Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) has been recognised again this year in the latest Financial Times Executive Education Rankings, being ranked in both the Open Enrolment and Custom Programs world rankings.The school’s Open programs have been ranked 58th worldwide, and its Custom programs – 53rd worldwide, gaining six places. On average, GGSB is ranked 50th best executive education provider in the world, together with the likes of Harvard Business School, HEC Paris, Stanford Graduate School of Business and MIT: Sloan.

The Financial Times executive education rankings are based on surveys of institutions and their executive clients who were asked to rate the training providers.

Companies which have been trained by Grenoble this past year include: The Phone House, Safran, SNCF, Schneider Electric etc.

Gael Fouillard, Director of Development & Executive Education, GGSB, said: “The FT Executive Education rankings have become a reference for local and international companies when they seek potential partners to develop executive education programs. Our presence in the Top 50 Executive Education providers worldwide gives them a clear mark of quality and excellence. The major satisfaction lies in the continuity of GGSB’s performance in this ranking for 4 years now.”

In May 2013 the MBA Full-Time Intake will be welcomed by Newcastle University (UK) Human Resources Department for a study-trip.

Newcastle is a major center of UK industry on the north-east coast of the country and the university is highly rated especially in the field of HR. The theme is comparative Human Resources Management in Europe and the week in the UK will include visits to local British companies, small and large, for insights into their HR practices. Travel and accommodation is included for this week, which now forms an integral part of the program.

All candidates for the September 2012 intake should check visa conditions regarding their access to the UK for a short visit.

The Management of Emerging Technologies for Economic Impact (ManETEI) summer school will take place at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) – LINC (Learning & Innovation in Networks & Communities) Lab, France, on June 4th-6th 2012.
It examines a fundamental issue: "How do we organize and manage emerging technologies for innovation and value creation, including jobs".
ManETEI is a large €5M initial training network funded by the EU from 2010 to 2014.

The ManETEI summer school on technology dynamics and knowledge based innovation brings together a network of academics, managers, policy makers and early stage researchers to deliver fresh perspectives and debate future challenges for successfully bridging the gap between grand technological challenges and socioeconomic impact of emerging technologies.

Leading European Business Schools, research institutes and diverse groups of industrial partners from different sectors, technologies and countries gather during this research-led training program to create a rigorous collaborative research agenda centered on the multifaceted phenomenon of managing emerging technologies for maximum economic and societal impact.

Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Professor of Technology Management and founding Director of the LINC Lab at Grenoble Ecole de Management, said:
“It is essential to understand and manage the economic impact of emerging technology, as the total investment by EU member states and industry in Bio-, Nano-, Info- and Cognitive (NBIC) emerging science and technology is the largest ever seen. Europe is losing competitive ground and participants from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds share their common commitment for future research and training collaboration to ensure that Europe becomes a leading knowledge economy today. The ManETEI training programme is a great opportunity for both early-career and experienced researchers looking to develop new skills in business and management; reflect on their research advances; and learn from experts from both sides of the Atlantic.”

The programme includes keynote lectures, small group discussions and debates focusing on “Managing & Organizing Innovation” in three major areas:

1. Multi-level Networks and the Triple Helix;
2. Value Chains and Complex Systems and
3. Regions and Clusters.

Participants and guests include experts from Leeds and London Universities (UK), the Fraunhofer Institute ISI (Germany), Amsterdam and Erasmus Universities (Netherlands), Gothenburg and Chalmers Universities (Sweden), IE Business School (Spain), University of California (USA), STMicroelectronics, Bayer and GSK. Guests will also have the opportunity of participating in an Oxford Style Debate on the role of emerging innovation ecosystems and the French model (“competitiveness clusters”) vs. other models in the EU and USA.

The basic question participants will debate on is
“Can European clusters collaborate, compete and survive without any links to the Silicone Valley?”

LINC Lab is the principal investigator in the Manetei project within GEM; and a research center of excellence in managing technological innovation organized in networks and communities locally and worldwide. It is home to half a dozen full-time faculty and early stage researchers; and hosts a dozen visiting research professors from Europe, the USA, Japan and China. The core and visiting faculty supervises more than 50 ongoing doctoral theses in topics related to management of technology and economics of innovation.

