Newsletter Fall 2009 - Munich Business School
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<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
University of Applied Sciences<br />
NEWS | <strong>Fall</strong> Semester <strong>2009</strong>
News | <strong>Fall</strong> Semester <strong>2009</strong><br />
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Dear Readers<br />
Graduates of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
have probably followed the debates of<br />
the past months about the moral principles<br />
of management in the economy with<br />
a certain amount of astonishment. Especially<br />
when the claim was put in to introduce<br />
ethics into the syllabus and to make<br />
the development of a resilient value<br />
structure for future managers part of the<br />
university education.<br />
In moments like these, the MBS graduates<br />
probably recall the social studies and<br />
projects with which they already had to<br />
deal with during their first academic year.<br />
What comes to mind are the long-standing<br />
lecture series such as ‘<strong>Business</strong><br />
Ethics’, ‘<strong>Business</strong> and Society’, or ‘Economic<br />
and Cultural History’, the contents<br />
and questions of which at times surprised<br />
or even provoked them.<br />
More than once have I met graduates<br />
who in retrospect considered these elements<br />
of their studies an important advantage<br />
of their training. And even long<br />
before the public discussion about morals<br />
in business came up as a consequence of<br />
the economic crisis, former students implored<br />
us to never give up these parts of<br />
the course of studies – even if some current<br />
students may be skeptical towards<br />
this offer.<br />
We of course feel vindicated by the current<br />
developments, and that is why we<br />
will consistently continue our concept of<br />
teaching values and supporting the development<br />
of the personality of our students<br />
in the future.<br />
The present edition of our newsletter<br />
contains among other things an overview<br />
of the numerous non-profit projects<br />
in which our students have been involved<br />
in the last few months. In addition<br />
you will learn<br />
❚ how MBS students organized the first<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> Venture Summit<br />
❚ which problems student teams dealt<br />
with for the FC Bayern München soccer<br />
club, BMW, or <strong>Munich</strong>'s bid for the<br />
Olympics<br />
❚ which new professors are going to<br />
help hone the scientific profile of<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
❚ which new partner universities are<br />
open to our students<br />
❚ how an MBS alumna is recruiting consultants<br />
for McKinsey worldwide<br />
and much more.<br />
Have fun with this new edition.<br />
Prof. Dr. Stefan Baldi<br />
Dean of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>
From Insider’s Tip to Leading Brand<br />
University ranking of the German business magazines ‘Wirtschaftswoche’<br />
and ‘Handelsblatt Junge Karriere’ attests to the remarkable reputation of<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> among German personnel managers<br />
The growing degree<br />
of popularity<br />
of MBS has<br />
also impacted<br />
the joint university<br />
ranking of<br />
the German<br />
business magazines‘Wirtschaftswoche’<br />
and ‘Handelsblatt<br />
Junge Karriere’. In this survey of over<br />
500 personnel managers, <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> was voted among the top 10 of the<br />
best Universities of Applied Sciences in<br />
Germany in the area of business studies.<br />
Regarding the size of MBS, which is betting<br />
on quality instead of quantity, this evaluation<br />
exceeds all expectations.<br />
For first of all, one has to consider that<br />
MBS is significantly smaller than most of<br />
its competitors, which means that each<br />
year significantly fewer graduates leave<br />
the university than at other institutions.<br />
When also considering that <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> has only had its name since<br />
2003 and thus its graduates have only<br />
been seriously noticeable under this<br />
name for five years, it becomes clear how<br />
good of a reputation <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> and its graduates have among<br />
personnel managers in Germany.<br />
The appreciation of the personnel managers<br />
is explained when taking into account<br />
what they are especially looking for when<br />
selecting future managers. The majority<br />
of personnel managers list the candidate's<br />
personality (87 percent), their practical<br />
experience (71 percent), and a very<br />
good command of English (57 percent) as<br />
the most important selection criteria. The<br />
setup of the programs of studies at <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>, with their focus on<br />
personality development, practical relevance,<br />
and internationality, thus matches<br />
the requirements of personnel managers<br />
very closely.<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> Voted the Best<br />
University of Applied Sciences in Germany<br />
In a nationwide analysis on the satisfaction<br />
of students with their university, <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> has again achieved a<br />
top rank. Between November 2008 and<br />
March <strong>2009</strong>, the consulting firm Universum<br />
asked 19,000 students from around<br />
100 universities to evaluate their institution<br />
on a scale from 5 (very satisfied) to 1<br />
(very dissatisfied).<br />
With an average of 4.8 from the grades in<br />
individual categories such as teaching<br />
staff, selection of lectures, service, or career<br />
counseling, MBS was voted the second<br />
best university in all of Germany. We<br />
are only outranked by the Handelshochschule<br />
Leipzig (4.92), which doesn't offer<br />
a Bachelor program, however.<br />
The following places are taken by the<br />
WHU Otto Beisheim <strong>School</strong> of Management,<br />
the Frankfurt <strong>School</strong> of Finance<br />
and Management, and the University of<br />
Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg.<br />
Looking at the private universities in detail,<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> also reached<br />
second place, ahead of WHU, the Frankfurt<br />
<strong>School</strong> of Finance and Management,<br />
and the University of Witten/Herdecke.<br />
In the ranking of the Universities of Applied<br />
Sciences, MBS holds first place with<br />
a clear margin to the University of Applied<br />
Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and the<br />
Universities of Reutlingen, Ingolstadt,<br />
Deggendorf, and Mannheim.<br />
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New Concentrations in the<br />
Master’s Program<br />
Starting with the next semester,<br />
MBS offers two new business<br />
concentrations in its Master’s<br />
program.<br />
International Family Firms<br />
This concentration is training the<br />
next generation of entrepreneurs<br />
for national and international<br />
multi-generational family businesses.<br />
Through this new emphasis,<br />
MBS wants to support all those<br />
who want to assume responsibility<br />
in corporate succession now.<br />
Family businesses often face<br />
complex challenges between the<br />
conflicting priorities of family and<br />
business, technological progress<br />
and international competition.<br />
MBS provides soon-to-be entrepreneurs<br />
with the necessary<br />
tools in order to lead their family<br />
business into a successful future.<br />
Luxury Management<br />
Successful marketing of products<br />
and services in the luxury segment<br />
requires profound understanding<br />
of the specifics of the<br />
corresponding markets and<br />
clients. Historical and sociological<br />
issues give access to the topic of<br />
luxury, as do considerations from<br />
the areas of philosophy, economy,<br />
ecology, and psychology. The<br />
new study focus sensitizes students<br />
to the phenomenon luxury<br />
in all its aspects and provides<br />
them with a well-founded theoretical<br />
background and at the<br />
same time with a very practical<br />
approach for the demanding<br />
tasks in this predominantly international<br />
area.
