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Updating
Residential Weekend
...a few places still remaining with
partners rate at only £140 inclusive
Take advantage of this opportunity
to update and refresh with key speakers, OUBS Professors and
specialist tutors. Select from electives Create in Style,
Knowledge Stores and their contribution to collaborative
capability, leadership and emotional intelligence, modelling
metaphors and much more ...
Ring the alumni office now to
reserve a place 44 (0)1908 652097
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Joint OUBS/Henley Saturday
workshops
Cost only £125 including lunch.
These are designed for the busy professional, leading academics
and practitioners will present practical updates on core business
disciplines to keep you at the forefront of business thinking.
Each seminar will cover a different specialist topic and help you
apply what you learn to your own work environment.
9 October Henley The
Creativity Edge, Presented by Ros Bell, OUBS - book now!
About this workshop:
This hands on workshop will explore the dynamic interaction
between the complementary opposites, creative discipline and
rigorous freedom, in the business environment. Drawing on
theoretical and experiential studies in the field of creativity
and innovation, our investigation will be practically oriented,
focusing on personal creativity within organisational and
individual contexts. You will try out techniques to support
creativity, your own and that of others, and should emerge from
the session with new ideas and approaches to take into your own
creative future.
About Ros Bell:
Both in organisations and as an independent consultant, Ros Bell
has worked with practical creativity since 1981, when she first
tutored on the ground-breaking Open University residential course,
'Art and Environment'. Since 1990, she has worked for the Open
University Business School, as an MBA tutor and consultant on a
range of teaching and authoring projects. She is a long-standing
core member of the 'Creativity, Innovation and Change' course
team, helping to develop materials to facilitate creative
management. For nearly fifteen years, Ros has provided training
and facilitation for creativity, problem solving and team working
to managers in organisations from a wide range of sectors.
30 October Enterprise
Governance, Presented by Professor Roland Kaye, Dean of the OUBS.
In a post-Enron world public interest is
demanding enhanced governance processes but this will not succeed
if the information provided to Boards and stakeholders is not
reliable and robust, incorporating both financial data and other relevant
management information. Further the provision of only historic
data is inadequate to support planning and investment decisions,
while the turbulent world demands more explicit Risk assessment.
Professor Kaye will provide some insights into
Enterprise Governance a Method developed by the International
Federation of Accountants in conjunction with the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants who promote it
internationally.
13 November Managing People
Effectively, Presented by Professor Chris Brewster, Henley
11 December The Latest
Thinking in Strategy, Professor Ian Turner, Henley
To book a place email oubs-alumni@open.ac.uk
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Autumn Programme of regional alumni events
16 September Changing Management Thinking
with John Seddon, Redhill
16 September Crucibles of Leadership with John Peters,
Norwich
18 September Degree Ceremony in Paris
21 September Leadership in Projects from Hell, Reading
28 September Current Key Issues in Strategic Thinking with
OUBS Professor Susan Segal Horn, Dublin
28 September Reflections on Leadership by Martin Narey,
Cranfield
29 September Galapagos Day, London
29 September Leadership - white elephant or wheelwright?
Lancaster
4 October Speed Reading, a professional introduction,
Longhirst Hall, Morpeth
5 October Shaping Savvy Marketers, Milton Keynes
6 October Microsoft Leadership Programme, CMI, Reading
6 October New Perspectives on Thinking (de Bono tools and
techniques), Edinburgh
12 October The Avoidance of Killing and Stealing - Business
Relationships, Milton Keynes
12 October New Perspectives on Thinking (de Bono tools and
techniques), Bristol
16 October Saturday am workshop The Terrace with Denis
O'Brien, Redhill
20 October Leadership - a different perspective with John
Peters, Wakefield
21 October Practical Creativity and Mind Mapping, Tunbridge
Wells
Full information/booking details
on www.open.ac.uk/oubs-alumni
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Harvard expert to deliver
competitive strategy conference
Thursday 4th November 2004 - Manchester MICC
Auditorium
OUBS is delighted to announce that Michael E.
Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor based at
Harvard Business School, will stage his full-day Conference, ‘Competitive
Strategy for Profitable Growth’, to UK business
executives. Organised by Benchmark for Business, this is a rare
& valuable opportunity to learn from the recognised authority in
competitive strategy. Prof. Porter’s Conference will be highly
valuable for executives seeking to create and deliver clearly
defined strategies and a distinctive competitive advantage in order
to achieve success and profitability. Porter will be on stage
throughout the day.
OUBS alumni and community benefit from
receiving a 40% discount to £595 + VAT for each Executive
Conference Place.
For Conference information and registrations visit
www.benchmarkporter.com/oubs
Alternatively, contact organisers, Benchmark for
Business, on free phone 0800 169 2168 or email team@benchmarkporter.com
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Effective, affordable career
management
Career Coach Direct offers a new approach with
personal and flexible career coaching from professionals (www.careercoachdirect.co.uk).
Call 0845 443054 for a 10% discount.
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OUBS Courses. Discount vouchers are available to graduates who wish to take
a further
course (one per annum). Contact us for
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