Research Findings and Conclusions

This study attempted to determine whether the training of MBA graduates could meet the characteristics of global managers nowadays. Because of globalization in the industry and business world, it is not enough for managers working in domestic and cooperating with only domestic co-workers. It is an increasing need for managers to become global managers with a global perspective. For a company to become more global, its leaders must develop

competencies that go beyond what is familiar in the home country (Yamaguchi, 1998). Thus, conducting a survey questionnaire with self-perceptual measures answered by graduates of business schools from seven universities with academic-famed, and AACSB accredited or members in Taiwan, the study probed for the training of different business majors with the competencies of global managers. Based on the statistic analyses, several key results were found as the following:

1. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, MBA graduates (includes GMBA/IMBA graduates) have more competency of global business acumen for global managers.

2. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, MBA graduates (includes GMBA/IMBA graduates) have more competency of leadership characteristics for global managers.

3. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, MBA graduates (includes GMBA/IMBA graduates) have more competency of world view for global managers.

4. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, MBA graduates (includes

GMBA/IMBA graduates) have more competency of personal leadership for global managers.

5. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, MBA graduates (includes

GMBA/IMBA graduates) have more competency of business leadership for global managers.

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6. Comparing with other business-majored graduates, GMBA/IMBA graduates have more competency of cross-cultural adjustment for global managers. However, comparing with MBA graduates, GMBA/IMBA graduates have the same competencies of cultural flexibility and experience in foreign countries/culture for global managers. GMBA/IMBA graduates only have more experiences get along with international students.

Therefore, most of initial conjuncture was supported by the statistic result. The first summary result states that the different majors are, in fact, statistically different with the competency of global business acumen. Interestingly, there was no significant different between MBA graduates and GMBA/IMBA graduates, which could be explained that the training of MBA graduates and GMBA/IMBA graduates was almost the same. The design of courses was basically similar. Therefore, both of them should be trained to possess the ability to comprehend the business environment in its totality. On the other hand, other

business-majored graduates did not be trained for this kind of competency. The second result shows that the different majors are statistically different with the competency of leadership characteristics. The MBA graduates and GMBA/IMBA graduates had no significant difference in the competency of leadership characteristics. Comparing with other business majors, MBA graduates which includes GMBA/IMBA was better in possessing the competency of leadership characteristics.

The result revealed that the mental and emotional behaviors such as self-assurance, extraversion, and inquisitiveness could be trained or inspired as well as the common set of core value such as integrity, perseverance and desire to learning. The third summary result shows the difference between MBA graduates and other business-majored graduates with the competency of world view. Though, surprisingly, GMBA/IMBA graduates had not significant difference from MBA graduates, both of them were trained to possess the ability to global environment awareness, cultural flexibility, social, political and economic trends, and experiencing other countries/culture well comparing with other business-majored graduates.

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The fourth and fifth summary results show the difference between MBA graduates and other business-majored graduates with the competency of personal leadership and business

leadership. Similarly as former results, GMBA/IMBA graduates had not significant difference from MBA graduates, but both of them were significantly different from other

business-majored graduates. The result suggested that the leadership no matter in personal or in organization could be well-trained through related courses.

The final results suggest that GMBA/IMBA graduates had significantly better

competency of cross-cultural adjustment than other business-majored graduates. Comparing to MBA graduates, however, only had partially significant results. Comparing with MBA graduates, GMBA/IMBA graduates have no significant difference with abilities of cultural flexibility and experience in foreign countries/culture for global managers. GMBA/IMBA graduates only have more experiences get along with international students. A possible explanation could be the different environment of study. GMBA/IMBA graduates were from various countries so that they had relatively more chances to co-work and get along with international students. Besides, the required course of internship overseas also increased the possibility to possess the ability to cross-cultural adjustment/ flexibility. However, both of GMBA/IMBA and MBA graduates could be trained the ability to global environment awareness and social, political and economic trends by similar courses.

For the overall global manger‟s competency, ANOVA results still suggested that GMBA/IMBA and MBA graduates had significantly higher difference from other business-majored graduates.

In summary, this is a study that attempts to measure and understand if MBA graduates could have competencies of global managers better than non-MBA graduates in Taiwan.

While the trend of globalization is expanding into the whole world (Galbraith, 2000), MBA education should meet the empirical demand of the globalized enterprises. Therefore, except the training of becoming a managerial role for MBA graduates, MBA education in Taiwan

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could provide graduates more cross-cultural environment which makes them adjust the global business world in the future.

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