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MBS Symposium <strong>2009</strong><br />
Enterprise Champions League –<br />
How German companies<br />
of all sizes compete with<br />
the world's best<br />
After its extremely successful<br />
start in the previous year, the second<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> Symposium<br />
takes place on October<br />
30, <strong>2009</strong> starting at 9:30 am,<br />
again on the premises of KPMG in<br />
<strong>Munich</strong>.<br />
Students and young professionals<br />
are invited to deal with the challenges<br />
and opportunities of German<br />
businesses small and large<br />
and to analyze the differences<br />
between these types of companies.<br />
In addition to lectures by representatives<br />
of reputable German<br />
companies, various workshops<br />
and a closing panel discussion<br />
are part of the program.<br />
Speakers who have already been<br />
confirmed:<br />
❚ Stefan Krause<br />
CFO of Deutsche Bank AG<br />
❚ Wolfgang Grupp<br />
Managing director of Trigema<br />
GmbH & Co. KG<br />
❚ Peter Ringsleben<br />
Head of corporate communications<br />
at Klöckner & Co AG<br />
❚ Dr. Sebastian Theopold<br />
Founder and partner of the<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> Strategy Group (MSG)<br />
❚ Hans-Joachim Boeckstegers<br />
Managing director of<br />
MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller<br />
GmbH & Co.<br />
❚ Prof. Dr. Frank Seger<br />
Professor at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
More information and<br />
registration under<br />
www.mbs-symposium.de<br />
Know-How, Contacts, and Lots of Applause<br />
The members of the student initiative MBS innovate! organized the<br />
remarkable premiere of the <strong>Munich</strong> Venture Summit<br />
Top-class instructors from the world of<br />
start-ups, interesting workshops, exciting<br />
discussions – the members of the student<br />
initiative MBS innovate!, who organized<br />
the first <strong>Munich</strong> Venture Summit with the<br />
title ‘Starting up – now more than ever’<br />
were rewarded with long applause at the<br />
end of the event on March 14.<br />
The panel discussion of the<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> Venture Summit <strong>2009</strong><br />
Successful young founders like Lukasz<br />
Gadowski (Spreadshirt), Oliver Samwer<br />
(alando, jamba), or Ehssan Dariani<br />
(StudiVZ) inspired the guests with their<br />
speeches, but were also available for answering<br />
questions and for discussion<br />
groups. In addition to the founders, investors<br />
– for example von Holtzbrinck-Ventures,<br />
Early Bird, and Target Partners –<br />
and <strong>Business</strong> Angels shared their experiences.<br />
During and after the sessions,<br />
potential founders had many opportunities<br />
to also talk about detailed problems<br />
of start-ups. This included practical startup<br />
know-how as well as the world view,<br />
way of thinking, and the attitudes of<br />
successful founders.<br />
Oliver Samwer (alando, jamba)<br />
Many participants seized the opportunity<br />
to become active themselves in the context<br />
of workshops, for example for finding<br />
and evaluating innovations.<br />
Ehssan Dariani (StudiVZ)<br />
In addition to all the events offered, there<br />
was room for discussions in small groups,<br />
during which not only know-how and<br />
business cards were exchanged, but also<br />
individual projects discussed, business<br />
plans studied, and demo versions presented.<br />
The participants had traveled from all<br />
over Germany; however, there were also<br />
many students and lecturers from <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> among the audience.<br />
The organization team from left to right:<br />
Christoph Auffermann, Ann-Cathrin<br />
von Rechenberg, Christian Klemenz<br />
The organization team of the <strong>Munich</strong> Venture<br />
Summit consisted of Ann-Cathrin von<br />
Rechenberg, Christian Klemenz, and Christoph<br />
Auffermann, who were supported<br />
by other members of the student initiative<br />
MBS innovate!. The positive response<br />
of the participants has most likely<br />
encouraged the organization team to<br />
follow up this successful event with another<br />
start-up event.
CRM Study by MBS Students<br />
Becomes the Topic of Conversation<br />
The German marketing journal ‘Absatzwirtschaft’<br />
considered these survey results<br />
worth one whole page: Eight<br />
students in their 6th semester investigated<br />
the topic ‘Customer Relationship<br />
Management from the view of the customer<br />
in the areas telecommunications and<br />
e-commerce’ led by professor Carsten<br />
Rennhak and in cooperation with the<br />
consulting firm SHS VIVEON.<br />
For this purpose they interviewed over<br />
1,000 telecommunications customers and<br />
users of e-commerce services regarding<br />
their expectations and satisfaction with<br />
the service of their respective providers.<br />
One of the key findings of the study was<br />
the surprisingly great willingness of customers<br />
to have their telephone and online<br />
behavior evaluated by the providers.<br />
You can order selected results of the survey<br />
at:<br />
www.The-Customer-Management-<br />
Company.com/CRM-Studie.html<br />
The student team that developed the<br />
questionnaire and realized the project<br />
was comprised of Freya Portheine, Tim<br />
Wagner, Bernhard Wach, René Zimmermann,<br />
Nicolai Gropper, Maximilian Nekkels,<br />
Alexander Scholl, and Johannes<br />
Sterman.<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> Appoints New Professors<br />
As of the beginning of the <strong>Fall</strong> semester,<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> has appointed<br />
two new professors. Both have already<br />
worked as lecturers for MBS and are to<br />
contribute to hone the scientific profile<br />
of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> as one of the<br />
leading business schools.<br />
Professor Dr. Christian<br />
Schmidkonz<br />
will primarily be involved<br />
with the<br />
Asian-Pacific <strong>Business</strong><br />
Studies program.<br />
He studied in<br />
<strong>Munich</strong>, Taiwan,<br />
and Duisburg (Germany),<br />
where he looked at the development<br />
of the Internet and e-commerce in<br />
China for his doctorate. After working at<br />
the ‘China Desk’ of the ifo Institut für<br />
Wirtschaftsforschung (ifo Institute for Economic<br />
Research) and for the consulting<br />
firm Capgemini, he founded the Think!<br />
Desk China Research & Consulting consultancy<br />
in 2005. Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidkonz<br />
has been gaining experiences in the<br />
realization of projects in China, Taiwan,<br />
and Hong Kong for the past 15 years.<br />
Professor Dr. Marc-<br />
Michael Bergfeld<br />
was born in <strong>Munich</strong><br />
and grew up in<br />
Asia. After receiving<br />
his degree in<br />
business administration<br />
in Eichstätt-Ingolstadt<br />
(Germany), he initially worked in a consulting<br />
company, before changing to the<br />
<strong>Munich</strong>-based family group Giesecke &<br />
Devrient, where he was in charge of projects<br />
in Europe, Latin America, and China.<br />
Professor Bergfeld holds a Ph.D. from<br />
Manchester <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> with a second<br />
marking at the Center for Global R&D<br />
at Tsinghua University in Beijing. As professor<br />
for International Family Firms,<br />
Marc-Michael Bergfeld will become involved<br />
in research and specifically the<br />
train-ing of executive management for<br />
family businesses.<br />
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SUMMER SCHOOL<br />
Innovation Management<br />
<strong>2009</strong><br />
Once again the program is outstanding<br />
and the list of lecturers<br />
excellent. In the ‘SUMMER<br />
SCHOOL Innovation Management<br />
<strong>2009</strong>’ from August 17 to 21<br />
at Lake Starnberg, the participants<br />
are introduced step by step<br />
into professional innovation<br />
management.<br />
The event, which is being organized<br />
by <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
in cooperation with the Management<br />
Forum Starnberg, is aimed<br />
at professionals, executive management,<br />
and young executives<br />
from the areas innovation, strategy,<br />
R&D, BDM, marketing, and<br />
product management.<br />
The mixture of theory and practical<br />
application with case studies,<br />
workshops, group exercises,<br />
discussions, and outdoor training<br />
guarantees varied and effective<br />
learning.<br />
The lecturers are innovation managers<br />
and experts from the industry<br />
(Thomas Jungmann, Henkel;<br />
Peter Wienand, O2), consulting<br />
firms (Tom Groth, Toxiq London;<br />
Alexander Grots, gravity), and research<br />
and education (Prof. Dr.<br />
Jörg Saatkamp and Prof. Dr. Frank<br />
Seger, both <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>).
