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Newsletter - 2006, no
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Maastricht
Programs
Department
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Graduation
2006: live on www.msm.nl
On September 11 2006, the annual Graduation
Ceremony will be held. For those who are unable to attend the
Ceremony, we will broadcast it live on www.msm.nl.
Don't miss it; September 11 2006 1:30 PM
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Outreach
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Kazakhstan
Attachment 24 July - 4 August
From
Monday 24 July to Friday 4th August, a group of 15 students
from Kazakhstan visited MSM for their European attachment.
These students take part in the joint MBA program, set up in
cooperation with the International Academy of Business (IAB)
in Almaty. Tthey took courses in Research Methodology, by
Dr. Phillips, and Competing in the Global Arena, by
Dr. Sybrandy.
It was for the
eighth consecutive year that Almaty students visited
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Refresher
Course Jordan 14 - 26 May 2006
From
14 till 26 May a refresher course was held for 20 MSM alumni in the capital of Jordan, Amman.
Participants had been at MSM in the past years for
MBA or SME, courses. The Palestine Netherlands Friendship Association (PNFA)
under the chairmanship of Mr.
Sameir, Jamel Sabeh initiated this course. |
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June
30: Closing of three Executive Programs
On Friday June 30, 35 professionals received their
certificate for their participation in one of the three
Executive Programs "Organizational Culture and
Management", "Change Management" and
"Business Dynamics" that ran from June 12 till June
30. Meinhard Gans, MSc (Director of the International Projects
Department), Mieke van Riet, MA (program manager OCM and CM) and
Joris Stadhouders, MSc (program manager BD) look back at three
successful programs. Both program managers feel that the groups
of participants were extremely dedicated to their studies and
highly professional in every sense of the word.
MSM hopes to keep in touch with the participants of these three
programs through the alumni network and through the personal
contacts established throughout the course
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International
Projects & Programs
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Visit
from Bethlehem University 19 June - 7 July
From June 19 - July 7, 19 Faculty Members of the Bethlehem
University / Institute for Community Partnership visited
MSM. Bethlehem University is the oldest and smallest of the
five universities in the West Bank Palestinian territory, with
around 2500 undergraduates. One of the highlights of their
stay was the visit of Dries van Agt, formal prime
minister of the Netherlands and currently Board member of
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Graduations
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DBA
defence Manal Ibrahim 30 June 2006
Student
Attrition And Retention In Distance Learning In The
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
(The Case Of The Arab Open University)
On 30 June 2006 Manal Ibrahim successfully defended
her doctoral
dissertation and qualified for the award of the MSM DBA
degree. Manal was supervised by Prof.Dr. Kami
Rwegasira (chair, department of accounting finance and
economics at MSM) and Dr. Ahmed Taher from
American university in Cairo.
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Social,
Cultural and High-Tech Economic Development
The Technopolis Columns. Prof. Fred.Y Phillips, PhD. Palgrave (2006).
Communities around the world are trying to duplicate the
Silicon Valley phenomenon, and for an excellent reason.
Techno-regions have generated most of the new jobs in the past
decade and this technology is driving economic development.
However, problems persist. This book highlights the potential
pitfalls and suggests methods by which a sustainable,
distinctive and prosperous technology-based regional economy
can exist.
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Publications
of Prof. Rwegasira
Prof. Dr.
Kami Rwegasira, Professor of Finance & Chair Department of
Accounting Finance & Economics at MSM has in the
past months of this year successfully worked on the
following scholarly papers which have either been published in
academic journals or presented in conferences.
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Publications
of Khaled Wahba, PhD
Khaled Wahba, Executive
Manager and the Academic Advisor, Regional IT Institute was the
co-author of different publications at the International
Conference 2006
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