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Business School's Senior Managers Hit High Spots In Kuala Lumpur
Monday February 23rd, 2009
Senior members of Newcastle Business School’s Executive Management Team at Northumbria University are about to hit the high spots as they deliver a workshop from the world’s tallest twin buildings this week - the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, which stands at 1,483 ft.
Professor Paul Croney, Dean, and Associate Deans Jane Turner, Executive Development, Professor Sharon Mavin, Research and Consultancy and Bob Woodward, Corporate Management Development, will be exporting the University’s particular brand of executive development and coaching to an audience of more than 100 senior executives and future business leaders from the vantage point of The Knowledge Café on Tower One’s 40th floor.
The visit builds upon Newcastle Business School’s established international portfolio and its ability to engage with organisations worldwide.
There has been an overwhelming response from Petronas’ senior managers who wish to attend the workshop where Jane will be conducting a seminar on the theme of 'authentic leadership development - an essential approach for the 21st century'.
Jane says “We will be covering subjects such as the reality of being a leader, the development process involved and importantly, asking the question “why would anyone want to be led by you?"
'Authentic leadership development substantially underpins our ethos within the Executive Leadership Development portfolio that I lead. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the Newcastle Business School brand and reinforce our position as a leading player among international business schools.”
The team is also visiting UEM Group (United Engineers Malaysia Berhad) in Kuala Lumpur and delivering a workshop based around organisational values.
UEM Group has more than 40 major operating companies worldwide.
Professor Mavin comments: "The workshop on organisational values should be particularly interesting since the UEM workforce comprises Malaysian, Chinese and Indian nationals. We already have 300 UEM managers on a bespoke Masters in Business Leadership programme which we have developed and believe there is potential for further engagement with UEM over the delivery of other aspects of our portfolio which could be of interest to them.”
As part of the visit, the team is also coaching senior colleagues from a partner Malaysian University who are studying the Newcastle Business School's Professional Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). INTI University College senior academics study both in Malaysia and in Newcastle a part of their Doctoral research in business and management practice.
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