Courses from Business School Netherlands:
- International Action Learning MBA
Business School Netherlands
International MBA
Master Program: International Action Learning MBA
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The International MBA was a logical choice for me, a wish that had been going through my mind already for several years. Working as an export manager means travelling frequently and therefore flexibility in time schedules is crucial.
From day one I have been inspired in all sorts of ways: by the discussions on the web forum with my fellow students, digging for answers on challenging questions posted by the Learning Coaches and during the workshops in Buren, The Netherlands and Cape Town, South Africa.
The professors motivate with strong presentations, critical questions and inspiring video clips. First I was a bit concerned about finding suitable topics for the action learning projects (not that my organization is perfect), this changed quickly. All the course material gave plenty of new insights and my company's business environment changed pretty drastically and called for the development of a new strategy... numerous ALP topics were all of a sudden extremely relevant.
My advantage is that I work for a relatively small company with short communication lines and a high involvement level on strategic issues. The perfect environment to take responsibility to turn real business cases into challenging ALP's.
What has brought the journey so far for me personally?
I really learned much about the connection between the different elements of an organization. I acknowledged that my impatience is a constraint: on one hand it helps me in my discipline to meet deadlines (so far I am on schedule) but on the other hand I learned that a good manager also takes time for important matters in order to make good decisions. What has brought the journey so far for my organization? It implemented competence management as a corporate HR Tool. It implemented a forecasting model as an operational management tool. It developed a price policy for a new market resulting in approx. EUR 3.5 million turn-over in the last 8 months.
No doubt that the upcoming ALP's will also have their fair contribution to improvements for my organization I look forward to complete the projects and to start on the dissertation.
Set N43 is the first international group to have experienced workshops both in The Netherlands and South Africa.
A great experience to learn more about each other's culture although it was a pity that there was very little time to explore Cape Town during the course week itself...well at least I became "master of the djembé", and my fellow South African peers showed us Dutch what a real South African "braai" is,...big lumps of meat in a delicious marinade, perfectly grilled on a camp fire in combination with a fine South African wine,......so besides gaining more knowledge, I also gained a few extra pounds during that week.
Is it all so good and perfect?
No..definitely not...first of all to keep up with all the work it really takes discipline and a lot of time, little sleep and sacrificing social activities. But as long as you experience the journey as fun, it helps you to overcome difficult times where you simply don't have time or when the creativity level is far to find. So far so good...I wish all my peers all the best with their projects and I hope to see all of them for the graduation ceremony.
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