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MANAGEMENT SCHOOL ST.GALLENE X E C U T I V E E D U C AT I O N
ENGLISH PROGRAMS 09
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What does success mean in times of change? When certainties are crumbling and familiar ways of doing things put you at risk, practice alone no longer makes perfect. You also need the ability to develop new strengths and tread new paths. These days, success means training this ability systematically with the help of professional methodologies rooted in practical knowledge and experience. Welcome to St.Gallen.
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Management School St.GallenManagement School St.Gallen | www.mssg.ch | office | www.mssg.ch | office@@mssg.ch | Phone (41) 071 222 51 53
MANAGEMENT SCHOOL ST. GALLENMANAGEMENT SCHOOL ST. GALLEN
EXECUTIVE EDUCATIONEXECUTIVE EDUCATION
6 World Class, Made in St.Gallen 6 World Class, Made in St.Gallen 8 Quality Statement 8 Quality Statement10 Personal Coaching10 Personal Coaching12 English Programs12 English Programs
OPEN PROGRAMSOPEN PROGRAMS
LeadershipLeadership16 Advanced Leadership16 Advanced Leadership18 St.Gallen Leadership Program18 St.Gallen Leadership Program20 Intercultural Leadership20 Intercultural Leadership22 Personal Performance22 Personal Performance24 Negotiation and Rhetoric24 Negotiation and Rhetoric26 Managerial Effectiveness26 Managerial Effectiveness
ManagementManagement30 General Management for Entrepreneurs30 General Management for Entrepreneurs32 St.Gallen Management Training32 St.Gallen Management Training34 Strategy, Change & Process Management34 Strategy, Change & Process Management36 Strategic Marketing Management36 Strategic Marketing Management38 New Media Marketing38 New Media Marketing40 Financial Management40 Financial Management
INHOUSE PROGRAMS
42 Inhouse Programs42 Inhouse Programs44 ChangeDay44 ChangeDay46 Return on Education46 Return on Education48 Contact48 Contact
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Stefanie Uhlenbrok
World Class, Made in St.Gallen
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True success knows no boundaries. That’s why the True success knows no boundaries. That’s why the St.St.Gallen Management Framework is held in such high Gallen Management Framework is held in such high regard among business practitioners far regard among business practitioners far beyond the beyond the borders of Switzerland. And it’s also why borders of Switzerland. And it’s also why Management Management School St.School St.Gallen offers many of its Gallen offers many of its programs and programs and services in English as well. The following pages contain services in English as well. The following pages contain a current overview of what’s on a current overview of what’s on offer. And naturally, we offer. And naturally, we would also be glad to advise if you’d would also be glad to advise if you’d prefer an English prefer an English program tailored to your own program tailored to your own requirements.requirements.
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Quality StatementQuality Statement
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Management School StManagement School St..Gallen wants to stand out Gallen wants to stand out from rival education providers by having the clearest from rival education providers by having the clearest voice, not the loudest. Our response to an increasvoice, not the loudest. Our response to an increas--ingly complex business world is clear principles and ingly complex business world is clear principles and a future-proof offering of knowledge whose efficacy a future-proof offering of knowledge whose efficacy we are constantly questioning and improving. For we are constantly questioning and improving. For many years our work has been driven by the same many years our work has been driven by the same unshakeable passion for successful management – unshakeable passion for successful management – and for leadership that is worthy of the name.and for leadership that is worthy of the name.
Tailor-made rather than Tailor-made rather than mass-produced. mass-produced. The main thing for us is not what The main thing for us is not what our competitors are doing, but our competitors are doing, but how we can help bring you and how we can help bring you and your business forward.your business forward.
Human rather than technocratic. Human rather than technocratic. In St.In St.Gallen we prefer to think Gallen we prefer to think in terms of systems rather than in terms of systems rather than checklists – and in terms of a checklists – and in terms of a good balance between strategy, good balance between strategy, culture and processes. culture and processes.
Practical rather than theoretical.Practical rather than theoretical.We value dialog with the aca-We value dialog with the aca-demic world very highly. But the demic world very highly. But the most important thing will always most important thing will always be how to apply the insights be how to apply the insights to the day-to-day problems of to the day-to-day problems of business.business.
Innovation rather Innovation rather than repetition.than repetition.We don’t just talk about We don’t just talk about change. We aim to put it into change. We aim to put it into practice as systematically and practice as systematically and quickly as possible.quickly as possible.
Team players rather than Team players rather than individual all-rounders. individual all-rounders. We don’t want to do every-We don’t want to do every-thing ourselves – we want to thing ourselves – we want to do it right. That’s why we work do it right. That’s why we work with first-class partners from with first-class partners from the worlds of business and the worlds of business and research.research.
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Personal Coaching
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Discover the power of personal management coaching. Leadership means reflecting on yourself and your role, and changing what needs to be changed. Management School St. Gallen’s personal coaches are there to give help and guidance, especially in phases of reorientation and additional stress.
Coaching processTogether with one of our coaches you will define your objectives, strategy and con-crete approach. You then imple-ment your strategy with the help of tools, methodologies and know-how provided by your coach, reviewing and opti-mizing your progress in con-stant dialog.
Issues addressed Behavior and presentation skills Communicating in complex situations Personality development Managing relationships Managing and being managed Creativity and inspiration
Tools and methodologies Solutions-oriented, short-term advice Role playing Mental techniques Systemic coaching Organizational constellations Work with personality traits
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English Programs
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What does training mean in times of change? Management School St.Gallen is convinced that rather than looking at personal and professional qualities separately, a contemporary executive education program should treat them as two sides of the same coin – for the perfect balance of leadership and management.
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Leadership
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What does leadership mean in times of change? People are not just the smallest economic unit, but the most precious. Management School St.Gallen’s leadership programs show you how to lead yourself and your team more effectively – making your leadership face any situation.
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Understand power and share it: how executives can advance
their leadership skills by way of networked ideas, clear-cut
values, personal courage and fresh energy, and by doing so
implement business strategies successfully.
Today’s working environment is extremely complex, and its
cycles of change are getting shorter and shorter. The ability to
influence people, arouse their enthusiasm and to steer them
through a complex world and times of turbulent change is
called leadership. The aim is to empower people to think and
act independently and in alignment with the organization’s
vision and objectives. Leaders must continuously develop their
own leadership qualities to meet these ever-growing chal-
lenges. People with managerial responsibility gain effective-
ness and impact when they are familiar with the mechanisms
of complex, living systems. Based on this knowledge, leaders
can skillfully influence their environment and spheres of activity.
