CEMS MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME AT THE WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS 2013-2014
WHAT IS CEMS? CEMS is a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies. Its first mission is to set a global standard of excellence for pre-experience Master s in management. Founded in 1988 in Europe, the network has grown steadily, largely due to the success and popularity of the CEMS Master s in International Management: the MIM Programme. Today, CEMS is the global league of leaders on the pre-experience Master s market and it cannot be equalled in terms of reputation of its members: 29 world-class academic institutions collaborate together with over 60 corporate and 4 social partners to offer international, postgraduate students a unique blend of high quality education and professional experience. CEMS MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME The major initiative developed within CEMS network is the CEMS MIM (M.Sc. in International Management), a prestigious supranational business degree that can be acknowledged as the best passport for an international career. This one-year joint degree programme is exclusively open to the Master s students of the CEMS schools who meet very strict selection criteria, and receive the CEMS degree in conjunction with their home degree. In 2009 CEMS MIM was ranked #1 pre-experienced M.Sc. Programme in Management in the World! In 2013 Ranking CEMS MIM is still in TOP 10, leading in several important categories. CEMS also fosters faculty cooperation for joint teaching, research and doctoral education. CEMS AT SGH SGH has joined CEMS in 1996 as a candidate member and started to send SGH student within CEMS Master Programme already in Spring Semester 1996. Following the implementation of CEMS curriculum and governance, SGH has been admitted to CEMS as full member in 1998 during the Annual Meeting in Vienna. Since then, SGH is recruiting regularly from 35 to over 50 students and is hosting currently 10+ students per year. We would love to host more incoming students at SGH and that is why we are open to accept students beyond existing slots and those who wish to pursue their Multi Country Track. The number of alumni (as of January 2013) has reached quite significant number of 415 graduates (5% of overall CEMS population) who are active around the World. 2 P a g e
STUDY HARD PLAY HARD This is a motto that is the essence of our idea of delivering CEMS MIM Programme at SGH. We believe that studies in International management should be a combination of challenging and practice- oriented courses, seminars and projects combined with well integrated leisure time activities that expose MIM students to local (and regional) cultures, tradition and everyday life. Interaction in highly diversified group of students (recruited globally) in dynamically developing and vibrant city of Warsaw means only one satisfaction guaranteed! STUDY HARD means that CEMS MIM courses we offer are carefully selected in terms of quality of contents and teaching. It means that they are international, interactive, practice-oriented (even if they are based on extensive theoretical foundation) and challenging to develop your personal and intellectual competencies. We are very open to strong cooperation between faculty members and company representatives. As the result we offer, or currently develop four courses that are designed and co-delivered by practitioners representing such corporations as: McKinsey and Company, Procter & Gamble, l Oreal, Deloitte, DB Schenker or A.T. Kearney. The highest academic standard means that class size is moderate (up to 35 or 40 students), the workload is adequate to distinguish CEMS MIM courses among our regular offer, and each course is subject to regular quality assessment that provides lecturers with feedback on how their classes are perceived by students. We realise, that despite all efforts, it is impossible to satisfy everybody, especially demanding students interested in a variety of topics. That is why, we have prepared to you a relatively wide selection of diversified (in terms of topics) courses: functional ones, for those who take at SGH courses they are required at home university, specific ones, to those more interested in the process of systemic transition or economies and business of Central and Eastern Europe, and finally hot-topic courses that tackle recent developments in theory and practice. All of them, are enriched in company-delivered courses, that focus on development of various managerial skills. Similar approach is taken when selecting Business Projects and skill seminars, which by definition are very much practical in contents and develop your practical skills or just let you apply them in real-life business situation. 3 P a g e