Blue Oceans for MBS<br />
With which measures can MBS<br />
immerse itself in Blue Oceans?<br />
This was the core question of the<br />
Blue Ocean workshop to which<br />
the Master’s students Sarah Baier,<br />
Jennifer Borelly, and Franziska<br />
Wilmsmeier had invited MBS<br />
stakeholders.<br />
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Participants of the Blue Ocean workshop<br />
in the O 2 lounge in <strong>Munich</strong>.<br />
The participants were to create<br />
new innovative ideas for MBS<br />
with the aid of the Blue Ocean<br />
strategy, a method for developing<br />
sustainable and profitable<br />
business models from the area of<br />
strategic marketing.<br />
The focus of the workshop was on<br />
the identification of Blue Oceans<br />
in the sense of clear competitive<br />
advantages of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. The principal items of the<br />
workshop were three challenges<br />
in which the participants looked<br />
for new innovative ideas for MBS<br />
by means of a variety of creative<br />
techniques. The participants, all<br />
stakeholders of MBS (lecturers,<br />
students, potential new students,<br />
parents, alumni, and investors),<br />
were divided into four groups. At<br />
the end of each challenge, one<br />
group member changed to a new<br />
group in order to provide new inspiration<br />
there. Each challenge<br />
dealt with a previously specified<br />
question.<br />
The participants experienced a<br />
successful and perfectly organized<br />
event and developed an<br />
abundance of good ideas.<br />
Whether these will actually turn<br />
into ‘Blue Oceans’ for MBS remains<br />
to be seen.<br />
Master’s Students' <strong>Business</strong> Projects Provide<br />
New Innovative Ideas<br />
New Communication Channels<br />
for BMW Motorrad<br />
Once again, students from our MBS<br />
Master’s program were able to win over a<br />
top company for their business project –<br />
BMW Motorrad. The task of the Master’s<br />
students Gerald Göbel, Isabel Kreth,<br />
Britta Mertens, and Tobias Stadler in their<br />
business project with BMW was the development<br />
of new communication and<br />
promotion channels for the product<br />
launch of the BMW<br />
motorcycle F 800 R.<br />
The communication<br />
strategy was to be<br />
consistently geared<br />
The FC Bayern Soccer Club<br />
Can Take Over Europe<br />
This is the conclusion at which the<br />
Master’s students Ina Christoffer, Vincentiu<br />
Ciocan, Andreas Seemeier, Alexander<br />
Wende, and Heike Winkler arrived in<br />
their business project ‘Eastern Europe –<br />
an opportunity for FC<br />
Bayern München AG.’<br />
In contrast to the<br />
Asian market, this<br />
market has so far been<br />
barely accounted for<br />
and offers sufficient growth potential.<br />
Communications Concept for<br />
<strong>Munich</strong>'s Bid for the Olympics<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> wants to bring the Winter Olympics<br />
2018 to Bavaria – but it is a long way<br />
still to go, and a path strewn with obstacles,<br />
before the Games are awarded by the<br />
IOC in July 2011, and there are already<br />
three other competitors in the running.<br />
Sarah Baier, Britta Mertens, Benjamin-<br />
Christian Mazin, and Franziska Wilmsmeier<br />
created a preliminary concept for<br />
towards the target group (male, young,<br />
wealthy, social, active and urban, technology<br />
and Internet-oriented) by focusing on<br />
urbanity, athleticism, coolness, and style.<br />
The special challenge was to appeal to<br />
new target groups without compromising<br />
existing target groups.<br />
The students developed seven communication<br />
ideas. The one thing all of them<br />
have in common is the strong use of the<br />
Internet as communications platform.<br />
The responsible persons at BMW were<br />
excited about the variety, quality, and innovative<br />
strength of the developed ideas,<br />
which will all be discussed and pursued in<br />
the corresponding committees.<br />
Starting from this thesis, the task of the<br />
project team was to analyze the economic<br />
appeal and the country-specific<br />
enthusiasm for soccer for each of the individual<br />
countries of Eastern Europe. As<br />
a result, a country ranking was created on<br />
the basis of various criteria. Against the<br />
backdrop of the targeted expansion of FC<br />
Bayern München's activities abroad, the<br />
results of the project team are of great interest<br />
to the club.<br />
Christian Nerlinger, who also studied at<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> and is now the<br />
designated successor of Uli Hoeness as<br />
manager of FC Bayern München, took<br />
part in the realization of the project.<br />
the communication of the application<br />
company.<br />
The communications director of the<br />
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (German<br />
Olympic Sports Confederation),<br />
Gerd Graus, had given the briefing five<br />
weeks prior to the presentation at MBS<br />
and was very impressed by the result.<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> will continue to<br />
support the bid for the Olympics.
New Publications by MBS Lecturers and Alumni<br />
Dr. Marc-Michael Bergfeld:<br />
Global Innovation Leadership<br />
The book designs and analyzes the strategic<br />
implementation of project-specific<br />
and internal innovation networks between<br />
the corporate head office and<br />
group companies abroad. From this,<br />
Marc-Michael Bergfeld developed a Global<br />
Innovation Leadership concept, which<br />
is illustrated by means of case studies of<br />
global market leaders in various sectors.<br />
The deliberate and long-term management<br />
of worldwide innovation competence<br />
ought to be the core task of<br />
modern and internationally operating<br />
companies. With this book, a framework<br />
is now on hand that shows companies<br />
and politicians the way to global innovation<br />
leadership.<br />
Anne Wedel and Waldemar Stotz:<br />
Employer Branding<br />
It is the authors' goal to show for teaching<br />
purposes and practical application how<br />
qualified employees are found and<br />
retained in a company with the aid of<br />
strategically oriented employer branding.<br />
For this purpose, they take a comprehensive<br />
look at employer branding and overcome<br />
the reduction to partial areas like<br />
personnel marketing or recruiting. For<br />
with its many different measures, oriented<br />
towards various target groups of<br />
potential, current, and former employees,<br />
employer branding influences all<br />
internal and external reference groups in<br />
a company. The authors develop a concept<br />
for how companies can awaken employer<br />
preferences in the different target<br />
groups and become an employer of<br />
choice. This is further illustrated through<br />
a look into the practical experiences of<br />
attractive employers of different company<br />
sizes and sectors.<br />
Emanuela A. Mititelu & Dr. Adrian Hunger:<br />
The Success of M&A Transactions in the<br />
European Banking Sector<br />
M&As in the European banking sector<br />
control the global M&A market in terms<br />
of their numbers and transaction volumes.<br />
Against this backdrop and in light<br />
of further consolidations to be expected<br />
in the European banking market, the authors<br />
address the question of the success<br />
of M&A in the banking sector. The focus<br />
in this is on the long-term and regional<br />
success of M&A transactions on the<br />
buyer side in Europe, since previous and<br />
current studies have neglected these<br />
aspects.<br />
Michael Holzgethan:<br />
Balancing of Special-Purpose Companies<br />
The Bachelor thesis of the MBS alumnus<br />
was published as a<br />
book. The regulations<br />
regarding<br />
group accountability<br />
are to be<br />
changed in the<br />
context of the reformation<br />
of German<br />
commercial<br />
law through the Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz<br />
(German Accounting Law<br />
Modernization Act, ‘BilMoG’). This also<br />
affects the treatment of special-purpose<br />
companies. With the new formulation of<br />
§ 290 para. 1 of the HGB (German commercial<br />
code), the legislative authority<br />
wants to prevent scandals á la Enron with<br />
regard to these balance-sheet-wise<br />
problematic constructs and create clear<br />
structures.<br />
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New Logo Image for<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong><br />
With the introduction of new lettering<br />
and a logo image, <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> is completing<br />
the makeover of its corporate design.<br />
The new logo image was designed<br />
based on the input of numerous<br />
stakeholders of <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>. The following<br />
three aspects were the primary<br />
focus in this process:<br />
The Crest: The representation of<br />
classic values oriented towards<br />
tradition that are at the heart of<br />
the scientific work with business<br />
topics and the passing on of human<br />
and commercial values to<br />
our students.<br />
The Lion: The inward and outward<br />
reputation of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. A symbol that is connected<br />
both nationally and<br />
internationally with leadership,<br />
strength, and courage. In addition,<br />
it also builds a bridge to Bavaria,<br />
which is very important to<br />
our roots and our regional importance.<br />
Lettering and Presentation: The<br />
modern, somewhat abstract<br />
presentation of the graphic elements<br />
as well as the introduction<br />
of new lettering offset the lion<br />
and the crest and stand for modern<br />
teaching methods, up-todate<br />
management style, and the<br />
newest technologies, projects,<br />
and partners.<br />
“The purpose of the new logo<br />
image is to complement the good<br />
reputation our university is enjoying,<br />
increasingly also internationally,<br />
through a greater optical<br />
recognizability”, says Prof. Dr. Stefan<br />
Baldi, the Dean of <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>.