GEM – An expertise in Management of Technology and Innovation, founder of the innovation campus GIANT
Managing innovations and examining their economic value is at the heart of GEM’s expertise and activities. Thanks to this expertise, GEM is one of the founding members of the innovation campus GIANT - Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies. GIANT is based on a collaborative strategy which brings together higher education, research and industry, to achieve innovation in products, procedures and system – a relevant framework with regards to what will be examined throughout the ManETEI summer school.

 

ManETEI Summer School – guest speakers and participants

Keynote Speakers

• Elias Carayannis, George Washington University (USA)
  
• Rob Cross, University of Virginia (USA)
  
• Barbara Czarniawska, Gothenburg University (Sweden)
  
• Martin Kenney, University of California (USA)
  
• Loic Lietar, Minalogic / STMicroelectronics (France)

• Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  
• Mats Lundqvist, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
  
• Mark Phillips, GlaxoSmithKline (UK)
  
• Helen Lawton Smith, University of London (UK)

Faculty

• Petra Arwheiler, University College Dublin (IRL)
  
• Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Grenoble Ecole de Management (France)
  
• Vicky Bamiatzi, University of Leeds (UK)
  
• Joze Damijan, University of Ljublijana (Slovenia)
  
• Thierry Grange, Grenoble Ecole de Management (France)
  
• Ilan Oshri, Loughborough University (UK)
  
• Krsto Pandza, University of Leeds (UK)
  

• Risto Rajala, Aalto University (Finland)
  
• Thomas Reiss, Fraunhofer Institute ISI (Germany)
  
• Matti Rossi, Aalto University (Finland)
  
• Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School (Spain)
  
• Jatindher Sidhu, Erasmus University (Netherlands)
  
• Richard Thorpe, University of Leeds (UK)
  
• Terry Wilkins, University of Leeds (UK)

Industrial Partners

• Jana Bezjak, Gorenje (Slovenia)
  
• Laura Bond, IP Group (UK)
  
• Patrick Cogez, STMicroelectronics (France)
  
• Raymond Creemers, Lux Research (Netherlands)
  
• Martin Curley, Intel (IRL)
  

• Holger Fischer, Bayer (Germany)
  
• Lutz Groh, Bayer (Germany)
  
• Finian Rogers, Intel (IRL)
  
• Gareth WakeDield, Oxford Surfaces (UK)

 

Contact:

Mary Zaccai

 

Thanks to this new certification, students at Grenoble Ecole de Management can sit the French financial regulator’s (AMF) certification exam which gives professionals the right to make investment orders on financial markets.

The importance in regulation of financial markets has soared in recent years. In order to regulate the access to financial markets, any person must hold, since 1st July 2010, an AMF professional certification. It is mandatory for investment service providers such as investment and retail banks, asset management companies, brokerage companies or any Investment Services Provider, which have to ensure that their employees have the necessary qualifications, expertise and accurate level of knowledge to carry out their function.

Since early 2012, Grenoble Ecole de Management is one of the first business schools in France to receive the right to offer its students the possibility to sit the certified AMF exam (313-7-3 article), which is primarily focused on the regulatory, ethical and technical aspects of the Investment Services Provider activity.

Skills and knowledge tested include: Regulatory and institutional frameworks in France, Europe and at the international level; Professional ethics, regulatory compliance and corporate governance ; Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing regulations ; Market abuse regulations ; Bank and financial marketing, distance selling and customer advice ; Customer relations and information ; Financial instruments and risks ; Fund management and third-party asset management ; Market organisation and processes ; Fundamentals of accounting and finance…

Grenoble Ecole de Management thus offers the possibility< for those aspiring to embark on an investment service provider career to pass the necessary exam even before graduating: A time-saver and a significant advantage on their CVs.

 

About AMF

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), established by the Financial Security in August 2003, was formed from the merger of the Commission des Opérations de bourse (COB), the Conseil des Marchés Financiers (CMF) and the Conseil de Discipline de la Gestion Financière (CDGF).
Its aim is to improve the efficiency of France’s financial regulatory system.

