OYAGSB VIRTUAL OPEN DAY AND BIZTALK ATTRACTS AUDIENCE TO DISCUSS THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY BEYOND THE PANDEMIC

UUM ONLINE: Kuala Lumpur – Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business (OYAGSB) recently held its first series of BizTalk programmes for year 2022 in conjunction with OYAGSB Virtual Open Day by featuring one of its Adjunct Professors, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.

The Dean, Prof. Dr. Hassan Abu Bakar said, since the onset of the COVID-19, this was the third Virtual Open Day organized by OYAGSB and this is one of the promotional method activities which had resulted in a significant increase in students’ enrolment over the last few trimesters. Additionally, this goes in line with continuing OYAGSB’s aim of being the Top Business School in Malaysia and the Crown Jewel of UUM.

The event started with the BizTalk entitled ‘The Malaysian Economy: Beyond the Pandemic’ by highlighting the mental health concern to all levels from the lowest level to the top management positions, as well as how the economy affected the business virtually that will determine the future of our country.

According to Tan Sri Rafidah, this might be not so important to some parties, but this is what the government precautious more. This trend continues to assist organisations in ensuring business continuity, particularly in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the productivity level was greatly concerned when all thing became virtual including working from home, and running businesses and schools virtually.

The event continued with a briefing on Exploring OYAGB’s Masters Programme consisting of MBA and MBM programmes by Prof. Dr. Nurwati Ashikkin and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bahtiar Mohamad. Consequently, this was followed by Discovering OYAGSB’s Doctoral Programme which covered the DBA, D. Management and PhD Programme by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabariah Yaakub and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaleha Othman. The open day closed with the Becoming Our Student session by Ms Rozita Ramli, OYAGSB’s Assistant Registrar.

The insightful and fascinating session came to a close with a very interactive question and answer session.  More than 200 people attended the event via Webex and OYAGSB's Facebook Live session.