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Newsletter
GGSB Alumni Community
February 2011
EDITORIAL / GGSB COMMUNITY / IN BRIEF / AGENDA
The Dean’s Editorial
GGSB COMMUNITY
AGENDA
 To be part of the fabulous GGSB
adventure!
 Students Alumni Chapter:
Alumni blog
Horseplay
Schneider Electric Corporate…
 GGSB Alumni Contribution
Workshops
Alumni offer jobs
Professional Advisory Board
 Forthcoming Events
Conferences
GGSB Gala
 CDPM: A new conference program…
 Executive Education Programs
 Networking:
GIT SIT
GGSB Around the world
IN BRIEF
 Dean Thierry Grange co-chair…
 Ranking…
 Grenoble Geopolitics Festival
 Professor John Sadowsky
 Managing a business model…
 The Careers Office
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The Dean’s Editorial
TDE
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy,
healthy and successful New Year! The start of the year
2011 has already seen a number of new exciting activities
develop within GGSB.
In the month of January, we hosted no less than three
executive education programs coming from Brighton (UK),
Kuwait and Melbourne Australia. We can truly say that we
now cover the world with our activities!
All of these programs involved both class work and visits
to a number of leading global companies located in and
around Grenoble. The students‘ evaluations confirm that
this is another of our successful activities and we have
many more of these programmes planned for the year.
January is also a month when we accept a new intake of students. We have added
to our numbers again this year; 41 new students joined the January intake of the
MIB and an additional 60 students joined the undergraduate program for the Spring
semester.
Work on the GGSB Gala, to be held on Friday, March 25 here at the School, is
progressing fast. This event will take place as usual after the annual graduation
ceremony. The theme this year will be based on photography, thanks to a
sponsorship by Photomaton (another local company!), who have kindly offered to
donate five digital cameras as prizes for a photographic competition to be organized
by the students. You will be learning more details about this from Monique Garnier,
our International Student Services Manager.
I hope to see many of you there on this annual occasion.
Finally we are extending our activities in the Middle East as we opened our Cairo
Office in December and a consortium MBA program in Riyad, Saudi Arabia. We are
hoping that the current unrest in this part of the world will soon be resolved and that
this is not affecting our graduates who are based there.
Sincerely,
Judith Bouvard
Dean and Director of GGSB
GGSB Community
TO BE PART OF THE FABULOUS GGSB ADVENTURE!
From Monique Garnier Cormons, GGSB International Student Services
MCM Manager
Dear GGSB Alumni,
May I wish you more and more good wishes for 2011, generously sharing our
experiences and being a source of support and inspiration! Let‘s carry on being as
creative as ever!
As our Dean Judith Bouvard said ―2011 is already a very exciting year for GGSB‖!
GGSB enlarges its activities with greater offers of programs and we definitely cover
the world!
The January intake 2011 has been the start of a new adventure for more than 100
students in MIB and undergrad programs.
With the aid of the BIB students, the welcome desk has been a great help and
success!
A certain number of networking activities to contact our Alumni will continue to take place starting with China at the
end of February, then London on 30 March!
Above all, the milestone for your agenda 2011! Our GGSB Gala on 25 March 2011!
This year, GGSB invites you to discover a very special, dreamlike world of international photographs, symbolizing the
many cultures, great men, destinies and values that GGSB has been hosting for some years now! Surprises, talents,
elegance! And a photo competition for our students who can win the 5 digital cameras on offer! Don‘t miss this great
annual event!
And also time for students and some graduates to be on stage to carry on our mythic international show!
To subscribe and for any additional information, and on-line payment please click on www.gala-ggsb.com and
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136443999752913
Deadline: 10 March 2011.
Any further questions: please contact Claire Le Clézio: claire.le-clezio@grenoble-em.com
In a word, work to celebrate your talent and success!
Finally, I join Judith in hoping that the current unrest in some geographical areas is not affecting our graduates who
live there.
I hope that all our GGSB events will be an opportunity to meet and an incubator to create new opportunities for all of
us.
Looking forward to celebrating and admiring your talents and success soon….
