Well I was in Kiran's F8(2.6 then) classes, and she taught my audit paper during CAT time. I wouldn't say she's not a good lecturer(since some of my classmates like her style) I should say her style is very, rigid and not to my liking.. For a short moment I had also attended Mr. Goh Hong Lim's class and I would say I prefer Goh Hong Lim's style over Kiran(personal opinion). This is mainly because Mr. Goh like to relate his lectures with some practical experience during his working life, where Kiran is more like reading whatever it is written in your notes.
I've attended Ms Kiran's n Mr Goh's class before. I'm not here to judge whether they are good or not. I'm only here to give some opinions on how I felt about attending their classes. I can't really adapt to their teaching methods. I personally think both methodologies adopted are almost equivalent to each others'. I've attended Philip Woo's first class today after going through some comments and advices and instantly i could tell, he is indeed a very good lecturer (worth mentioning that Parmindar is one as well
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I like how you apply your F5 knowledge in the case above (keep up the good job, you really need it in your Professional Paper
) , but allow me to make some arguments of why it may not be suitable in the case of Sunway. We'll bring in Michael Porter's Five Forces to elaborate :
Supplier Bargaining PowerFor several years, Sunway College has dominated Malaysia as the first and only Platinum approved Tuiton provider for ACCA. With such intense advertisment and marketing, there's no doubt Sunway is seen as a Premiere of all ACCA tuiton provider. With the culture of Malaysian of going to 'the best on paper', no doubt Sunway College will be their first choice, because it's Sunway College, and not who is in the lecturing team. You can revamp the entire lecturing team in Sunway UC but the students will keep on flocking in, because it's Sunway. Such brand and reputation generated means that Sunway can raise their price or whatsoever, and students can do nothing about it. Basically, the most important point is,
Students are there because it's Sunway, not because of the lecturer .
Competition/RivalryFor years Sunway University College(SYUC) has been sort of the sole provider of ACCA in Malaysia. 5 years ago, even I was not aware of the existense of Kasturi, McOrange or whatsoever. In other words, SYUC indirectly monopolise as the ACCA Tuiton Provider in Subang and surrounding areas. Therefore, even if the students are unhappy with a lecturer, they have no where else to go. Not many people have the luxury or time to move to study between KL and Sunway. For the sake of convenience, they rather stick to what's near. This situation is different compared to KL colleges where they are nearby, and offer competitive prices, and always attempt to 'steal' lecturers from one place or another.
Customer Bargaining powerBringing the first 2 forces mentioned above, it is obvious that SYUC holds the bargaining power, so in a way, there's low customer bargaining power in SYUC, compare to KL colleges, where
competition is high and exit/entry barriers are low , student have a little more bargaining power, although overall I would still say it is in the hands of the colleges
Threat Of SubstitutesI think this part is very similiar to the Rivalry Forces mentioned earlier. Basically since SYUC Subang as the sole premium tuiton provider, students don't really have choice do they?
Barriers to EntryStudents now prefer household lecturer names (Menon, Haneef,Daniel Ho etc) and would not likely to give new lecturer a chance. It will be hard for a new lecturer to make an impact(like in this forum, any unknown lecturer suggestions is shot down immediately). This is understandable based on 2 of JSW Strategic Lenses(Strategy as Design and Experience). Therefore, it is hard for KL colleges to gain students without reputable lecturers. SYUC depends a lot on the name Sunway, hence, they can introduce new lecturers and there will be no shortfall of students. Mind you, Brand name last longer than Lecturer's life.
That's about it. I welcome any constructive comments regarding my arguments above.
This, I have to admit is so true. My parents and relatives went berserk when i enrolled myself into another college. To them, graduating from Sunway is the so important because it is a well known college. And they think sacrificing it to attend a smaller college in KL is not worth it at all even after I told them I'm only searching for the best lecturers around and the tuition fee is much cheaper and transportation problem can be solved as well. My dad even insist i return there. The only reason they keep repeating to me is that, Sunway is better! Sunway is better! I honestly think it's just the branding thing like how Kaerna puts it here. I have to admit the main reason why I was there in the first place is because of the platinum status.
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,exam under one large hall & you will see all kind of faces over there. Seen a girl crying bcos lack of time, guy sleeping bcos of boredom or confusion, got 1 student keep on asking extra booklet, one guy keep on going to the toilet,... but most shows that intimidating face that shows "I can do any question & score at every exam"..... brrr damn stressful.
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