Target participantsTarget participantsManagers who have conscientiously
worked on improving their efficacy and
efficiency and want to stretch beyond.
Experienced managers in top positions
who carry profit responsibility for a com-
pany or organizational unit or managers
who have recently been promoted to a
managerial position and want to be as
effective as possible from the start.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
August 31st – September 3rd,
Mannenbach
2. Schedule
November 10th – 13th,
Abtwil / St.Gallen
Program Fee | CHF 5,300.–
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Management, control and leadership
Future-oriented management
requires an ever greater degree of
mastery over people and cultural
processes. As a leader you need the
following in order to meet these
challenges:
Ideas
Values
Courage
Energy
You also need the ability and mod-
esty to be led: by the market, by
specialists, by your own team. Lead-
ers must always translate: from the
market to the organization, from
the future to the present, from
themselves to others and vice versa.
This requires the ability to change
perspective.
Ideas: Networked thinking
and problem-solving
The basic principles of systematic and
networked thinking. The strategy of
strategy formation. Problem-solving,
creativity and thinking out of the
box. Integration of ideas.
Values: Leadership and personality
Valuable differences between people
and personality profiles. Impact of
own personality on working and
management style, communication
and team behavior. Ethics in leader-
ship. Personal and organizational core
values. Value system and self-esteem.
Blind spots.
Energy: Perception and assessment
Constructivism – the traps of percep-
tion: the personal frame of refer-
ence and its impact on perception,
assessment and communication. The
importance of clearly set goals for
motivation and assessment. Motiva-
tion or demotivation? Motivating and
coaching yourself and others.
Courage: Conflict resolution and risk
Constructive resolution of conflict:
changing your perspective and a
fundamental philosophy of appreci-
ation. De-escalation options. Giving
and receiving feedback. Open and
authentic communication. Coping
with responsibility. Constructive con-
flict resolution. Risk assessment, risk
tolerance and entrepreneurship.
Communication
Hierarchical communication. The ba-
sic principles of good communication,
I-messages, meta-communication.
Ways of winning others over to your
own position. Managing multina-
tional teams. Benefits and risks of
virtual communication. Methods and
processes.
Leading yourself
Managing yourself. Self-esteem and
health. Stress and work-life balance.
Life and career motives.
Leading teams
Efficient and constructive structur-
ing of teamwork. Impact of job
structuring on synergies and conflict
potential. The limits of teamwork.
Reducing decision-making risks.
Effective structuring of team meet-
ings. Team reviews.
Leading change
Love it, change it, or leave it …
The course and predictability of
change processes. Communica-
tion and management in the
various phases. Essentials of change
management.
Leading leaders
Good communication of objectives
and strategy. Developing account-
ability and self-determination.
Program ContentsProgram Contents
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From action for action’s sake to successful leadership: how
executives and team leaders can achieve excellence through
self-management, communication and empowerment.
Distrust, incompetence and the inability to build genuine
human contact are the deplorable characteristics of many a
leadership situation. Managerial effectiveness goes hand in
hand with development of personality. As an executive, are
you seen as a “Lionheart” or a “Nero”? Do employees trust
their management team – and its competence – enough as to
entrust them with their most precious property, their loyalty?
Or is their “esteem” based on fear? Not until the fundamen-
tals of trust are thoroughly laid can the other tools illustrated
during this seminar take effect. This is when leadership fully
breaks through. A deep awareness of self, the modalities of
how you interact with others and your understanding of
the impact of your own behaviors determine the quality of
your leadership. True leadership leads to mutual inspiration
and motivation.
Target participantsTarget participantsExecutives and team leaders from differ-
ent hierarchical levels and areas who want
to hone their awareness of how they are
seen by and impact others, who want to
further enhance their individual and social
competence, and executives who want to
optimize the way they lead themselves.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
Part 1: September 21st – 24th, Lenzerheide
Part 2: October 20th – 23rd, Arbon
Program Fee | CHF 8,400.–
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Program ContentsProgram Contents
This program is based on years of
experiences and observations devel-
oped in collaboration with executives
at all organizational levels. Two ques-
tions are essential: what do successful
leaders do, and how do they do it?
Sharing these methods and practices
to build effectiveness, combined with
an efficient analysis of participants’
own leadership style, is at the core of
this program.
Overcoming knee-jerk
reactions – getting results
What constitutes effective leader-
ship actions? What are the drivers of
action or non-action in management?
How to use your own willpower to
move things in the desired direction.
How to encourage initiative, com-
mitment and staying power among
staff and managers. Fundamentals of
integral leadership.
Building personality
Self-perception vs. interpersonal per-
ception: “blind spots”. Leading self
as a prerequisite for leading others.
Determining the position: analysis of
strengths and weaknesses.
Achieving mental excellence
Managing self-motivation. Motiva-
tion and goals. Control of emotions.
Effective actions under pressure.
Honing awareness
Potential of own strength. Charac-
teristics and factors of personality
structure. Personality and leadership.
Using leadership of self to enhance
own performance. From effectiveness
to efficiency.
Leading through empowerment
Elements of the empowerment
process: goals, responsibilities,
delegation, competencies, resources,
self-regulation and self-motivation.
Communicating effectively, words,
voice, body language
Effective rhetoric. Nonverbal com-
munication. Synchronicity. Emotions
as carriers of key messages. Impact
of facial expressions, gesture, eye
contact and voice on the audience.
Solution-oriented negotiations
Win-win-oriented negotiations. Types
of argumentation and their impact.
The appropriate sequence of infor-
mation and argumentation. Leading
difficult conversations in a fair, con-
structive manner.
Conflict as opportunity
Using areas of conflict as an
opportunity. Broadening spectrum
of behaviors in conflict situations.
Techniques of skillful conflict
management.
Managing and leading
in change processes
How to plan, initiate and implement
change processes systematically.
What are the core factors of success
and failure?
Team players and teamwork
Key success factors for high perfor-
mance teams. Leading teams. Criteria
and phases of team development.
Useful tools for better teamwork. The
peculiarities of dealing with a mixed
team of people with different cultural
backgrounds.
Coaching and coaching skills
What are the characteristics of suc-
cessful coaching? The structure of
performance-oriented coaching
programs. Empowerment and coach-
ing as elements of a new leadership
culture.