ESSEC and Grenoble Ecole de Management students get a prime place alongside finalists of the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, USA.

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) provides aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, and 50,000 USA in prizes to transform their ideas into businesses that are financially sustainable with a strong environmental and social impact. GSVC’s mission is to catalyze new sustainable ventures that address significant social issues, build awareness of the social entrepreneurship field and educate future leaders.

Established by MBA students at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1999, the GSVC has evolved into a global network supported by an international community of volunteer judges, mentors and student organizers and a partnership of top business schools in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. ESSEC is the network support for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East. For the first time, Grenoble Ecole de Management is a relay in this competition.

 

Francophone final

Thanks to a partnership with ESSEC, GSVC was relayed by Grenoble Ecole de Management to all the business schools, universities and incubators in the Rhône-Alpes region - the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris, with the sixth-largest economy of any European region. Fifteen potential projects were identified, and Station Energy won the francophone final on the 8th March 2012. Two students from Grenoble Ecole de Management’s Specialised Master in Entrepreneurship, mentored the winning project - Station Energy - from the start of the competition.

 

 

Station Energy?

Station Energy is a ‘social business’ founded by Alexandre Castel , a 26-year-old entrepreneur. The business develops innovative solutions to gain access to energy in rural regions in developing countries, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, with the aim of improving energy autonomy in isolated sites. In order to raise money for its first project of solar electrification in Morocco, Station Energy launched a fundraising on a crowdfunding platform, in partnership with the Terre et Humanisme Maroc association.

 

 

Final in Berkeley…

By winning the francophone final alongside the Faso Prot project, Station Energy has the opportunity of presenting its project in the GSVC world final, organised by the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley on the 19th – 20th April 2012. ESSEC and Grenoble Ecole de Management representatives (from the GEM Entrepreneurship Institute) will travel alongside the finalists.

 

Winners can take home between 5 and 25000 USD and most importantly a support from experts of social green businesses; and the guarantee of meeting potential investors.

Kunal, 27 years old, an International MBA student at one of India's best business schools - the International Management Institute (IMI) - in New Delhi, is currently on a three-week International Residency Program at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) with 14 of his classmates. Below he shares his experience

 

Why did you opt to come to France for this program?

GEM’s International Residency Program is part of the core curriculum at the International Management Institute (IMI), thanks to a partnership our School has with GEM. This course in Grenoble represents the final phase of our international MBA. This is my first time in France and it has been a great experience. This is really a perfect opportunity to understand France, its business context and culture.

 

What are the benefits of coming to study at Grenoble Ecole de Management?

There are a lot of benefits. GEM is one of the top business schools in France and Europe. This experience is a real added value to my career, a truly fascinating exposure to how business is conducted in a European context with quality teaching and faculty members. The course and logistics are very well structured, with many opportunities to gel with French culture and get a holistic view on things, it is also a genuine cultural immersion: French cooking class, wine tasting, city tours… Also the company visits to SOITEC, REXOR, SEB, RENAULT TRUCKS were very informative.

 

How do you think the training you are receiving in Grenoble will help you in your career?

Many European businesses are setting up offices in India, and there is therefore a prominent need to stay in touch with European partners and conducting business with Europe. The training helps in doing business with Europe and getting the cross-cultural aspect of matters, offering us all the necessary tools to succeed in handling such projects. I am just about to start working at Bloomberg L.P. in Mumbai and I really feel the training I am receiving in Grenoble will help me gel with counterparts in different areas in the world. I will definitely be less awkward when dealing with non-Indian partners from now on, having received quality cross-cultural training.

 

On what aspects do you think GEM stands out?

The most absolute strength is that GEM, whilst it is bustling with activity, never seems overcrowded, it is a well-coordinated and dedicated institution. Students here seem to have a well-balanced student life with a mix of academia and leisure. Another unique quality is the School’s collaboration with GIANT, the innovation campus of which GEM is a founding member. GIANT is offering vast opportunities to GEM students, giving them the opportunity of get involved in pragmatic R&D, a great sense of future innovations and how management of technology plays a fundamental role in business. We had an eye-opening presentation of GIANT, it is a great project. Finally, there are so many different nationalities here at the School. I have met people from all over the world in just a few days. This is also very enriching. It is not just an international experience, it is a global one!

