital Officer, Maybank on ‘Living the Maybank Brand’. The talk was held on 27thJuly 2019 at Putra Business School Auditorium. The event had successfully attracted more than 70 postgraduate students. Also present were the President & CEO of PBS, Prof. Dr. Zulkornain Yusop and PBS faculty member, Prof. Dr. Abu Bakar Sade. The speaker graciously shared her expansive experience on building its Maybank brand and her concern for millennials in keeping abreast with the demand of IR 4.0. She has also emphasized that every employer needs to have employees who are digital literate and be a problem solver to spearhead the current development.
She notably made it clear from her ideas in building a humanized workplace through various initiatives whereby she implemented the up to one-year maternity leave for female staff. This was to enhance the employees working engagement, commitment and performance.
Bringing an industry player is an excellent exposure to have greater understanding on the real-life practices in industry. “The talk allows me to understand the challenges that the most organizations are facing today, this is truly a beneficial knowledge for both my studies and work” said Elizabete Kalnozola, an MBA student. The talk ended with a token of appreciation presented to Puan Nora and a group photo session.
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 fewer than 5% of business schools worldwide have these accreditation. PBS is also accredited by ABEST21 (The Alliance on Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow, a 21st Century Organisation). All programmes offered by PBS are accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and approved by the Ministry of Higher Education.
The academic programmes offered by PBS include MBA (General Management), MBA (Corporate Governance) in collaboration with Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA), MBA (Marketing) in collaboration with Institute of Marketing Malaysia, MBA (Human Potential Management) in collaboration with Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management, MBA (Finance), MBA (International Business), specialised Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
The value added into students’ qualifications is also enhanced by the recent collaboration with a professional body, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The CMI is an accredited professional institution for management, based in United Kingdom. This will create impact to graduates with added professional associateship. PBS has also formalized collaboration with Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA). This FAA is supported by the Central Bank of Malaysia and as such the quality of professional learning in the financial services industry will be well-monitored.
The programmes offered by PBS are designed to nurture its students to become leaders with human governance values and principles. PBS also engages in research, consultancy and business development activities. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.putrabusinessschool.edu.my.
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