GBSN Member Opportunities

SIM-HSG Manager for Program Administration, Learning Experience and Core Projects

The SIM directorship and its management unit are responsible for the SIM’s strategic development, design, and operational execution. This involves a very good collaboration of highly motivated professionals who are committed to advancing the SIM vision and program on a continuous basis and securing its superior positioning in the international education markets. Hence, the job is challenging and requires both a learning and an achievement attitude.The suitable candidate will be a core staff member and offered an exciting opportunity in a multi-cultural and dynamic work environment, with a set of distinct responsibilities based on personal strengths. They will be working in collaboration with the management unit to enable students to become responsible leaders and address needs of business and society while ensuring the program’s performance in the highly competitive world of business education. The key focus of this position lies in the areas of Program Administration, Learning Experience and selected Core Projects.

Your Tasks

The SIM directorship and its management unit are responsible for the SIM’s strategic development, design, and operational execution. This involves a very good collaboration of highly motivated professionals who are committed to advancing the SIM vision and program on a continuous basis and securing its superior positioning in the international education markets. Hence, the job is challenging and requires both a learning and an achievement attitude.

The suitable candidate will be a core staff member and offered an exciting opportunity in a multi-cultural and dynamic work environment, with a set of distinct responsibilities based on personal strengths. They will be working in collaboration with the management unit to enable students to become responsible leaders and address needs of business and society while ensuring the program’s performance in the highly competitive world of business education. The key focus of this position lies in the areas of Program Administration, Learning Experience and selected Core Projects.

The job holder schedules, manages and develops the program’s academic courses, conducts evaluations, administers assurance of learning; manages quality assurance, manages an assigned operations budget; delivers, together with staff colleagues, a world-class and seamless international learning experience for students, and is in charge of selected core projects e.g. at the interface between academia and practice.

Your Profile

  • Dedication to excellence and to upholding the core values and vision of SIM-HSG
  • Min. 3 years of Operations and/or Project Management experience in the higher education sector
  • Strong service-orientation and ability to foster positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders: students, academia, corporate partners, etc.
  • Experience in a diverse and international environment
  • Demonstrated track record of drive, precise working style, and results-orientation under tight deadlines
  • Knowledge of new educational developments and trends
  • You bring analytical as well as conceptional skills, you have an innovative mindset
  • Superb time management and organizational skills
  • Demonstrated track record of collaboration in a team and within professional networks
  • Excellent command of English; working knowledge of German/other languages desirable
  • High discretion and motivation to safeguard the interest of a globally leading programm

The Master of Art in Strategy and International Management (SIM-HSG) is determined to build up tomorrow’s responsible business leaders. Its rigorous curriculum combines essential management knowledge, outstanding practical skills, and a large focus on purpose and personal development. The SIM is the international flagship programme at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland; it is globally recognized and top-ranked.

At SIM-HSG you work in an encouraging, multicultural work environment, as part of a dynamic group of professionals, where you can demonstrate your ability to achieve results both independently and in project teams on the basis of guiding principles and towards a compelling vision. Remuneration reflects HSG salary guidelines.

Applications will continue to be reviewed until the right candidate is found. Interested applicants provide a motivational letter, full CV, and the contact details of three persons who can be contacted for references. For all inquiries please turn to the SIM-HSG Managing Director Prof. Dr. Omid Aschari.

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2023 Energy Innovation in LMICs Global Case Writing Competition

The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan cordially invites you to enter our competition and submit your business case study about an energy innovation by a profit-seeking business in one or more low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The world needs $1.3 trillion in incremental investment by 2030 in energy output and infrastructure, according to J.P. Morgan’s Annual Energy Outlook. Most of the new  demand will come from emerging markets as they continue to work toward their development goals. At present, nearly 733 million people in the world live with no electricity. By 2030, 670 million people still won’t have it. And, approximately 2.6 billion people cook or heat their homes with fossil fuels that pollute the environment and can be harmful to their health. According to the International Energy Agency, price and economic pressures due to the current global energy crisis mean that the number of people without access to modern energy is rising for the first time in a decade.

Innovation is needed to address the large-scale and complex challenges related to energy. The global transition away from fossil fuels toward renewables is creating new market opportunities, especially in LMICs. In addition to policy, technology and other solutions, developing and scaling profitable business models is a crucial aspect of meeting evolving energy needs in LMICs.

WDI is proud to offer a competition aimed at increasing the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic.

