Where
Mind,
Meets
Hand
Action Learning is an innovative approach that accelerates learning through hands-on practice. By working on challenges identified by companies in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, with guidance from ASB faculty and business coaches, you will develop solutions for challenges within the host organization.
What Action Learning exposures can you look forward to?
Drawing from MIT’s motto “mind and hand” (mens et manus), we believe the most impactful learning occurs when theory is actively applied, emphasizing real-world practice and application as the cornerstone of effective education.
Across these diverse experiences, students can engage with global multinational corporations, small and medium enterprises, family-run businesses, startups, as well as non-profits and public sector organizations. Expert guidance from faculty and business coaches ensures advisory and coaching aimed at maximizing leadership growth and business exposure across various industries and functions.
These opportunities will take place across Malaysia, Southeast Asia, and beyond, depending on a matching process and available opportunities at the time.
In A Class
In A Team
As An Individual
Action Learning At ASB : At A Glance
The Action Learning Pedagogy
As part of the MBA journey, ASB students navigate between classroom sessions immersed in the latest theoretical tools and frameworks taught by faculty from ASB and MIT Sloan.
Action Learning enmeshes this knowledge with practical on-site experiences in diverse industry settings across Asia.
Working collaboratively in diverse teams or individually, students receive supervision from our esteemed faculty and experienced business coaches.
The Action Learning pedagogy is an iterative process—anchored in the ASB Problem-Solving Flywheel—that strengthens students’ business and collaboration skills while enabling them to collect and analyze primary data to address real-world challenges. Through this hands-on approach, they are able to generate sound and actionable insights across the diverse and rapidly evolving Asian business landscape, including multinationals, family businesses and conglomerates, SMEs, not-for-profit organizations, and startups.
The Action Learning Pedagogy
As part of the MBA journey, ASB students navigate between classroom sessions immersed in the latest theoretical tools and frameworks taught by faculty from ASB and MIT Sloan.
Action Learning enmeshes this knowledge with practical on-site experiences in diverse industry settings across Asia.
Working collaboratively in diverse teams or individually, students receive supervision from our esteemed faculty and experienced business coaches.
The Action Learning pedagogy is an iterative process—anchored in the ASB Problem-Solving Flywheel—that strengthens students’ business and collaboration skills while enabling them to collect and analyze primary data to address real-world challenges. Through this hands-on approach, they are able to generate sound and actionable insights across the diverse and rapidly evolving Asian business landscape, including multinationals, family businesses and conglomerates, SMEs, not-for-profit organizations, and startups.
Embark on Cutting-Edge Business Challenges with Action Learning
For the past decade, ASB has collaborated with some of the world’s leading organizations, assisting them in formulating strategies, designing, developing, launching, and fostering the growth of their digitally-enabled brands and products.
Three Immersive Action Learning Experiences
Full Time MBA Students get to embark on 3 different experiences with various companies in Malaysia and South East Asia.
Multiple Experiential Learning Opportunities
Executive MBA students immerse in two Practicums (one in Malaysia and one international) to tackle the host organisation’s key challenges and engage in Leaders In Action to learn from C-level leaders throughout the region.
Students & Alumni Testimonials
Action Learning projects at ASB taught me the order of how you learn is key. My previous experience has always been to learn a particular subject in depth and then gain experience. The Action Learning model at ASB allows you to test out different areas and validate what you want to learn more of. This helped me successfully pivot in my career. I joined ASB, not knowing what I wanted to pursue. The AL experiences clarified that I wanted work in human capital.
My Action Learning experiences helped me validate that I am genuinely interested to work in Sustainability and L&D because of the genuine excitement about the area. I want to help a company with a conscience make money.
