Event

2012 EFMD Conference on Undergraduate Management Education

Hosted by: BI Norwegian Business School

The event will start on: 26 Sep 12 16:30
And will end on: 28 Sep 12 14:00

Location: Oslo, Norway
Contact:
diana.grote@efmd.org
Theme
Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Management Education - The Student, Faculty and Employer Perspective

Host
BI Norwegian Business School

Target Group
Directors of undergraduate programmes in management and related areas such as finance, marketing etc. as well as programme administrators and staff from EFMD member and non-member schools concerned with undergraduate programmes.

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Programme

WEDNESDAY 26 September 2012
15:00 – 16:30 Registrations and Welcome Coffee
16:30 – 17:00 Welcome
17:00 – 17:45 Setting the Scene
Based on the graphical recordings created in Budapest, the committee will look back at the findings of the 2011 Conference and will see if people were able to find solutions over the past year.
17:45 – 18:45 Ice Breaking Activity
19:00 Dinner

 

THURSDAY 27 September 2012
09:00 – 09:45 Undergraduate Management Education – The Students’ Perspective
3-5 Students share their perception and expectations
09:45 – 10:30 Undergraduate Management Education – The Faculty Perspective
What are the main challenges professors encounter and what have they done to cope?
Innovative teaching models, programme design…
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 Breakout sessions repeated
11:00 – 11:45 - The Use and Role of Non-academic Mentors in UGME
- Softskills and How to Integrate them Into the Curriculum
- How to Engage Students
11:45 – 12:30 - The Use and Role of Non-academic Mentors in UGME
- Softskills and How to Integrate them Into the Curriculum
- How to Engage Students
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Innovation in Programme Design
This session will show alternative delivery models for UGME. Participants will be asked to analyse this model from the students’ perspective.
15:00 – 16:15 Roundtable discussion groups
19:00 Dinner

 

FRIDAY 28 September 2012
09:00 – 09:45 Undergraduate Management Education – The Employers’ Perspective
  • What do employers want?
  • Do graduates correspond to their expectations?
  • Do they have the necessary soft skills?
  • How would they judge their employability in general?
09:45 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:30 Internationalisation of UGME Programmes – Business School Panel
  • What strategy has your school chosen to become more international?
  • What are the challenges and  advantages of each model?
11:30 – 11:45 EFMD Update
11:45 – 12:15 Feedback & Wrap-Up
12:15 – 12:45 Closing Remarks and Welcome to the 2013 Conference
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

 

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