march, 2020
Event Details
The EFMD - HUMANE Winter School for senior managers is a highly intensive professional development programme for fast-rising managers of professional services with real leadership potential. It offers hands-on experience
Event Details
The EFMD – HUMANE Winter School for senior managers is a highly intensive professional development programme for fast-rising managers of professional services with real leadership potential. It offers hands-on experience workshops and case work focusing on internationalisation strategy and implementation.
The 2020 Winter School programme will challenge you to think out of the box and help you contribute to your institution strategic agenda. You will enhance your management skills and better understand how to support growth in your institution
Registration
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Sunday, 15 March
14:00 – 14:30
Registration
Coffee available
14:30 –15:30
Welcome and introduction to the Winter School: leading and managing changes in strategy & policy
- Ian Creagh, Winter School Chairman, UK
- Nadine Burquel, Winter School Director, BE
• Programme objectives
• The Winter School Internationalisation Case
• Teams, team-working and the case study
• Explanation of the underlying strategy development model for the Winter School
• Getting the most from your Winter School experience
15.45 – 17.45
Strategy development and leadership
Creating teams to meet the needs of a simulated strategy development situation
• Team debrief on questionnaire responses
• Understanding the team’s strengths
• Getting to grips with the ‘gaps’ to be addressed by the team to be successful
• Discussion of how the group will manage these behavioral changes
• Setting individual team and individual objectives for the Winter School
17:45 – 18:30
Welcome drink
20:00
Dinner
Monday, 16 March
Theme: Global Challenges for Higher Education Institutions – The Impact on Internationalisation Strategies
09:00 – 10:30
Risks and Opportunities with Internationalisation: Asking the Right Questions
- Karen Stanton, Vice-Chancellor, York St. John University, UK
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Trends in Internationalisation
- Dorte Salskov-Iversen, Head of Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School, DK
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Student Engagement
15:30 – 17:30
Work on Winter School Cases session 1: Group review and preparing questions
Coffee available
17:30
Bus to the UPF Main Campus
18:00 -19:30
University Campus Tour and Reception
(UPF Main Campus)
19:30
Free evening for participants to work in groups on cases
Tuesday, 17 March
Theme: The Winter School Internationalisation Cases
09:00 – 10:30
The Process of Shaping and Implementing an Internationalisation Strategy: The Case of the University of Nottingham
- Paul Greatrix, Registrar, University of Nottingham, UK
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
The Process of Shaping and Implementing an Internationalisation Strategy: The Case of The University of Groningen
- Stephan van Galen, Secretary-General, University of Groningen, NL
12:30 – 13:00
Panel Conversation with the two case speakers
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch at the school
14:00 – 16:30
Work on Winter School Cases session 2: Group review, analysis, SWOT
Coffee available
17:30 – 20:00
Sightseeing
20:00
Dinner
22:30
Transfer back to hotel
Wednesday, 18 March
Theme: Strategic Financial Management
09:00 – 10:30
Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management (continued)
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Building International Brand and Reputation
- Colette Lux, Executive Director of Communication and Marketing, University College London
16:00 – 18:30
Work on Winter School Cases session 3: The development plan
Coffee available
19:00
Working dinner at the hotel (working on case resolution)
Thursday, 19 March
Theme: Human Resource and Talent Management
09:00 – 11:00
Human Resource Management
- Hubert De Neve, Former Executive Vice-President Human Resources IMEC International, Organizational Consultant and Executive Coach, BE
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:30
Understanding and Measuring Universities Impact on Society: Implications for University Management
13:30 – 14:00
Working lunch at the school
14:00 – 16:00
Work on Winter School Cases session 4: Finalising and submitting reports (16:00)
Coffee available
16:00 – 20:00
Free time for participants
20:00
Bus transfer from the hotel to the restaurant
20:30
Dinner
22:30
Bus transfer back to the hotel
Friday, 20 March
09:00 – 10:00
Parallel Sessions (part I): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the Winter School SC (HUMANE and EFMD representatives)
10:00 – 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30
Parallel Sessions (part II): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the Winter School SC (HUMANE and EFMD representatives)
11:30 – 12:30
Plenary Session Feedback
12:30 – 13:00
Closing Plenary Session
13:00 – 14:00
Closing lunch at the school
Contact
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Time
15 (Sunday) 14:30 - 20 (Friday) 14:00 CET