Monique Garnier Cormons
GGSB International Student Services Manager
STUDENTS ALUMNI CHAPTER
From Monique Garnier Cormons, GGSB International Student Services Manager
A GGSB Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship community blog has been created
http://alumniggsb.wordpress.com/
Students
Alumni
chapter
The Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship community blog is a space to strengthen the relationships between students, school
and alumni, through the exchange of thoughts regarding these topics.
It is kept alive thanks to the ideas and hard work of students from MSc ISE 2010 intake: Naif Al-Rabie (Saudi Arabia, Leader),
Laura Elena León (México, Co-Editor) and Agustín Peláez (Colombia, Co-Editor), as well as our colleagues who provide us with
valuable contents to publish.
Naif Al-Rabie, LauraElena León and Agustín Peláez
From Michelle Mielly, Program Director of Msc in Management Consulting &
Nancy Amstrong, Director of Studies at GGSB and designer of the Horseplay
Horseplay
concept
You can lead a horse to water…. but you can’t make it drink!
But what about business partners?
Students on the MSc in Management Consulting at Grenoble Graduate School of
Business (GGSB) are going on an equestrian adventure to master best business
practices.
Through this Equine Ethology training, otherwise known as Natural
Horsemanship or Horse Whispering, students will study a horse‘s innate behavior
and metaphorically apply what they learn to the business world.
Based on the home study program ‗The Seven Games of Natural Horsemanship‖
developed and introduced to Europe by Pat Parelli in the 1980‘s, GGSB is
experimenting this unique initiation program, entitled ―HORSEPLAY‖, that applies
the basic principles of Parelli‘s Natural Horsemanship to the field of Management
Consulting.
With the help and guidance of a trained professional in Equine Ethology, the budding consultants will interact with a
herd of horses in semi-liberty to explore the fundamental notions of respect, trust and non-violent communication and
apply the concept of the 7 Games to leadership in the business environment.
The games unfold as a sequence (1. Friendly Game,2. Porcupine Game,3. Driving Game,4. Yo-Yo Game,5. Circling
Game,6. Sideways Game,7. Squeeze Game) where the horse, with the help of its leader, is required to adapt to
situations such as being confronted with a noise or a scary object (Friendly Game) or crossing a narrow path between
a fence & a tree (Squeeze Game).
In the business world these situations can metaphorically translate as learning to understand how to gain the trust of
your partners or how to encourage them to surpass themselves and deal with uncomfortable or difficult situations to
which they would naturally be resistant.
As Nancy Armstrong, Director of Studies at GGSB and designer of the Horseplay concept comments ― In the natural
world, the horse is a prey – it will flee anything that it perceives as unknown or difficult. It also has an innate reflex of opposition.
We all know that we cannot force a 500 kilo beast to do what it does not want to do – one can only suggest and encourage it to do
so, by giving clear commands in a language that the horse understands, and by earning its trust. I personally believe that
leadership in business should follow the same principles.‖
Check the video
From Phil Eyre, MBA Program Director - Academic Director for GGSB
Corporate MBA Schneider Electric
PHIL Eyre
GGSB Schneider Electric Corporate MBA: Exec Ed beats the clock!
"If the camel once gets his nose in a tent, the body will soon follow." Saudi folklore
nd
December 2 : Exec Ed and Schneider Electric opens in Riyadh, the Saudi capital,
a first for GGSB and maybe the first of a new species of MBA programs, delivered
in –company. The program content is the same as our other MBA program
(FT/PT) but the group of students is drawn exclusively from 3 companies:
Schneider Electric, and their two partners Systech and Mesco. Systech is a local
player in the water infrastructure sector and experiencing exponential growth
currently. The program also innovates as the first degree-awarding program
managed by Exec Ed with support from the GGSB MBA PD …long may this
cooperation continue.
The Riyadh students who are from all over the Middle East region (including
the Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan…) look forward to meeting GGSB Alumni in the
future, either within Schneider Electric or with company partners
GGSB ALUMNI CONTRIBUTION
Workshops
Alumni Contribution
“Mind Training for Enhanced Business Performance” The Iris Map Conceived & Presented
by Ann Papoulis Adamovic, MBA graduate
Ann Adamovic, will offer a very special workshop during the personal development week for
MBA on and offsite in February.