PLAY HARD In Poland, people quite often refer to study times as the best period in their life. For sure there are several reasons for that, and definitely not all of them are referred to hours spent in class. Any activity we perform should be a fun (ideally) and our PLAY HARD motto wants to emphasise that studying at SGH is a perfect match of learning and fun. Our extracurricular offer starts from the assistance of your buddies who are not only assigned to you to assist you in the first weeks of your stay in Warsaw, but also are a source of information on what to do at SGH after classes. From that perspective both SGH and Warsaw offer almost unlimited opportunities: Participation in activities of student organisations, scientific associations and sports clubs. Exploration of numerous Warsaw s clubs, cafe s and discos. Organised trips around Poland and to neighbourhood countries International days, etc. Such a variety of activities is a specificity of SGH resulting from the high level of SGH students involvement in organised life and cooperation of CEMS Student Club Warsaw, Erasmus Student Network at SGH and other students organisations (student union, AIESEC, student associations, etc.) who are passionate in keeping you busy in a way that brings to you a lot of fun! It would be silly not to explore that, so if you have doubts or if you are demanding person, definitely you should take SGH high if not on the top of your preferences to spend your MIM term abroad. 4 P a g e
OUR UNIQUE SELLING POINTS Our unique selling points are: Carefully selected courses delivered by top experts in their field A set of courses designed and co-delivered by experts from top international companies A wide selection of business projects Rich leisure time offer provided by several student organisations dedicated to international students Possibility to meet people who change the history of Europe and were successfully contributing to systemic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. IF THAT SOUND INTERESTING TO YOU, INSTEAD OF READING OUR PROMISES, JUST CHOOSE SGH AND EXPERIENCE IT! 5 P a g e
OUR PROTFOLIO OF COURSES TERM 1 (FALL SEMESTER) CORE Management Strategies in the New Economy ELECTIVES Media Economics European Strategies and International Business Microeconomics of Competitiveness (licenced by Harvard Business School) Organisational Behaviour Management Skills Transition in Central and Eastern Europe Knowledge management in Practice (with Deloitte) Management in a Logistic Company of the Future (with DB Schencker) Managing People, Systems, and Self TERM 2 (SPRING SEMESTER) CORE Global Management Practice ELECTIVES Strategic Analysis of European Markets Finance for Executives Business-Government Relations in the European Context Climate Change Policy and Model UNFCCC Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Design Developing a Winning Sales & Marketing Strategy (with L Oreal) Brand Management in a Multinational Company (with P&G) Strategy Development in Practice (with McKinsey & Company) Enterprise Value Built Growth Corporate Governance Case Studies Global Supply Chain Management 6 P a g e
CEMS CLUB WARSAW Student Life, CEMS Spirit All CEMS students and alumni would agree that one of the most distinctive features of CEMS is the exceptional network and community feeling, that they define themselves as the CEMS spirit. This spirit is a mix of curiosity, passion for international experiences, awareness and tolerance for cross-cultural cultural differences. It is built on the pride to be part of the most advanced international learning experience in European higher business education. CEMS students are involved in a very active student life at each school, organised by the CEMS Clubs on each campus. They make sure that the programme is also a human and cultural learning experience for the students. CEMS Clubs have been set up across Europe and share a number of aims. CEMS Club Warsaw belongs to the most active organization both at SGH and within CEMS Student Board. It is also in the group of the CEMS Student Board founders. Its task is to promote CEMS MIM programme at SGH, to support most of the CEMS activities and to organise leisure activities ties for incoming students. For more details on how to get involved in their activities, please visit CEMS Club Warsaw website at: http://www.cemsclub.pl/ 7 P a g e
CEMS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION POLAND The CEMS Alumni Association (CAA) allows CEMS Graduates to continue to enjoy the international and multicultural experience that is so dear to the members of the alumni community. Founded in 1993 by CEMS graduates, the Association is a truly international network whose members maintain lasting contact with each other, whilst living and working throughout the world. SGH with over 400 alumni has created a strong organization that promotes CEMS, its graduates and supports students in their career (Student-Alumni Mentorship Programme). This is just a sample of activities they provide to CEMS community. ALUMNI ON CEMS CEMS enabled me to create a vast network across Europe. Different CEMS activities during the programme