This Friday USI EMBA will be attending Silicon Valley Meets Switzerland. This event is a great opportunity to learn about the latest technology trends from Silicon Valley start-ups and how IT trends impact businesses and consumers.

Feeling inspired to take your career to the next level? Stop by the EMBA desk and have a coffee with our alumni ambassador Carlo who will be available to answer any questions you might have about our world-class EMBA program. You will also have the opportunity to register for our next complimentary “EMBA for a Day” session in April. At USI EMBA we embody the Swiss tradition of excellence and are proud to say that many of our alumni are currently working for important IT firms such as Google and Acer. We look forward to seeing you there!

Friday March 31st, 2017

Palazzo dei Congressi, Lugano

http://www.siliconvalleymeetsswitzerland.com/

10 ingredients for create a successful Start Up & be an EMBA for a day!

Take advantage of this opportunity and book your free-day lesson for the upcoming session.

When: 26, 27, 28 & 29 January 2017
Where: USI, Executive Center, Via Giuseppe Buffi 13,6900 Lugano

The session is divided into two courses and our special guest speech.

Guest speaker: Dr. Francesco DELL’ ENDICE

“10 ingredients for create a successful Start Up”

When: 27 January from 6pm-7pm

Course: Operations Management

Professor Paulo Gonçalves

Professor of Operations Management at USI.
PhD (MIT Sloan), M. Sc. (MIT), M. Sc. (USP), B. Sc. (ITA).

Course Description

This course addresses the management of operations in manufacturing and service organizations.

It introduces the concepts and techniques related to the design, planning, control, and improvement of manufacturing and service operations. Managing operations effectively requires both strategic and tactical skills. Significant competitive advantages accrue to firms that manage their operations and resources effectively and efficiently.

Operations Management is a vast subject and a number of possible topics could be covered in class, emphasis will be placed on practical tools that can aid decision making.

Course: Entrepreneurship

Professor Gianluca Colombo

Executive MBA Director
Director of AMC Advanced Management Centre Institute of Mng. at USI
Director of Institute of Management at USI

Course Description

The theme of the course is corporate entrepreneurship. Corporate Entrepreneurship, also known as Intrapreneurship, is about launching new initiatives within existing corporations. These “new initiatives” can be anything from minor process changes to spinning-off entire business units.

Programme Overview & Structure:

The course is structured into 4 main segments:
1. Entrepreneurship Introduction & Overview
2. The Nature of Corporate Entrepreneurship
3. Creating the entrepreneurial organization
4. Business Planning

You can easily register by sending an e-mail at emba@usi.ch

Negotiation – An essential skill for executives

When: 21 January 2017

Where: USI EMBA

Keynote Speaker: Kandarp Mehta

Event Description

This session looks at the fundamental elements of the negotiation skill of an executive.

For an executive negotiation is not a choice, it’s a necessity. As a result it’s essential for a manager to work on his/her negotiation skill. In this session, through a practical simulation we will try to understand some of the most important aspects of negotiation skill of a manager. Negotiations involve a dual pressure for an executive. On one hand the executive is under pressure to compete and create maximum value, on the other hand the executive wants to collaborate and establish a relationship. Quite often negotiations involve not only opportunities for creation of value but also a resolution of a conflict or a deadlock. This session will address this competitive-collaborative pressure that each manager faces.

The session will provide practical tools and tips that managers can use in their day-to-day negotiations and become more effective.

AGENDA

9.45 – 10.00:     Registration and Welcome

10.15 – 10.30:   Event presentation Prof. Gianluca Colombo

10.30 – 10.50:   Negotiation : The Competitive – Collaborative tension in negotiation

10.50 – 11.10:   Negotiation Exercise; where participants will prepare and participate in a quick negotiation exercise.

11.10 – 11.40:   Negotiation Principles and Negotiation Process

11.40 – 11.50:   Factors that make a good negotiator, a great negotiator

11.50 – 12.00:   Conclusions

12:00 – 12:45:   Standing Lunch

*The event will be held in English.

Come join us Saturday 21st January at USI 

Limited places, book now at emba@usi.ch

Kandarp Mehta BIO

Kandarp Mehta is a PhD from IESE Business School, Barcelona.

He has been with the Entrepreneurship Department at IESE since October 2009.

