Faculty

Experiential Learning for Skills Development

DATE & TIME

April 21, 2021
8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT

LOCATION

This webinar will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens 

emartens@gbsn.org

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To ensure we provide the best in education, we consistently focus on creating a learning environment that will allow students to directly encounter real-life situations that will test their skills, knowledge, and emotions. Universal Business School’s 80% experiential learning module allows students the flexibility to react to conditions rather than merely thinking about how to respond to in a scenario. 

UBS’ two year AICTE approved PGDM program is designed to train aspirants for multiple business roles at different scales. With the global immersion program, students also gain the chance to receive international exposure to develop an intricate understanding of the international market. The program has been designed by 60 CEOs and is refined by 30 Senators who are leading industry professionals. 

The program follows the Experiential Learning Waterfall, which allows UBS to optimize the learning process towards 80% practical learning. Each course is embedded with:

  • Live Decision Making
  • Leading And Executing Live Revenue Generating Businesses
  • Simulations And Experiments
  • Case Blazer (50 Hours Non-stop Dynamic Case Study Competitions)
  • Global Immersion Programs In Europe And Asia
  • Live Projects In Companies
  • Student Boardrooms
  • Industry Ceo Workshops
  • Student Mentoring By Industry
  • Research Projects
  • Economic Review Sessions
  • Thinkathons
  • Quizzes
  • Conferences And Symposiums
  • Shadow Techniques, and
  • Global And Indian Internships

UBS’ Experiential Learning Waterfall ensures that our student’s gain the ability to grasp complex concepts, put them in practice, develop learning agility and assures that fundamental business ideas are ingrained in them. Join us to learn more about how UBS’ uses its experiential learning waterfall.

Date

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

  • 8:00 a.m. Washington D.C.
  • 1:00 p.m. London
  • 2:00 p.m. Geneva/Cape Town
  • 3:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 5:30 p.m. Mumbai
  • 8:00 p.m. Singapore

Speakers

  • Tarun Anand

    Founder & Chairman
    Universal Business School
    India

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Women Know Global: Closing the Gender Gap in the Global Economy

Join the Center for Global Business and executive director Rebecca Bellinger for a conversation about making strides to position women for success in the global economy. Hear from women leaders of global organizations that drive change, influence policy, and create programs to close the gender gap and support women in the workforce.

From four points of view, the panelists will address:

  • What programs, resources, and incentives are in place currently to support women in the global business ecosystem.
  • How traditional systems and norms obstruct women from the paid workforce and what is being done to address the issues.
  • How equal economic treatment for women benefits everyone, economically, and socially.

Panelists include:

  • Simona Scarpaleggia, Global CEO, Edge Strategy
  • Linda Scott, Author, The Double-X Economy: The Epic Potential of Empowering Women
  • Margo Thomas, Founder and President, Women’s Economic Imperative
  • Elizabeth Vasquez, CEO and Co-founder, WEConnect International

Registration is required to access the webinar.

Date

Thursday, March 25

  • 12:00 p.m. Washington, D.C.
  • 4:00 p.m. London
  • 5:00 p.m. Geneva
  • 6:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 9:30 p.m. Mumbai
  • 12:00 a.m. Singapore

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CEEMAN IQA Webinar – Relevant, Excellent and on the Move

Management education is quickly evolving as the world undergoes several major changes such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It must adapt to several different challenges, such as new customer needs and new competitors. This increases the need for stakeholders in management education to truly understand what the successful business schools of the future will look like.

This webinar will focus around the following ideas: relevance and excellence in both teaching and research and an institutional dynamic which continually moves the institution to the future through innovation and change. Attendees can expect to leave the webinar with a greater understanding of how to identify current gaps and the change processes that will have to be deployed to effect such changes.

Date

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

  • 8:00 a.m. Washington D.C.
  • 1:00 p.m. London
  • 2:00 p.m. Geneva
  • 3:00 p.m. Cape Town
  • 6:00 p.m. Mumbai
  • 9:00 p.m. Singapore

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2021 EFMD Middle East and Africa Conference

This conference tackles the specificities of both Africa and the Middle East regions in common plenary sessions and in separate tracks, specifically targeting relevant issues for both regions. The conference addresses topics such as ongoing trends and new developments in management education, inside, and outside of the two regions. It promotes an active debate between regional actors and participants from other regions of the world.

