On Oct.24^th, the grade 2013 students went to Ezhou for their 2-day outdoor training after their opening ceremony.

Outdoor training is regarded as a practice course in EMBA studying and also the first step to fill in the EMBA family. In the afternoon, all the students participated in the ice-breaking activities. 10 students who were selected randomly would establish five companies. Under limited time, the founder must manage their staff, create company logo and set up their own company culture and vision. The five companies will also compete and cooperate together.

The outdoor training includes 6 items, which will bring frustration to the EMBA students, since 70% of the EMBA students are top decision-makers (CEO, president, manager and so on) , so they sometimes make decisions independently and neglects other’s suggestions. But in a team, it should have clear division of responsibility: who decides, who prosecutes and who supervises. If everyone wants to make the decisions, the competence will weaken. So many students failed in the outdoor training. In the end, the students began to reflect on their past mistakes.

The experimental training has perfected the EMBA curriculum system. The outdoor training helps to build up teamwork spirit and improves their interpersonal relationship. As they summarized, the outdoor training has created a new studying environment and experience. During the training, they have transformed their theory and knowledge into actions. Also in the training, they have realized their weakness and their lack of knowledge. Though the training did not teach them the knowledge directly, but it inspired them a lot.

In the evening, there were other five teams to participate in the training and compete with each other, along with cheering from the students. In the end, all the students from Zhejiang, celebrated a student’s birthday, push the training into a high point.  

With 2-day outdoor training, the students felt no unfamiliar with each other. They trained and had fun together. They have become one big EMBA family.

The 2-day experimental training has ended. This training is helpful for the students to established their goal and get the energy to go for it.