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MBA, Certs and Dips Alumni Newsletter

Are you interested in Global Development Management?

The MSc in Development Management offered by the Open University is designed for people with a professional and/or personal interest in creating and managing development interventions, programmes, policies and strategies at any level from local to global.

Managing development gets ever more complex, as more agencies become involved, new goals emerge, complementing and confronting existing goals, and the right of 'beneficiaries' to participate in their own development is increasingly asserted. The Open University MSc programme in Development Management addresses the challenge of this complexity. The core modules give students the opportunity to strengthen their policy development and project management skills. They put inter-organisational relationships at the heart of development management, offering a framework for analysing existing relationships and for making strategic decisions about relationships that are required.

Some of the modules from the Open University MBA programme can also be counted towards the MSc in Development Management. Examples of these are; B713, B820, B822, B856, B857, TU870, and T863. A further 30 credits can be counted from any of the Open University post graduate modules

For more information please go to http://www3.open.ac.uk/
study/postgraduate/qualification/f11.htm , call 01159715566 or email R05-Postgrad@open.ac.uk

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MBA Who Built Successful Consulting Business In Africa

Two years after an MBA at Open University, Michael Shaw is a successful consultant helping businesses across Africa. In the link below the former record label exec tells us how he got here.

http://www.businessbecause.com/mba-entrepreneurs/
mba-who-built-successful-consulting-business-in-africa.htm

Michael ends the article with an offer; Wellspring is searching for MBA graduates who want to do something different: "We want to bring in people with good experience and business training, who can come and work with some of our young managers to help them make sense of their job". Anybody interested out there?
If you are interested in contacting Michael, please email OUBS-Alumni@open.ac.uk and we will forward your details.

If you too have an interesting experience to share, we would love to hear from you, please email oubs-alumni@open.ac.uk.

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

The Open University is recognised internationally as the most important innovation in higher education of the last forty years. Since its foundation in 1969 it has opened the doors of higher education to more than 2 million students around the world and attracts over 200,000 students to its courses and qualifications each year.

The Open University Business School is an outstanding success story, with a truly global population of over 30,000 business, management and law students studying in over 100 countries. Its International Advisory Board is an exciting body which has been providing sound and knowledgeable strategic insight to the Dean, the School Executive Team and the wider University for the last three years. New members will build strong relationships with the corporate sector and other external stakeholders, and act in an ambassadorial role by providing input into the external promotion of the School. The Board will also facilitate the School's plans for further international development.

Candidates will have operated at board level (either as executives or non-executives) within the private or non-profit sectors with a successful record of leadership, influencing others and delivering change. Strong intellectual and analytical ability and effective communication skills are essential.

Appointments will be for three years. The posts are not remunerated but expenses are paid. A formal time commitment of around seven days a year is required.

For further information about the role, including details of how to apply, please refer to our Business Development Team by email OUBS-IAB@open.ac.uk using reference IABR, or request an information pack and confirmation of closing date for applications, by telephone on +44 (0)1908 653589 (during office hours).

The information pack is also available in large print, disk or audiotape (minicom 01908 654901).

The Open University promotes diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Events (click on title to jump to website)

 07 June Bristol informal alumni networking meeting
10 June Munich Stammtisch
14 June London Alumni Networking Informal Drop In
21 June Luxembourg Alumni Group Networking Event
28 June Berkshire The Future of Pharma, The evolution of the world's most important industry, Speaker Professor Brian Smith

Click here for a list of all Alumni events >>

In Partnership with the Institute of Leadership & Management

The Alumni Association has teamed up with the Institute of Leadership & Management to gain further recognition for senior managers who are graduates of our Business School. The Institute of Leadership & Management is the largest qualifications body in the UK with over 90,000 learner registrations each year for professional qualifications in leadership, management, coaching and enterprise. They're also a leading professional body with over 40,000 practicing managers as members.