Business school professionals that attend the conference will develop higher levels of insights on how to approach challenges in the upcoming years, while also strengthen their networks across the regions.

Date

Tuesday, March 9 through Thursday, March 11, 2021

10:30 am – 2:45 pm CET

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Thriving in a New Era of Globalization: A Conversation with BCG’s Arindam Bhattacharya

How are organizations adapting to the disruptive forces transforming globalization, such as economic nationalism, technological transformation, environmental crisis—and, of course, the Covid-19 pandemic? For nearly two decades at BCG, Dr. Arindam Bhattacharya has worked closely with some of the world’s leading global companies, helping leaders to navigate the complex and rapidly changing environment. In this GBSN cross-border webinar, he talks with GBSN CEO, Dan LeClair, about that experience and his new book, Beyond Great, and offers insights into the future of business education as well as business.

Great performance in the 21st century is all about delivering consistently strong returns to shareholders—right? Wrong. That may have been true in the 20th century, when the rules of the business game were predictable, but not today. That world no longer exists. As BCG’s new book Beyond Great shows, the world has been transformed by three powerful, disruptive forces: social tension, economic nationalism, and technological revolution.

This event is designed for business school students, faculty, and administrators. 

To achieve business advantage, leaders will have to make bold changes on three major fronts.

Date

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

  • 6:30am Phoenix
  • 8:30am Washington D.C.
  • 1:30pm London
  • 2:30pm Lagos
  • 3:30pm Cape Town
  • 7:00pm Mumbai

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Gender-Smart Entrepreneurship Education and Training +

Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems to Support Underserved Entrepreneurs

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DATE & TIME

March 23, 2021
11:00 am–12:30 pm (EDT)

LOCATION

This roundtable will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Maddie Handler, mhandler@gbsn.org

This roundtable will showcase a multi-country project that mobilizes evidence-based insights in the development of entrepreneurship education and training as drivers of economic empowerment of girls, women and other disadvantaged groups (e.g., youth, informal workers). The GEET+ is the work of Telfer School of Management’s Professor Barbara Orser and Dr. Catherine Elliott. The tool has been selectively applied in Canada and the United States.  Led by the Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) and funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canada), the pilot project is being launched in Peru, Mexico, Kenya, and Nigeria. 

Join this roundtable and learn how the WEI international team of collaborators and experts is working to: 

  • Strengthen pathways to build viable and bankable women-owned enterprises. 
  • Enhance the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education and training within universities and community-based support organizations by addressing biases in solution design and sector knowledge about equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • Refine measurement and assessment criteria to support gender equality in entrepreneurship education and training. 
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing among academic, industry, non-governmental and government stakeholders, including the catalyzation of networks where they do not already exist.  

Attendees will leave the roundtable with an understanding of how entrepreneurship education and training can influence perceptions and better address systemic biases.     

Understand how entrepreneurship education and training can better address biases within course content, design and delivery.   

Share information about the Gender-Smart Education and Training Action Strategy (GEET+) as an assessment tool.

Grow from lessons shared about shifting perceptions in education, training and business communities to better support women entrepreneurs.

Women’s Economic Imperative (WEI) is a global, non-profit committed to promoting women’s economic empowerment (SDG 5) and inclusive economic growth for the benefit of all. Founded in 2018, WEI responds to the Call to Action of the United Nations Secretary-General’s (UNSG) High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. WEI’s mission is to catalyze and advance women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and advocacy. WEI’s work is supported by a global network of experts, influencers, partners, researchers, and stakeholders.

The Telfer School of Management is committed to driving the design and delivery of inclusive entrepreneurship education and training to enhance the UN Sustainable Development Goals of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. Telfer’s Inclusive Entrepreneurship scholars are informing research, practice and policy to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world.

