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New Business School
Website Launched
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The
Business School has now launched the first phase of its new
website to coincide with the marketing launch of the revised MBA
programme.
Visitors will now be
presented with five different themes when entering the site
- I Want an MBA
- Start a New Career
- Building on Experience
- Fulfilling Professional
Requirements
- Studying for Personal
Interest
Users will be guided through
the themes to help decide which qualification they require to
achieve their aim. At this point the website links the user to
Study at the OU where they can find more in depth information
about the qualifications on offer.
Further developments will be
released in phases over the next four months and will include
a full people and research search facilities, new Alumni and
Centre for Law sections, video content of students covering
the first four themes, and a social media community where
current and prospective students.
To visit the new site: click
here and please forward the link to anyone you think
may benefit from studying with the Business School
(http://www8.open.ac.uk/business-school/).
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Revised
MBA programme
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The structure of the Open University Business
School's MBA has been revised and its curriculum updated to reflect the
changes in the international business world. The structure is more flexible
allowing students to complete in 2.5 years or over a longer period if they
prefer. There remains an emphasis on strategic analysis, interdisciplinary
skills, creativity, innovation and leadership. Stage one begins this November.
A brochure is available from www.open.ac.uk/oubs,
If there is someone in your organization that you believe would benefit from
taking the MBA then your recommendation would be valued.
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Have
you experience of Mentoring?
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We are in the process of setting up an online
mentoring service for MBA alumni to mentor new MBA students. If you have
experience of either running a mentoring programme or of mentoring and would
like to get involved please email Christine c.sargent@open.ac.uk
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evening events:
Guests
welcome, Certificate of attendance available. For more
information or to make a booking, click on the events below or
ring Janet on +44(0)1908 659262. Please
do make an effort to support your local alumni group
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Join the Open
University Business School community on BusinessBecause
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BusinessBecause is a new online community for
business school students, business schools, recruiters and alumni globally.
The Open University has a profile on BusinessBecause and by registering you
will get access to relevant stories, analysis and comment about the business
school world and the job market for business graduates. BusinessBecause have
just launched a Jobs section where they advertise roles suitable for
high-flying business graduates. They are specifically trying to source
interesting vacancies from smaller, high-growth companies - the types of
companies that can offer fascinating careers for MBAs, but aren't big enough
to advertise widely. To register on BusinessBecause please go to BusinessBecause.com
and start following the Open University Business School
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Unleashing
Your Strengths: The Power of Potential
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With Dan Pink & Marcus Buckingham;
September 14th, 2010, Hilton Deansgate, Manchester
Special Discounted Rate for the upcoming
management conference Unleashing Your Strengths - The Power of Potential
featuring two internationally renowned leadership speakers, Daniel Pink and
Marcus Buckingham. The event will take place in Manchester, hosted at the Hilton
Deansgate Hotel on Tuesday 14th September 2010. Alumni will hear inspiring
presentations on improving their performance and effectiveness by identifying
and working to their strengths, understanding their inherent motivators and
tapping into their inbuilt creativity.
Register before Monday 16th August 2010 and
receive a special un-published discounted rate of £695 plus VAT per place. (A
SAVING OF £400 PER DELEGATE PLACE)
How to Register
This conference is organised by Benchmark for Business. You can register:
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Develop
your skills - volunteer for a board
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Board-level volunteering, whether as a charity
trustee, school governor or board member of a public body such as an NHS
Trust, is a great way to develop transferable skills, particularly leadership
skills, that are invaluable in the workplace. Board members have overall
responsibility for these organizations, including, for example, agreeing the
strategy. Employers who encourage staff to volunteer as part of their personal
development and as part of their corporate responsibity programme are more
likely to become employers of choice. As an MBA graduate, you could, by
joining a board, make a very significant contribution to your community and
improve your CV at the same time, as well as preparing yourself for possible
future non-executive director roles. For those who, for whatever reason, are
currently out of the labour market, board-level volunteering provides the
ideal way to maintain their skills and confidence. Board-level volunteering is
also enormously satisfying, and it's fun!
There is a huge variety of charities, as well
as schools and public bodies, so there should be an organization that you can
really feel passionate about. Finding the ideal opportunity can be a
challenge: if you would like help with your search, or you would just like
more information, please contact us at Getting on Board, to access our
opportunities search service.
Sarah Hodgkinson, Chief Executive, Getting on
Board
info@gettingonboard.org,
01449 744166, www.gettingonboard.org
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Quick
Links
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Membership directory
This secure online directory
is a great tool that will enable you to network with fellow OU
Business School alumni. The directory is an opt-in service only, so
if you would like to give us permission to publish your details,
please register online.
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OU
Business School group
3944 members |
Your alumni association has
launched a dedicated OU Business School group on Linkedin. Linkedin
is an online professional networking service, used by over 8 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 OU 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: Joining
LinkedIn is free, as is membership of the OU Business School group
in Linked In. You are pre-approved as a member of the OU
Business School alumni association and can join the group immediately by clicking on
this link:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2297/739F3E3270B6/
You will need to use the same e-mail address with Linkedin as the one to which
this e-newsletter is sent. You can add this address
additionally to your existing
LinkedIn account.
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Alumni
Offers
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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
Get your own website for £99 -
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Continuing Professional
Development
Make the most of your OU Alumni status by taking advantage of a special
course fee with the OU 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/
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About
this newsletter
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This newsletter's purpose
is to keep you updated on news about the OU/OU Business
School and its various products, the alumni association,
offers and affinity deals, alumni events and just about
anything else that you request. Offers have been
selected as appropriate for our readership. The
companies and people offering them are not necessarily
connected to or endorsed by the OU Business School.
You will see that many
of the items link back to the alumni website www.open.ac.uk/oubs-alumni,
where you will also find news and events listings, the
detail of all our services and benefits, as well as
useful links and the online membership directory.
If your details don't
appear in the directory, it is probably because you have
not opted in yet. For data protection reasons, we need
your permission to publish your details in the
directory. You can register online at (check link)
We would also like to
receive news from you (with web links) that we can
circulate to the rest of the alumni association, as well
as your comments and ideas for improvement. Please send
your suggestions using our online feedback form (check
link), or email me at c.sargent@open.ac.uk
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Alumni Relations Manager
OUBS Alumni Office,
Michael Young Building,
Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Tel +44 (0)1908 652874 Fax +44 (0)1908 655102
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