ONLINE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION –
AS GOOD AS THE “REAL THING”?

Thomas Ng
Universitas 21 Global Executive Education
Presenter

Curriculum Vitae

Thomas Ng, is currently the President of GENASHTIN Phil. Inc. – Universitas 21 Global Executive Education. Thomas was formerly the President and Country Manager for Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in the Philippines.  Thomas had been with the ABB organization for a total of 19 years in Malaysia, Hongkong, Switzerland, Poland and China.  In between, he worked for 4 years, as the Asia Pacific Director for British Global Packaging Group Rexam plc, heading operations in Hongkong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand, and worked on joint ventures and acquisitions in India, Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand.

Thomas is the elected Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) in the Philippines for 2003-2004, and he is also a member of YPO in Melbourne. 

Description of the Talk

The theme is “Breakthroughs in Workplace Learning and Performance Improvement.”  It may not have happened all of a sudden, but the increasing competitiveness in the executive job market, is creating a need for executive education that will not be satisfied with existing university places.  The globalization of this arena means that the needs are very widely dispersed geographically. The satisfaction of these needs, is further frustrated with the disruptions to travel, from terrorist threats, the likes of SARS, bird flu etc.

On the other hand, there is the increasing cost effectiveness and availability of broadband access.  Laptops, PDA’s, SMS, MMS, the internet etc., are becoming increasingly the way business is done.   Why should it not be also the way we conduct executive education?