New Advanced Training in<br />
the Area of Innovation Controlling<br />
and Entrepreneurship<br />
Innovation Controlling and Entrepreneurship<br />
are established topics<br />
in the degree programs of<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>. Input<br />
and the right tools for the systematic<br />
generation of innovations<br />
are hereby provided by the<br />
innovation lab. A competence<br />
network has developed through<br />
this cooperation that is now<br />
being enhanced through the area<br />
Management Training and Mentorship.<br />
Starting in <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2009</strong>, topics such<br />
as ‘Taking risks in controlling into<br />
account’ or ‘Key Performance Indicators<br />
(KPI) in innovation management’<br />
are up for discussion<br />
on a one-day ‘Compact Course<br />
Innovation Controlling’. Each<br />
participant receives answers to<br />
the questions: What is an adequate<br />
complexity of innovation<br />
controlling in my company and<br />
what are the most important<br />
KPIs there?<br />
Building on the compact course,<br />
participants have the option to<br />
attend both a five-day ‘R&D Controlling<br />
certification course’ and<br />
the ‘Corporate Venture Lab’.<br />
The target group is both technology-intensive<br />
medium-sized<br />
companies and major companies<br />
in an innovative environment.<br />
You can find detailed schedules,<br />
dates, and information on the<br />
lecturers here:<br />
www.innovations-controlling.de<br />
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Expanded Network<br />
Fudan University was the first university<br />
in China to add <strong>Business</strong> Administration<br />
to their study program. The <strong>School</strong> of<br />
Economics was founded in 1929. Today,<br />
the <strong>School</strong> of Management at Fudan University<br />
is a top address in China, not least<br />
thanks to its long tradition. With eight departments,<br />
19 institutes, and its own management<br />
consultancy, it is on a level<br />
with other international business schools.<br />
Tongji University is one of the most reputable<br />
universities in China. As a specialized<br />
university it is responsible to the<br />
Ministry of Education and is to be built up<br />
into a world-renowned university. The<br />
courses offered by the <strong>School</strong> of Economics<br />
and Management (SEM) include all<br />
economic and administrative areas. SEM<br />
cooperates closely with the engineering<br />
faculties of Tongji University.<br />
MBS Case Challenge <strong>2009</strong><br />
The MBS students<br />
Olivia Azjen, Sara<br />
Geising, Julia Hofbauer,<br />
Nina Kahn,<br />
and Olga Pashkova<br />
designed the MBS<br />
Case Challenge in<br />
the context of the<br />
business plan lectures.<br />
Now student groups are called to test<br />
their knowledge in the field. The Weihenstephan<br />
dairy is looking for a guerilla<br />
marketing concept that is to position the<br />
brand in its home territory even better.<br />
The best concept will be awarded a prize<br />
and incorporated in the marketing planning<br />
of the dairy in 2010. As is customary<br />
in guerilla marketing, the goal is to<br />
achieve maximum effect with a minimum<br />
of resources.<br />
Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics<br />
is the largest economic university in<br />
Russia. Many famous scientists, politicians,<br />
and successful entrepreneurs were<br />
trained here.<br />
Master’s and Bachelor students will in the<br />
future also be able to study at ESAN University<br />
in Lima, the leading business<br />
school in Latin and South America. It is<br />
the first educational institution with international<br />
accreditation in Peru. International<br />
rankings additionally confirm its<br />
high academic standards.<br />
From Spring 2010 on, MBS students will<br />
also be able to study at the University of<br />
California in Riverside (UCR). UCR is one<br />
of the best universities in the country. It is<br />
currently is rated nineth in the ranking of<br />
the up-and-coming universities by US<br />
News and World Report.<br />
Wanted: Guerilla marketing concept for the Weihenstephan dairy<br />
Wanted: The best idea. Groups of 3 to 5<br />
people from <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong> and<br />
other universities can participate. The application<br />
deadline is September 14, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
A jury consisting of company representatives,<br />
MBS lecturers, and external marketing<br />
experts decide on participation.<br />
As in real life, the case competition also<br />
starts with a kick-off. In addition to a company<br />
presentation and introduction to<br />
the objective, a creative workshop with<br />
the managing director of the innovation<br />
lab and an introduction into the technique<br />
of Guerilla marketing are part of<br />
the program. The results will be announced<br />
and the best concept awarded a prize<br />
on Case Challenge Day on October 2.<br />
www.mbs-case-challenge.de
Social Projects of MBS Students<br />
The new Bachelor students also got involved with a variety of non-profit projects.<br />
This is an obligation, but also a good tradition at MBS.<br />
Terra uligunosa has, in cooperation with<br />
the German Association for Nature Conservation<br />
(Bund Naturschutz e.V.), expanded<br />
a low and high moor area again.<br />
Water is being extracted from these former<br />
moor areas by planting birch trees,<br />
alder trees, or Norway spruces. In order<br />
to prevent damage to the subsoil, the<br />
students were only able to conduct the<br />
necessary care measures during temperatures<br />
below freezing.<br />
The goal of the Nature Day that took<br />
place for students of the Dr.-Elisabeth-<br />
Bamberger school in Dachau was to familiarize<br />
children with the beauty of<br />
nature. For this purpose, the students<br />
had prepared different game stations in<br />
the Isar meadows.<br />
Unforgettable Days recorded their own<br />
song with children of the SOS Mütterund<br />
Kindertageszentrum (mother and<br />
child day care center) in Neuaubing. For<br />
this, the lyrics of a song were changed<br />
and the song then professionally recorded<br />
in a recording studio. Of course,<br />
every child received a CD with their own<br />
song as a memento.<br />
Theme rooms gave a new face to the kindergarten<br />
‘Regenbogenkinder’ in Lerchenau<br />
through extensive paint and<br />
renovating work. In addition, the students<br />
organized a great carnival party and<br />
presented the kindergarten with games<br />
and reading and learning material.<br />
Teens on Stage organized a hip-hop<br />
dance class with a professional choreographer<br />
for hyperactive children and students<br />
with learning disabilities of the<br />
Sonderpädagogisches Förderzentrum<br />
(special needs educational center) at the<br />
Rupert-Egenberger school in Bad Aibling.<br />
Dancing is said to improve motor skills,<br />
reduce concentration difficulties, and<br />
strengthen the children's self-confidence.<br />