Life and leadership balance
Four aspects of life: sense, career,
relationships and physique. Societal
value change: principles, tasks, tools
and responsibilities of effective
executives.
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Different countries, different manners, different leadership:
how to understand yourself and others better when leading
internationally. How to succeed across cultures.
In times of global organizations and international workforces,
gaining intercultural competencies will become a crucial re-
quirement to succeed professionally. Leaders and project man-
agers mingle with customers, partners and employees who
expect fundamentally different outcomes from negotiations,
cooperation and leadership behavior, team processes and
human resource management. Being aware of these differ-
ences and handling them creatively often determines the
success or failure of foreign operations. Through applied exer-
cises, this training helps participants build awareness of their
own cultural imprinting. By means of many international case
studies the group reflects on how to collaborate with people
from other cultures.
Target participantsTarget participantsInternational leaders and employees who
are in constant contact with colleagues
and partners from foreign cultures or send
staff abroad; who want to analyze and im-
prove the impression they make and their
performance in the international context;
who want to understand their business
partners from other cultures better; who
want to gain intercultural competencies
for unlimited management success.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
November 30th – December 2nd,
Mannenbach
Program Fee | CHF 4,100.–
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International teams
Being prepared for teamwork with
international colleagues requires
self-awareness and social awareness,
the ability to develop relationships
and understand different concepts of
time, written and oral communication
and conflict management.
International human
resource management
How can international staff be
integrated? What preparation do
employees need for operations
abroad? What should be borne
in mind in terms of expatriate
management, family support and
reintegration?
Negotiating internationally
How do you prepare for negotiating
with international partners? How do
argumentation, time management,
contracts and social appearance
differ? How can you handle these
differences and manage crises?
Leading internationally
How do you lead international staff,
at headquarters and at branches?
Despite different concepts of hierar-
chy and status, how can you live out
an authentic leadership style?
Educating internationally
How are culture and learning con-
nected? What factors are relevant for
designing organizational education
strategies (socialization, participa-
tion, motivation, identification, etc.)?
What cultural peculiarities persist
in the conception and didactics of
training?
Presenting internationally
What culturally specific expectations
and behavioral patterns affect the
audience? What is the ideal relation-
ship between information and enter-
tainment? How can the character
of the presentation (setting, length
of lecture, discussion) be ideally
matched to the cultural framework?
Applied learning
The topic is illustrated with applied
exercises and simulations in which
the participants’ individual problems
are treated.
Potential conflicts between
culture and behavior
How does culture form our values,
behavior, perception and communi-
cation? What does culture mean in
times of globalization?
Perceptions and stereotypes
How do self-perception and social
perception diverge? How can we
recognize the way we perceive more
consciously? How can you handle
your own and external stereotypes?
Different cultures, different ways
How do people from other cultures
act, what values and behavioral
patterns are “normal” for them,
and how do they work with that?
Concepts of time, understanding
of hierarchy and rules, relationship
management, individual and collec-
tivist concepts, verbal and nonverbal
communication.
Intercultural communication
How do different communication
cultures affect business life? What
is so fascinating about collaboration
with people from other countries?
When does it work out, when does
it fail?
Satisfied and successful on
an international level
International collaboration requires
respect, humor and a number of
useful strategies: listening actively,
meta-communication, changing per-
spectives, empathy and sometimes
showing tolerance in the face of
differences.
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Self-image and projected image in harmony: how managers
can critically assess, systematically influence and selectively
employ their impact on staff and customers. Practice com-
muni cation through body language, the spoken word and
personal appeal.
Personal performance is to a large extent shaped by the dif-
ferent forms of interaction. Personal charisma has a differ-
ent impact on different groups of people. As a consequence,
individuals can only express themselves through their image,
culture, mimicry and intonation in a number of different
groups and assuming a multitude of roles, postures and
gestures. A manager does not simply have to accept how
others perceive him or her – he or she can actively influence
and steer these perceptions. Managers should reconcile the
expectations that the people they encounter place in them
and their role with their own personal qualities. The Personal
Performance program helps them to analyze and revise
well-worn behavior patterns and turns them into charismatic
leaders, even in exceptional situations.
Target participantsTarget participantsThe Personal Performance program is
tailor-made for employees who wish to
find out what impact their behavior has
on other people. It is targeted at manag-
ers from all industries who aspire to top
management positions or who repre-
sent their companies internally as well as
externally.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
November 17th – 19th, Arbon
Program Fee | CHF 5,300.–
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Expression training: Body awareness
The first impression: your own and
other people’s image of you. Training
observation skills. How authenticity
is created: from the outside to the
inside and from the inside to the out-
side. Internal and external attitude.
Body language as a significant means
of communication.
Expression development:
The ABC of body language
Signaling superiority and inferiority,
status and authority. Recognizing and
exploiting individual preferences for
expression. Eliminating internal blocks
to effectiveness. Nonverbal “status
flexibility”. Coping with “power and
superiority” signals.
The art of effective speaking
Body language and energy flow. The
correct speaking, breathing and re-
laxation techniques. Resonance areas
and voice box. (Dialect-free) articula-
tion. Auditory perception: voice pac-
ing. Internal attitude to speaking and
expression. Dramatic impact of stress
patterns. Working with specific texts.
Improvisation and speed of reaction
Exercises to improve reaction and
quick-wittedness. Getting rid of
mental creativity blocks. Reacting to
and changing impulses. Coping with
“blind offers” smartly. Spontaneous
synchronization of silent scenes.
Role flexibility and scope
of expression
Own/other people’s perception:
the allocated “anti”-role. Analyzing
and utilizing the emotional scope of
a role. Going beyond the personal
limits of expression and developing
new facets. Coping with sudden
situational and role changes. Braving
the unknown.
Manners and etiquette
Tact and courteousness as a com-
munication skill. The most important
rules of good manners. Small
talk – the art of establishing con-
tact. European gastronomic culture.
Clothes and image.
Presence and portrayal skills
Increasing your personal impact and
charisma. Internal attitude towards
the audience. Timing. Pauses to in-
crease impact and anticipation. Creat-
ing and maintaining anticipation. The
power of short sentences. Entrance
and departure. Exercises to increase
presence. Clear and authentic ges-
tures and mimicry.
Storytelling
Keeping your audience fascinated.
Storytelling: what does telling a
story mean? Selection and impact of
stories. Timing and anticipation. The
fascination of metaphors. Addressing
the senses. Presentation tools.
