Hyundai Case Study
HYUNDAI CASE STUDY: ON-SITE MBA
A few years ago, Hyundai Motor America began a quest to find an on-site MBA program that supported the company’s vision of investing in and developing employees as leaders, whether they were account executives, finance managers, customer service representatives, or human resource managers. That company directive fell to Tom Dell, Hyundai Motor America executive. After exploring dozens of top universities, Dell was compelled by the balance between business courses and leadership development that was unique to APU’s MBA Program. Hyundai Motor America and Azusa Pacific University enjoyed a strategic partnership of equipping today’s business leaders for tomorrow’s successes.
Jennifer Kaushek, human resources administrator, Hyundai Motor America, not only served as the primary facilitator between Hyundai and APU, but also graduated from the program. With an insider perspective, Kaushek shares about the effectiveness and benefits of her on-site program experience.
Although the on-site MBA program is not offered at this time, Azusa Pacific University welcomes the opportunity to partner with corporations like Hyundai, to help working professionals maximize their company contributions while exceeding market expectations.
“The majority of the other on-site MBA programs Hyundai considered lacked a balanced approach to graduate business study — most emphasized number crunching to the exclusion of people management skills. A large part of leading in the business world involves knowing how to actually rally and motivate people to produce at their highest level. APU’s MBA Program offers the best of both worlds — business fundamentals and leadership skills. “The unique program delivery also stimulated incredible, cross-functional team dynamics. People from various Hyundai departments participated in the program — public relations, human resources, marketing, purchasing, customer service, parts, sales, and finance. Through challenging classroom discussions, we gained an appreciation for individuals in areas other than our own and gained a fuller perspective of the company for which we all worked. Often, classroom discussion from the evening before threaded through lunch and water cooler conversations the next day. Ultimately, we engaged in our jobs at a higher level because we applied what we learned and learned from what we applied.” — Jennifer Kaushek, MBA ’02 |
