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Summer School 2012 Group Photo |
School of Management-Main Entrance |
I had a great experience with this program during my participation in 2012. I would like to share few of my remarkable experience in Summer School which was a very few learning experience I had during my life.
A Joyful Workshop |
Business Games (Prof Clive Rix and Prof David Merrick)
Strategy in Action Workshop (Dr. Richard Godfrey)
Entrepreneurship Workshop ( Prof Ken Jones, University of Houston, USA)
Organizational Stress Management (Veronica Moore, Staff Counseling & Welfare Service)
Leadership Workshop (Andrew Larkin, Principal Consultant, The Leadership Learning Team, UK)
Sustainable Business Workshop (Alison
Stowel)
Management in Practice Presentation
(Philip Hamilton)
Commercial Law Workshop
(Jeremy Pilcher)Working with Accounts Workshop (Phil Wilson)
Change Management Workshop (Roger Fulford)
Branding DNA Practitioner Workshop (Jitin Topiwala)
Conflict & Negotiation in the
Workplace (John Swanwick)
The Summer School not only endowed me with valuable knowledge from the workshops and seminars but also given me a chance to meet other MBA students all around the world. During these several days encounter we learnt a lot about human behavior, organizational behavior and multicultural behaviors. Wonderfully in this summer school we had about 170 MBA students participants from 30 different countries including Australia, CANADA, Uganda, UAE, India, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Japan, Pakistan, Germany, Nigeria, Denmark, Lebanon, Bangladesh, USA, France, UK, Egypt. This is a first such wide array of nationalities I meet in a single program. It was like participating in a Global summit of learning World Economy, Culture and Business Administration.
Beside these valuable workshops there were dissertation preparatory workshops which helped me to formulate my dissertation research project. I had a one to one meeting with my dissertation supervisor who guided me and briefed me the research process and other essential points of my dissertation research.
School of Management Main Building |
During
the summer school the organizers mixed and mingled different groups the way that
all the participants get to know each other after several sessions and this is
one of a important strength of this program which enables you to meet a large
number of people within a short period of time and can share your views and
ideas very closely. We had informal meeting not only with the other MBA
students but also with the world renowned academics, practitioners and
authors Dr. Simone Lilly, Dr. Matthew
Higgins,
Philip Hamilton, Prof Ken Jones, Dr. Richard
Godfrey, Andrew Larkin, Prof Alison Stowel.
Gala Dinner at Leicester Tiger Club |
The best
lesson I learnt from Summer School is about Human relation. When I met other
fellow MBA students my first impression has been built based on their external
outlook. My initial impression has been modified completely after I introduced
myself with them and spoke to them and exchanged views about life, career and
many other issues. I could not imagine how deep their thought can be till I
spoke to them and they opened up like blooming flower. It taught me a great
deal of art of listening and understanding people sincerely and honestly.
Business Game Session |
During the
summer school 2012, ULSM arranged for Business Games which is a planned
competition among several group of students. The subject matter of the Business
Game was very challenging and thought provoking. We learnt how to utilize
limited resources to optimize the value of an organization with different
contextual constraints. The Business Game session successfully instill in the
students how to act strategically and how to take decisions for a long-term
success. The Business Game also taught leadership, motivation and persuasion
which are great treasure for a successful business enterprise.
Another worthwhile workshop has been conducted on Leadership by Mr. Andrew
Larkin the Principal Consultant of The Leadership Learning Team. The Leadership
workshop was an group exercise which was designed to instill the
leadership basic traits into the participants. A remarkable initial presentation
followed by a leadership challenge competition were the main parts of the
workshop. This leadership challenge was a thought stimulating activity which was all
about thinking strategically to optimize your organizational success, how to
lead a team, how to motivate and recharge your followers during the heat of
real life business battle.
The learning outcome from ULSM summer school not
only improved my knowledge about Business Administration but also it converted
me to a better me who is able to utilize the hands on business skills like
Public speaking, Strategic thinking, teamwork, leadership, entrepreneurship
skills in workplace more skillfully and confidently.
The summer school was one my best experiences in my professional and academic career. I enjoyed this program very well and would like to participate in another program in the future. Its a great value added program which all the MBA students should participate in order to enrich their experience and knowledge with Leicester MBA.