The Verein Fieberbrunn für Asylheim<br />
Bürglkopf (Fieberbrunn society for asylum<br />
camp Bürglkopf) wants to make it<br />
easier for volunteers to support the asylum<br />
camp Fieberbrunn through active<br />
participation in the promotion of integration.<br />
Under the motto ‘Together we<br />
are strong’, the society organized a hiphop<br />
concert to which the residents of<br />
the asylum camp were invited. The earnings<br />
from the concert were used to organize<br />
a trip to an amusement park for<br />
the asylum seekers.<br />
The goal of Speedaidmunich is the<br />
time-limited, fast, total or partial provision<br />
of money for persons who have<br />
acutely fallen on hard times. Via modern<br />
means of communication, potential<br />
donors are called on to donate 50 euros<br />
for specifically defined aid projects. In<br />
this way it has already been possible to<br />
help finance the acutely necessary<br />
treatment for a ten-year-old Iranian girl.<br />
www.speedaidmunich.de<br />
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Nepomuk organized different theme<br />
days for children of the Bayerische Landesschule<br />
für Körperbehinderte (Bavarian<br />
State <strong>School</strong> for Physically<br />
Handicapped Persons). The culmination<br />
was the organization of a great carnival<br />
party.<br />
Dinner für Kinder (Dinner for Kids) collected<br />
donations for a rescue center for<br />
Maasai girls in Kenya. The funds were<br />
acquired through a private dinner invitation.<br />
The guests paid 25 euros for the<br />
dinner, 100% of which went to the project<br />
‘I See Maasai Development Initiative’.<br />
More information and donation<br />
opportunities under:<br />
www.mbs-dinnerfuerkinder.de<br />
SeKi(Ba) 2 organized different events for<br />
children and senior citizens, including a<br />
visit to an FC Bayern Basketball match<br />
and a joint lunch of residents of a nursing<br />
home and kindergarteners.<br />
The event Marktplatz – Gute Geschäfte<br />
München (Market Place – Good <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>Munich</strong>) organized by MBS students<br />
together with the Tatendrang<br />
agency wants to initiate the cooperation<br />
between local businesses and non-profit<br />
institutions. 1,726 hours of time for<br />
volunteer involvement were collected<br />
here.<br />
Die Heimwerker (The Handymen) renovated<br />
two rooms in the Clemens-Maria<br />
children's home in Putzbrunn. They laid<br />
new floors, painted walls, and organized<br />
new furniture. In addition, they arranged<br />
afternoon game times for the<br />
children living there. The activity was<br />
funded through a generous donation by<br />
the Rotary Club.
10<br />
Skateboards for Afghanistan<br />
Social involvement is also very important<br />
at Titus. The foundation<br />
Skate Aid supports national<br />
and international projects which<br />
carry out humanitarian projects<br />
for children and young people via<br />
skateboards. The means to this<br />
end are fund-raising events for<br />
individual projects, the collection<br />
and pass-ing on of skateboards<br />
and accessories free of charge,<br />
the bundling and utilization of<br />
know-how, manpower, and contacts<br />
in the skateboard world, as<br />
well as pub-licity and the providing<br />
of information. Two tons of<br />
skateboards and clothing were<br />
collected recently for setting up a<br />
skateboard school in Kabul.<br />
Ups and Downs of a Company<br />
The successful entrepreneur and skateboard pioneer<br />
Titus Dittmann visits MBS<br />
In April, the entrepreneur and skateboard<br />
pioneer Titus Dittmann visited the MBS<br />
together with his son Julius. In the context<br />
of the lecture series 'Family businesses<br />
and corporate succession' and in<br />
cooperation with the student initiative<br />
U2B e.V., they talked about the varied<br />
history of their company, social involvement,<br />
and questions of succession.<br />
Titus and Julius Dittmann<br />
A teacher becomes a skateboard<br />
entrepreneur<br />
In 1980, the secondary school teacher<br />
Titus Dittmann discovers skateboarding –<br />
until then unknown in Germany – and introduces<br />
it into physical education. For<br />
this purpose, he imports cheap skateboards<br />
from the USA. In 1984, he quits<br />
his teaching job and starts importing<br />
skateboards full-time together with his<br />
wife. By 1988, the company and the Titus<br />
brand have developed magnificently,<br />
there are no competitors to speak of, and<br />
the market share is at times 95%.<br />
But Titus has always wanted to be more<br />
than a mere trading company. It is also<br />
one of Titus' goals to build up and support<br />
the skateboarding scene. Part of the<br />
earnings therefore flows continuously<br />
into skate parks and social and youth<br />
work. This is also obvious on the company's<br />
website, which is at the same time<br />
online catalog and portal for all topics regarding<br />
skateboarding.<br />
It also serves to quiet the bad conscience<br />
plaguing the entrepreneur, who is making<br />
good money with his passion.<br />
Everything gambled away<br />
By 1998 the company has become large<br />
and difficult to manage. Former partners<br />
want to go public with his idea. Titus Dittmann<br />
wants to beat them to it and is already<br />
preparing an IPO. Investors get on<br />
board, an AG is founded, and retail sales<br />
through buy-ups rise from 70 to 90 million<br />
euros in 2000. In 2001 the bubble<br />
bursts and the IPO is canceled. The investors<br />
try to save what can be saved and<br />
Titus Dittmann and his wife lose the<br />
power in the company. Consultants develop<br />
recovery plans, banks send interim<br />
managers, but the crisis persists. The<br />
company that was once so accustomed to<br />
success is losing money.<br />
Anyone else would have given up<br />
At the end of 2006, the Dittmanns decide<br />
to stake all they have in order to get their<br />
company back. They buy back the company,<br />
take over operative management,<br />
and change the AG back into a GmbH. By<br />
now, Titus GmbH is once again making a<br />
profit.<br />
Julius Dittmann is just as passionate a<br />
skateboarder as his father and also an entrepreneur.<br />
He broke off his apprenticeship<br />
in his parents' company during the<br />
crisis and went into business for himself<br />
with a skateboard wholesale company.<br />
This company is now so successful that he<br />
was able to support the buy-back of Titus<br />
with a credit. Now father and son are preparing<br />
the succession of generations at<br />
Titus together.<br />
It was a given that Julius and Titus Dittmann<br />
didn't stand in front of the students<br />
wearing suits. They not only sell skateboards,<br />
fashion, and accessories, but they<br />
also live their style and their passion. The<br />
audience experienced living company history<br />
that can be copied, and after their<br />
lecture, Titus and Julius Dittmann were<br />
inundated with questions. We would like<br />
to give special thanks to U2B e.V. for organizing<br />
this exciting event.