 

Please tell me about the most interesting anecdote since your arrival in Grenoble?

I think what struck me the most is the kindness of everyone we meet at the School but also in shops, the street etc… France can have at times an individualistic image from abroad, but it is actually the opposite. People we have met are very friendly, everyone is so well dressed and puts an effort in looking good. I will remember the warmth and smiley faces of people here.

 

What aspirations do you have for your career?

I will be starting a new job at Bloomberg P.L. in May 2012, after I complete my international MBA. I do hope to have my own enterprise a few years down the line.

 

Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) extends its MBA offer by launching two new programs :

an Online MBA (blended learning) and an International Executive MBA.

Online MBA (blended-learning)

With a September 2012 start, the program takes place over a 24-month period, followed by 12 months for the project phase.

 

The online blended program includes 5 weeks of face-to-face study in Grenoble, during which students will follow classes with the on-campus full-time MBAs. This residential phase includes the introduction, a chosen specialization, and the final modules.

The Online modules, supported by a tutor, are delivered using multimedia software with interaction based on stimulating materials in a variety of supports, including text, image and sound.

Core modules include:

• Sustainability & Management
• International Management
• Technology Management
• Tools for Decision-Making
• Strategic Management
• etc.

Students must choose to follow one of these specializations in Grenoble: Finance; Management Consulting; Global Management; Innovation Management; Marketing; Business Intelligence, Entrepreneurship; Project Management (to be followed on the London Campus); and Biotechnology. 

The project is applied and practical in nature, often aimed at addressing a corporate need. MBA students are encouraged to focus on a subject of relevance to their future career plans. 
Admission requirements: 3 years of professional experience, a first degree and the required level of proficiency in English.

 

International Executive MBA

Based in Grenoble and opening in June 2012, the EMBA is a part-time program, of 8 intensive weeks per year, delivered over a 25-month period in total.
The program brings together 4 distinct phases: 

1. Management Essentials & Cases, including: Intercultural Management, International Marketing, Financial Accounting, Auditing, Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, Geopolitics, Integrative case


2. Management Expertise Development: This phase focuses on senior management skills such as Negotiations, Conflict Management, Risk Management, Corporate Governance and the Management of Sustainable Development. 


3. A specialization track: The recommended specialization choices include the Leadership, Organizational Challenges and Strategic Innovation Modules. 


4. A project Phase

Admission requirements:

Five or more years of significant full-time work experience, Bachelor-level, undergraduate degree
A full-time MBA is also delivered in Grenoble and London.
A Part-time MBA is delivered on off-site campuses in Moscow, and Georgia Tbilisi.

Please view all MBA formats and locations page for more information.

All MBA programs are taught 100% in English.

Altigliss, the winter sports student club at Grenoble Ecole de Management is organising the most important student ski event in Europe in Val d’Isère on 24th – 31st March 2012, in association with le Club des Sports de Val d’Isère and Grenoble Ecole de Management, 6th best Business School in France, 30th best in Europe. One ambition: becoming the student ski world cup.

International competition

1000 participants, 60 teams and 25 different nationalities are expected to take part in the competition. 15% of participants will be coming from foreign universities such as Tralee University (Ireland) and Innsbruck University (Austria). This is the 13th Edition of the GEM Altigliss Challenge.

 

Competition – Four challenges

The GEM Altiglisse Challenge/ Student Ski World Cup embraces four major competitions taking place over a week-long period:

• Challenge Ski – the chief top-level international competition. Teams of five students compete during five challenges: Boardercross, Slalom, Big Air, Special Slalom and Parallel Slalom in teams.


• Challenge Montagne - A new competition aimed at more amateurish skiers with games, orienteering races, and treasure hunts.


• Challenge Village: A challenge for the best in various games and fancy dress.