Benefits of ILM Fellowship
Fellowship recognises your professional status, qualifications and experience, and gives you the opportunity to network with your peers from different sectors and occupations. There is also a comprehensive range of membership services to support your continuing professional development as a leader and manager. Learn more at http://www.i-l-m.com/join-ilm.aspx

Cost
The annual subscriptions are £135 per year with a discount of £10 if you pay by direct debit. For Open University alumni there is a special offer - a saving of £50 on the usual initial joining fee.
(NB prices are valid until 30 September 2011)

How to apply
For more information about ILM Fellowship and how to apply, visit www.i-l-m.com/join-ilm/7491.aspx or call Hilary Hall, Director of Customer Services at ILM on 01543 266819 or email hilary.hall@i-l-m.com

Career Development from our partner Workmaze: an offer especially for Business School alumni

Career Coaching Workmaze's partner company, The Career Farm, offers career coaching both face-to-face and remotely via email and telephone. This remote service allows a more flexible career coaching service available to alumni/students, and can often provide an 'out of normal hours' service which may be useful for part-timers, distant learning students or EMBA's.
Although each alumni/student is unique, the types of issues Career Farm often coach on are:

* CV preparation
* Cover letter preparation
* Job search strategy.

For more information contact: coaching@thecareerfarm.com.

Career Management Videos Workmaze has created three videos to help you proactively manage your career. These videos take you through the first steps. Let us know what else you might find useful by emailing jane.barrett@workmaze.com so we can incorporate it into our future content plans.

1. Career Assessment
2. Research and Networking
3. Job Search Strategy

Alumni offers

Open University Business School Courses. Discount vouchers are available to graduates who wish to take a further course (one per annum). Contact us for your personalised voucher. Contact: oubs-alumni@open.ac.uk

Continuing Professional Development Make the most of your Open University Alumni status by taking advantage of a special course fee with the Open University which allows you to study our short, online CPD courses at a discount of 10% off the published course fee. For more details, visit http://www.open.ac.uk/cpd/

Get your own website for £99 - ideal for small businesses and consultancies.  Add pages and features as your business expands. Details and enquiries: www.getsetup.net.

Magazine subscription offers Take advantage of the lowest prices available on subscriptions to magazines such as The Economist, Time, National Geographic, Vogue and many others. www.alumni-subscriptions.co.uk

No charge sign up to Pay As You Use Call-handling service. Get your calls answered by your named PA in your company name and your administration sorted. No minimum or monthly fees, simply pay as you go, set up in minutes. Call 08451 30 00 30 or register on line at www.corebusinessnetwork.com and quote OUAO.

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Your alumni association has launched a dedicated Open University Business School group on Linkedin.

Linkedin is an online professional networking service, used by over 12 million professionals worldwide. It allows members to connect with each other and expand their business contacts. Through this website you are able to search and view Open University Business School group members' profiles as well as their networks. You see much more than a name. All connections are controlled by you, this is an opt in only.
How to join: There is no charge to join Linkedin, or to join the Open University Business School Alumni Network group on Linkedin. You are pre-approved as a member of the Open University Business School alumni association and can join the group immediately by clicking on the Linkedin Logo above.
You will need to use the same e-mail address with Linkedin as the one to which this e-newsletter is sent. You can easily add this address to your existing Linkedin profile.

Workmaze is a career coaching and information company which works with leading business schools worldwide, delivering career services, information products and recruitment services.

Workmaze coaches have extensive experience in both MBA and executive level recruitment and hold internationally recognised qualifications in career coaching and guidance. They are supported by a team of researchers drawn from blue-chip information management and head-hunting environments. Our subscription to Workmaze gives you free access to the following guides: MBA Recruitment in the Top 100 Global MBA Recruiting Companies (Updated monthly) and MBA Recruitment in the FTSE Euro 100 Companies (Published in May & October). In addition, you benefit from discounted rates on coaching services such as career assessment and 'getting interviews' programmes.

For full details, click here.

Update your details

If you need to change any of your contact details, email, home or work please go to the alumni website at www.open.ac.uk/oubs-alumni click on 'update your details'. If you have not registered your details please do so now and keep connected to this thriving international network.