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\u201cI really appreciated that University of New York in Prague provided a well-balanced mix of scholars and top professionals in its faculty,\u201d says Petr Zima, who has been the head of MINI at BMW Group Czech Republic<\/a> since May 2016.  \u201cWe not only got the benefit of their academic background, but also got to work on real-life business cases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A native of Prague, Petr was drawn to UNYP thanks to its international degree offered in Business Administration<\/a>. After obtaining his degree, he decided to take his career international, something he says he wouldn\u2019t have done if weren\u2019t for his studies at UNYP. \u201cThe faculty was international, bringing together people from various fields and continents,\u201d he says. \u201cThe same was true for our class as we were more than eight nationalities. This prepared us for teamwork in multicultural environments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After UNYP, he spent a semester in Canada and then moved to Sweden for a Master\u2019s in International Business. It wasn\u2019t long after his graduation when he joined the automotive industry. He spent 9 years at Toyota<\/a> in positions that ranged from product planning to marketing and sales to dealer development until being headhunted by BMW. \u201cI have to say I enjoy it\u2013both the business part as well the cars that are real fun to drive\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now he is responsible for overall strategy of MINI in the Czech market, including sales plans, brand positioning as well MINI dealers. With all the technological advancements in the automotive industry, he is looking to the future. \u201cAutonomous driving, connected services, plug-in hybrids and gesture controls, are not far future. It is happening now,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is great to be part of these changes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how high he climbs the career ladder, he still thinks of his time as an undergraduate. \u201cUNYP was great for my future career and studies, and it was a lot of fun as well,\u201d he says. \u201cI met lifetime friends, and now all of them work in top positions in various companies and countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11756,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-11755","success-story","type-success-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business-administration"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/mlgfjgj9j0su.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/petr-zima.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/author\/kucera-centario\/","display_name":"kucera.centario"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 9 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 31, 2017","modified":"Updated on August 16, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 31, 2017 7:55 PM","modified":"Updated on August 16, 2023 9:19 AM"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"post_tag":{"linked":["Business Administration<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Business Administration<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tagy"},"translation_priority":{"linked":["Optional<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Optional<\/span>"],"slug":"translation_priority","name":"Translation Priorities"}},"series_order":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","author","featured_img","coauthors","author_meta","relative_dates","absolute_dates","absolute_dates_time","featured_img_caption","tax_additional","series_order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/11755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/success-story"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/11755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33792,"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success-story\/11755\/revisions\/33792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unyp.cz\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}