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March 24, 2017

By Maarten Noeninckx

Alumni Stories, PART TWELVE: how the mpm boosts your career

Students & Alumni Public & Social Profit sector

Public Management belongs in a category of its own. No one is more aware of this than Maarten Noeninckx, strategic coordinator at the FPS Economy. Between 2013 and 2015 he was enrolled in the AMS Master in Public Management, a degree focused entirely on giving students a meaningful and

Expertise Opinion

March 19, 2017

By Ronald Bas

My experience with the Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture

Digital & IT

At the start of this year I enrolled in the ‘Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture’ at Antwerp Management School. Last week the master kicked off with a residential seminar in the charming Belgian town of Oud-Turnhout. In a beautiful setting at Priorij Corsendonck, a former

March 17, 2017

By Jesse Segers

Are you ready to be a CEO? Ask yourself these 7 questions.

Human Resources

Professor Dr. Jesse Segers recently co-wrote an article in Management Team about whether it was better for companies to train in-house staff to be CEOs or whether to look externally to hire them. Similarly, it discussed the relative merits of the internally-trained employee versus the

Expertise

March 10, 2017

By Remco Lenstra

Design Thinking Incorporated

Strategy & Innovation

"If you rewind through design history, the most thrilling periods are the ones of the greatest change, when designers interpreted shifts in science, technology, behavior and politics for the rest of us. Take the explosion of innovation during the 1920's „machine age" and the 1960's „space

Opinion

March 3, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Time to break free of traffic jams

Sustainable Transformation

Expertise

March 3, 2017

By Steven De Haes

The impact of Enterprise Governance of IT in organizations

Digital & IT

With the digital revolution, companies are investing more and more in information technology (IT). These investments are expected to contribute to the creation of increased and/or new company value. To effectively realize this expected value creation, new ways of managing these digital

Expertise Research

March 1, 2017

By Eva Geluk

Sustainable change that works

Sustainable Transformation

Recently, the consultancy firm Bain & Company published their report Achieving breakthrough results in sustainability. One mind-boggling fact in the report is that the percentage of successful change projects is put at 2 percent. That’s right, 2 percent. A mere two percent of the

Expertise

March 1, 2017

By Steffi Weil

Lobbying and Foreign Interest in Chinese Politics

Strategy & Innovation

China and the East-Asian market have been widely discussed in the business world for a long while. The increasing importance of the New Silk Route project gives further momentum to the debate. But how do you do that? Which parameters should you pay attention to? How do you handle cultural

Expertise

February 28, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

How do leaders stay balanced? The importance of reflection and introspection

Human Resources

In an article for the newspaper De Morgen, Jesse Segers turns the spotlight on CEOs. To avoid the pitfalls of power, according to him, a certain introspection is necessary. You need be able to get away and get some perspective on your work where you can think about your power and position

Report Interview

February 27, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

In the classroom of HRM

Human Resources

Professional Human Resources Management is indispensable in a professional organization. Ilse (35), Joris (35), and Veronique (45) are currently following our Master Class HRM to learn about changes within the sector. What have they learned and what are their personal motivations?

Opinion

February 10, 2017

By Koen Marichal

“At Google, leadership was not a badge for senior people.”

Human Resources

Stephan Thoma was responsible for learning & development at Google and now advises mostly European companies on embracing the Silicon Valley spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. He gave an inspiring talk to a group of leadership professionals organized by Circleradius. He

February 6, 2017

By Peggy De Prins

Greater autonomy at work reduces stress and increases a sense of meaningful employment

Human Resources

“One in three employees experiences stress at work1”, the newspaper headlines recently announced. Greater autonomy at work is mainly being touted as the solution. This is a great idea, as far as Antwerp Management School is concerned. More freedom to make your own choices and the ability