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
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Time
15 (Sunday) 15:00 - 20 (Friday) 14:30 CET
Programme
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
• 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
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Trends in Internationalisation
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Student Engagement
16:00 – 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: Strategic Financial Management
09:00 – 11:00
Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30
Academic Strategy, Financial Strategy and Financial Management (continued)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch at the school
14:00 – 16:30
Work on Winter School Cases session 2: Group review, analysis, SWOT
Coffee available
17:15 – 20:30
Sightseeing
20:30
Dinner
23:00
Walk back to the hotel
Wednesday, 18 March
Theme: Brand Building and Measuring Impact
09:00 – 10:30
Building International Brand and Reputation for your Institution
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00
The Process of Shaping and Implementing an Internationalisation Strategy: The Case of the University of Nottingham
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:00
Walk back to UPF Barcelona School of Management
15:00 – 17:00
The Process of Shaping and Implementing an Internationalisation Strategy: The Case of The University of Groningen
17:00 – 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
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
Coffee available
16:00 – 20:00
Free time for participants
20:00
Bus transfer from the hotel to the restaurant
20:30
Dinner
23:00
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