Please see our Submission Requirements for more information.

Who Can Enter?

  • Individual students or student teams (graduate or undergraduate) and other professionals may enter, but must enter in collaboration with a faculty member or instructor from an accredited university/college, in the U.S. or internationally.
  • Individual faculty/instructors or teams from an accredited university/college (in the U.S. or internationally) may also enter.

Key Dates

  • December 14, 2022 (10am-11am EST): Informational webinar. Register HERE.
  • January 31, 2023: â€œIntent to Enter” forms due.
  • March 31, 2023: Final submission documents due.
  • July 2023: Public announcement of winners.

Steps to Enter

  1. Review Submission Requirements, as well as Resources.
  2. Review Frequently Asked Questions.
  3. Submit online Intent-to-Enter Form by January 31, 2023.
  4. Submit online Submission Form and final documents by March 31, 2023.

Competition Objectives

  • Encourage and reward the development of new business case studies that focus on an energy innovation in one or more low- and middle-income countries.
  • Publish higher education case studies that will help develop the necessary critical thinking skills in today’s students regarding the unique energy characteristics of LMICs.
  • Accelerate global knowledge of energy innovations being implemented by businesses in LMICs.

Prizes

  • 1st Place Award: $3,000
  • 2nd Place Award: $2,000
  • 3rd Place Award: $1,000

WDI Publishing will formally publish and distribute the winning cases.

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2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Global Case Writing Competition

You are invited to enter our competition and support and strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) skills and knowledge for today’s students, who will become tomorrow’s global business leaders. 

The University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the William Davidson Institute (WDI) at the University of Michigan are proud to present the third annual DEI Global Case Writing Competition.

We encourage you to submit an academic case study about a DEI-related business dilemma within one or across multiple business disciplines. See Submission Requirements for more information.

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Competition Objectives

  • Encourage and reward the development and publication of new, relevant academic case studies that focus on DEI in business and/or feature diverse protagonists as business leaders.
  • Publish teaching materials that will increase student understanding of the unique and realistic challenges of creating, implementing and sustaining DEI in a business or organization anywhere in the world.
  • Present learning opportunities for students that challenge current ideas about DEI in business and that spur critical thinking for creative pathways for more positive change.
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Prizes

Who Can Enter

  • Individual students or student teams (graduate or undergraduate) and other professionals may enter, but must enter in collaboration with a faculty member or instructor from an accredited university/college, in the U.S. or internationally.
  • Individual faculty/instructors or teams from an accredited university/college (in the U.S. or internationally) may also enter.

Key Dates

  • January 31, 2023: â€œIntent to Enter” forms due.
  • March 31, 2023: Final submission documents due.
  • July 2023: Public announcement of winners.

Steps To Enter

  1. Review Submission Requirements, as well as Resources.
  2. Review Frequently Asked Questions.
  3. Submit online Intent-to-Enter Form by January 31, 2023.
  4. Submit online Submission Form and final documents by March 31, 2023.

Sponsors

Thank you for the support of our sponsors. Learn more about them here.

Contact

For all inquiries, please contact info@wdi-publishing.com.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN): Senior Associate, Stakeholder Engagement and Demand

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is hiring a Senior Associate in Stakeholder Engagement and Demand to assist with the Demand Generation Alliance (DGA), of which GBSN is a proud leading member.  

The DGA focuses on food culture/ preferences and as an alliance, it is a collaboration between 5 international organizations that represent the type of stakeholder we wish to engage: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), EAT, Global Business School Network (GBSN), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The Demand Generation Alliance, under the current funding to GAIN, has a global and country focus, primarily in Kenya, Indonesia, and India. 

This position will support the Demand Generation Alliance (DGA) and the Demand Generation Programme. It will be on a 3 years’ fixed term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. This position is open to GAIN’s country offices in Nairobi, Delhi, Utrecht and London.

GBSN invites its community to share this hiring opportunity with university networks.  Please note this hiring opportunity closes on November 22nd.

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The eLearning Africa 2023 Call for Papers is Now Open!

The eLearning Africa annual conference and exhibition, which was established in 2005, is the largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event for technology-enhanced education, training and skills on the African continent.

The eLearning Africa is looking for participants for the Call for Papers. Africa needs a new model for learning and development; a plan to point the path ahead to a future full of opportunity. It needs an agenda to turn the African Union’s 2063 Vision into reality.