Presentation and performance
Using your personal impact to con-
vince your audience. Entrance and
departure. Target group orientation.
Setup and structure. Drama/stress
patterns. Coping with blackouts.
Coping with stress during
difficult negotiations
Seating plans and their impact.
Keeping your distance. Body lan-
guage equivalent of “wavelengths.”
Breathing techniques to eliminate
stress. Coping with signals of power
and provocation. Coping with your
own and others’ emotions.
Communication and conflict
Coping with “difficult” dialogue part-
ners. Discussions: coping with disrup-
tive factors in a constructive man-
ner. Nonverbal conversation levels.
Identifying and managing individual
conflict behavior. Integrating verbal
and nonverbal skills. Personal impact
in different situations.
Convincing media appearance
Correct preparation. What to take
into account when speaking into
a microphone and camera. Body
language is stronger than verbal
language. Practicing statements.
Interviews. Live situations.
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Using methodology and rhetoric for closing: how executives
and their staff can create a more successful internal and ex-
ternal negotiation process that enhances conscious planning,
argumentation and dialogue.
Executives face negotiation on a constant basis. Still, some
try to gain an advantage over their counterparts by haggling
or using other deceptive tactics. Successful negotiators and
facilitators, however, do not seek a quick or one-time gain.
Rather, they persuade their opponent and strengthen the
foundation for a lasting collaboration. When speaking in
public it is especially important for speakers to gear what they
are saying to their audience, to look convincing and to pres-
ent their argument in a clear and understandable manner.
The Negotiation and Rhetoric program covers ways to deal
with the negotiation power of your opponent and focuses on
techniques for speaking without notes, spontaneously creat-
ing visual images to illustrate what is being said and reacting
flexibly to objections. Special tools help mediate between
even the most opposing views, such as those of sales and
purchasing managers, with the aim of implementing solutions
that are acceptable to both parties.
Target participantsTarget participantsOur Negotiation and Rhetoric program
addresses executives and personnel who
would like to reassess, broaden or improve
their behavioral skills within the field of
negotiation, with either their internal or
external “client base”, and achieve the
best possible results while at the same
time advancing the relationship with the
negotiating party.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
November 23rd – 25th, Arbon
Program Fee | CHF 4,200.–
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Understanding the mechanisms
of communication psychology
Considering the role of the receiver.
Psychological aspects of communi-
cation oriented towards the receiver.
Forms of communication within
the negotiation process
What matters most during negotia-
tion. The basic principles of a partner-
ship-driven approach to negotiation.
Open communication vs. closed
communication. One-sided vs. two-
sided communication.
Understanding the fundamentals
of negotiation
Negotiations: some practical defini-
tions. The ability to recognize nego-
tiating situations. The significance of
attitude towards disagreement and
conflicts.
The art of persuasive negotiation
How to deal with powerful opponents
and overcome the classic obstacle of
having the desire for success while
retaining the virtue of humanity. How
both sides can avoid the risk of los-
ing face.
Team negotiation requires
discipline, trust and training
Learn how to negotiate as a team.
Recognize the different personality
styles and roles of the negotiating
partners.
Recognizing and utilizing psycho-
logical factors and opportunities
of influence
Establishing a negotiation map that
outlines how to combine different
roles, interests and areas of influence.
Optimum preparation
Learn how to efficiently prepare
negotiations and focus on the
situation as well as your negotiating
partners. Methods for problem-
solving within the negotiation and
mediation process.
Concepts of argumentation and
cooperative negotiation
Argumentation techniques and their
effects. The appropriate progression
of information and argumentation.
Motives for decision-making, value
proposition, interest-based approach
vs. position.
The (psycho)logical dialogue
Questioning techniques, arguments
in dialogue and negotiation. Listening
skills, questioning, argumentation.
Implementation of decision-making
motives.
Logical aspects of argumentation
Genuine and spurious arguments.
The role of implied prerequisites and
their impact.
Integration of nonverbal
and verbal skills
Discovering individual, nonverbal
characteristics. Significance and
effects of mimicry. Gesture and voice,
outer appearance. Interplay in discus-
sions and speeches: achieving the
desired aim; gearing talks to the audi-
ence. Impact at the conference table.
Developing a personal style.
Dealing with objections
How to respond objectively, not
personally. How to react to unfair
arguments.
Linguistic tactics as a
means of control
How a speech moves from monolog
to dialog. Leading, seducing and
manipulating using words. Rhetoric
as a negotiation tactic in front of
large and small audiences.
Mastering closing techniques
Getting to the point, reinforcing
mutually defined solutions without
losing face. Reaching an agree-
ment for measures to be taken and
monitoring compliance.
Integrative strategies
Evaluation of negotiation results.
Developing a negotiation philosophy
to create win-win situations for both
parties involved. The principle of give
and take during the negotiation pro-
cess. The characteristics of successful
negotiation.
Planning and preparation
The building blocks of successful
negotiation. How to plan and prepare
for dialog. Negotiation strategies and
tactics.
Potential synergies
Utilizing potential synergies within
internal conflicts of interest, for either
the individual person or the entire
organization. How to assist your own
staff to achieve optimum negotiation
results.
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Being a Manager is a profession without any formal
training – learn here how to manage complex challenges
effectively and still keep the personal life in balance.
What do effective managers do? In times of international
organizations and collaborations on the one hand and high
turnover rates on the other hand, managers search for ideas
and concepts to manage more effectively. Information and
knowledge are not only the most important resources in
the future but also a key issue of professional management.
Therefore reflecting on the leader’s role is important.
“Managerial Effectiveness“ shows the tools, tasks and prin-
ciples of effective management. These are oriented within the
program along the structural idea of the St.Gallen Manage-
ment Model. All combined with the knowledge about how to
organize your entire life besides the job as well. The overall
goal of the program is that managers know what to do to be
effective, how to do it and how to sustain their effectiveness.
Target participantsTarget participantsManagerial Effectiveness is designed for
experienced executives in divisions, de-
partments, units or branches of medium-
to big-sized companies; executives who
wish to improve their managerial effec-
tiveness and to take their management
skills to another level. It is also targeted at
managers recently promoted into a
managerial position who want to be as ef-
fective as possible from the start.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
October 5th – 7th, Arbon
Program Fee | CHF 3,900.–
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Values
Values as the base of decisions.
Define your individual value system.
To which extent do values limit
tolerance or guide emotions?
