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Students at the Zollverein School …

Monday, March 6th, 2006

If you’ve ever wondered who’s actually earning hard his/her MBA title thanks to Annekatrin Sonn (Corporate Communications) current students portraits and info bits of the first MBA class are online at the Zollverein School Website >>>. I trust that information about the 2nd MBA class will soon be available online as well.
So, if you’re interested […]

Zollverein School joins World MBA Tour

Monday, February 27th, 2006

After successfully introducing and running the first two cohorts at the Zollverein School MBA the school is taking its next step towards becoming an international player on the global MBA market.
With over 380 of the worlds top business schools having participated in the World MBA Tour in 2005 the Zollverein School of management and design […]

Cheers! - Topping Out Ceremony at the Zollverein School

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

“When in Rome do as the Romans do …” – today I was wondering how and if “Builder’s rites” are being celebrated across the world? This is what I have found at Wikipedia (which seems to become one of my top information sites these days) under the keyword “topping out”:

“Topping out is a ceremony done […]

Move forward - Who needs your gift now?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

As my previous posting is indicating there’s a life after the MBA ;-) and I’ve had interesting discussions with some students about their plans after finishing their MBA by the end of this year.
Interestingly previous experiences with students from other design management programmes as well showed that engagement in post graduate programmes like the MBA […]

MBA and now? Go to India!

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

I’ve already written some pieces about the growing importance of India and China on this blog recently. A few minutes ago David Griffiths, a friend of mine from the design management context and a lecturer at the Zollverein School send me this email:

“The firm is Idiom - www.idiom.co.in [job roles are listed on the site […]

Welcome!

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Hello and welcome to the brand new ‘Zollverein School Blog’! After a break of some months I’m happy to continue my work from the Zollverein SummerSchool 2005 blog on this new space and named: The Zollverein School Blog.
As you can see in the header claim on top of this page the current release is numbered […]