Cass MBAs Bring Their Ideas For Change To Whitehall
Cass Business School MBA students played a role in re-imagining the UK civil service through a new voluntary project. Three teams of MBA volunteers took up the challenge to present recommendations for improving the Cabinet Office’s image to Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
This was the first time the Cabinet Office has invited MBA students to undertake a consultancy project in this way, and was an exclusive opportunity for Cass Business School.
The teams were free to explore the issue from any angle – one group focused on accountability whilst another looked into how civil servants could increase transparency. The third group explored Cabinet Office culture. They carried out a cultural survey on their MBA classmates that mirrored an internal Civil Service one, to compare outside perceptions with actual employees’ views.
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Part-time MBA Programs In London – What Sets Them Apart?
For those wishing to apply to part-time MBA programs in London, here are a few key features of each program in the area to help you compare:
Ashridge Business School
– A varied mix of merit-based scholarships open to members of specific populations (military, women) or interests (sustainability)
– The Employability Programme, an intensive and personalized module by which students can plan future career moves with the help of one-on-one mentors and a diverse array of workshops
Cass Business School
– Week-long orientation program held at Sandhurst to bond students to one another and further develop their networks
Mandatory Emerging Markets Consultancy week
Cranfield School of Management
– A part-time EMBA track oriented towards those looking to work in military initiatives
Henley Business School
– A Flex EMBA track oriented to executives who want more flexibility in scheduling
Imperial College Business School
– A completely paperless EMBA curriculum, which creates a streamlined efficiency for students
Judge Business School
– EMBA graduates are permitted to return to Cambridge to take one elective a year (free of charge) alongside current EMBA participants
London Business School
– the EMBA-Global Asia program, in partnership with Hong Kong University and Columbia University
– a permanent campus in Dubai
Said Business School
– Global Opportunities and Threats Oxford, or GOTO, component challenges students to use their accumulating business acumen to address global issues
Visit MetroMBA in the new year for news on these various part-time and executive MBA programs’ new offerings.
Greek Prime Minister Honors Cass Scholar in Athens
The Greek Prime Minister has praised Cass Business School Professor Costas Grammenos for his “pioneering” teaching and research on shipping finance.
Giving an official speech in Athens, Antonis Samaras acclaimed Professor Grammenos for his “vision ahead of time” in founding the Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance. The Prime Minister’s remarks came at an event marking 30 years since Professor Grammenos launched the international Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance.
Mr Samaras said the Greek nation was “proud” of Professor Grammenos for his “pioneering work” in “preparing the future and the people that will make it happen”.
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Cass Business School Alumni Flock to Monaco for Networking Weekend
The fourth annual alumni gathering in Monaco drew 200 Cass Business School alumni for a weekend of reunions and networking.
Alumni and guests came together from all across Europe and as far as Ghana, South Africa, Kazakhstan and Dubai. They were welcomed with a drinks reception hosted by EasyJet founder and Cass alumnus, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, on the terrace of his Stelios Philanthropic Foundation.
Sir Stelios, who studied on Cass’s Shipping, Trade and Finance MSc, was delighted to host the event and hoped it would inspire others to give back to the Business School.
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Cass EMBA Students Take On Business Challenges in Vietnam
Over 50 Cass Executive MBA students flew out to Vietnam in early September for their International Consultancy Week, during which students apply skills they’ve learned throughout the course to unfamiliar international business environments.
Students spent a week in Hanoi, where they worked together to create improvement recommendations for 11 host Vietnamese companies. These included one of the biggest carton manufacturing companies in North Vietnam, a major wholesaler of agricultural products and food to schools, hospitals and supermarkets, and the country’s premiere luxury fashion retailer.
One project group was challenged with designing training programmes to differentiate products and services for one of Vietnam’s largest bank securities firms, while another helped establish a payroll infrastructure and staff management tools in a not-for-profit social enterprise that teaches employment skills to disadvantaged teenagers.
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Social Media Week London comes to Cass
Cass Business School is running two master classes as part of its Social Media Week (#SMWCass) from September 22-26.
Industry experts from the Square Mile and Tech City will give advice to entrepreneurs on how they can use social media to drive business growth.
The day will begin with a breakfast session titled ‘Forging Lasting Relationships with your Audience.’ The breakfast session will focus on how start-ups and SMEs can use social media to enhance engagement and forge lasting relationships with target audiences. This event lecture is ideal for people entrepreneurs who have recently set-up or run a thriving business and want to learn how to utilise social media to communicate with their audience.
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