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Picture: The winning team of the MUIC Business Competition.

The Business Administration (BBA) Division conducted the MUIC 20th Anniversary Year Business Competition 2006 on August 4 and 5 in the Seminar Room. Unlike others years, all MUIC students were eligible to participate, a concession in honor of this landmark year. Nineteen teams, consisting of four members each, participated in the competition and were required to employ their analytical and strategic skills in determining how the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) should effectively allocate an extraordinary budget of 50 million Baht and further transform the BMTA into a self-reliant organization over the next 10 years.

All of the teams battled their way into contention during the first day until there were only five teams eligible for the second and final round on August 5. After each presentation, the teams were questioned by a panel of judges consisting of executives from ExxonMobil, which co-funded the event, the Thai Farmers Bank, L’Oreal and Trinity Finance, as well as Director Chariya Brockelman, Dr. Yaowalark Sukthana and BBA lecturers.

The winning team was impressive as much by its presentational skills as by its diversity: Mr. Courtney James Patrick O’Connor (Computer Science), Ms. Khasarin Vachirayakorn (Travel Industry Management), Ms. Sailee Sarangdhar (Business Administration) and Ms. Amanda Charoenlertdajkul (Biological Science).

Candidates from the five winning teams were selected to represent MUIC at the Thammasat University Business Case Competition on August 16-19 at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok. Team members consisted of three BBA majors,
Mr. Yosaphol Wattanavekin, Ms. Jiraporn Pinyocheep and Ms. Sailee Srangdhar, and Ms. Khasarin Vachirayakorn, a TIM major. While they were pitted against formidable teams from the United States, Canada, Spain and other Asian countries and did not survive the initial rounds, the team welcomed the opportunity.