SHAH ALAM - A group of international students visited the Karangkraf Media Group today to get a closer look and better understanding of how a media and publishing company works in Malaysia.
The visit organised by Bina Pavo a business advisory firm, aims to educate the students on the various aspects of the publishing business.
A total of 75 students from Babson college, Selangor International Islamic University college and the Selangor Foundation were taken on the tour of the publishing facilities and to the newsrooms of Sinar Harian and Sinar Daily
Bina Pavo chief executive officer Dr Leilanie Mohd Nor said the company has been organising the study tour programmes for 10 years and has often came to visit Karangkraf.
"We like to bring students to come for study tours here, because the company values here are good, and students from Babson College especially will get good exposure on how a publishing company works in Malaysia.
She added that Karangkraf values of sharing knowledge have contributed to the success of this company.
"We have conducted a research specifically on the values embodied by Karangkraf and we have published the research at Harvard Business University and presented it in Hong Kong, Spain, and Japan." she said
Leilanie said besides Karangkraf, the students will also visit other companies and organisations in Malaysia to learn about social responsibility and of community sustainability.
"Bina Pavo has a strategic alliance with the Selangor Foundation, where we work together to reveal the 4th Sustainable Development Goal, which is ‘quality education’.
"Because of this alliance, we are working togetherto bring these international students on a study tour around Selangor."
Bina Pavo as company has invested in building unique entrepreneurial capital, particularly related to talent, intellectual property, and social capital, and is based in Selangor.
Babson College is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Established in 1919, its central focus is on entrepreneurship education. It was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute but became coeducational in 1970.