This workshop proposes a means to develop creativity and imagination, which is an important
dimension of business in the 21st century.
The Iris Map offers you a means of navigation through your internal resources that helps you to
unleash your full potential. Creativity and imagination are desirable faculties for doing business
st
in the 21 century.
Ann Adamovic
MBA Alumni
The mine of these faculties is inside of your mind and body.
Concept
Doing business involves a series of dances, between leaders and followers, between producers and consumers and
inside of your own mind, between your rational and intuitive capacities. To dance well, you need a technique, a means
of cultivating and directing an active imagination.
Ann has been working with dancers, actors and opera singers for over 20 years.
More information about her artistic work can be found at www.physicalopera.com.
Sharing experiences
―I discovered The Iris Map during an MBA training seminar.
The tools allowed me to understand my personality through colors, images and ideas.
We entered the training very easily, as it is quite interactive and leaves much room for play and the discovery of
oneself and the other participants.
Even the most introverted took pleasure in self-expression during the seminar.‖
Thierry SILVAGNI
MBA Program, Grenoble École de Management – Training January 2010
―The Iris Map workshop was a very great and different experience.
It allowed me to understand my states of mind, and how they affect the way I achieve tasks, in addition to helping me
discover new states of mind.
I learned how to adapt my state of mind in order to be more efficient in performing personal, professional or group
tasks.
While this requires a lot of personal effort to be able to achieve this shift, the simplicity and association with real life
situations and metaphors that was given in the workshop make it simple, and quite enjoyable.
I recommend this workshop for anyone who sometimes finds themselves too stressed or too relaxed to achieve
specific tasks.‖
Rasha NASHER
MBA Program, Grenoble École de Management – Training December 2009
―The Iris Map presents a magic world where I had the distinctively inspiring experience of exploring myself and my
colleagues from a new perspective.
The shock wave that it brought to me remains fresh and alive.‖
JIN-JING
MBA Program, Grenoble École de Management – Training January 2010
Alumni offer jobs
Danielle Nowell and William Bulla
MIB 27
Jobs
Danielle Nowell, MIB 27, is pleased to announce that following her internship withGGGSB AL
Capgemini Consulting in Chicago, USA she will begin fulltime employment with the
company starting May 2011. Danielle applied for an internship with Capgemini
Consulting through the GGSB Career site. She spent 1 month training in Dallas, Texas
and 6 months working as an HR Analyst for the company in Chicago, Illinois. The
experience allowed her to continue to work in an international environment and gain
great exposure to Human Resources and Consulting. On a daily basis Danielle
interacted with top level executives, performed detailed data analysis, created
presentations and proposed new initiatives around recruitment and social sourcing. The
internship also provided useful inputs to her Final Management Project. Danielle looks
forward to joining Capgemini as a strategy consultant, where she will help fortune 500
companies address concerns in the areas of Human Resource Transformation and
Change Management. She is also pleased to announce that a former MIB
classmate of hers, William Bulla, has been selected from a large pool of
applicants to take over her internship position.
William Bulla, who came to GGSB on exchange from Salisbury University, returned to the United States to
complete his MBA. During this time, he was employed at BEACON, the consulting and community outreach arm of the
business school. He originally discovered the internship position through the GGSB Careers Newsletter and contacted
Danielle to inquire about the position. After an extensive interview process, William was selected as Danielle‘s
replacement and will begin training in January 2011 in Chicago, USA.
Hasan Dag, MIB graduate will be present representing Facebook at the International
recruitment fair on 10 March.
He will offer jobs and internships for both French and international profiles!
Hasan Dag
MIB Alumni
Professional Advisory Board
PAB
Because of RNCP regulations, we now need to organize once a year a comité de
perfectionnement where we discuss along with representatives from external companies
and our GGSB alumni our program‘s content and objectives to ensure they are in line with
the requirements of today‘s job market.
