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September 7, 2005

Buddhist Monks going for an MBA

Shanghai Jiaotong University launched a new MBA programme on how to run a Buddhist temple. Besides of the usual MBA courses, the programme also provides lectures on temple management, philosophy and religious product marketing. The main idea is to run a temple in a commercial world to maximize the profits while staying ethical…
And it seems that the Buddhist MBA has a lot of success! Yesterday, the Jade Buddha Monastery in Shanghai sent a team of 18 monks for their first class.

The question, now, on what kind of Case Studies do they get trained…

Links
Jade Buddha Monastery
Shanghai Jiaotong University
China Daily - September 7th, 2005


4 Responses to “Buddhist Monks going for an MBA”

  1. Yoda63 Says:

    I am sure that is not the worst MBA of the world ! Let’s go … who wants to register to that one ? JayJay ? Thierry ? Louloute ? …

  2. Thierry Says:

    hehehe Good idea… We could also set up our own new B-MBA Program! ;-)

  3. JB Says:

    If I had known, I would stayed in China doing my MBA there :)

  4. Thierry Says:

    I heard that they start everyday singing “Aaaaah Money Money Meimei hong!”

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