Understanding leadership
There is no general recipe of an ideal
leader. What makes a leader effec-
tive? In what way can behavior be
learned? Leadership vs. management.
Output-focus instead of input-focus:
Diversity as an opportunity.
Leadership and personality
Self-assessment with a personality
preference profile: Becoming aware
of one’s own strengths and weak-
nesses. Further empowerment of
individual strengths. Awareness of
personal patterns and working styles.
Managing yourself
Trust yourself. Utilizing your trengths.
Rejecting opportunities without being
scared. Compensating weaknesses,
not eliminating them. Time and
self-management. Simplify your job.
Learn to delegate and to empower.
Contribution to the whole
The importance of holistic thinking.
Do you only have a job position or
do you contribute to the organiza-
tion? Where do you get your motiva-
tion from? Self-motivation instead of
being motivated.
Focus on results
Make results measurable and
comparable to investments made.
Correct and strategic benchmark-
ing. What are the key ratios? The
Decision-Making Process.
A manager’s tasks
Management by objectives. Define
SMART objectives. Distinguish
between personal and professional
objectives. The challenge of organiz-
ing. Cross-departmental work.
Working with employees
The importance of setting goals
for employees. Job design and
assignment control. Trust and control.
Creating a positive perception of
supervision. Management by excep-
tion and management by result.
People instead of employees
The organization as a learning envi-
ronment. Personal Appraisal with-
out standard profiles. How not to
under-challenge or over-challenge.
Communicating effectively
The essentials of communication.
Learning to watch and listen. Assertive
communication and non-aggressive
feedback. Turning conversations into
win-win situations.
The personal toolbox of a manager
Creating your own toolbox.
One-page-management in reports.
Meeting management. Building
teams taking different team roles in
consideration. Not to de-motivate
instead of to motivate. Systematic
abandonment and detoxification.
Boundaries of management
Dealing with stress: where do stress
and fears originate? What exactly are
burnout and boreout and how can
one deal with it? Seeing problems
as opportunities. Positive Thinking:
Inborn, learned or forced?
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ManagementManagement
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What does management mean in times of change? In times of change, knowledge is the best foun-dation for making decisions. Management School St.Gallen’s management programs help you move forward purposefully in an increasingly uncertain world – for management decisions that will stand the test of time.
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Advanced dynamic planning: how experienced executives
can get ready for the future with the help of fresh
impulses, state-of-the-art know-how and trailblazing
practical examples.
This practice-oriented training program introduces owners or
managers of mid-sized companies to methods and tools for
successfully positioning themselves while having to wrestle
with the conflicting approaches of cost-oriented growth and
specialization. They will learn how to define and analyze their
own company, the markets and their fellow competitors. With
the help of innovation management and project management
they will effectively apply strategies in practice. To lead their
staff to implementing strategies, they will learn and practice
sensitivity to psychological and communication processes. To
enable entrepreneurs to use the concepts introduced in class
in their daily management routine, the curriculum follows a
holistic approach: knowledge and skills, that are already tried
and tested, are combined with new material.
Target participantsTarget participantsGeneral Management for Entrepreneurs
is tailored to the upper management of
mid-sized companies. The program is
aimed at both owners or managers and
members of management with overall
responsibility in a largely autonomous
unit of the company who wish to improve
their management skills in a practice-
oriented training program.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
October 5th – 9th, Luzern
Program Fee | CHF 6,300.–
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Integrated management
Demands on companies during times
of change. Integrated management
as a corporate challenge: gearing
business to employees, customers,
innovation and quality.
Strategic management
Analyzing the strategic status quo:
identifying relevant markets. The
tools and methods used in strategic
management. Characteristics of
strategic decisions. Developing a
specific corporate strategy and put-
ting it into practice.
Change management and
innovation management
What successful companies do differ-
ently: the art of change. The twelve
commandments of success. Effective
tools for leading change processes.
Innovation as a strategic competitive
factor for medium-sized companies.
Useful innovation management
methods.
The dynamics of an organization
Organizational development. Orga-
nizational and management struc-
tures. The dimensions of structuring.
Creating and shaping organizational
structures. The competitive advan-
tages of flexible structures. The
stages of corporate policy. Ownership
strategies and their effect on corpo-
rate culture.
Market and marketing
management for companies
Converting strategies into state-
of-the-art marketing concepts.
Successful marketing for medium-
sized companies: the critical factors.
Getting the strategic positioning
right in marketing and communica-
tions strategies.
Financial management
and controlling
Investment and financial policy. The
effects of strategies on financial man-
agement. Controlling at the strategic
and operational levels. Managing
mergers and acquisitions. Effective
funding strategies and dealing with
banks.
Finance and accounting
The instruments of financial
management. Key financial data as
a management instrument. Balance
sheet and profit and loss statement.
Managing liquidity. Budgeting and
reporting. Capital budgeting. Make
or buy?
Earnings management
and value management
Strategies for boosting earning
power. Bringing together strategic
and financial management.
Strategic alliance management
Strategies and methods for finding
the right partner. Taking strategic,
structural and cultural factors into
account when forming partnerships.
Quality management
Total quality management. ISO
norms and their implementation.
Human resources management
Raising efficiency by managing
human resources properly. The sig-
nificance of human resources and
the strategies and methods used.
Different approaches to personnel
development and staff promotion.
Mental and psychological
management methods
Raising efficiency using mental
approaches. Using psychological
techniques to increase energy.
Leadership
The difference between leadership
and management. Further empower-
ment of individual strengths. Leading
teams, leading leaders. How to foster
self-motivation of your people by
creating the suitable environment.
Managing diversity.
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The modular approach to success: how three practical
modules can help executives enrich their management skills
and acquire the latest knowledge and tools.
The St.Gallen Management Training is designed especially for
middle and upper managers. In times of growing change, and
with so many tools available, it is a real challenge for manag-
ers at this level to get a full picture of what is going on. What
today’s business leaders need is efficient instruments enabling
them to analyze and manage the key areas of management
and clearly recognize the interdependencies between them.
Over the three modules of the St.Gallen Management Train-
ing, participants acquire essential management knowledge
and a set of efficient tools and business methodologies. To
clearly structure the many different management concepts
and methodologies and to help participants get a clear
overview, the program is built along the lines of the St.Gallen
Management Framework.
TTarget participantsarget participantsThe St.Gallen Management Training is
tailored to the requirements of manag-
ers at divisional, departmental, unit or
branch level. It is also geared to people
without a formal business background.
