JUST 6-Optional Module
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: EUROPEAN VIEW
Objectives
By actively attending the program participants will
- Learn novel insights in strategic leadership as applied in public and parastatal organizations.
- Benchmark policies and best (leadership) practices in leading international organizations such as CERN, WTO, and Department of Economy, Labor and Foreign Affairs of Geneva at Republic and State of Geneva.
- Network and learn from Finnish transnational professionals in Geneva (e.g. Embassy of Finland and Finpro).
- Upgrade their convenience for result-oriented learning in cross-cultural environment.
- Become energized in self mastery through personal sparring around themes of their choice.
Time and venue
April 19 through 22, 2005, Hotel, Warwick, Geneva and Lake Geneva area, Switzerland.
Program schedule
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Morning flight to Geneva
11:30-12:30
- Orientation: Challenges, Expectations and Modes of Capturing Value from the Program
12:30-14:00
Luncheon
14:00-17:30
- Why Geneva: Facts, Figures, Industry Clusters, Partnering Practices and Policies,
Mr. Michel HIRSIG, Department of Economy, Labor and Foreign Affairs, Republic and State of Geneva
- Managing Across Boundaries: Creating an Alliance Advantage Optional sparring with the facilitator Cross-fertilization of ideas and light walk outside followed by a dinner at hotel
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Breakfast
Trip to Lausanne
09:30-12:00
- Welcome to IMD: Strategies Making IMD Rank Top in Executive Education, Mr. Frithjof H. FREDERICKSEN, Director of Corporate Development (Nordic Countries)
- Insights and Excitements in Strategic Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Multinational Arena, Professor Jean-Francois MANZONI
12:00-13:00
Luncheon
13:00-ca. 14:15
Tour of IMD Campus guided by Ms. Leonore LUTZ, Corporate Development Assistant
- Sources of IMD Competitive Advantage: Program Portfolio, IMD Learning Network and Corporate Learning Strategy, Mr. Frithjof FREDERICKSEN
14:30-
Visit to Olympic Museum, Lausanne
Trip back to Geneva
Evening free for free-wheeling of ideas and dinner in town
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Breakfast
09:00-12:00
- Strategies and Modes of Internationalization – Can Public Services Be Exported and Internationalized?
- Value Creation and Capturing Through Novel Operation (Business) Models
12:00-13:15
Luncheon
Transportation to CERN
13:45-17:15
Visit to CERN hosted by Dr. Markus NORDBERG and Mme Christel RANTA:
- How Finpro Helps Finns and Finnish Firms in Doing Business at CERN, Mr. Antti HEIKKILÄ, Finpro, Geneva
- CERN, the “Nobel Factory”: Leading an Ultimate Knowledge Organization, Dr. Markus NORDBERG
Tour of CERN guided by Dr. Markus NORDBERG and Dr. Miikka KOTAMÄKI
Optional program:
Sparring with the facilitator, reflection, focused sightseeing in Geneva
19:30-
Visit with dinner in the residence of the Ambassador of Finland, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. HIMANEN
- Strategies, Tasks and Value-Generating Modes of Permanent Missions: The Case of Geneva, Ambassador Vesa HIMANEN
Discussions and networking over dinner
Friday, April 22, 2005
Breakfast
09:00-12:15
- Becoming a Transnational Leader or Professional: The Challenge of Strategic Thinking
- Optional Program
12:15-13:30
Luncheon
Transportation to WTO
14:30-16:45
Visit to WTO organized by Mr. Ilkka-Pekka SIMILÄ
- General Policies and Contemporary Challenges of WTO, Deputy Director-General Rufus H. YERXA
- Summary of the Seminar: Lessons Learned
Self-managed benchmarking by the participants
Evening flight to Helsinki
Program planning and facilitation
Dr. Timo SANTALAINEN, President, STRATNET (Geneva) & Adjunct Professor, Helsinki School of Economics.
Seminar languages
Program languages will be English and Finnish. Street smartness can be demonstrated by proficiency in French.
BACK TO THE TOP...
|
