2013
2 JunReal-life Industry Learning at Hilti (Malaysia)
During a recent industrial visit, 五一吃瓜官网 University IT students were introduced to Hilti (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd - namely, its organisational structure, core values, products (construction tools) and career opportunities, among others.
It was a great learning experience for the students, as they were exposed to a real-life work environment surrounded by the latest IT technology. This way, "theories" materialised into "actual practices"!
Hilti personnel took the students on a guided tour, where they learned about the roles and operations of several departments in the company such as IT operations, IT infrastructure, customer service support, IT R&D and mobile technology.
Throughout the tour, students were able to gain deeper understanding of the deployment of SAP solutions in a business environment and the key operations that were needed to run a MSC status company like Hilti.
The students were also ecstatic when the IT Asia head and Hilti (Malaysia) managing director Dr. Christoph Baeck announced that he was happy to have passionate students from the University join Hilti's team in the future.
In line with the University's Praxis approach, the visit exposed the students to real-life industry practices as well as the various IT technologies and solutions in the market.
"Apart from sending our IT students for co-op placements in the industry every year, our students are also encouraged to participate in such trips which expose them to actual industrial practices," said head of the School of IT Ms Chloe Thong.
"According to the School, 'we have adopted the Praxis model by bringing the industry to the classroom and by bringing students out of the classroom for industrial exposure!"
Second year student Adam Pahlevi - currently reading the BSc (Hons) Computing at the University - also heaped effusive praise on the trip.
"We certainly learned a lot. Industrial visits such as this are so beneficial because they enable undergraduates like me to be exposed to a real-life industry environment," he said.
"We can learn many things from such trips and I believe that it's really priceless. Who else should best answer the question "What does a CIO do on a daily basis?" but the CIO himself? Indeed - industrial visits are fun! And yet we get to learn things that transcend the classroom. I hope similar trips to IT corporations will be organised more often and soon. Many thanks to the School of IT!"