Arnaud Duthou
Senior Staff Manager,
Project leader at Xilinx
International and GGSB
MBA alumni
We now have 4 programs that need to go through this process: the MIB, MBA and MSc
Business Development under the certification ―Manager international‖ and the MSc in
Finance under the certification ―Manager financier‖. The other programs go through the
Professional Advisory Board which has a similar intent and is held every other year (last one
held in February 2009). We combined both instances and met with 10 local company
representatives on Wednesday November 24th:
•
Christine Gatignol, Responsable RH at Capgemini
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Olivier Goy, Responsable emploi at Udimec
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Olivier de Korte, European Finance Controller at Applied Materials
•
Anne Cécile Ernst, Project Manager at Hewlett Packard
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Philippe Rase, Directeur Sales Operations HP Networking EMEA
•
Anneleen Wouters, Directeur RH at Caterpillar
•
Corinne Heiter, Directeur general at Rexor
•
Arnaud Duthou, Senior Staff Manager, Project leader at Xilinx International and GGSB MBA alumni
•
Jean-Charles Marchionni, Manager at Puzzle Event
•
Jérôme Giachino, Directeur at Starzik
The feedback we received was very constructive, very much focused on the development of soft skills, and gave us
good guidelines for the development of our programs.
In Brief
Dean Thierry Grange co-chair of new AACSB BlueT
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Ribbon Committee
In the increasingly dynamic and complex environment of business,
management education is being challenged to keep pace. It is a time when the
repercussions of the financial crisis are prevalent, while the globalization of
business, advancements in technology, and the quest for innovation and
sustainability are driving change in business schools.
With this, AACSB International announced the formation of a new Blue Ribbon
Committee on Accreditation Quality (BRC). This global committee of business
and business school experts will evaluate the state of readiness of AACSB‘s
accreditation standards and processes to ensure the alignment of business
practice and management education. The committee also will set appropriate
expectations for quality and continuous improvement which business schools
must continue to demonstrate in the future.
―It is imperative that business schools prepare students for both the challenges and opportunities in the world of
business,‖ said Andrew J. Policano, Dean of The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California,
Irvine and Chairman of the Board of Directors of AACSB International. ―The establishment of the Blue Ribbon
Committee will allow AACSB and leaders of business schools worldwide to thoroughly review the global environment
of business, and make certain accreditation standards and processes effectively align with the many factors impacting
businesses today and in the future.‖ The BRC will perform a comprehensive review of the AACSB accreditation
standards, eligibility criteria, and the accreditation process. Members of the committee represent a cross section of the
AACSB membership; including accredited schools, schools in the accreditation process, and representation from noneducation institutional members. The committee is being co-chaired by Thierry Grange, Dean and Director General of
Grenoble Ecole de Management (France) and Richard E. Sorensen, Dean of the Pamplin College of Business at
Virginia Tech (USA).
―As AACSB works to address the rising global demand for accreditation, it is important for us to consider diverse
models of education while encouraging innovation,‖ said John J. Fernandes, President and Chief Executive Officer of
AACSB International. ―With the forces impacting businesses worldwide, it is the responsibility of AACSB to evaluate
accreditation standards and processes to ensure business schools maintain their relevance and value to
businesses—locally, regionally and globally.‖
The members of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Accreditation Quality are:
Thierry Grange, Dean and Director General, Grenoble Ecole de Management (France)
Richard E. Sorensen, Dean, Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech (USA)
About Thierry Grange
Thierry GRANGE, serves as Dean and Professor of Management of Technology and
Entrepreneurship at Grenoble Ecole de Management. He studied Mechanical
Engineering, Business Administration and Political Science, in Germany and in France. In
1985, he graduated from the HEC-HARVARD designed ―International Teacher Program‖ in
Boston.
Thierry started his professional life as an international industrial project manager in
developing countries (Africa, Asia) building cemeteries, steel works and paper mills. He
became an entrepreneur and founder of BFG/motorcycle manufacturer, which he ran for 6
years. In 1984, he changed sectors but kept his entrepreneurial values. He was the cofounder of Grenoble Ecole de Management, one of the top 6 French Business Schools
(Grandes Ecoles) and top 20 European Institutions.
Thierry has published more than 60 scholarly and professional works, including journal articles, books, conference
papers and book chapters in the area of Technology Management and Business Education.
In April 2009, he was honoured by IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology) with the
Academic Achievement Award for the 25 years spent to promote teaching and research activities in Management of
Technology
He has been awarded the Outstanding Industrial Medal (French Society for Industrial Excellence).
