Issue #6/2015

MSM Dean Director Wim Naudé

In this newsletter we celebrate the academic achievements of our students who recently graduated in Aachen, Cairo and Lima. They now join the ranks of our alumni and we wish them all the best for their future endeavors! Working with such a globally diverse and dynamic group of students again underscored for us the need for education innovations that will promote quality, relevance and flexibility. In this light, as we report in this newsletter, MSM is starting an exciting new part-time Executive MBA in Maastricht and abroad. On 29 June we formally launched our Executive MBA in Sports Management in partnership with the Dutch sports industry and sport icons, and on 31 May we launched the Executive MBA in Healthcare Management in China, coming soon to Maastricht. As the only NVAO-accredited Executive MBA program in Limburg, this will introduce a fresh dimension to management education in the region, and moreover connect the region through sharing best practices in doing business globally. Hence we are also happy to have entered into partnership with Connect Limburg, a welcome initiative to promote our fantastic region.

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Executive MBA in Sports Management launched

On 29 June, at an exciting ceremony at MSM the new Executive MBA in Sports Management was launched. This internationally and NVAO accredited flexible, part-time program will start in January 2016 and admissions are now open. It is offered in partnership with Sportbizz, Topsport Limburg and the Orange Sports Forum. Guest speakers at the launch included Mr. Ger Koopmans, Provincial Minister for Finance, Sport and Culture in Limburg; Mr. Hans van Breukelen, Chairman Foundation for Sports & Technology and others. Read more in the next newsletter.

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Executive MBA in Healthcare Management launched

The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and its long-term partner in China, the School of Business at the Nanjing University (NJU) has launched an Executive MBA program specializing in Healthcare Management. The program takes a holistic approach analyzing the development trends in healthcare sector and addressing key issues shaping the future landscape of healthcare business.

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Graduation day in Lima

The 20th of May marked the graduation of the 13th intake of the joint MSM-CENTRUM MBA program. MSM in collaboration with CENTRUM Católica Business School has been offering a world-class international MBA program for more than a decade.

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Graduation day in Cairo

On April 26, 2015, the 63rd cohort of MSM MBA students in Egypt graduated from MSM’s partner the Regional IT Institute(RITI). The capacity audience of a few hundred friends, family, guests and dignitaries watched 79 RITI students accept their diploma as the evidence of their two years of efforts in the Executive MBA.

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Graduation day in Aachen

On 29 May 2015 RWTH Aachen University held its graduation ceremony for its various Masters programs in Engineering. At this special event, the first student in the joint RWTH Aachen and MSM M.Sc. in Management and Engineering in Production Systems graduated.

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MSM in the UK

MSM Dean, Professor Wim Naudé and Associate Deans Ms. Katalin Kovacs and Ms. Amy Wang recently visited University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich to further the collaboration between the two institutions.

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MSM partners with Connect Limburg

Maastricht School of Management recently became a partner of Connect Limburg. MSM Dean Prof. Wim Naudé said that MSM is happy to be the 75thpartner of this initiative, as MSM shares its objective of promoting the entire cross-border region as a vibrant and leading region.

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Develop your project management skills at MSM

The Project Management program at MSM enables participants to develop the skills, knowledge and essential techniques for successful, cost-effective management of both large- and small-scale projects. One of last year’s PM participants, Mr. Aleksandar Stankovski, explains how the Project Management program helped him in his current day-to-day activities at work.

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MSM professor contributes chapter to new book on global women leaders

‘Women as Global Leaders’ is a new released book in which Dr. Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor at MSM, wrote a chapter focusing on the contribution of former British Prime Minister Mrs. Margret Thatcher to the progress of women in leadership roles worldwide.

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New MSM book on Sustainable Human Resources Management

A new book by Dr. Stephanie Jones and co-author Ms. Sheena Graham – “Cases on Sustainable Human Resources Management in the Middle East and Asia” – includes extracts provided by many MSM graduates.

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The use of overly intrusive conditionality in Greece is threatening the European project

In a recent blog published by the London School of Economics, MSM Professor Harald Sander argues that the use of overly intrusive conditionality in Greece is threatening the European project.

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Revenue management in the hotel industry

Mr. Stan Josephi successfully defended his Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) thesis on “The Phenomenology of Revenue Management: Explorations in the Hotel Industry at Maastricht School of Management (MSM) on 8 June 2015.

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New and upcoming programs

Executive MBA in Sports Management
Start date: 11 January 2016
Early bird application deadline: 1 October 2015

Scholarships available – deadline 19 July!
E-Government
Project Identification, Development and Management
Sustainable Business Development for Emerging Economies

Executive programs
Project Management
MSM deadline for private sponsorship candidates: 1 August 2015
Women Entrepreneurship Promotion:
MSM deadline for private sponsorship candidates: 1 October 2015
Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions
MSM deadline for private sponsorship candidates: 1 October 2015

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New and recent publications

Visit our research portal or click on the links below to access our publications. 

Recent titles include:

Cost Estimates, Cost Overruns, and Project Continuation Decisions
Authors: Alexander Brüggen and Joan Luft

Slow Money in an age of fiduciary capitalism
Author: Priyanka Jayashankar

Institutional arrangements for conservation, development and tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa: A dynamic perspective
Authors: Jakomijn van Wijk, Rene van der Duim, Machiel Lamers

Structural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS
Author: Wim Naudé, Adam Szirmai and Nobuya Haraguchi

Managing Portfolio of Licenses
Author: Nicola Dimitri
Working paper no. 2014/40

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Latest and upcoming events

Scholarship available – deadline 19 July 2015

MSM Graduation Ceremony 2015
Date: 3 September 2015

Research Conference: Managing African Agriculture: Markets, Clusters and Rural Economic Dynamics
Conference date: 4-5 September 2015

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