“At McKinsey, I've Come Full Circle”<br />
MBS alumna Friederike Voswinckel recruits consultants in France and<br />
Singapore for global service in reputable strategy consulting<br />
Personnel and<br />
marketing – these<br />
have always been<br />
the two departments<br />
which interested<br />
Friederike<br />
Voswinckel the<br />
most. And these<br />
were also the focal<br />
points she selected for her business administration<br />
studies when she enrolled,<br />
back then still with her maiden name<br />
Friederike Koch, at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> after finishing her hotel management<br />
training at Steigenberger in 2000. It<br />
was a very deliberate decision. “I wanted<br />
a compact course of studies and not lose<br />
any time. I wanted to gain experience<br />
abroad and learn foreign languages. And<br />
I also didn't want to lose touch with work<br />
in real life while studying.”<br />
The course of studies fulfilled these expectations.<br />
Friederike successfully completed<br />
internships for Volkswagen in<br />
Mexico and for Escada in New York, and<br />
in addition to her English, she also perfected<br />
her Spanish and French skills. She<br />
chose a personnel topic for her degree<br />
dissertation: At Infineon, she dealt with<br />
the question of how one could motivate<br />
employees for service abroad. Unfortunately,<br />
she could not be taken on, since<br />
Infineon had to implement drastic job reductions<br />
at that time.<br />
With her career entry, Friederike Voswinckel's<br />
focus shifted from one area of<br />
interest to the other. As Channel Representative,<br />
she supervised from the start<br />
international markets for the software<br />
company Sybari. “The international experiences<br />
and knowledge skills I was able to<br />
gain at MBS paid off right at the beginning<br />
of my career,” says Friederike Voswinckel.<br />
When Sybari was taken over by Microsoft,<br />
all employees worldwide were given<br />
notice. Friederike changed to the communication<br />
and consulting firm PACT,<br />
where her areas of responsibility were<br />
marketing and sales topics, for example<br />
with projects for sales increases of mobile<br />
telecommunications products on the<br />
German market. “I did this for two years<br />
and liked it – but at some point I started<br />
to miss the personnel aspect. I wanted to<br />
work directly with people again.”<br />
Then came the job advertisement from<br />
McKinsey. Friederike Voswinckel applied<br />
and mastered the multi-stage selection<br />
process – here, too, her international experience<br />
and command of several foreign<br />
languages were an advantage. Since then<br />
she has been looking for consultants for<br />
global service in strategy consulting – not<br />
only for Germany, though, but for offices<br />
around the world. “Together with Harvard,<br />
INSEAD is the most important international<br />
recruiting source – and I am<br />
looking both in Fontainebleau and on the<br />
INSEAD campus in Singapore for MBA<br />
graduates who are suited for working at<br />
McKinsey.” Exciting work, in the opinion<br />
of the MBS alumna. “Every day I deal with<br />
highly-qualified and motivated people<br />
who exude optimism and want to achieve<br />
something. And since the recruiting process<br />
includes both marketing and personnel<br />
aspects, I can fully enjoy both<br />
passions – in a way, at McKinsey, I've<br />
come full circle.”<br />
11<br />
MBA Program Starts With<br />
Record Enrollment<br />
In March <strong>2009</strong>, the new class<br />
of the part-time MBA program<br />
General Management<br />
started with 24 students. This<br />
significant increase compared<br />
with the previous year's start<br />
shows that the program is<br />
more interesting and valuable<br />
for companies than ever before.<br />
MBS has already reacted<br />
to the increased demand: The<br />
next course of studies starts<br />
already in September.<br />
MBA Team Cooking Event <strong>2009</strong><br />
In order to make the entry into<br />
the MBA program easier<br />
for the students, MBS invited<br />
them to a team cooking at the<br />
Eisenherz culinary school in<br />
Seefeld castle. While preparing<br />
the ingredients and cooking,<br />
the participants soon got<br />
to know each other and the<br />
evening was concluded with<br />
the culinary pleasure of a selfprepared<br />
four-course meal at<br />
festively set tables.<br />
Whether it was due to the<br />
quality of the dinner or the<br />
fun of getting to know their<br />
fellow students, the participants<br />
were delighted and<br />
gave heartfelt thanks to the<br />
organizers for a successful<br />
start to the MBA program.
Dear friends of MBS.<br />
12<br />
It's that time of year again. The<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> semester starts at MBS and<br />
the students return from their semesters<br />
abroad or their internships.<br />
In addition, we get to again<br />
extend a warm welcome to new<br />
students at MBS and hope that<br />
they will quickly settle in and<br />
contribute to the familial atmosphere<br />
at MBS.<br />
On our part, unfortunately, it is<br />
also time to say goodbye. Marc<br />
and René are finishing their MBS<br />
studies with their Bachelor theses<br />
and afterwards will tackle<br />
new challenges. All of us really<br />
enjoyed our time as student representatives.<br />
It is great to see<br />
that through the Student Council,<br />
the student body has great influence<br />
at MBS.<br />
As has already been observable in<br />
the last few years, MBS is building<br />
up its reputation and name<br />
recognition further and further.<br />
Through good results in university<br />
rankings and cooperations like<br />
the festival “ENERGY in the Park<br />
<strong>2009</strong>”, MBS continues on its successful<br />
way. It is important that<br />
the MBS concept continues to be<br />
developed in the future, and we<br />
as student representatives want<br />
to do our part, also in the coming<br />
semesters.<br />
Have fun reading and remember,<br />
we're always here for you.<br />
Your student representatives<br />
Mathias Grätz<br />
Marc Schilling<br />
René Zimmermann<br />
Open Doors Worldwide<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> is calling – but in Miami nobody is<br />
answering. “But I'm already on my way<br />
back from Quito”, reports Johannes Ritz<br />
a short time later via e-mail. We can talk<br />
on the phone in four hours.<br />
Sounds like the daily routine of a consultant,<br />
but it's Master’s studies. To be precise,<br />
studies of the type Johannes Ritz<br />
had always imagined when he decided on<br />
the Master’s program at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>. After one year in <strong>Munich</strong>, he<br />
changed for two semesters to the distinguished<br />
Chapman Graduate <strong>School</strong> of<br />
<strong>Business</strong> of the Florida International University.<br />
The particular advantage of his<br />
choice of degree program: When he has<br />
successfully finished his year in the USA,<br />
he will also have an American Master’s<br />
degree in addition to the Master of International<br />
<strong>Business</strong> from <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>.<br />
The campus of the<br />
Florida International University in Miami<br />
Combining the studies abroad with the<br />
option to also gain a foreign degree is not<br />
very common yet, despite the fact that<br />
such a degree can be of great value –<br />
especially in the USA – since it lowers the<br />
obstacles for entry into the American<br />
labor market. For US-based companies,<br />
hiring foreigners involves relatively great<br />
bureaucratic effort. Companies often balk<br />
at this, since only in the process of working<br />
together does it become clear whether<br />
the employee really has all the<br />
additional skills that justify the great effort<br />
involved in appointing him over a<br />
local applicant.<br />
However, companies can apply for a oneyear<br />
work permit for foreign applicants<br />
with an American university degree, and<br />
this year oftentimes suffices for finding<br />
out whether both sides are a match for<br />
each other.<br />
The Master’s students at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> can freely decide whether<br />
they want to complete their stay abroad<br />
with or without an international dual degree.<br />
There was no question about this<br />
for Johannes Ritz. “I thought it was very<br />
effective to gain an American master degree<br />
with only one additional semester.”<br />
Johannes Ritz and Florian Lotte,<br />
both master students at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Now he is sharing his apartment in Miami<br />
with his fellow student Florian Lotte, and<br />
both talk enthusiastically about their studies<br />
in Florida: About the high-level program<br />
of studies and the insights into the<br />
American view of the economy and the<br />
world – but most of all about the international<br />
character of the studies. Of 60 students<br />
in their course, only five are from<br />
the USA. “It doesn't matter which project<br />
we're working on or which topic we're<br />
discussing – if you're together with business<br />
students from all over the world,<br />
every hour is exciting”, says Florian Lotte.<br />
And apparently not only during study<br />
times. “We have already gone home with<br />
friends from Latin America a couple of<br />
times when they fly home for the weekend<br />
– it's not so far from Miami, after all.”