He is Honorary Norwegian Consul for South-East of France. He has been awarded Officer of the Royal Norwegian
Order of Merit.
Thierry serves
AACSB International: Board of Directors (elected Member from OUS from 2006), European Advisory Counsil (Chair),
Blue Ribbon Committee (Co-Chair), Member : Global Accreditation Strategy Committee, Committee on Issues in
Management Education, Executive Committee, Pre-Accreditation Committee, Chair & Member in Peer Review
Teams, Mentor in Accreditation Process.
EFMD: EQUIS/EPAS Awarding Committee (Member), Chair & Member in Peer Review Teams.
About AACSB International
AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), founded in 1916, is an association
of more than 1,200 educational institutions, businesses and other organizations in 78 countries. AACSB‘s mission is to
advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation, thought leadership, and value-added
services. AACSB accreditation is the mark of quality distinction most widely sought after by business schools—less
than 5 percent worldwide have earned the achievement. As the premier accreditation body for institutions offering
undergraduate, master‘s and doctorate degrees in business and accounting, the association also conducts a wide
array of conferences and seminar programs at locations throughout the world.
Thierry Grange, Dean and Director General, Grenoble Ecole de Management (France)
GGSB MSc Business Development ranked 3rd best
GGSB Ranking
Masters of Science in France
Thierry
The MOCI - Moniteur du commerce international - ranked the program
3rd in their latest ranking of international commerce programs.
Established in 1883, the MOCI is the oldest magazine entirely dedicated
to foreign trade and aims to help international commerce actors to make
the best choices.
MOCI states: ―To boost graduate recruitment, the Business Development
program of Grenoble Graduate School of Business (3rd in our ranking), a new recruit in the MSc family, works around
the needs of Michelin, its partner since the creation of the program in 2009. Best practices and internationalisation, the
ingredients which make this MSc.‖
Students on the MSc Business Development program benefit from intensive training – live business cases – delivered
by Michelin throughout the year.
Last year the training resulted in field work on Michelin‘s business development in India.
This year, students will be going to China to study similar activities.
During their course of study, students will also examine the cultural and managerial
differences, as well as the best Chinese negotiation techniques.
They will arrive in China with the aim of offering concrete proposals for the development
of Michelin‘s activities in the country – proposals that will then be detailed in their end-ofprogram thesis and viva.
Students will be examining two cases this year:
1) In order to build a robust geographical Michelin footprint in China, what would be your
strategy?
2) How can Michelin become an eco-friendly industrial company in China?
The compulsory Chinese Residency will take place from the 25th February to the 6th March 2011 in Shanghai, Tianjin
and Beijing.
The class of 35 students will also have the opportunity of visiting several businesses and attending lectures on
Chinese business culture.
3rd Edition of Grenoble Geopolitics Festival
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From 24 to 27 March, Grenoble Ecole de management in association with
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the Presse Universitaire de France and Anteios will host the 3 edition of
Grenoble Geopolitics festival.
During the 4 day event, leading experts in geopolitical, economic, and
managerial issues will address this year‘s topic through debates, conferences,
roundtables and workshops.
It will bring together leading specialists and main players interested in
geopolitics such as teachers, researchers, business managers, students,
military and senior officials in order to combine intellectual analysis and
practical applications.
2011 topic: A state of emergencies: today’s risks and challenges’.
Are we living in a society where risks are more dangerous, more immediate and are more frequent than previously?
Although unproven it is certainly how the vast majority feels.
At the other end, it is certain that we are seeing new types of risks, further away, more brutal and more unexpected.
Globalization explains that events happening in far away places can impact us; the complexity of our economies and
administrations makes them more sensitive to the slightest disturbance, political balances are breaking, technical
progress increases the danger and makes its effects more worrying. Risks are constantly changing and renewing
themselves.
The Festival will look at current hazards: environmental, crime, computer, economic, political, social ... It will focus on
the geopolitical approach and unstable areas. It will analyze the consequences of these new risks for businesses and
governments, researchers and analysts, as well as for ordinary citizens. It will seek to identify good practices to be
implemented to determine these risks, but also take control.
The aim of our thinking is not to refuse any risk and to become overly cautious. The very fact of undertaking, leading
and deciding is already assuming a risk.