His research has focused on creativity in organizations and negotiations. He frequently works as consultant with startups on issues related to Innovation and Creativity. His doctoral thesis was about the process of creativity in the context of motion picture industry.

He has conducted several Negotiation and Creativity Workshops for corporate executives and management students in Europe, USA and India. Before coming to Spain, he was at ICFAI Business School in India where he taught Corporate Finance. He is also actively involved with Creative Industries.

Micro-sharing (also known as Project-Aqua) won the StartCup Ticino 2016, the initiative promoted by the Center Start-Up Promotion (CP Start-Up of USI) with the support of the Department of Finance and Economy (DFE) and the BSI, which rewards entrepreneurial ideas and the most innovative and promising projects designed in the Italian Switzerland.

Micro-Sharing Project-Aqua has been selected among 865 other startups from around the world to participate in a prestigious Swiss accelerator of innovation.

During the event the finalists presented their project which was voted through an electronic voting system during the evening by the pubblic in Aula Magna.

The event was attended as guest of honor, Benjamin Simon, CEO and Co-Founder of Ectica Technologies AG, a spin-off company of ETH Zurich Ahead of the other four finalists of the competition.

The winner took home two prices: a check for 50 000 chf and USI Executive MBA Scolarship of 45 000 chf.

The novelty of StartCup Ticino 2016, now in its third edition, is that all finalists received a prize. In fact, the second place went Skypull a check for 30,000 francs, the third (Liberty) 20,000 francs, and the fourth and fifth place (SkyWhere and SmartCuff, resp.) 10,000 francs each.

Thanks to the Start-Up CP collaboration with Swiss Startup Invest (formerly CTI Invest) and the Swiss Economic Forum, the five finalists were able to present their projects to potential investors in the Swiss Venture Day Ticino, held in the auditorium of the campus USI on 1st December.

Furthermore, as happened in the first two editions, the five finalists will be automatically admitted to the final of the Swiss Economic Award, the prestigious competition that rewards the best start-ups emerging on the national level, without having to switch the phase of pre-selections.

The winning project

Micro-Sharing Project-Aqua www.project-aqua.ch

Project-Aqua is a project linked to the concept of Micro-Sharing, aimed at helping disadvantaged people around the world through micro-sharing products and services. In the pilot phase of the project, carried out in collaboration with Migros Ticino, buying a bottle of “Gazusa Nostrana” with Project Aqua-brand it has been able to guarantee – with the support of the Helvetas Swiss camp – the supply of drinking water for an entire village 330 people in Mali for a period of four years.

Congrats to Paolo Del Ponte and Marco Righetti, Micro- sharing pirate & Micro Sharing Dreamer, for the best future!

Executive MBA is hosting Cristiano Gellera Senior Advisor of the Monitor-Deloitte’s Consumer Product, Fashion & Luxury practice.

After the interesting testimonial, EMBA Directors will meet potential candidates.

SCHEDULE:
6:15pm to 7:15pm

The interim management value proposition

Event Details:

This presentation will show how a range of organizational gaps or imperatives can drive the need for a temporary manager within a company.

When temporary managers were asked to specify the “primary driver” for their client is hiring them for their most recent assignment, the two most common reasons were change management (32%) and crisis management (15%).

Other factors driving more than 10% of assignments were skills gaps (15%) and the need to implement a major initiative (13%). The most traditional or “obvious” reason for engaging interim managers – a temporary absence, or slow permanent recruitment – were not so important as the main reason for the engagement

CRISTIANO GELLERA with more than 16 years of experience in Advisory or in Executive Roles (C level) with specific focus on General Management, Strategy & Operations.

Senior Advisor of the Monitor-Deloitte’s Consumer Product, Fashion & Luxury practice (EMEA market) in charge to work collaboratively with clients to link strategic vision with flawless execution to achieve tangible, long term value across Strategy, Operations, M&A and Finance.

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EMBA DIRECTORS meet future students

7:15pm to 7:45pm

Event Details:

Candidates are invited to meet the Directors of the Executive MBA, EMBA Alumni and EMBA Team. This is an opportunity to learn about our Master Program, to find out details about application process and all the possibilities offered from scholarship to financial aid support.

When: Thursday 15 December 2016

Where: Executive Center, Università della Svizzera italiana, USI Main Building, Via G. Buffi 13, 6900 Lugano