Date

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

  • 11:00 am – 12:30pm ET
  • 8:00am Los Angeles
  • 4:00pm London
  • 5:00pm Lagos
  • 7:00pm Nairobi
  • 9:30pm Mumbai

Registration Information

This roundtable will be hosted on zoom. To participate, please complete the online registration form where you will be prompted to create a free account in order to complete. You will receive a zoom meeting link with your confirmation. Seats are limited, secure your spot today.

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The Psychology of Founding: Business Start-ups from Science and Research

DATE & TIME

April 13, 2021
10:30am – 11:30am EDT

LOCATION

This webinar will be hosted on Zoom.

CONTACT

Emma Martens 

emartens@gbsn.org

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Many European countries like Germany and Sweden are known for their substantial investments into university science and the great inventions these investments yield. However, compared to countries like the US or the UK, they suffer from relatively low engagement of scientists in business startups. This is surprising given that the regulatory environments of these countries and the availability of venture capital have improved considerably over the last years.

Therefore, in this seminar Holger Patzelt introduces the results of a multi-study, multi-year project which has investigated university startup activity with a focus on the psychology of founding new ventures rather than the external context. He illustrates key psychological challenges scientists face when founding new ventures, how problems within the entrepreneurial team can counteract founding intentions and activities, and the role of the university context in shaping scientists’ attitudes toward entrepreneurship. Patzelt will provide specific recommendations for universities how based on the results of our research they can create an environment that may help scientists develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

Date

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

  • 7:30 am Phoenix
  • 10:30 am Washington D.C.
  • 3:30 pm London
  • 4:30 pm Geneva
  • 5:30 pm Cape Town
  • 9:00 pm Mumbai
  • 11:30 pm Singapore

Speaker

  • Holger Patzelt

    Professor of Entrepreneurship
    TUM School of Management
    Germany

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Experiential Learning: A Vehicle to Promote Collaboration and Develop Problem Solving Skills

Learning by doing has become a powerful methodology in management education to develop in students’ competencies to adapt and make decisions in a changing context, as well as fostering innovation skills and responsible business practices.

Working towards becoming a third-generation university, Universidad de La Sabana has concentrated its efforts on working closely with companies, as well as government and private R&D, to help resolve managerial challenges and encourage the development of joint solutions. This is the case of MUUHACK, an open innovation and experiential learning exercise in which participants created solutions to contribute to the development of the value chain of the dairy sector in Colombia. This activity was organized in alliance with Asoleche, the national dairy industry association; and INNpulsa Colombia, the innovation and entrepreneurship Government Agency.

Date

Thursday, April 8, 2021

  • 6:00am Phoenix
  • 9:00am Washington D.C.
  • 2:00pm London
  • 2:00pm Lagos
  • 3:00pm Cape Town
  • 6:30pm Mumbai

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Call for Abstracts: 2021 University Industry Interaction Conference

Description:

The call for abstract is an important step towards shaping the conference agenda. We are looking for the latest research results, practice-based experiences and best practice case studies on university-industry interaction, entrepreneurial & engaged universities and pathways to impact.  The call for abstracts will close on February 22nd, 2021.

The overview below gives you some guidance on the type of proposals that we welcome, and themes will be addressed at the conference. This list is not exhaustive and we always welcome submissions covering other relevant topics. Only proposals that are submitted through the online portal will be considered, and submitted proposals will be reviewed by an international scientific and practitioners committee.

Overview

  • Research-based abstracts
    • Accepted abstracts will be presented at the conference. The full papers (optional) will be published in the conference proceedings.
  • Practice-based abstracts
    • Accepted abstracts will be presented at the conference. The full papers (optional) will be published in the conference proceedings.
  • Good practice cases
    • Accepted case studies will be presented at the conference. The case study will be published in the UIIN Good Practice Series.
  • Workshop proposals
    • Accepted workshops will be granted a 1 1/2 hour workshop slot at the conference. Workshops will have to be practical and interactive.