were great opportunities to get to know corporate partners and make a final choice in terms of potential future employers. At the end of my CEMS experience I was offered a job by three different CEMS corporate partners across Europe. CEMS was not only a very good start for a career but also an unforgettable experience in terms of meeting new people and visiting new places. Alicja Dworowska (Alumna 2005) After successful admission to CEMS, I spent a semester studying at the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland. The highest quality of educational program, career support from corporate partners and experience to study, live and work in an international environment gave me then this feeling of confidence that I can dream of, plan for and reach any goal possible. Cezary Jarząbek (Alumnus 2001) 'CEMS was a truly fantastic experience for me from the very first moment. I started on with the Blocked Seminar at Stockholm School of Economics and then continued my CEMS year in Warsaw, Paris, Cologne, Prague, plus among others in Milan, Budapest, Bergen, London, Copenhagen, finishing in Munich during the time of my CEMS internship and in Paris again, closing the CEMS Master's in 2008. This confirms that CEMS is a brilliant way to collect international experience erience through intercultural exposure throughout the CEMS Program and afterwards. Recently, I have joined CEMS Alumni and I tell you cems life continues! Currently staying in Vienna, I meet many friends and get acquainted with new students and alumni from the CEMS community. CEMS can change your life to make it even more exciting academic, career and private challenge. I can strongly recommend the CEMS way! Agata Rundo (Alumna 2008) 8 P a g e
CEMS MEMBER UNIVERSITIES EUROPE AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA Aalto University, School of Business, Finland Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary ESADE, Barcelona, Spain HEC School of Management, Paris, France Koç University, Graduate School of Business, Istanbul, Turkey London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Norwegian School of Management & Business Administration (NHH), Bergen, Norway Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Smurfit School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden St. Petersburg State University School of Management, Russia Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-lal-Neuve, Belgium University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Poland WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria University of Sydney, Australia ASIA Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, School of Buisness Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India Keio University, Tokyo, Japan National University of Singapore Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management, Beijing, P.R. China AFRICA LATIN AMERICA Fundaçao Getulio Vargas, EAESP São Paulo, Brasil Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago de Chile, Chile NORTH AMERICA Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada CEMS CORPORATE & SOCIAL PARTNERS (as of October 2013) ING group PricewaterhouseCoopers A.T. Kearney Integration Management Consulting Procter & Gamble ABB Kerry Group PLC QBE Arçelik Kikkoman Corporation Reckitt Benckiser Arla Foods KONE SABMiller plc Astra Zeneca plc Kowa Company, Ltd. Salesforce.com Inc. Barilla KPMG Sberbank Beiersdorf AG L'Oréal Shell BNP Paribas Lawson, Inc. Siemens Management Consulting Crédit Agricole S.A. LVMH Sistema Daymon Worldwide Maersk Group Skoda-Auto a.s. Deloitte Touche Tomatsu MasterCard Société Générale Deutsche Bank McKinsey & Company Statkraft AS EADS Millennium bcp Banco Comercial Statoil Portuguęs EDP Energias de Portugal, S.A. Swiss Re MOL Group EF - Education First UBS Mondi Europe & International Fung Group Unibail-Rodamco Nokia Corporation GDF Suez UniCredit Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. Google Vodafone Novo Nordisk Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Whirlpool Oesterreichische Nationalbank HSBC Group Wolseley Group OMV Aktiengesellschaft Indesit Company s.p.a. SOCIAL PARTNERS: Care International Fairtrade Labeling Organisation Transparency International The United Nations Alliance of Civilization 9 P a g e
MORE INFORMATION To learn more about CEMS at SGH and possibility to study CEMS MIM here or to study your CEMS term abroad at the Warsaw School of Economics please visit our CEMS webpage: http://www.sgh.waw.pl/cems/ http://www.cems.org/ OR CONTACT CEMS ACADEMIC DIRECTOR OR PROGRAMME MANAGER AT SGH Academic Director Prof. Maria ALUCHNA, PhD Department of Management Theory Collegium of Management and Finance Programme Manager Mr. Grzegorz M. AUGUSTYNIAK, MA International Centre Room 325, Building M Room 12, Building A ul. Madalińskiego 6/8 ul. Rakowiecka 24 02-513 Warsaw, Poland 02-521 Warsaw, Poland Email: maluch@sgh.waw.pl Email: august@sgh.waw.pl Phone: +48 22 564 9842 10 P a g e