一个为企业家设立的硕士学位课程
格里昂高等教育学院 2015年7月20日
学生访谈： Sonam Nandwani—酒店管理财务理学硕士（MSc），第2学期在读
在读完酒店管理财务理学硕士要求在校就读的课程之后，23岁的Sonam Nandwani选择回到家乡在网上攻读剩下的课程，同时寻找机会开一家她梦想中的咖啡厅。她刚刚结束在校课程时我们采访她，谈到她在Aminona商业应用项目中所做的工作，以及她对酒店管理财务理学硕士课程的看法，毕竟在格里昂高等教育学院，这是一个比较新的课程，外界对此的了解也很少。
你在酒店管理财务理学课程中都在忙些什么？
目前为止我们只是完成了在校就读的课程。我很快就要开始学习剩下的网络在线课程了。在线课程的第一期将于6月8号开始，并且我也要开始准备我的毕业论文了。我选择酒店管理财务理学这个专业是因为我想将来有一天可以开一家我自己的咖啡厅。这个课程对我就非常合适：我在格里昂读完在校课程之后可以回到家乡开始自己创业。所以，在我攻读在线课程的同时我也会开始咖啡厅的选址工作。这是酒店管理财务理学课程的另一个出色的优势：我在在校学习期间就已经做好了我的创业计划，因为这就是我们课程的一部分。
学习这个理学硕士专业大概是怎样一种情况？对于那些正在考虑申请这个专业的学生们，你会对他们说些什么？
酒店管理财务理学硕士专业真的是一个非常好的专业，这个专业的应用范围十分广泛，不仅仅局限于财务方面。会有财务类课程，但是这些课程教给你的知识远不止财务方面。有一门课程叫做创业管理，这门课非常好，为我们将来成为企业家打下了良好的基础。我就是通过这门课程制定了我的创业计划的。此外，我们还有一门实战型的房地产课程，这门课程需要我们做一个商业项目和专题报告。一些人可能因为这个专业名称中“财务”这两个字而对其望而却步，以为这个专业完全是一个财务类专业。在课堂上，每个学生都会受到老师的关注，这点让我非常赞赏。我们的指导老师会花费时间陪着我们一起攻克难关。我想如果有更多学生了解这个专业，他们一定会对其感兴趣的，因为如果将来想成为企业家，这个专业是再合适不过了。
你们做的商业应用项目内容是什么？
这个商业应用项目是我们同学们一起合作最终出具一个可行性研究报告，这是一个真实的开发一个豪华木屋酒店的项目。一共9位学生，大家一起合作，为这个房地产项目的老板和投资方做项目展示。我们的展示内容包含了市场调研的精华结论和财务可行性研究结果。项目小组成员来自不同的专业，分别有酒店管理财务理学硕士专业、工商管理硕士和文学学士酒店房地产财务管理方向等。
做此类项目主要会在哪些方面受益？
就我个人而言，第一个受益的地方就是收获了在大型团队中工作的经验。我们之前做过很多项目，但从来没有和这么大规模的团队一起工作过。学着适应不同的工作方式，弄明白其他人是如何完成他们的工作任务的，这让我增长了很多知识。这还是一次很好的锻炼能力的机会，锻炼了我的时间管理能力和在固定期限之前完成工作的能力。
另外，由于这是一个真实的商业项目，我们需要对真正的项目老板和投资方做项目展示，这也是一次十分精彩的经历。一开始大家多少都有些胆怯，但同时这也是一个增长信心的过程。最后，我们拿出的成果不仅符合学术标准，还达到了行业中的实战要求。项目老板还委托HVS（知名的酒店行业咨询公司）做了这份可行性研究，项目老板说我们的研究报告在研究水平和项目展示方面和这家公司做的一样好。
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A Master’s for Entrepreneurs
by Glion Institute of Higher Education 20 July 2015
Student interview with Sonam Nandwani, MSc2
After finishing the campus-based semester of the MSc in Hospitality Finance, Sonam Nandwani, 23 years old, is headed home to continue her courses online while she researches opportunities to open her dream café. We caught up with her right after graduation to ask her about her work on the Aminona Applied Business Project, and her insights into the MSc program which is still a relatively new and little-known graduate program at Glion Institute of Higher Education.
What are you working on in the Msc Hospitality Finance Program?
Right now, we just completed the semester of campus-based courses. Now, I will be studying the remaining online courses, the first of which starts on the 8th of June and I’ll begin working on my dissertation. The reason I took the MSc was because I wanted to open my own café someday. The program was suitable for me because I could take the courses at Glion and then go home to work on starting my business. So, while I’m studying online I will be looking at properties where I can open my café. That’s another great thing about the MSc: I have my business plan already done because we did it in one of our courses.
What is it like studying on the MSc program? What would you say to students who are considering it?
The MSc is a really good program, it should be promoted more generally, not just as a finance course. You have finance courses but it’s not all about finance, there is one course called entrepreneurial management that was a good course to prepare us to be entrepreneurs and it allowed me to make my business plan. Plus, there is a real estate course, the one for which we did this business project, and the dissertation. Some people are deterred because of the finance based title, so people imagine it’s all about finance. I really appreciated the individual attention in the classes, our instructors took the time to work with us through the difficult areas. I think if more students understood the program they would be interested because it’s a great program for entrepreneurs.
What was your applied business project about?
For the applied business project, we worked together to produce a feasibility study for a real luxury chalet development project. A total of nine students worked together to prepare a presentation for the owners and investors of this hospitality real estate project. Our presentation covered the essentials of market research and financial feasibility. The project involved students from the MSc in Hospitality Finance, the MBA and the BA in Hospitality with Real Estate Finance.
What is the main advantage of doing this type of project?
For me, the first advantage was the experience of working with such a large team. We’ve worked on many projects, but never in such a large team. It was enriching to learn to accommodate different ways of working and to understand how others accomplish their tasks. It was also a good exercise for me in terms of time management and getting the work done to meet a firm deadline.
Additionally, it was a great experience to work on a real business project that we could present to real owners and investors. At first, it was intimidating but it was a confidence booster to accomplish the project. In the end, we were able to produce work that was not just up to academic standards but met industry standards. The owners had also commissioned a feasibility study from HVS (a well-known hospitality consultancy group) and the owners said our study was equally good in the standards of research and presentation.
Visit the Glion website for more information about the MSc in Hospitality Finance.
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