Johannes Ritz for example has already<br />
been to Quito a few times. His girlfriend is<br />
living there, and he successfully completed<br />
an internship at the German Embassy<br />
there. If it were up to him, this wasn't his<br />
last contact with the diplomatic service.<br />
“I would like to go to New York to the United<br />
Nations”, says the student, who prior<br />
to his Master’s studies at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> received a Bachelor degree<br />
from the University of Applied Sciences in<br />
Fulda.<br />
Florida International University in Miami<br />
Florian Lotte is more interested in Consulting.<br />
“After getting my degree in Miami, I<br />
want to return to Germany for the time<br />
being; however, I want to apply all around<br />
the world.” He believes that his chances<br />
are good – not least because of the international<br />
network he is building up during<br />
his time in Florida. “This is a huge advantage”,<br />
says Florian Lotte. “We will stay in<br />
contact one way or another anyway – but<br />
I am fairly sure that at some point in the<br />
future I will also have professional dealings<br />
with some of the people I get along<br />
with here.”<br />
Starting next semester, master students<br />
will have the opportunity to receive a<br />
dual degree from additional international<br />
universities. Currently, cooperations with<br />
universities in France, Great Britain, and<br />
Australia are being planned.<br />
Outstanding Students – MBS Awards <strong>2009</strong><br />
In April, MBS Awards for excellent involvement<br />
at the university were conferred for the<br />
second time.<br />
Students could be nominated in the following<br />
categories:<br />
❚ Student Association Award: The greatest<br />
involvement within a student initiative<br />
❚ Student Representative Award: Outstanding<br />
involvement for MBS students<br />
❚ MBS Representative Award: Outstanding<br />
involvement for MBS with impact outside<br />
❚ Special Award: Special achievements<br />
With so many involved students and exciting<br />
projects it wasn't an easy task for the award<br />
panel made up of MBS representatives and<br />
students, but in the end the winners were selected.<br />
The MBS Award in the Student Association<br />
category went to Thomas Pflugbeil and Marc<br />
Schilling of Students-Clubbing, and Sara Geising<br />
of U2B.<br />
Christian Klemenz received an award for<br />
founding the new initiative MBS innovate! and<br />
for the successful organization and execution<br />
of the first <strong>Munich</strong> Venture Summit.<br />
René Zimmermann was awarded the MBS<br />
Student Representative Award for his involvement<br />
as student representative.<br />
The MBS Representative Award went to Anna<br />
Julia Hummel.<br />
The Master’s students Sarah Baier, Jennifer<br />
Borelly, and Franziska Wilmsmeier were honored<br />
with a Special Award for organizing the<br />
Blue Ocean workshop.<br />
A Special Award also went to Maximilian<br />
Neckels. He was honored for his part as ‘best<br />
supporting student’. As the heart and soul of<br />
MBS, he is always a part but never up front.<br />
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Student Life<br />
This semester, MBS students can<br />
expect, among other things:<br />
❚ September 6<br />
Pre-Semester Barbecue<br />
❚ September 10<br />
SC Scavenger Hunt<br />
❚ September 11<br />
Welcome Party Meinburk<br />
❚ September 16<br />
Pre-Wiesn<br />
❚ September 23<br />
SC Wiesn<br />
❚ From October 5 to 11<br />
Kart Challenge<br />
❚ October 14<br />
Culinary Journey /<br />
Cooking Duel<br />
❚ From November 13 to 15<br />
Pre-Wintertrophy<br />
❚ From November 16 to 22<br />
SC Bowling<br />
❚ November 25<br />
Culinary Journey /<br />
Cooking Duel<br />
❚ December 18<br />
Semester Final Party
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NEW STUEDNT ASSOCIATON:<br />
MBS Strategy<br />
With the start of the <strong>Fall</strong> semester<br />
<strong>2009</strong>, a new student initiative<br />
– the fifth at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> – has been founded.<br />
MBS Strategy – this stands for a<br />
public image organized by the<br />
students concerning all issues.<br />
The members of MBS Strategy<br />
represent MBS at trade fairs all<br />
over Germany and actively support<br />
MBS Preview Days and information<br />
events. Other projects<br />
targeted for the coming semester<br />
are an MBS image movie, setting<br />
up a blog project for semesters<br />
abroad, and a tutoring program<br />
for freshmen.<br />
It is imperative that our initiative<br />
is always able to function efficiently.<br />
For this reason we are unfortunately<br />
not able to include all<br />
interested students. A special application<br />
process was set up for<br />
this purpose.<br />
You can find the details at<br />
www.mbs-strategy.de/<br />
bewerbung<br />
You can also always find the latest<br />
information concerning MBS<br />
Strategy and MBS on our homepage.<br />
We are looking forward to working<br />
with you!<br />
Your MBS Strategy team<br />
MBS innovate!<br />
– The Entrepreneurial Initiative<br />
MBS innovate!, the student initiative regarding<br />
entrepreneurship, was founded<br />
at the beginning of the <strong>Fall</strong> semester<br />
2008 at the suggestion of Christian Klemenz<br />
together with Ann-Cathrin von Rechenberg,<br />
Christoph Auffermann, René<br />
Zimmermann, Martin Striegl, Peter Hall,<br />
and Benjamin Hubner. We want to specifically<br />
foster student start-ups with this initiative,<br />
with the following two primary<br />
goals: First, to offer the members interested<br />
in start-ups support for their first<br />
step into self-employment, and second,<br />
to encourage the student body to become<br />
active as entrepreneurs.<br />
MBS Invest<br />
The goal of MBS Invest e. V. is to give interested<br />
students the possibility to gain a<br />
broader insight in addition to the finance<br />
and stock-market lectures at university.<br />
We see ourselves as a contact point between<br />
the theoretic lectures at university<br />
and the real activity going on in the financial<br />
markets. The current executive board<br />
consists of Daniel Krome, Saskia Jarik, and<br />
Marc Fischer.<br />
We were able to once again win over<br />
MBS alumnus Matthias Lamberti as lecturer<br />
for a 20-unit lecture. Starting with<br />
the <strong>Fall</strong> semester <strong>2009</strong>, this optional lecture<br />
will be accredited on the part of<br />
MBS. This means that in addition to their<br />
certificate of attendance, participants<br />
also receive two ECTS credits. Matthias<br />
Lamberti is an Investment Strategy Advisor<br />
for Reuschel & Co. and was thus able<br />
to bring well-grounded knowledge into<br />
this year’s lecture.<br />
We already finished our first larger project<br />
successfully: The <strong>Munich</strong> Venture<br />
Summit (see page 4). The conference offered<br />
students interested in starting their<br />
own businesses and start-ups, as well as<br />
investors, a platform for interaction and<br />
a basis for networking. Especially for students,<br />
both after and already during the<br />
course of studies, starting a company is<br />
one option of planning their career that<br />
has received little attention. That is why it<br />
is our goal to show students unimagined<br />
room for the development of entrepreneurship,<br />
so that in the future the question<br />
will not be “Where do you want to<br />
work after grad-uation?” but rather<br />
“What do you want to start up after graduation?”.<br />
Your MBS innovate! team<br />
Due to his very appealing lectures and<br />
practical experience, the association enjoyed<br />
high popularity among students, so<br />
that we currently have 30 active members.<br />
As part of the lecture, the MBS Invest<br />
team, together with Mr. Lamberti,<br />
organized an interesting guest lecture by<br />
David Bussmann (UBS Zürich) on the<br />
topic “A new phase for hedge funds –<br />
bringing practical insight to alternative investments.”<br />
This semester, we have planned<br />
a forum dealing with investments<br />
that conform to Islam and related topics<br />