The program is an opportunity to acquire
the comprehensive core skills managers
need to do their job properly. The training
takes a practical, hands-on approach to
the content.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
Part 1: Sept. 30th – Oct. 2nd, Engelberg
Part 2: Nov. 2nd – 4th, Arbon
Part 3: Nov. 25th – 27th, Arbon
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In the three modules of the St.Gallen
Management Training participants
acquire key management knowledge
and leadership know-how and a set
of effective tools to help them unfold
their true management potential.
The training follows the idea of the
St.Gallen Management Framework,
combining the various management
concepts and methodologies into a
coherent entity.
Module I
Leadership and personality
The persuasive communicator. Impor-
tance and conventions of communi-
cation. The most important principles
of perception. Constructive feedback.
Structuring conversations. Supporting
communication models. Subliminal
and nonverbal communication. Indi-
vidual charisma and effect.
Self-management
Leadership as an attitude: individual
value system, becoming aware of
patterns of interpretation. Analysis of
own behavioral patterns and pecu-
liarities. Flexibility when interacting
with totally different people. Tools for
self-management and self-coaching.
Human resources management:
Leading staff to success
Evaluating employees and identifying
potential. Discovering and developing
people with high potential. Ways of
motivating yourself and your staff.
Individualized motivation strategies.
Creativity techniques
Using creativity techniques. Precondi-
tions for creativity to unfold. The art
of analog thinking.
Personal energy management
Work-life balance. Individual goals
and visions. Individual energy bal-
ance. Setting the right priorities.
Conflict management
Basic attitudes for managing conflict
constructively. Causes and areas of
conflict and disturbance in teams
and organizations. The right moment
to intervene. Intervening to find a
solution.
Module II
Financial management
The concept of financial manage-
ment. How to read the balance sheet
and profit and loss statement cor-
rectly. Analyzing balance sheets and
profitability.
Return on investment
The correlation between profit and
invested capital.
Financial stability
Short- and mid-term finance require-
ments. The cash flow as a parameter
of return and liquidity. The concept of
free cash flow.
System of the management
result account
Structure of MRA by product groups,
markets, customers and strategic
business units.
Decision accounting and
responsibility accounting
Contribution margin analysis as a
form of decision and responsibility
accounting. Who is responsible for
what targets?
Module III
Professional management
The St.Gallen approach to integrated,
holistic management. What key
performance measurements are suc-
cessful managers geared to? What
are the interdependencies between
strategy, structure and culture?
Strategic management
Systematical and logical procedures
for developing business strategy,
business areas and functional strat-
egy. Structures and approaches
for managing strategic businesses.
Building core competencies.
Marketing management
Marketing’s essential contribution to
business performance. What must an
effective marketing concept contain?
From action planning to measuring
results.
The most important tools in
key account management
Everything you should know, from
interpreting customer value to MIS.
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Coping with difficult market situations: how managers, team
and project leaders can establish more powerful strategies,
design organizational change more sustainably and organize
processes with greater efficiency.
Management is responsible for securing the future success
and thus the long-term economic viability of an organization.
This is a question of strategic conceptualization. Company-
specific strategies can be defined only between the poles of
strategy, structure, culture and processes. Besides the ability
to manage complexity, knowledge of the influencing fac-
tors of financial power, organizational structure and company
culture is absolutely essential. The quality of an organization’s
management is indicated by long-term results and success-
ful strategy implementation. It is not the vision itself that is
critical, but its realization and implementation. This seminar
follows a consistent approach: to impart knowledge, con-
cepts and tools which are already tried and tested and can be
directly put into practice.
Target participantsTarget participantsStrategy, Change and Process Manage-
ment is specifically aimed at managers
and project leaders, both staff and line,
who are significantly involved in strategy
and change processes, and at CEOs and
senior managers who will be increas-
ingly concerned with strategic issues in
the future.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
September 30th – October 2nd, Engelberg
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Strategic management
Significance, meaning, philosophy
and implications of sustainability and
survivability of organizations.
Viable systems
The integrated St.Gallen Manage-
ment Framework and the model
of organizational cybernetics (Viable
System Model – VSM) as starting
points.
The organizational
navigation system
Different levels of strategic and
operational management. Evaluating
the life cycle of business models.
Developing and implementing
strategies effectively
The most important strategic analy-
sis tools and concepts. SWOT and
competitor analysis: concentration on
highly significant external and inter-
nal influencing factors and variables.
Requirements of a market-oriented
strategy: customer focus and market
position.
Establishing powerful strategic
business segments
Reducing market complexity and
establishing strategic business
segments. Ideal combination of
customer focus with available core
competencies. From outside-in and
inside-out perspectives to strategic
business segments.
Portfolio management
Developing a strategic portfolio on a
business segment level. Identifying
and assessing core factors of future
potential for success.
Methods and instruments
of strategy development
Evaluating strategic options, quan-
tifying strategy and resources for
balanced scorecard standards.
Managing successful start-up busi-
nesses and innovation strategies.
Alignment of structures
and processes according to
strategic challenges
Basic principles of strategy and
process design. Instruments for
designing and establishing structures.
Organizational development.
Project management.
Strategy implementation
Methods of successful strategy
implementation. Optimizing leader-
ship systems. Effective application
of balanced scorecard philosophy.
Strategic incentive schemes
Effective and efficient incentive
schemes for employees. Empower-
ment of employees.
Strategic controlling
Early-warning system. Management
information systems.
Change management
The entrepreneur as change agent.
Architecture of successful change
processes. Competent design and
steering of change processes. Estab-
lishing changes in the organizational
culture.
Leading change
Understanding basic principles
of change. Leading change more
effectively. Reasons for the success
and failure of change processes.
Winning people over and getting
them on board. What is important
and when? Leading processes vs.
consulting and supporting processes.
Accelerate change
Creating a sense of urgency. Working
with visions and management ratios.
Envisioning and pre-drawing the tar-
get state. Change leadership.
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Succeeding in tough markets: how business managers and
senior staff can apply modern customer-oriented strategies
and instruments to succeed in a fast-moving and highly
competitive environment.
Short life cycles, stiffer competition and saturated markets
pose a particular challenge to today’s marketing professionals.
