This year, SBM ITB has its representatives from International Business 2022, Farrel, Azka, and Tiara for the business case competition with the theme “Meets Economically and Technically Case Problems in Industry”. Going against the chemical students in the chemical engineering competition, they successfully received the honour as a finalist. How did they do it? To know more about their motivation, tips and tricks, and also pleasant experience stories, check it out on SBM ITB Talks episode 47.
The Indonesia Chemical Engineering Challenge (IChEC) is an annual chemical engineering competition in Southeast Asia held by the ITB Chemical Engineering Student Association (HIMATEK-ITB) in collaboration with the ITB Chemical Engineering Study Program. This year, IChEC was held from August 2020 to April 2021 with various events and competitions, which is: webinar, gala dinner, grand seminar, problem-solving, essay, plant design, and business case.
Farrel, Azka, and Tiara share their tips and below are the summarize:
Be an opportunist
Learning from their own past experience of joining business case competitions, Farrel, Azka, and Tiara determined to keep trying to aim for winning. Looking for a business case competition, they enrolled on what they saw were open. They stated, it was a hard journey to learn everything from zero, but it is a worthwhile experience as they learn more than what they have learnt in International Business.
Time management
With a packed schedule of theirs, Farrel, Azka, and Tiara stated that it is very important to make a fixed schedule for weekly meetings. It is also important to always arrange objectives prior to every meeting. “This will help to manage your time effectively because we also know that either me, Farrel, or Azka have our own bustle other than this competition.”
Rearrange your focus
Experiencing losing a couple of times doesn’t stop Azka, Farrel, and Tiara to rejoin competitions, even on something they don’t understand before. Nevertheless, it is actually their focus that kept them going. “Apart from winning, you can see that the process can be worth more than a trophy”, stated Farrel, closing the talks.
