SEMINARSTALENT & MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT 2

OVERVIEW

• ACE IT BY STEVE MILLER• 9/02/16 – ARTEVELDE CAMPUS KANTIENBERG – 1.5 HOURS

• DOING BUSINESS IN THE USA BY ELIZABETH KELLY • 9/02/16 – ARTEVELDE CAMPUS KANTIENBERG – 1.5 HOURS

• APPLYING FOR A JOB ABROAD BY K. VELDKAMP• 16/02/16 – ARTEVELDE CAMPUS KANTIENBERG – 1.5 HOURS

• CROSS GENERATIONAL MARKETING BY J. VAN DEN BERGH• 1/03/16 – ARTEVELDE CAMPUS KANTIENBERG – 1.5 HOURS

• WHEN DIGITAL BECOMES HUMAN BY STEVEN VAN BELLEGHEM • 26/04/16 – ARTEVELDE CAMPUS KANTIENBERG – 1.5 HOURS

• HORIZONTAL COLLABORATION IN LOGISTICS BY EDWIN WENINK, LIEVEN DEKETELE, JACO VOORSPUIJ & KEVIN LYEN.• 15/03/16 – VUB CAMPUS ETTERBEEK - FACULTY: ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE WETENSCHAPPEN & SOLVAY BUSINESS SCHOOL – 3 HOURS.

ACE IT

• PREVIOUS RESEARCH• FOR THIS SEMINAR I COULDN’T FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION AS THE TOPIC TO

BE DISCUSSED WAS UNKNOWN WITH SPECIFICS FOR THE STUDENTS. I LOOKED UP THE SPEAKER ON THE INTERNET AND I GOT ACQUAINTED WITH SOME OF HIS WORKS THAT HE HAS DONE.

• THE SEMINAR WAS ABOUT PRACTICAL TOOLS THAT WOULD HELP US IN OUR PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS BY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

• MOTIVATION• I CHOSE THIS SEMINAR BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IN ORDER TO BE

SUCCESSFUL IN OUR FUTURE, WE ALSO NEED PRACTICAL TOOLS AND NOT MERELY THEORETICAL. AS THE NAME ITSELF SAID, DURING THE SEMINAR A PRACTICAL APPROACH WOULD BE GIVEN BY THE SPEAKER.

• ADDITIONALLY THE SPEAKER WAS OF AMERICAN NATIONALITY, WHO LIVED IN PORTUGAL FOR SOME YEARS, AND NOW HE IS BASED IN GERMANY. THIS GIVES A PLUS TO HIS PERSPECTIVE AS HE HAS LIVED IN DIFFERENT CULTURES.

• CONTENT

Source: Steve Miller, 2016

DOING BUSINESS IN THE USA

• PREVIOUS RESEARCH• THE SEMINAR’S PURPOSE WAS TO GIVE AN IDEA OF HOW IT IS IN PRACTICAL

TERMS, TO WORK WITH AMERICANS. • I LOOKED UP INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE BUSINESS

CONTEXT. GEERT HOFSTEDE OFFERS AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND IT ALREADY GAVE ME AN IDEA OF WHAT HOW BUSINESS ARE CONDUCTED IN THE USA. (HOFSTEDE, 2016)

• MOTIVATION• I CHOSE THIS SEMINAR BECAUSE I PLAN TO GO BACK TO MEXICO IN THE FUTURE

AND PRACTICE MY PROFESSION OVER THERE. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES, SEVERAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED BETWEEN THE 2 COUNTRIES.

• MEXICO’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT DEPENDS ON A LARGE SCALE FROM THE TRADE BETWEEN USA-MEXICO.

• IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW TO APPROACH AN AMERICAN AND MAKE HIM/HER FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

• CONTENT • DURING THE SEMINAR SEVERAL TOPICS WERE COVERED. FIRST, THE AMERICAN

ATTITUDES AND IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET TO KNOW THEM, WHAT THEY MEAN WHEN THEY DO OR SAY SOMETHING. THERE IS A BIG MISJUDGEMENT OF AMERICAN THANKS TO THE MEDIA AND FILMS THAT WE ALL HAVE SEEN IN OUR LIFES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT ALSO, WITHIN THE USA, DIFFERENT REGIONS EXISTS, AS DOES DIFFERENT LIFE STYLES AND WORKING HABITS.

• WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT AMERICANS ARE SELF-RELIANT, OPEN TO CHANGE, PATRIOTIC AND THEY WANT TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THEIR FREEDOM (OF SPEECH, TO BEAR ARMS, TO VOTE, TO EQUALITY, ETC)

Source: Steve Miller, 2016

APPLYING FOR A JOB ABROAD

• PREVIOUS RESEARCH• ONLY GENERAL INFORMATION WAS CONSULTED ON THE INTERNET, BUT I DON’T

KNOW YET WHETHER I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR A JOB IN ANOTHER COUNTRY DIFFERENT TO MEXICO OR BELGIUM.

• MOTIVATION• IT IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE OUT

THERE FOR US AS FUTURE PROFESSIONALS. IN THIS SEMINAR, INFORMATION WAS GIVEN ABOUT HOW TO SOLICITATE ABROAD AND WHICH TOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR INSTITUTIONS COULD BE HELPFUL.

CROSS GENERATIONAL MARKETING

• PREVIOUS RESEARCH• I WAS ALREADY ACQUAINTED WITH THE BABY BOOMERS AND GENERATION X & Y

TERMS. THIS KNOWLEDGE WAS GIVEN BY PREVIOUS LECTURES FOLLOWED IN MEXICO AND IN ARTEVELDE.

• MOTIVATION• AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT STUDENT OUR OPTIONS TO

PRACTICE OUR PROFESSION ARE QUITE VARIED. MARKETING IS A TOPIC I’M INTERESTED IN AND A DIFFERENT APPROACH GIVEN BY MR VAN DEN BERGH RESULTED QUITE USEFUL.

• I REMEMBER A QUOTE GIVEN BY THE SPEAKER THAT I KEPT IN MIND: “SOCIETY NEEDS TWO THINGS NOWADAYS, TIME AND MONEY”. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE TRUE AS TECHNOLOGY AND CONSUMER’S INTERESTS EVOLVE TOGETHER, AND EVERYTIME WE WANT THINGS TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY.

WHEN DIGITAL BECOMES HUMAN

• PREVIOUS RESEARCH• TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN EVOLVED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST

CENTURY. SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AUTOMATED PROCESSES HAVE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO MAKE HUMAN LIFE EASIER.

• NONETHELESS, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS ETHICAL DILEMMA OF WHETHER TECHNOLOGY MAKES US LAZY, ARROGANT, USELESS AND UNETHICAL.

• MOTIVATION• I CHOSE THIS SEMINAR BECAUSE I CONSIDER THIS CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC TO BE

OF GREAT RELEVANCE NOWADAYS. WE AS FUTURE MANAGERS MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP US TO REDUCE COSTS, INCREASE PRODUCTION AND PROFIT, BUT WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE HUMAN SIDE.

• I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HUMAN RESOURCES, ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCES OF ANY COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION.

HORIZONTAL COLLABORATION IN LOGISTICS• PREVIOUS RESEARCH

• FOR THIS SEMINAR I LOOKED UP THE SPEAKERS PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. I NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE INTERESTING JOBS AND EXPERIENCE. FLORA HOLLAND IS ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE THE LARGEST FLOWERS EXPORTERS IN EUROPE. AB

INBEV WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE SEMINAR AND IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST BEER PRODUCING COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. PROCTER AND GAMBLE, AND DHL ARE ALSO HOLDERS OF GREAT RECOGNITION IN THEIR BUSINESS SECTOR.

• MOTIVATION• I CHOSE THIS SEMINAR BECAUSE LOGISTICS INTERESTS ME. IN THE FUTURE I

WANT TO EXPLOIT MY QUALIFICATIONS, SUCH AS LANGUAGE AND CULTURE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LATIN AMERICA. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT HARBOR IN BELGIUM, WHICH IS ANTWERPEN. THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF SMALLER HARBOR SUCH AS GHENT AND ZEEBRUGGE. IN THOSE HARBORS, THERE IS PLENTY OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AS SEVERAL TRADE TRANSACTIONS ARE CONDUCTED FROM THERE.

• LOGISTICS PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DIFFERENT SECTORS AS EVERY PIECE OF MERCHANDISE TRASNPORTED FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER, NEEDS ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING.

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