• GEM Altiglisse Handisport Challenge: A day during which participants can test handisport equipement such as dualski (ski seat) etc., race using the equipment and be trained by a handisport champion.

 

4 patrons of honour

• Edgar Grospiron, former Olympic champion and triple freestyle World Ski Champion will patron the Challenge Montagne competition and the overall GEM Altigliss Challenge.


• Anémone Marmottan, after finishing 11th in the giant slalom during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, she became French gold champion in the giant slalom, and world champion by team in February 2011. Anémone is patron of the Challenge Ski competition.


• Anne Floriet, Paralympic champion during the 2006 Turin Games, Anne will be patron of honour of the GEM Altiglisse Handisport Challenge which will take place on the 28th March. GEM Altiglisse Challenge is expected to open the competition to the disabled by 2014.


• Kely Starlight, resident artist and performer, owner of La Folie Douce Restaurant and Nightclub in Val d’Isère, Kely Starlight is the patron of the new Challenge Village competition.

 

Women honoured in the freestyle competition

A professional freestyle ski and snowboard contest open to both men and women freestylers will take place on the 27th March. This is a rare opportunity during which female riders such as Coline Ballet-Baz and Julie Bénard, can freestyle in a mixed-gender competition, usually renowned as all-male activity.

Ticket To Ride Accreditation
This freestyle competition has been awarded two stars by the Ticket to Ride (TTR) international association. Founded in 2002, the TTR brings together independent freestyle snowboard events under one umbrella and provides a world ranking system for riders competing in TTR events. The start level of an event is determined by many different factors such as the significance of the event on a global scale, overall quality of the event, level of competition etc…
For further information

For more information about challenges

The students of GGSB MSc Management Consulting in partnership with PMI France-Sud-Chapter, and the American Chamber of Commerce, Rhône-Alpes, are happy to bring you the Second GGSB Annual Mobility Conference, thursday, 23 February, 2012 from 17:45 to 20:45.

 

The topic this year is Optimising the Supply Chain through Mobile Technology.

Industry experts will reveal ways in which forward-thinking organisations have vastly improved their supply chains through mobile technology.

Learn how the right mobile solution can increase visibility all the way down the supply chain and decrease delivery time and costs.

Discover the schedule and register to the event

MBA student Roberto Garcia says that Europe's legacy carriers need to reduce costs and improve service.
Roberto was with the leading group of airlines in Latin America before he left to study at GGSB’s London Campus.
 Read the full story on Business Because.

Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) is launching a new MSc in Fashion, Design and Luxury Management starting from September 2012. Students can opt to be based in either of GGSB’s Grenoble or London Campuses, and will have the opportunity of studying in both locations.
GGSB has chosen to work with SFD London (School of Fashion and Design, London) for this program, which will also integrate a study trip to Italy. 

From the principles of luxury brands to sectorial analysis, technology and innovation, creative fundamentals of fashion and design as well as sustainable design, students will acquire a specific know how of the unique factors involved in building and maintaining a luxury brand in this highly competitive and global environment.

Students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the global fashion and luxury industry today and the challenges ahead, with a course which will cover:

• Branding and Brand Equity Management
• Global Leadership and People Management
• Intercultural Management and International Negotiations
• Principles of Luxury and Managing Luxury Brands
• Public Relations and Events Management
• The Legal Context of the Design and Fashion Industry
• Industrial Design
• Sustainable Luxury and Design
• Distribution Channels and Digital Marketing in the Fashion Industry…

Judith Bouvard, Dean of GGSB, said:
“The Fashion industry is one of the most important sectors in terms of investment, revenue, trade and employment. The Luxury sector is also currently one of the biggest growth industries with a projected 8% growth for this year (Bain) and does not appear to be suffering from the current financial crisis.

These sectors do require specific management expertise with more and more luxury companies seeking to recruit experts able to manage and grow their brands in fashion and design.

This Master’s program provides a unique opportunity to acquire this expertise and to build a career in this fast growing and exciting sector.”

The program

It is composed of coursework over 12 months followed by a project. Each student will undertake an internship of a minimum of three months at the end of the taught part of the program. A research techniques module will prepare students for the project phase, which consists of the writing of an individual dissertation under the supervision of a tutor.