Now, in a world in which change is constant, where Africa is set to become the fastest growing region on the planet with its youngest population, African countries have the chance to entrench sustainable and equitable development. Africa can become self-reliant and resilient, as never before.

What must be done to build this new model? How can it be implemented across Africa? How can Africa give its people the education they need to become self-reliant and resilient? How can Africa’s new model learning support the sustainable and equitable development that will underpin productivity, prosperity and peace? And how can it help Africa to lead the world to a new age of cooperation and global community?

REGISTER HERE

Sustainability in Mining & Energy: Resource Challenges for the Energy Transition

  • Date: Tuesday Oct 18
  • Time: 8am-1:30pm UTC-3
  • Location: Auditorium Chilean Chamber of Construction – Av. Apoquindo 6750, Las Condes, Santiago
  • Industries worldwide are beginning to accept and discuss the roles that climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and other critical environmental challenges will play in global, national, regional, and urban markets. MIT is setting its sights on research and innovations that will deliver game-changing advances in humanity’s efforts to address these changes.
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This conference will highlight the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative’s (ESI) knowledge and expertise on sustainable mining and the clean energy transition.

Speakers

Professor John E. Fernandez

Director, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

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Dr. Scott Odell

Visiting Assistant Professor, George Washington University and Visiting Scientist, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

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Organized by the MIT Sloan Latin America Office

An event by the MIT Foundation Chile.

Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions with MIT REAP

Working at MIT offers opportunities that just aren’t found anywhere else, including generous and unique benefits that help to ensure that MIT employees are healthy, supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work/life balance. Discover more about what it’s like to work at MIT.
They welcome people from all walks of life to bring their talent, ideas, and experience to our community. They value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds – like yours. If you want to be part of our exceptional, multicultural, collaborative, and inclusive community, then take a look at this opportunity.

Description

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, RECRUITMENT/ADMISSIONS, REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACCELERATION PROGRAM (REAP), Sloan School of Management, to serve as a core team member sharing oversight of key programs and initiatives of MIT REAP.  Will manage program and new client development, coordinate events and workshops, develop new and ongoing initiatives, and recruit for program fellowships.  Responsibilities will include independently developing, refining, and implementing targeted client recruitment strategies to increase the number of leads by 100% and application yield for the program by 30-50%; working closely with communications and marketing team members to design, execute, and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns for lead generation; proactively engaging with leads and tracking their activities to inform them of the value of the program; refining communication with prospective clients, monitoring team formation progress and synthesizing progress through bi-weekly reports for director; developing the processes and data inputs for internal CRM and refining the leads process to ensure increased applicant numbers and consistent quality in applicants; assessing lead potential by vetting all incoming leads and managing a strong pipeline at all stages of development; representing MIT REAP at meetings with foreign delegations visiting MIT and presenting MIT REAP frameworks and solutions at internal/external conferences and events; and informing MIT REAP faculty leadership about new leads development. 

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least three years’ related experience
  • Experience in the entrepreneurial community through either starting a business or working with startup support organizations
  • Strong Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite proficiency
  • Excellent communication skills for executive-level client management
  • Experience working with a team in international development program/project management
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Sloan Visiting Fellows Program

Application Deadline: Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 5 pm (EDT)

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Are you ready to learn from MIT Sloan’s world-renowned faculty? Interested in joining an inspiring community that will help you accelerate your career? Apply to be an MIT Sloan Visiting Fellow for Spring Semester 2023. A special tuition rate is available for alumni and current students from a GBSN member school.

The MIT Sloan Visiting Fellows Program is a non-degree, customized course of study that provides students, professionals, and MIT alumni the freedom to explore all that MIT Sloan has to offer, as well as courses across the Institute, while cultivating the skills and tools required to generate impact where it matters most. The Visiting Fellows Program provides access to an unparalleled education model that offers Fellows the flexibility to glean what they need to know now from the world’s leading research institution in an expedited timeframe. We invite you to plug in to the MIT and Kendall Square ecosystem, level up your professional knowledge and leadership skills, and energize your network by connecting with industry leaders, innovators, and world-renowned faculty. Upon completion of the program, Visiting Fellows receive a certificate from MIT Sloan and affiliate alumni status.
Unlike a traditional degree program, there are no course requirements. Visiting Fellows come to MIT with the freedom to pursue their academic and professional goals, such as developing new skills in global entrepreneurship, broadening understanding of strategic innovation, or exploring international finance and capital markets. As a Visiting Fellow, the choice is yours. Visiting Fellows also participate in student clubs, conferences, and special seminars, and enjoy a wealth of cultural, social, and recreational activities, both on campus and in Cambridge and Boston. (Classes are currently held in person. Due to the novel Covid-19 pandemic, the format of activities may be adjusted to current federal and local government guidelines.)  

