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Jonathan Tuovinen, CEMS Club Copenhagen President 2008-09, in the middle on top of the
rock with Andreas Moe Jørgensen, CEMS Club Copenhagen President 2007-08, just below him.
Globally networking Master’s
GBC 2008 in Berkeley, California focused on global student
leadership and developing the leader within
conference highlights
By Andreas Moe Jørgensen and
Jonathan Tuovinen (CEMS)
This April, the Walter A. Haas School of
Business at the University of California
Berkeley had the pleasure of hosting the
2008 Graduate Business Conference (GBC).
This annual event is the world’s only international
MBA leadership best practice forum,
attracting participants from the top 40 Master
of Business and Administration-programs in
the world as ranked by the Financial Times.
Two years ago, CBS was the first business
school to host the GBC outside of North
America. In 2007 the National University
of Singapore Business School was the
host of Asia’s first-ever Graduate Business
Conference. As Presidents of CEMS Club
Copenhagen for respectively this and last academic
year, Jonathan Tuovinen and Andreas
Moe Jørgensen represented Copenhagen
Business School at the GBC.
The core of the conference consisted of
several workshops, during which there was
the possibility to discuss and share best
practices in many areas, such as student governance,
leadership, creation of new student
programs/initiative etcetera. This was a very
rewarding experience, as there was a lot to
be learned about topics such as event organization,
integration of international students
and motivating team members.
Getting in the know
In addition to the leadership workshops, the
organizing team had invited several external
speakers to talk about their personal leadership
experience.
The best of these included Chip Conley –
founder, president and CEO of Joie de Vivre
Hotels – who spoke about how following his
personal beliefs and taking the less traveled
road has enabled him to build America’s second
largest boutique hotel chain. Each of the
company’s 40 award-winning hotels has an
original theme, personality and unique collection
of services and amenities.
It was very impressing to hear how he has
managed to do all of this while still living up
to his principles, which manifest themselves
in a unique customer experience, excellent
service and a fair relationship with employees.
According to Chip Conley, this was achieved
by implementing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
and applying them to key stakeholders like
employees, customers and shareholders.
Another highlight was a lecture given by
Marshall Goldsmith, acclaimed executive
coach and author of the NY Times bestseller
“What Got You Here Won’t Get You There”.
Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in
helping successful leaders become even better
by achieving positive, lasting change in
behavior and xzis one of a select few advisors
who have been asked to work with over
80 major CEOs and their management teams.
This presentation was the one that struck
us the most – because of its clarity, its ease
of application and its potential of improving
everyone’s life. You can check out one of his
exquisite speeches on YouTube by searching
his name.
Topping everything off
The conference ended in a wine tasting trip
on Sunday to Napa Valley, where there was a
unique opportunity to visit a couple of premier
wineries set in a beautiful landscape of
wine lands and exceptional views with the
added benefit of getting to enjoy different
wines from the region.
The GBC 2008 experience was extremely
rewarding, and hopefully yet another CBS
generation will be able to attend the conference
next year. 2
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Response: CBS student life
as remembered from abroad
letter to the editor
By Kathrine Rostrup Lorentzen
International VP, CBS Students
The lack of networking opportunities
between CBS’ local students and our
exchange students, addressed in a letter to
CBS Cornet's editor in the issue before last, is
unfortunately a well-known problem. Failure
to provide a campus environment and events
aimed at bringing together all CBS students
– Danish as well as international – result in
a divided student body. This poses a huge
problem for CBS’s students, and especially
the exchange students suffer, while the
Danish students miss out on great opportunities
to socialize with other than their follow
Danish classmates, learn about new cultures,
and countries.
The good news is that CBS’ new student
organization, CBS Students, is on the case.
We are aware of the current state of affairs
and will be working on bringing about the
improvements needed for CBS to reach its
full potential as an international host. With
our new and improved presidency, CBS
Students will be focusing on the international
aspects, hoping that it will establish a fun
and educational experiences to all students.
CBS Students will be working together with
the International Office in order to support
and assist each other in our work to create
the best student environment possible. We
will also be cooperating with International
Week Copenhagen, organized by Danish as
well as international students, in the hope of
raising awareness of its existence and recruiting
students for international week exchanges.
Furthermore, we will in the near future be
hosting various events, such as movie nights,
excursions and parties all with the same aim:
to provide an educational and fun student
environment for all CBS students.
Finally, we strongly recommend all students
with fresh ideas, fun initiatives or original
thoughts on CBS’ international life to join
our International Committee. Additionally,
we would like to emphasize that our offices
both in Dalgas Have and on Solbjerg Plads
are open to any student looking for support
or help as well as simply a place to hang out
with fellow students. Anyone can stop by for
the latest update on school events, a chat
about student politics or CBS Sport.
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Wanted: highly educated (Danish!) entrepreneurs
Denmark’s future lies firmly in developing an ever more knowledge based business sector.
Thus, the Danish government encourages universities to promote the idea of students gaining
the necessary competencies to become highly educated and innovative entrepreneurs. CBS does
quite well at this and has twice – in 2004 and again last January – been lauded as Denmark’s
Entrepreneurial University of the Year. But either Denmark only has use for Danish graduateentrepreneurs,
or someone must have forgotten to tell the Danish Immigration Service.
Australian Gus Murray fits all the criteria. He is highly educated – he holds an Australian
BSc in Business Administration and a Canadian Master’s focusing on innovation and business
development. On top of that, he came to Denmark and took another MSc in Economics &
Business Administration – the Management of Innovation & Business Development program –
at CBS. He even worked at CBS Career Center while studying here.
After graduating with a pretty good average, he started up his own business, Friprint Aps.,
with a Danish friend from the study program. The Friprint Aps business concept has been
publically lauded by prominent members of the Danish entrepreneurial community as unique
and highly innovative. But the case worker in the Danish Immigration Service didn’t agree.
So now Gus is facing deportation, a decision he has of course appealed, and has to spend his
time dealing with immigration bureaucracy instead of building up his business and creating
employment and growth in Denmark.
Ironically, the MSc in Economics &
Business Administration (Management
of Innovation & Business Development)
is one of CBS' English-language graduate
programs, to which the school seeks
to attract fee-paying foreign students. In
this context, the message being sent by
Gus' present situation and the Danish
Immigration Service; that non-EU foreigners
may have great difficulty in
getting to use their Danish education in
Gus Murray - made in Australia, but educated in
Denmark and willing to build up a business here.
Denmark after graduation, might not be
the best selling point that the program
could have wished for.
24/7 Reading Room in Porcelænshaven
CBS-students can now enjoy round-the-clock access to the Reading Room in Porcelænshaven.
Outside normal opening hours, access to the facilities requires a pass. Passes are normally valid
for one term. Check e-Campus/Library or contact CBS Library staff for more information.
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