Master Strategic Management 2014

Master of StrategicManagement

The Team

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Aswin van Oijen:director

Roald Gerritsen:student

Yannick Lamens: graduate

Eric Niesten: coordinator

Questions on Strategic Management

• What is it?

• How do you learn it?

• How do our students experience it?

• What can you do with it?

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What is Strategic Management?

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• Founded in 1991 • Software for mobile devices, including navigation• First portable navigation devices in 2004• Revenues €963 million in 2013

Is TomTom succesful?

Why?

Decisions:•Map content•Real-time and historic traffic information• Location-based services•Webfleet management solutions•Navigation software• Sports watches

TomTom

What is Strategic Management?

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Making and implementing vital decisions in the face of high uncertainty and complexity

How Do You Learn Strategic Management?

Teaching Philosophy

• Advanced scientific expertise and practical skills

• Linked to practice

• Diverse work forms

• Fitting with course goals

• Small scale

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Assignments

Case DiscussionsDiscussions

Exams Excursions

Games Guest Lectures

Lectures

PresentationsTrainings

Tutorials

Web Lectures Workshops

Case Writing

How Do You Learn Strategic Management?

Curriculum

• Four study units concentration of efforts

• Two tracks: strategic consultancy and entrepreneurship

• Highly structured completion in one year

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Curriculum: August Entrants – Strategic Consultancy Track

Business-

Level Strategy

Corporate-

Level Strategy

International

Strategy

Research Skills

SM

Corporate

Entrepreneurship

Strategy

Implementation

Strategic

Consultancy

Master

Thesis

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

Skills training and

topic definition

Extended proposal

development under

supervisor

Full-time

researchThesis:

Course Example: Strategic Consultancy

• Overall goal:

Exposure to and training in vital strategic consultancy skills: Intake, tools, data, and presentation

• Teaching team:

Mix of scientists and professionals

• Teaching methods:

Lectures: guest, regular, feedback, web

Tutorials: practice, coaching

Workshops

• Network

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Curriculum: August Entrants – Entrepreneurship Track

Business-

Level Strategy

Corporate-

Level Strategy

International

Strategy

Research Skills

SM

Corporate

Entrepreneurship

Strategy

Implementation

Sustainable

Entrepreneurship

Master

Thesis

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

Skills training and

topic definition

Extended proposal

development under

supervisor

Full-time

researchThesis:

Curriculum: January Entrants

Business-Level

Strategy

Corporate-Level

Strategy

Research Skills

SM

Organization

Theory

Strategy

Implementation

Strategic

Consultancy

Master

Thesis

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

Skills training and

topic definition

Extended proposal

development under

supervisor

Full-time

researchThesis:

International

Management

• No entrepreneurship track• Less optimal sequence• Less flexibility at the end

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How Do Our Students Experience Strategic Management?

• Roald Gerritsen

• 23 years old

• Bachelor: Bedrijfseconomie (Business Administration)

• Hobbies: Cycle racing, mountain biking, going out with friends

Reasons for Choice Strategic Management

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• Favorite courses during my bachelor

• Career perspectives

• Specialized, but broad career opportunities

• Logic reasoning, not merely numbers

Experiences with Strategic Management

• Very interactive lectures

• A lot of group work

• Various assignments

• Lecturers with hands-on experience

• Practical courses

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Thesis Experience

• Open innovation within startups

• Collaboration with StartupBootCamp

• Open community, willing to help

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Future Plans

• Explore career opportunities

• Keep studying besides a professional career

• Career in consulting

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What Can You Do with Strategic Management?

A Master of Strategic Management is able to:

• Identify strategic challenges

• Analyze uncertain and complex situations

• Prepare vital decisions

• Implement strategies

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This prepares for a career in:

• (Strategic) consultancy

• New business development / entrepreneurship

• General management

Career Types and Companies

• Source: 178 graduates in LinkedIn connections program director

• Survey date: November 22, 2014

• Mainly graduates from program before redesign in 2013/2014

• Graduations from 1996 until September 2014 (median: 2012)

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Career Types as Percentage of Total

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Notes:

• Careers in marketing and finance are usually related to previous or subsequent education

• Survey based on program before redesign leading to more clear profiles

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Unknown / no job

Various (research / study / management support / trade / assistant)

Finance / Accounting

Marketing / Marketing Management / Sales

Account Management

Trainee / Management Trainee

General Management

Entrepreneurship / New Business Development

Consulting (including analysts)

1%

6%

11%

8%

7%

8%

21%

8%

30%

Examples of Companies that Employ our Graduates

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Industry Companies

Professional Advice Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Ernst & Young, EurogroupConsulting, Euronet Consultants, Fagro, KPMG, McKinsey, PwC, Scenter, Thaesis

Dutch Multinationals Ahold, ASML, Ballast Nedam, DE Master Blenders, Heijmans, Mammoet, Philips, PostNL, Unilever

Non-Dutch Multinationals Air Liquide, Apple, Bayer, BMW, Coca-Cola, Dell, Dow, E.ON, General Electric, Google, Lidl, Mars, Peugeot, Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Twitter, Xerox

Banks and Insurance Companies ABN AMRO, Achmea, CZ, DAS, Delta Lloyd, Menzis, Rabobank, Türkiye İş Bankası , VGZ

Not-for-Profit (8%) Avans, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Ministries, Tony’sChocolonely

And many others…

Graduate Experiences

Yannick Lamens: consultant PwC

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Ranked Best in the Netherlands

Highly fascinating and relevant topics

Fully redesigned, challenging curriculum

Attractive teaching methods

Specialized and broad career opportunities

Dual Degree opportunities

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Closing

• Questions?

• Information market

• Admission, career services, and alumni relations

• Conclusion

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All students:

Enroll via Studielink

Non-TiSEM students who want to enroll in a (Pre-) Master also need to:

Submit an application for admission

For more information go to

www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/masters-programmes/admissionprocedure/feb/

Admission & Application

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TiSEM Career Services

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Guiding you in your career planning process• Career Advice• Career Workshop• Internships• TiSEM Career Mentor Program

Simone Hofland (K18)Career Services Officer013 466 4203

s.b.hoflandlokin@tilburguniversity.eduwww.tilburguniversity.edu/studentcareerservices

TiSEM Alumni Relations

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Alumni are our most important ambassadors and our goal is to continue to support our alumni to succeed in their professional lives by providing opportunities to

- Expand Your Future- Knowledge - Skills - Network

As a student, you can benefit from the experiences of the thousands of alumni in the network

Pam Dupont Alumni Officer013 466 3603

alumni-tisem@tilburguniversity.eduhttp://www.tilburguniversity.edu/alumni-tisem

Which Candidate Are We Looking For?

• Excellent analytical capabilities or the talent to develop them

• Thinkers who can also present and discuss their ideas

• Pioneers with an open mind

• Committed to produce excellent results in a pressure cooker

environment

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