The Festival will therefore look for the positive aspects of risk and risk taking, the latter being seen as a challenge that
forces us to excel.
An event not to be missed for one and all!
For further information and to register to the event, please visit www.grenoble-em/festival (in French)
Professor John Sadowsky: “Email, social marketing
and the art of storytelling”.
JSD
www.johnsadowsky.com
The new book of John Sadowsky is now available: ―Email, social marketing
and the art of storytelling‖.
As mentioned, by Nick Heys (Founder & CEO Emailvision): ―This book will
change the way you approach email and social marketing. John Sadowsky
shows you how to gather your customers around your virtual campfire and
share stories about your products and brand.‖
For more information, visit: http://www.johnsadowsky.com
Presenting a research article in video: Managing a
business model portfolio
CDPMValerie Sabatier
Valérie Sabatier, a teacher & researcher at Grenoble EM's Strategy Department, explains
the research article "From Recipe to dinner: Managing a business model portfolio" in an
entertaining, understandable format.
Considering the different business models of four European biotechnology companies, we
explore their business model portfolios, defined as the range of different ways they deliver
value to their customers to ensure both their medium term viability and future
development.
A firm's portfolio can help balance the levels of promise and interdependency with other
firms of its different business models, and help it articulate and finance its activities in the
medium run to ensure idiosyncrasy to protect its future health.
Valérie Sabatier
Teacher & researcher at
Grenoble EM's Strategy
Department
Read full article and watch the video
The Careers Office
Careers
Find out more about career opportunities at The Careers Office…
Agenda
Agenda
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Forthcoming
CONFERENCES
Confrences
On February 24, 2011
Is your social life in hand?”
Organized by the MSc Management Consulting program students
February the 24th is coming closer and closer. This
will be the date for our first Conference on ―Mobile
Devices: Is your social life in hand?‖
But let´s start from the beginning and introduce
ourselves. We are 15 students studying MSc
Management Consulting at Grenoble Graduate
School of Business, in its first year of existence.
What makes us special is our unique multicultural
team. We are 15 students coming from 13 different
countries, with an age range from 22 till 38.
Working in this group is not always that simple, yet
we form a great team whose diversity is what
enables us to achieve great potential.
Planning such a conference is quite challenging. First we have a very limited budget; we depend on sponsors and on
GGSB to support us with the logistics. Additionally since our conference will be held in English, this limits the potential
audience for our event. We hope to go beyond the student and faculty body and wish to include everyone interested in
this topic wishing to gain more knowledge about the mobile industry.
With our Professor Pat Brans, who is an expert in this industry, we are organizing a conference on Mobile Devices.
The mobile industry is already a part of our everyday life and its influence is becoming increasingly significant. We
wonder if people are really aware of what they are using. Do people actually know how far the reach of Social Media
actually is? Not to mention the ever-present question arising in this context: is it safe to use? Is our privacy protected?
These key issues and more will be discussed in our conference. We hope to address the big dilemmas - and answer
some of questions - arising from this new trend.
We have invited experts in the area of mobile technology, social media, ethics and location based services to
participate. With short, but precise presentations, those experts will bring the subject closer to everyone and give us
the chance to ask specific questions during the round table discussion.
Among the speakers present: Kelly Rigotti, GGSB graduate in MSc marketing, a
Marketing and Communications Consultant and an expert in online branding and web 2.0
ergonomics. Kelly will discuss how social networks are becoming mobile. Sharon Crost, an
expert in reputation management and online commerce and a Marketing and Social Media
Consultant, will bring us closer to a set of guidelines for handling the risks behind social
interactions going mobile. Marie-Paule Odini is the Chief Technologist at Hewlett-Packard‘s
Communications & Media and an expert in the area of online branding, innovation and
security programs. At the conference, she will talk specifically about social media used on
mobile phones and the technology behind it.
Kelly Rigotti
MSc Marketing
We are all using mobile devices. Isn‘t each of us wondering a little about just how much
our social life is in our hands? Join us to find out!
The conference and round-table will take place on the 24th of February 2011 from 6 to 8 pm at Grenoble Graduate
School of Business. The conference will be followed by a cocktail reception.