Strategic corporate management tools have become indis-
pensable in defining marketing concepts. An unequivocal
commitment to a corporate policy that is both driven by and
in sync with the needs of the market is one of the keys to
establishing long-term client relationships. A basic tenet of
this program is to systematically develop potential for success
into full-blown marketing strategies and to translate these
into actual market performance using state-of-the-art
marketing tools.
Target participantsTarget participantsStrategic Marketing Management is
specifically aimed at CEOs and senior
managers involved in marketing, and
marketing heads facing a growing need
for strategic solutions. The program is
geared to people whose work entails
taking or assuming responsibility for mar-
ket-led decisions. A basic knowledge of
marketing is required.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
September 14th – 16th, Abtwil / St.Gallen
Program Fee | CHF 4,300.–
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Marketing philosophy
Customer benefit as a central cri-
terion of marketing. System-based
marketing management. Understand-
ing marketing as an integral entity.
The dynamics of marketing.
Marketing management today
Success factors. Alteration in con-
stants and recipients of benefit.
Constituent components: importance
of marketing. Potential areas of con-
flict. The pivotal significance of brand
articles.
Characteristics of different
marketing areas
Consumer and capital goods,
services.
Analytical tools in marketing
Sector and environment analysis.
SWOT analysis. Value-added chain
analysis. Life-cycle analysis. Product
life cycles and innovation manage-
ment.
Recent developments in
marketing research
Selection procedures and survey
methods. From product-based to
company-specific marketing. Key
account management.
Consumer behavior
Decision-making processes. Value
drivers for customers. Psychological
and sociological aspects. Purchase
decisions within organizations.
Strategic marketing
Basic principles of defining a market-
ing strategy. Integrating marketing
into corporate strategy. Modern
forms of strategic planning.
Marketing goal systems
Systems of goals in marketing.
Deriving marketing objectives from
corporate strategy. Developing a
uniform corporate vision.
Instrumental mix
Continuous development and exam-
ples of successful marketing mixes.
Product and brand policy
Product and range policy. Brand
management. Program structure.
Product launches. Product manage-
ment and pruning. Customer
service. Product and service quality.
Pricing and sales policy
Price theory, methods of setting and
fine-tuning prices. Scope and impact
of pricing strategies.
Distribution policy
Franchising as an intelligent form of
trading. Cooperation and concentra-
tion. Trade fairs. Logistics. Choice of
location. Total quality suppliers.
Communication policy and CD/CI
Essentials of marketing communica-
tion. Communication parameters.
Advertising. Media planning. New
media. Product design. Sales promo-
tion. PR work. Integrated communi-
cation management.
Human resources policy
Corporate identity and the role of
the employee. The significance of
internal and external customers for
marketing.
Marketing controlling
Controlling, auditing, early-warning
systems in marketing.
Specialized marketing
Direct marketing: pitches aimed at
specific target groups. Ecological
marketing as a strategic competitive
advantage. Digital marketing: social
networking, online communities, viral
marketing, Wikis, blogs and mobile
marketing.
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Marketing is the most undervalued, misunderstood and
misused management discipline in many companies. It is
the marketing function, however, which is largely respon-
sible for building brand equity, driving innovation and
strengthening key elements that build a company’s reputa-
tion and share value.
Successful marketing in the 21st century requires a differ-
ent mindset. In a world which is moving and changing faster
than ever, companies need, more than ever, to understand
human nature and motivations. Executives at all levels need
to be open-minded, passionate and dedicated to creative
and innovative ways of engaging both existing customers
and potential customers in a dialogue. New Media Market-
ing addresses the changes in Marketing that business must
embrace to be relevant both within their own organizations
and in the markets at large. By changing the things that mar-
keting professionals do and how they do them, companies
can give Marketing both a focus and scope that will help
to leverage added value and competitive advantages. New
Media Marketing takes a unique consumer and creativity
driven approach to making Marketing both, relevant, timely
and success oriented.
Target participantsTarget participantsNew Media Marketing is designed for
hands-on senior executives responsible
for marketing decisions affecting policy
and innovation. Marketing Directors,
Division Heads, Group Brand Managers,
Communication Directors and executives
involved in R&D wanting to be the cut-
ting edge will benefit most from this two
day program. A good knowledge of mar-
keting procedure and operational experi-
ence is a prerequisite.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
October 12th – 13th, Luzern
Program Fee | CHF 2,700.–
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Basic analytical tools in marketing
Using portfolio analysis and life cycle
analysis to look at the product range.
Understanding the concept of the
value chain.
Strategic marketing management
Principles defining a marketing strat-
egy. Employing strategic planning.
Strategy clips and success factors.
Trend enterprise 2.0.
Social media marketing in Web 2.0
Community Marketing Manage-
ment: From product management to
CMM including planning, goals and
realization.
Mega Trend digital marketing
One-to-one marketing as technologic
opportunity. Affiliate marketing and
searching for the right network. Mo-
bile marketing as a possibility.
Communication policy and planning
Choosing advertising objects. Defin-
ing advertisement goals. Finding
the target groups. Working with a
budget. Media selection. Designing
advertising means and message.
Search Engine-Marketing
SEO (Search Engine Optimization):
Importance of search engines and
how they function. On-page-opti-
mization vs. off-page-optimization.
Keyword-advertising and campaign-
optimization. Google as the most
important search engine.
Multi-channel marketing
Planning and organizing cross-media.
Combing traditional media and new
media.
Trends in Work and Life
Usage of the internet. From web 1.0
to web 2.0. Basics in Web-Design.
Communication forms in the internet.
Usability.
Target group
Is my target group online? Who does
my online-marketing today? Targets
groups in the internet: grey surfers
and digital natives. Psychological
aspects of consumer behavior and
brain-view.
Online marketing in Web 2.0
Basics and specialties of online mar-
keting. From concept to realization.
Tools for strategy implementation:
BSC. Strategic success factors.
Practical examples
Cross-media. Online advertisement.
Acquisition of new customers.
E-Mail-Marketing. Customer reten-
tion via mail. Measuring success.
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Drive efficiency and profitability: learning to measure,
monitor, plan and achieve financial goals is key to growing
the success of a business.
Financial control of a company is a core element of modern
management. In times of an economic downturn, financial
strategy is the key to profit maximization opportunities.
Managers must constantly make relevant financial policy
decisions, which will ensure the company’s long-term finan-
cial stability and profitability. The following serve as a basis
for strategic decision-making: balance sheets, profit and loss
statements, cash flow, free cash flow, financing portfolios,
cash management and professional financial engineering.