This program is open to student with a Bachelor’s degree. No work experience is required.

MSc in Management Consulting students at Grenoble Graduate School of Business have embarked on a project aimed at increasing the volunteer base by 20% at Vinci Codex, a not-for-profit intervention service for the homeless.Founded over 20 years ago by Stéphane Gemmani, a Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) graduate, Vinci Codex was the first ‘Samu Social*’ established in France, providing, mostly via mobile units, care and medical aid to the homeless (distribution of food, hot drinks, blankets, etc).

The two-stage project begins with field-work during which students learn about the work of the volunteers and actually go on a round with Vinci Codex volunteers in the mobile units at night to find the homeless and help them locate shelter or other resources.   The second stage consists of consulting work to attract the target percentage of additional volunteers and ensure that volunteers come back or transfer responsibility to future volunteers.   Through a mixed media campaign, the students will target both volunteers as well as getting local firms involved, with the interest of demonstrating how corporate volunteering and donations to the association fit in squarely with most companies’ CSR initiatives.   To conduct the project, the MSc in Management Consulting class has been divided into several teams:   Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team
Gives companies a way to get involved in their communities and develop their social awareness.  The CSR team is working with many local businesses to develop more interest and encourage these companies to make Vinci Codex part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.   Marketing team
Works to develop plans for non-profit organisations which have limited resources.  The marketing plan involves partnerships, social media, concepts related to mass-market exposure, fund raising, events planning etc.   Research team
Develops concepts related to best-practices, volunteer roles, and website development.    Survey team
Works to develop a clear concept of demographics and where Vinci Codex can target its marketing efforts in the future for maximum impact.      Brian Bourquard, MSc in Management Consulting student and Vinci Codex Project Manager, said: “We are working to apply traditional business-consulting skills to a social organization.  It is a unique subset of consulting to work with non-profit organisations.  Their needs are different and their goals are, obviously, not money, but in this case, volunteers and community interest.  Therefore, this project is not about developing profit streams, but is instead about engaging Grenoble for the benefit of the community.”   Michelle Mielly, MSc in Management Consulting program director states: “Our students are using their business skills in innovative, creative, and socially just ways. It’s a real life example of putting into place a ‘social bottom line’ whether for the homeless or for the community of volunteers. This is both a great experience for the students and tangible help and consultancy for Vinci Codex as students are developing a plan which the organisation can draw upon on the long run to make it more sustainable.”   Jaclyn Rosebrook-Collignon, Project Manager at the Quality & Institutional Development Center, GEM, said: “The Vinci Codex project is an innovative example of how GEM’s alumni and current students are thinking differently about their role and responsibility as global managers and citizens. It’s imperative that they continue to go beyond the classroom, and the boardroom, to make meaningful and sustainable contributions to the local and global community.”   *SAMU Social: a national association in France that provides care for the homeless and those in distress. It also maintains the emergency help line in France.     Press Contact: Mary Zaccai

Fall 2011

• Mohammad Baydoun (DBA in Lebanon) published an article entitled “Risk mitigation for preconstruction phases of large scale development projects in developing countries” in PM World Today.
  
  
• Frances Turner (DBA in the USA) presented her work with Aurélie Merle and Pauline Fatien Diochon “How to Assess and Increase the Value of a Co-Design Experience: A Synthesis of the Extant Literature” at the 2011 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation: Bridging Mass Customization and Open Innovation.
  
  
• Fernando Lagrana (DBA in Switzerland) published an article in the newspaper Les Echos, “Les sept péchés capitaux du courrier électronique” on 29th November 2011.
  
  
• Fouad Moussa(DBA in the USA) published with colleague A. Waheed an article entitled “Impact of Hurricanes on Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Future Prices Return” in International Journal of Business and Economics Perspectives (Fall 2011, Volume 6, Number 2, p 17-28).