We are looking forward to surprising you!
On March 8, 2011
Making the Case for Equality
Mark Smith
Associate professor at GGSB
For International Women's Day on 8 March 2011 Mark Smith, associate professor at
GGSB, has been invited to be the keynote speaker at an event in Brussels organised by
the EFTA countries to talk about how ―Equality Pays‖. Mark teaches human resource
management and international human resource management on various programmes
across GGSB. The economic crisis has led to cuts in many social programmes promoting
equality across Europe with a resulting threat to progress against equality targets.
However, the work Mark has been doing at Grenoble shows how gender equality can be a
key factor for economic growth since women‘s undervaluation and underutilisation on the
labour market represents a loss to the economy. Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway have
agreed €1788.5 million contribution to reduce economic and social disparities in the
European Economic Area and gender equality will be a key priority for the period up to
2014.
On April 5, 2011
Leadership – Managing for Values
The next GGSB conference will be held on Tuesday April 5 at 6:00 p.m. in Room C 130
Our speaker will be Professor James Hoopes from Babson College, USA.
James Hoopes is Distinguished Professor of History at Babson College. His latest book
is "Americans Dreaming: Corporate Concepts from the Great Depression to the Global
Economy." The author of half a dozen other books on American history, James Hoopes has
received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the
National Endowment for the Humanities, and other funding agencies. His paper, "Managing
a Riot," won the Paul Hersey Award for the best paper on leadership at the 2000 meeting of
the Academy of Management. He has taught in both Europe and Asia.
Professor James Hoopes
Areas of expertise in the field of History are: History of Management, History of Ideas and
Business History.
Professor Hoopes is also the author of ―Hail to the CEO: The Failure of George W. Bush
and the Cult of Moral Leadership‖.
"In this short but tightly argued work, Hoopes presents a clear thesis: George W. Bush has misunderstood and
misused his moral authority as president….Hoopes argues that a misguided moral superiority animates decision
making in the Bush White House, blinding them to the perils of abusing power….Highly recommended. General
readers and all undergraduates".
We count on a good attendance to hear this fascinating speaker address us on‖Leadership – Managing for Values‖.
Book the date in your diary now – on-line registration (essential!) will be open from March 21, 2011.
GGSB GALA: NOT TO BE MISSED!
On March 25, 2011
GALA
Let me tell you a photo story…
www.gala-ggsb.com
CDPM
CDPM: A NEW CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR GGSB
STUDENTS!
Last April, the Center for Managerial and Personal Development (CDPM) was asked by the
GGSB management to design and implement a conference program for the international
students ‗on site‘.
The CDPM has assisted GGSB students for a year by setting up one-to-one individual
sessions relating to personal development issues such as self-awareness, career guidance
advice, resume/CV and cover letter preparation, recruitment interview guidance and also
occasionally by giving assistance of a more personal or psychological nature.
Furthermore, the CDPM has extended its services to include workshops and conferences
designed to meet the specific needs of the international students.
These have led to themes as varied as « Intercultural Issues», « Stress Management », «
Non-violent Communication», « Job application in French», « Successfully attend recruitment
fair». Since September 2010, each of these themes has been covered with the aid of
Dominique Steiler
professionals including: European recruitment managers, human resources managers from
CDPM Director
International organizations, conference speakers with international negotiating skills and
experience and export trade consultants.
Students will continue to receive this support until April 2011.
Here is the program for the coming weeks:
3 February: Conference on self-awareness and career guidance (BIB, MIB, Msc BD & ISE students)
3 & 4 February: Individual coaching sessions (MBA, Msc Finance students)
10 February: Conference on Interview techniques (MIB29 , Msc students)
17 February: Conference on non-violent communication ( MIB30 students)
18 February: Career design Seminar (MBA students)
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Contact: Dominique Steiler, CDPM Director – dominique.steiler@grenoble-em.com
GGSB EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Several opportunities to come back to Grenoble and study with us!
EXECED
―Since last year GGSB has opened the MBA specializations to professionals who
would like to obtain a Certificate in one of the following areas: Business
Intelligence, Marketing, Finance, Global Management, Management Consulting
(Diploma in Management Consulting), Project Management, Innovation
Management and Entrepreneurship.