Doing Business in Emerging Markets (DBEM)

Location: Woxsen University

Preferred Program Dates: May – July

Program Details

Woxsen University is pleased to announce an interesting opportunity for international partners to participate in a global immersion program on “Doing Business in Emerging Markets (DBEM)” at Woxsen University.

About DBEM:

The program focuses on the Senior Executive Professionals and/or FMB (Family Managed Business) segment across various countries considered in the category of “developing” or “emerging”. These countries are formed by a predominant array of FMB SMEs that look for an adequate succession leadership approach.

The program would be operated by the School of Business, Woxsen University in the following modality:

  1. The program will take place in Woxsen University, India.
  2. The minimum cohort is of 15 candidates (per university).
  3. The duration will be 2 weeks.

Program highlights:

  1. Learning by Doing.
  2. Focus on Business Plan development execution
  3. Particiation in international business plan competitions.
  4. Exposure to the core aspects of manufacturing, service, retail, real state, infrastructure, among other business verticals.

Modules (non-exhaustive):

  1. Understanding the Business Environment
  2. Acquiring and Managing Customers
  3. Leveraging IT for Business
  4. Interpersonal Skills for Business Leaders
  5. Managing Self & Teams
  6. Family Dynamics
  7. Business and Society
  8. International Business/ Private Equity & Venture Capital
  9. International Finance & Taxation
  10. Behavioural Psychology
  11. Managing Sales Force and Reseller Networks
  12. B2B Sales
  13. Harnessing Human Resources in FMBs
  14. Competitive Strategy
  15. Strategic Negotiation
  16. Legal Aspects of Business
  17. Digital Business Models

Full-Time Professor: Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) Brazil￟

Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) is looking for full-time research professors in the areas of Strategy, Public Governance and Organizational Behavior. The school requires a workload in accordance with the standards adopted worldwide and candidates will have their institutional link to FDC. Candidates must have a doctorate degree, preferably from an internationally recognized school; be fluent in English, Portuguese or Spanish. Candidates must undertake research that will impact society, organizations and individuals, and have an interest/competence to conduct research and publish in recognized academic journals. We strongly encourage diversity by gender, ethnicity and nationality.

The School

FDC is a leading business school in Brazil. Accredited by Equis, FDC has been continuously ranked by the FT in the world’s top 20 schools for executive education for the past 17 years. FDC aims to be a thought leader, influencing society and promoting the development of executives, entrepreneurs and public managers in areas such as:

  1. Positive impact and sustainable legacies – Businesses and leaders oriented towards the integration of economic, social and environmental development;
  2. Innovation and Digital Transformation – Strategy and management of innovation and digital transformation;
  3. Leadership – Development of conscientious and globalized leaders who transform people, organizations and society;
  4. Public Governance – Development of organizations and public managers to raise the quality of management, accountability, productivity and effectiveness of services;
  5. Strategy and Governance – Formulation, execution and evolution of corporate and business strategies and organizational governance processes;
  6. Development of Medium Enterprises – Development, management and growth strategy, in a global context;
  7. Education and Learning – Processes, technologies and methodologies of education and learning in the work
    context; Research results are expected to contribute to these above areas and be rigorous and relevant, effectively combining theory and practice. FDC is strongly embedded in the business community and maintains relationships with leaders of large and medium-sized companies and non-profit organizations

Fundação Dom Cabral is looking for candidates who:

  • Can competently carry out research that can be applied to academic, executive and social education, and to individual or organizational development;
  • Have articles published in academic journals in their area of expertise or evidence of a pipeline to carry out such publications (such as articles in the peer review process, articles submitted for review);
  • Participate in knowledge networks outside their own academic environment, such as research groups and international organizations in their area of expertise;
  • Seek to adapt cutting-edge knowledge and academic research to an attractive language/ approach for the corporate audience.

Comments

Applicants do not necessarily need to reside in Brazil

Candidates with dual affiliation with other schools will not be accepted.

The application must consist of:

• Send your CV to recrutamento@fdc.org.br mentioning AKADEUS in the subject line.
• Presentation of cover letter

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