Fernando LAGRANA
(DBA GEM in Switzerland, Webster)

08/12/2011 at 2.00pm in room F901

When e-mail crosses role boundaries – exposure to spam and protection strategies

Yawei David WANG
(DBA GEM in China, Tongji)

12/12/2011 at 9.00am in room F901

The Influence of Personal Relationship (Guanxi) and Inter-organizational Relationships on Marketing Channel Cooperation and Conflict: An Empirical Research

Esther SLEILATI
(DBA GEM in Lebanon, LCU)

21/12/2011 at 2.00pm in room F901

The Effects of the ISO 9000 Certification of Firms in Lebanon upon the Satisfaction of their Customers in the Business-to-Business Lebanese Market: The Case of the Packing Industry

Mohammad BAYDOUN
(DBA GEM in Lebanon, LCU)

06/01/2012 2.00pm in room F901

Risk Management during Preconstruction Phases of Large Scale Development Projects in Developing Countries:  Cases from MDI’s Projects

Mazen KHATTAB
(DBA GEM in Lebanon, LCU)

09/01/2012 9.30am in room F901

Exploring Knowledge Creation in Management Consulting Practices for Corporate Strategy

Patrice-Anne NUQ
(Joint DBA in Newcastle)

10/01/2012 2.00pm in room F305

Towards a Better Understanding of the Intention to Use eHealth Services by Medical Professionals: the Case of Developing Countries

Rola CHAMI
(DBA GEM in Lebanon, LCU)

 

23/01/2012 2.00pm in room F909

Talent Management: A Key Driver for Employees’ Commitment Contribution and Intention to Stay

Ben Pawson used his MBA to make a drastic career change, from technology strategist and project management into the charitable arts education industry.
 Read the full story on Business Because.

As part of the new Euro-African Campus for Management, jointly established by Grenoble Ecole de Management and ESCA Ecole de Management Casablanca, a workshop will take place at Grenoble Ecole de Management on 5- 7 October 2011, to examine best management teaching practices suited for Schools on the African continent, currently evolving in an increasingly globalised context.
 

Workshop attendees include participants from various African schools:
 

• Ecole des hautes Etudes commerciales, HEC Alger (Algeria) ;
• Ecole nationale d'économie appliquée et de management, ENEAM, Cotonou (Benin) ;
• Université africaine de technologie et management, UATM, Cotonou (Benin) ;
• Ecole Supérieure de commerce, ESC, Yaoundé (Cameroon) ;
• Ecole Supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, ESSEC, Douala (Cameroon) ;
• l'Institut Supérieur de la Communication, des Affaires et du Management , ISCAM (Madagascar) ;
• Institut des hautes études de Management, IHEM, BAMAKO (Mali) ;

 

• ESCA Ecole de Management (Morocco), Institut Supérieur de Management ;
• ISM Dakar (Senegal), Institut Africain de Management ;
• IAM (Senegal/Burkina Faso) ;
• ESGIS (Togo) ;
• IAEC - Institut Africain d'Administration et d'Etudes Commerciales (Togo) ;
• Institut des Hautes études commerciales, Sousse (Tunisia).

The Euro-African Campus was set up to train future high-potentials in Africa, with the vocation of also becoming a training place for African and European pedagogical researchers, in order to introduce best teaching and research practices in Africa's emerging countries.

The ultimate goal of the Euro-African Campus is to become a center for excellence in training future African high-potentials to work on the global scene.

This first workshop is jointly organised with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) - a Francophone universities alliance.

Workshop

The objectives of the workshop are:
 

1. Share best teaching practices currently introduced in international business schools: evolution of management teaching methods, quality insurance, services to students, the business schools/enterprises relationship, research etc.
    
2. Identify the specificities of Management in Africa and the adaptation required when devising degree programs to be introduced in African business schools such as Masters or executive education training for managers: the need for training, adapting pedagogical methods etc.
   
3. Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the partner schools represented at the workshop to further strengthen the Euro-African Campus network.

The Euro-African Campus - Africa's talents

Galvanised by Moroccan economic dynamism, African businesses are striving for a structured economic and societal development. For this reason, businesses are looking for managers that are responsible, aware of sustainable management, and not only capable of understanding the characteristics of African businesses but also the issues regarding globalisation.