The 2011 Certificates will start at the end of February and applications are now
closed. GGSB Alumni benefit from a 25% discount on these programs. A
couple MBA alumni have already taken this opportunity to follow a second
specialization with us.
GGSB also runs a couple Summer Programs opened to MBA from partner schools and Alumni. This year 3 courses
will be offered:
- Innovation Management – from May 18 to 28
- Entrepreneurship – from May 29 to June 9
- Energy Management – from May 29 to June 9
Finally, we are currently preparing a new ―MBA top-up program‖, which will be advertised soon. The objective of this
program is to offer MBA alumni a one week intensive program that addresses some of the current strategic and
managerial issues. If you would like to recommend topics or issues that you think should be included in this program,
your suggestions are welcome!
Contact: Gael Fouillard, Director of Development & Executive Education (gael.fouillard@ggsb.com)
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We are very pleased to inform you that every 1 Thursday of every three months,
we will be organizing a very informal but none the less very professional ―apéro‖
―Get In Touch Stay In Touch event‖ in Grenoble among our Grenoble Alumni
Community:
GGSB around the world: Moscow
On Friday 26 November 2010; it was our first networking event and significant
success with 38 participants from Alumni intake 2!
Also present: GGSB MBA Program Director M. Phil Eyre, Igor Belyavsky local MBA
Program Director, the local coordinator, Julia and Monique Garnier, GGSB
International Student Service Manager,
The objective is to increase my visibility and knowledge among the off-sites and
provide visibility to our network
It was the opportunity for each participant to introduce themselves to each other, to have a presentation by Monique
Garnier of our GEM and GGSB network in the world followed by the presentation of our guest speaker: Cedric
d’Halluin, manager of Spenglerfox for Russia on the topic ―An Executive Search Industry Insight and the Importance
of Social Networks‖
His presentation was followed by an open discussion to offer a chance to everyone to share experience, opinions and
expertise.
Cedric‘s presentation was effective and relevant. There is a shortage of qualified and experienced Russian managers
and the country‘s activity at least here in Moscow and In St Petersburg is growing quickly. The job market is much
better than in 2009. The conclusion was that it is good to be young in Moscow!
It was a great opportunity to learn from each other, to meet with a recruitment specialist who can help with their career
plans and networking.
It was very insightful! Only one nationality was present!
Finally, here are the eagerly expected photos and movie.
GGSB around the world - Dubai: “Meet the Deans”
On November 30, 2010, We made the most of
Thierry Grange and Judith Bouvard‘s presence at a
conference in Dubai to arrange a cocktail Networking
event, 15 of our Alumni were present at this first
networking event for ESC and GGSB Alumni. We
should soon have an ambassador in this area!
MIB 28 good-bye party!
On December 17, 2010, the full class of 41 students was present for on a snowy evening up to La Bastille‘s
restaurant!
Friendly and moving party with a few awards to some of them. Who will become a millionaire?
To be continued...
Cairo Office Inauguration
The inaugural conference of the new GGSB Office was held on
December 8, 2010 in Cairo with the support of the French Chamber of
Commerce in Egypt. About 40 persons attended the presentation, with a
mix of academic and corporate representatives, as well as alumni and
prospective students. John Antonios is now officially representing GGSB
in Egypt and has already initiated contacts with local universities (ongoing
discussions for an MIB program) and with some companies for Executive
Education programs.
Dina Fam Antonios, Judith Bouvard, John Antonios
GEM/GGSB around the world
GGSB around
On February 26, 2011
GGSB around the world: China
The MSc Business Development students will be in Shanghai and Beijing from
Saturday February 26 until Sunday March 6. Their program includes company visits,
a couple lectures and cultural activities. An informal meeting with GGSB Alumni will be
arranged in both cities. More details coming soon!
On March 30, 2011
GGSB around the world: “Meet the Deans in London”
GGSB is continuing to implement its series of networking events with our
offsite network to enlarge our visibility in our Alumni community.
Our next stop will be in London on 30 March 2011 in the presence of our
deans!
More information to follow!
Contact us
We would welcome your feedback on the issue and
your letter/comments for future publication. Please
contact us at: monique.garnier@grenoble-em.com
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