such as Behavioral Finance.<br />
Goals for the subsequent semesters include<br />
achieving non-profit status, expanding<br />
our areas of activity, and organizing<br />
additional guest lectures.<br />
Your MBS Invest team
Students-Clubbing e.V.<br />
Once again, Students-Clubbing e.V. is excited<br />
about a successful year. Due to the<br />
growing involvement of more and more<br />
students, Students-Clubbing e.V. was able<br />
to distinguish itself as an important part<br />
of <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
We proudly look back on our successful<br />
Winter Trophy at Katschberg with 40 participants.<br />
We are also excited about the<br />
large amount of positive feedback from<br />
gastronomers who experienced the MBS<br />
students as excellent guests.<br />
These successes prompt us to continue to<br />
move forward with Students-Clubbing<br />
e.V. For example, our initiative is to increasingly<br />
fulfill the task of being of benefit<br />
to the public.<br />
University to <strong>Business</strong> e.V.<br />
What is special about U2B e.V. is that we<br />
act as students for students. Our greatest<br />
potential are our members, who organize<br />
events for other students with motivation,<br />
personal involvement, management<br />
qualities, and also a fair dose of passion.<br />
From the development of concepts to active<br />
networking, the association is actively<br />
bringing the business world onto the<br />
MBS premises.<br />
Spring Semester <strong>2009</strong> Review<br />
We are happy to report that we were<br />
able to have Titus and Julius Dittmann<br />
hold a very successful lecture in the context<br />
of the lecture series 'Family businesses<br />
and corporate succession' (more info<br />
on the lecture on page 10) that impressed<br />
both lecturers and students at MBS.<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> Semester <strong>2009</strong> Outlook<br />
The association will be more involved<br />
with its original mission of student consulting<br />
in the coming <strong>Fall</strong> semester.<br />
Of course, we will continue to try and organize<br />
great events. At this point, we<br />
would like to recommend two events to<br />
you.<br />
The Isar BBQ shines in new splendor and<br />
takes place prior to the start of the semester<br />
on Sunday, September 6, <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
The Pre-Winter Trophy from November<br />
13 to 15, <strong>2009</strong> promises to be a first-class<br />
event again. This year, it takes place on<br />
the Zugspitze, where we will spend an<br />
unforgettable weekend.<br />
We are looking forward to many events<br />
with you!<br />
Your SC team<br />
The MBS Case Challenge (see page 8) is<br />
the new U2B event and offers students<br />
the possibility to work on a case study<br />
provided by reputable companies in a<br />
competition with other students. The<br />
project will take place in October with the<br />
friendly assistance of the five founders of<br />
the event (Olivia A., Sara G., Julia H., Nina<br />
K., and Olga P.).<br />
A Plea<br />
U2B e.V. is looking for new members. You<br />
want to get involved in everyday university<br />
life? You are innovative, talented, and<br />
up for organizing interesting projects?<br />
You are looking for a challenge? All doors<br />
are still open to you, we need you on our<br />
team!<br />
With this in mind, I am hoping for the<br />
continued existence of our association<br />
and thank you for three great and eventful<br />
U2B years.<br />
Sara Geising<br />
U2B e.V. Board<br />
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Pre-Winter Trophy <strong>2009</strong><br />
This year will be particularly special:<br />
The Pre-Winter Trophy is<br />
moving.<br />
After the inclement weather in<br />
Sölden last year, we will leave behind<br />
familiar territory this time<br />
and move to the Zugspitze. As in<br />
the previous years, the Pre-Winter<br />
Trophy is a foretaste of the<br />
Winter Trophy. The goal is to get<br />
in the mood for the Winter Trophy,<br />
go skiing for a bit, and get to<br />
know the mountain scenery, in<br />
case that hasn't already happened.<br />
Once again we have taxed our<br />
brains and come up with some<br />
spectacular innovations.<br />
We are already now looking forward<br />
to a sensational weekend.<br />
Your SC team
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Meet us in Person ...<br />
… at Trade Fairs All Over Germany<br />
We are happy to assist you and are also available for a personal counseling interview at<br />
our stand. Just give us a call.<br />
❚ September 30, <strong>2009</strong>: University Information Day Augsburg<br />
❚ October 15, <strong>2009</strong>: College Days <strong>Munich</strong><br />
❚ November 20+21, <strong>2009</strong>: EINSTIEG <strong>Munich</strong><br />
❚ November 25+26, <strong>2009</strong>: Absolventenkongress Cologne<br />
For All Prospective Bachelor Students<br />
Visit us during our Open House at <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
The Open House on October 17, <strong>2009</strong><br />
(10am to noon) at MBS is a good opportunity<br />
to personally look into our Bachelor<br />
program and get a first impression of<br />
us, our students and lecturers, and the<br />
MBS premises.<br />
The program starts with a short presentation<br />
about MBS followed by several<br />
Give Us a Try!<br />
short ‘stations’ where you can get an impression<br />
of our teaching methods, contents,<br />
and the special focus on internationality.<br />
In addition, you will meet<br />
current students and get all the information<br />
regarding the application process at<br />
MBS.<br />
And get a first impression of our students, lecturers, and of course MBS itself<br />
A personal impression of students, lecturers,<br />
and our university itself can almost<br />
not be substituted with any other information<br />
channel. That is why we want to<br />
offer you the opportunity to get exactly<br />
that personal impression. Based on the<br />
great success of our ‘test days’ in each of<br />
the programs, we now have new offers<br />
for all those interested:<br />
❚ Preview Days for those interested in<br />
the Bachelor program: November 28,<br />
<strong>2009</strong> and January 23, 2010<br />
❚ Preview Days for those interested in<br />
the master program: December 5<br />
❚ MBA Warm-Ups for all those interested<br />
in our MBA programs: September<br />
19, November 7, December 5,<br />
and January 9, 2010<br />
On these days, you visit two lectures each<br />
from the current curriculum – that way,<br />
you can get to know our teaching<br />
methods, our university, and the MBS<br />
study atmosphere in advance.<br />
Generally, the joint lunch takes place together<br />
with current students who talk<br />
about their experiences so far and the<br />
reasons why they decided to study at <strong>Munich</strong><br />
<strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
The day closes with a short information<br />
session on the respective program, where<br />
you can also pose your individual questions.<br />
Application Deadlines<br />
for 2010<br />
❚ MBA General Management<br />
Starting March 2010<br />
1 st round: September 1, <strong>2009</strong><br />
2 nd round: November 1, <strong>2009</strong><br />
3 rd round: January 1, 2010<br />
❚ MBA Health Care<br />
Management<br />
Starting September 2010<br />
1 st round: March 15, 2010<br />
2 nd round: April 15, 2010<br />
3 rd round: May 15, 2010<br />
4 th round: June 15, 2010<br />
❚ Master Programs<br />
Starting September 2010<br />
1 st round: March 15, 2010<br />
2 nd round: April 15, 2010<br />
3 rd round: May 15, 2010<br />
4 th round: June 15, 2010<br />
❚ Bachelor Programs<br />
Starting September 2010<br />
1 st round: January 25, 2010<br />
Admission Test on<br />
February 5/6, 2010<br />
2 nd round: April 01, 2010<br />
Admission Test on<br />
April 16/17, 2010<br />
3 rd round: June 10, 2010<br />
Admission Test on<br />
June 25/26, 2010<br />
Contact<br />
<strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
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Phone +49 (0)89 547678-0<br />
Fax +49 (0)89 547678-29<br />
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