"Africa has taken centre stage for years and the financial crisis has made it into a market which appeals to all industrial countries, without exception. African businesses are flourishing, whether they are multinational or local with regional ambitions.
We are well aware that the battle for expansion will be won by using talent. The prime objective of the Euro-African Campus is: Identifying, revealing, accompanying, and developing talents in Africa so that they can become powerful developing contributors to African businesses on the international scene" said Thami GHORFI, director of ESCA Ecole de Management in Casablanca.

"We have launched this ambitious initiative to unearth African talent and help African businesses recruit responsible managers with a transversal vision of management", said Jean-François Fiorina, director of ESC Grenoble, one of the four schools of Grenoble Ecole de Management.

We are happy to inform you about new publications by our DBA students:

• Seven DBA students from Grenoble Ecole de Management published their research in the Special Issue of Business Leadership Review. The Special Issue on DBA Research is dedicated to selected articles which have been presented to the 3rd Annual DBA Research Symposium held in Grenoble on February 2nd & 3rd 2011 with the Association of MBAs and Grenoble Ecole de Management.
• Mohammad Baydoun (DBA in Lebanon) published his first academic article entitled “Risk Management of Large-Scale Development Projects in Developing Countries: Cases from MDI’s Projects” in the International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development (2011).
• Zeina Al Hakim (DBA in Lebanon) published her first paper with Dr Yusuf M. Sidani in the International Journal of Human Resource Management  about “Work–Family Conflicts and Job Attitudes
  of Single Women: A Developing Country Perspective” (2011).
• On October 13th, 2011, Gloria Haddad (DBA in Lebanon) will present her article with Dr Séverine Le Loarne entitled “The Impact of Social Factors on Opportunity Identification: Proposition of an Integrative Model” submitted to the 7ème congrès de l’Académie de L’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation (Paris).

The 3rd intake of the PhD program was launched on September 20th,  2011.
The new cohort includes 7 students from China, Palestine, Romania and France who have been selected on the basis of their excellent academic results.

This year, the acceptance rate was highly selective at 16% and the 4 specializations have been filled (Marketing, Strategy and Management of Innovation, Organizational Theory and Human Resources Management, Finance).

The first two years of the program will consist of a thorough training in the latest methods used in business administration research and advanced seminars in the chosen concentration. In addition to this, the students will be immediately involved in joint projects with faculty members of the school as a practical training in research.

David Axelrad landed his dream job with STMicroelectronics in Santa Clara with the help of a part-time MBA from Grenoble Graduate School of Business.
 

David has a background in telecommunications and microelectronics. He has an MS from elite engineering school ENSIMAG and a Phd from Leti. The 31-year-old Frenchman decided that after six years of experience in industry he should do an MBA, so he joined the part-time MBA at Grenoble Graduate School of Business.

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Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB), in association with the Grenoble Institute of Technology, has signed a partnership with the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) to assist in enhancing the skills of Nigerian university lecturers in the field of oil and gas.The PTDF is a governmental agency dedicated to petroleum technology and manpower with the responsibility of developing the skills of Nigerians through research and training in order for them to effectively operate and manage Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

GGSB has been appointed to offer training to forty Nigerian University lecturers starting from September 2011 as part of the PTDF’s University Lecturers Skills Enhancement Programme.

The University Lecturers Skills Enhancement Programme lasts six months including three months of overseas training in Grenoble.
The program aimed at improving best teaching and research practices in the areas oil and gas will include training in: GGSB’s pedagogical innovations techniques, shadowing, supervision methods, assessment and marking procedures, emotional intelligence, research methodology, presentation skills, leadership, strategic thinking, planning, change management, building successful industrial partnerships etc. Team-building training is also on the program, teaching faculty to work more effectively together.

Gael Fouillard, Director of Development & Executive Education, GGSB, said: “There is no shortage of qualified faculty in technical fields in Nigerian Universities, however no Nigerian University is ranked in the top four hundred universities in the Times Higher Education University World Ranking. This ranking is based on teaching techniques, research and how research findings are exploited. This training program is designed to help Nigerian Universities improve their practice and reach international standards in these areas.”