UNAIR NEWS – Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) collaborated with Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE UNAIR) held a Student Representative (SR ) School entitled “Managing People: Teamwork and Communication” on Friday, May 12, 2023.
The Student Representative (SR) School Program is a program launched by IISMA to provide insight and knowledge for the awardees as a provision before they go abroad. The Student Representative (SR) school is the first time after two generations of IISMA.
“With this SR school, we have great hopes of being able to see IISMA awardees being leaders on campuses abroad,” said Rahmat Sriwijaya, Chief Director of IISMA 2023.
At the SR School this time, he invited Ari Sufiati, an alumna of Communication Studies of Universitas Airlangga. She has had global leadership experience for 15 years until now as a Senior Product Manager at Apple Inc.
The importance of managing people
Ari Sufianti said that the place where she works now really values people and how humans engage each other and establish good relationships with vendors, clients, and other contractors. It is currently needed by large companies such as Apple Inc.
“When someone has a personal problem, a manager at Apple always asks if they are okay. Because the joy of employees in the work environment is the capital to produce good and brilliant products and ideas,” said Ari Sufianti.
Ari added that apart from paying attention to its employees, the Apple company also looks for quality in its employees. Many applicants fail in Apple’s recruitment selection because they cannot maximize and demonstrate the significant impact they have achieved.
The IISMA awardees are expected to have a big impact before or after studying abroad, from what they gain before and after their studies.
Skills required in good managing people
Managing people is not only about managing humans but also how to lead and manage a team. “It’s different with the boss because, in managing people, they must know how to treat people so they have the same mindset and vision as us,” said Ari.
Communication skills are one of the keys to managing people. Good communication skills must be supported by collaboration and teamwork to produce innovation. They are the principle of big companies like Google, Apple. Inc., and Facebook.
Communication and teamwork must be encouraged anywhere. Students need them when studying abroad. “When you are abroad, you will learn how to speak English and work with the locals. With it, we hope that when you return to Indonesia, you can apply it and make a big impact, “concluded Ari.
Author: Satrio Dwi Naryo
Editor: Khefti al Mawalia
