Pedagogical approach
The programme is taught in English. The teaching forms and methods are innovative and build on advanced practices of learning. Lifelong learning is a basic principle for the programme.
The programme is taught in English. The teaching forms and methods are innovative and build on advanced practices of learning. Lifelong learning is a basic principle for the programme.
The learning process
The process begins on the first day and continues long after the programme completion. During this journey, the opportunities for learning are many, the processes are made apparent, and the insights are recorded and implemented in practice. The learning process consists of many parallel and complementary forms: seminars, residential sessions, concrete projects, and the Master’s thesis, as well as the individual mentorship.
The student’s progress and knowledge acquisition are continually monitored through written papers, team works and presentations, as well as regular written exams.
Assessment of the student's performance is carried out by means of active class-participation, written examinations and by the submission of solutions to case studies carried out in groups. Students who do not achieve a satisfactory result in the examinations are permitted to make a second attempt approximately 6 weeks after the normal examination date. The grading is based on a balanced assessment of class-participation and written reports as well as the students’ ability to present and discuss contents of reports.
Professional Success and Personal Development
Lifelong learning is a leitmotiv throughout the programme. The process begins on the first day and continues long after the programme’s completion. We believe that the professional success is, more often than not, intimately tight to harmony and development on a personal level. Thus, providing for the means to enhance and strengthen each participant’s ability to cope with ambiguity and uncertainty is seen as an essential complement to the factual skills. These two processes are key issues in the programme. They work as on going parallels in which the personal and the professional schooling are shaped.
An Entrepreneurial Programme
This is an entrepreneurial programme which we produce - not a series courses we consume. Our pedagogy combines the genuinely authentic approaches with established “truths” together with young, fresh, and creative visions. The participants receive guidance and inspiration from their individual mentors whilst they, simultaneously, also serve as mentors for others.
Action Learning Pedagogy
The programme is based on the Action Learning pedagogy. We believe that learning is not done simply by receiving, but by participating, by influencing, by creating and by taking responsibility for one’s own learning. The participants evolve and work in a fully international environment. As members of multicultural teams they are given the opportunity and task to manage diversity throughout the whole programme. This creation provides the participants with an arena where learning takes place on various levels. Finding one’s position within the group and evolving with its members ensure an added maturity of each individual. Working with and leading together with others through the acquired knowledge of oneself provide a deeper sense making of the programme’s motto: the art of leading others comes from the art of leading oneself.
Will you dare to be bold?
Arenas for Learning
During this journey, the processes are made apparent, and the insights are recorded and implemented in practice. The learning process is shaped by many parallel and complementary forms: seminars, residential sessions, the work with the thesis as well as the individual tutorial and mentorship.
The lectures and seminars are integrated and the conveyed knowledge is experience-based. Efforts are made to secure the meaningfulness and concrete relevance of these sessions. We place a high premium on experience-based genuine knowledge and insight over more traditional or simulated forms of learning.
Theme guided Sessions
During the programme theme guided sessions are held where learning, intensity of experience and closeness reinforce one another. The participants play a prominent role in creating and implementing different tasks. This in turn is designed to enhance individual growth and team building. We work with form and content, with practical knowledge and group dynamics.
Seminars
The seminars cover the state of the art of knowledge about management and leadership in the complexity of our post-modern world and call for a continuous updating. The actuality is brought in to the classroom with fresh cases and interventions by people with hands on experience.
Master’s dissertation
The master’s dissertation is an independent authorship summarising the participant’s achievements and learning. It rests on concrete projects and on the participant’s theoretical sensitivity and ability to create meaningful analysis and skilful interpretation of the material.
Our focus is powerfully directed towards international affairs in business and industry. This is facilitated by our international faculty team, of which more than half of are distinguished researchers and practitioners from well-known universities, institutes, and other organisations worldwide.
- Freedom to Create!