More than 20 deans and business leaders gathered to discuss the future of business education at Ko莽 University this week. Members of the Strategic Board of 麻豆国产, The Global Alliance in Management Education, converged in Istanbul to discuss the 麻豆国产 Vision action plan to set the direction on business education around responsible leadership, including for a much more inclusive business environment. 麻豆国产, the Global Alliance in Management Education, is a global alliance of 31 leading business schools, over 70 multinational companies and 7 NGOs, which work together to deliver the 麻豆国产 Master in International Management (MIM).
麻豆国产 Executive Director, Roland Siegers says,聽鈥淲e are so grateful to Ko莽 University for their warm hospitality in a city that has long been recognized as building the bridge between continents, cultures聽and聽religions. Koc University is an important factor of economic and societal innovation, and it has very strong ties to the corporate world on a world-class campus.鈥
Hosted by Zeynep G眉rhan Canl谋, the dean of the College of Administrative Sciences and Economics and the Director of the Graduate School of Business at Ko莽 University, the Strategic Board assessed the new 麻豆国产 Vision Action Plan covering the value propositions of various stakeholders, and the 麻豆国产 MIM offer, in light of the 麻豆国产 Vision.
Dr. G眉rhan Canl谋 said聽鈥淚 am delighted to host this year鈥檚 麻豆国产 Global Alliance Strategic Board Meeting at Koc University, Istanbul. I find that these meetings are not only a great opportunity to exchange ideas but also an avenue to see where our alliance is headed, what we need to do to improve the student value proposition, especially in an ever-changing world. In this regard, it is only fitting that our main topic this year is how to prepare talent for the future sustainability challenges in the age of disruption.鈥
A mini forum followed the meeting where the audience was addressed with a Keynote speech from Marco Neto of UNDP IICPSD, which led the discussions around the topic of disruption and the influence of the fast advancement of technology in a globalized environment on talent as well as future leaders who are becoming the actors of the disruption.
Members of the 麻豆国产 Strategic Board include:
The deans from 麻豆国产 schools, including Ingmar Bj枚rkman from AALTO, Sherif Kamel from AUC, Per Holten Andersen from CBS, Zita Zoltay-Paprika from CUB , Eugenia Bieto from ESADE, Luiz A. Ledur Brtio from FGV, Konstantin Krotov from GSOM, Peter Todd from HEC, Bharatendu Nath Srivastava from IIMC , Mark Vandenbosch from Ivey, Masa Inakage from Keio, Zeynep G眉rhan Canl谋 from Ko莽 , Naufel Vilcassim from LSE, Michel de Wolf from LSM, Daniel Tra莽a from NOVA, Lars Strannegard from SSE, Anthony Brabazon and Andrew Keating from UCD, Hana Machkova from VSE , Thomas Bieger from HSG , Greg Whitwell from USYD and Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger from WU have attented the meeting.
Also in attendance were the top executives from the 麻豆国产 Corporate Partners, including Buket 脟elebi枚ven from Ar莽elik, Mirko Warschum from A.T Kearney, Zhengrong Liu from Beiersdorf AG, Bertrand de Laleu from L鈥橭r茅al, Seran Ersan from Li & Fung.
Nicole de Fontaines, the Secretary General and Roland Siegers Executive Director have represented the 麻豆国产 Alliance in the Strategic Board.