Subthemes

  • University-Industry Partnerships: A holistic perspective to accelerate relationships
  • Engaged and Entrepreneurial Universities: The future of higher education
  • Pathway to Impact: Managing and measuring external engagement
  • Knowledge transfer and engagement professionals: The role of boundary spanning agents
  • Structures and mechanisms supporting university-industry cooperation
  • Regional engagement: The university as a home-base and entrepreneurship catalyst
  • The university as a talent-engine & life partner: Supporting students and lifelong learners
  • The entrepreneurial and engaged academic in research and education

Submissions

Learn more about the subthemes, download preparation guidelines and submit your abstract at https://uiin.org/conference/submission/.

Important Dates and Deadlines

  • February 22, 2021: Call for abstracts closes
  • June 14-16, 2021: 2021 University-Industry Interaction Conference (online)

About the Conference

The annual University-Industry Interaction Conference brings together over 500 participants from around the globe, who are passionate about driving university-industry engagement, technology transfer, entrepreneurship and innovation. Delivered through a mixture of presentations, workshops and facilitated networking, the online conference is your opportunity to hear the latest insights across the field and connect with engaged peers around the world.

Learn more about the conference
Submit abstract here

Scholarships for New Case Teachers

Overview

As part of the annual #WorldCaseTeachingDay celebrations, The Case Centre announces a scholarship programme for new case teachers.

Five case teaching scholarships will be offered each year to support the development of new case teachers.

Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre, said: “Supporting case teachers and writers is a critical element of our mission, and I am delighted to extend our scholarship programme* with this exciting support for new case teachers.” 

“The case method has long been acknowledged as a powerful teaching tool but getting started can be daunting. Our case teaching scholarships are designed to support and inspire new case teachers through their journey, by providing a comprehensive range of training, mentoring and resources.”

Applications for the 2021 case teaching scholarships open on 5 February and close on 2 July.

*The Case Centre has offered a case writing scholarship programme since 1998.

The Case Centre is the independent home of the case method and is dedicated to advancing the case method worldwide, sharing knowledge, wisdom and experience to inspire and transform business education across the globe. It is a not-for-profit organisation and registered charity.

Apply at www.thecasecentre.org/CTscholarships

Eligbility

Faculty or PhD students with teaching responsibilities that are new to case teaching are welcome to apply.

Applicants must have been teaching with cases for no more than 18 months, or be planning to start using cases in their teaching during the next calendar year.

You can be from any organisation worldwide and people of all ages who are new to case teaching are eligible.

Scholarship Benefits

  • A free place on one of our online expert-led case teaching workshops â€“ an invaluable opportunity to benefit from the knowledge and experience of an internationally respected case teacher, and share experiences and insights with fellow teachers on the course.*
  • A review of one of your case teaching sessions by a workshop tutor from The Case Centre. You’ll submit a recording of your case teaching session (no more than 90 minutes in length) and feedback will be provided by one of The Case Centre’s workshop tutors via Zoom or a similar platform. The review must be completed within one year of being awarded the scholarship, and we advise that it is after you have attended our case teaching workshop.
  • The opportunity to attend an exclusive online session with an expert case teacher, who will provide insight into their case teaching experience and host a Q&A for scholarship recipients.
  • Provision of a curated selection of case teaching articles from leading case institutions.
  • Free digital copy of the book Teaching & Writing Cases: A Practical Guide by John Heath.

On completion of your scholarship, you will receive a certificate from The Case Centre in recognition of your achievement. 

Contact

For more information please contact: Antoinette Mills, +44 (0)7974397288, antoinette@thecasecentre.org

#WorldCaseTeachingDay

Every day, in thousands of business schools around the globe, classrooms come alive as fundamental beliefs and assertions are challenged, and students learn to think differently and more effectively through the case method.

#WorldCaseTeachingDay takes place annually at the beginning of February, and celebrates the contribution that this powerful pedagogical tool makes to the lives and careers of students and educators worldwide.

www.worldcaseteachingday.org

Important Deadlines and Dates

  • February 5th, 2021: Applications open
  • July 2nd, 2021: Applications close
  • July 22nd, 2021: Applications notified of decision about their scholarship
  • September 2021: Exclusive online session with an expert case teacher
  • July 21st, 2022: Deadline for case teaching review to be completed
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