Financial Management for Executives gives an overview of the
essential aspects of financial control and is geared to results-
oriented managers who need to further their knowledge of
financial management.
Target participantsTarget participantsFinancial Management is tailored to man-
agers with a basic knowledge of financial
policy. The program is not only geared
toward board members, managers and
owners of mid-sized companies and
heads of business sectors or profit centers,
but also to young professionals who must
already make far-reaching financial
decisions.
Dates 2009Dates 2009
1. Schedule
November 25th – 27th, Arbon
Program Fee | CHF 4,200.–
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Financial strategies
Financial strategies and their incorpo-
ration in corporate strategy. Growth
strategies and their financial impacts.
Efficient financial engineering. Broad-
ening the product range and its effect
on cost structure. Outsourcing and
capital intensity. Core competencies
and the development of cash flow.
Can strategic options be funded?
Downsizing.
Financial instruments
The basics on balance sheets. Using
income statements and cash flow
statements.
Analyzing financial statements
Significance of the annual report.
Interpreting balance sheets and profit
and loss statements. How meaningful
are key performance indicators?
Management information systems
Analysis, planning and simulation.
Management reporting and business
performance measurement. Measur-
ing the performance of international
companies. What are the criteria
used and how meaningful are they?
Quality management and asset man-
agement.
Adding corporate value
Value-based management. Adding
value using the notion of shareholder
and stakeholder value. Targeted use
of value generators.
Valuing companies
Methods of measuring intrinsic value,
earning power and combinations.
Discounted cash flow analyses.
How meaningful is free cash flow?
The problem of valuation: the
bene fit principle. Prudent accounting
practices.
Mergers and acquisitions
Selecting a target. Procedures
when buying and selling. Staging a
management buyout. Investment
proposals. Make-or-buy decisions.
Consolidating financial management
Financing structures in holding and
group companies. Shareholder value
management.
Planning instruments
Cost management and management
accounting systems. Using the Flow-
of-Funds analysis as a management
tool. Controlling and business plan-
ning. Pricing decisions. Tools, liquidity
planning. Ways of managing liquidity.
International cash management.
Costing methods
Process costing methods. Target
costing methods and their implemen-
tation. Basic principles of life cycle
costing and fields of application.
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Inhouse ProgramsInhouse Programs
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Turn our expertise to your advantage. We give you the tools and know-how to successfully exploit your knowledge resources. From single events to corpo-rate academies and universities, we’ll find the right people in our international network who can realize your learning objectives most effectively.
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Pragmatic approach When organizations ask for support with internal manage-ment development, we work with them closely to plan, de-velop and implement targeted and practical measures to improve the quality of their management and leadership.
Expert advice, development and executionManagement School St. Gallen has the broad skills and expertiseto work closely with organi-zations to implement the devel-opment measures best suited to their requirements.
Proven concepts and methodologiesOur in-house programs build on many years of experience and tried and tested instruments that will help you be even more successful when times are good and (just as importantly) find the right responses when press-ing challenges arise.
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ChangeDayChangeDay
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Don’t put off change till tomorrow. With ChangeDay, an integrated solution offered by Management School St. Gallen and nextpractice, you can launch organi-zation-wide change and innovation programs on one day to make sure they are firmly instilled in your employees’ thinking and behavior.
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Return on EducationReturn on Education
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What knowledge and skills will enable you and your organization to take the decisive step into the future? This is the question underlying the tailor-made special programs offered by Management School St.Gallen. Rather than interchangeable know-how, we deliver concrete answers to the pressing issues that face your business – and a demonstrable return on your invest-ment in management and leadership.
“Only you” rather than “me too”Bespoke in-house programs have a direct impact in terms of executing your strategy.
A tradition of business excellenceYou benefit from our wealth of experience in the practical appli cation of the highly influ-ential St. Gallen Management Framework.
Knowledge partnership and guidanceWhether we’re giving one-off advice or setting up an acad-emy, we can help you develop your human resources more efficiently.
Practical and theoretical leadershipYou are assured exclusive access to leading academic and business experts.
From knowledge transfer to successful dialogNew types of convention strengthen your relationships with customers and other stakeholders.
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Management School St.Gallen seminars are deliberately small scale.
We carefully assess all registrations to ensure that participants are well
matched, and as far as possible put together groups of people with
similar backgrounds and expectations from a balanced mix of industries
and areas of work. This ensures everyone derives the maximum benefit,
and facilitates a lively and enriching exchange of views and ideas.
This catalog contains details of the content and target participants of each
of the different program modules. If you have any questions or are not
sure which module best fits your needs, please do not hesitate to contact
us. We will be glad to advise.
You will receive an invoice for the seminar along with confirmation of your
registration. Since the ambience is important for our seminars, we choose
venues in pleasant surroundings and premium hotels. We kindly ask you to
pay all costs for board and lodging yourself directly at the hotel.
We look forward to meeting you in person!
Have we managed to whet your appetite? Are you hungry for
knowledge, new points of reference and fresh ideas in your
work as a manager? Take this opportunity to step out of your
daily routine and let our experts help you look at where you
stand now, and how you can get to where you want to be –
both professionally and personally. It’s a great investment in
yourself and your future!
What can I expect?What can I expect?
Need advice?Need advice?
What is included?What is included?
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Last name
First name
Job title
Department
Company
Street address
ZIP / City
Country
Telephone
Fax
Number of employees
Date / signature
Title of seminar
Date of seminar
Title of seminar
Date of seminar
In which management seminar would you like
to participate?
Please send by fax or e-mail
If you have to withdraw your registration, we will refund any seminar costs already paid as follows: until 3 months before beginning of the seminar: 100%; until 2 months before: 50%. After this no refunds are possible. If you are not able attend, it is possible to send a substitute participant irrespective of that. You have the one-time opportunity to transfer to another seminar for a fee of CHF 500.– until 6 weeks before the seminar begins.
Management School St.Gallen
St.Leonhardstrasse 7, CH-9001 St.Gallen, SwitzerlandPhone (41) 071 222 51 53, Fax (41) 071 222 51 [email protected] | www.mssg.ch | www.changeday.com
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Management School St.Gallen | St.Leonhardstrasse 7 | CH-9001 St.Gallen, Switzerland | [email protected] | www.mssg.ch
WHAT’S YOUR NEXT STEP?
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MANAGEMENT SCHOOL ST.GALLENE X E C U T I V E E D U C AT I O N
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