We started with the global study program for three weeks from 5th August-25th August at ISM Dortmund with 34 students, (from Lodhi Road and Gurgaon)accompanied by two faculty members. Prior to the departure an orientation was held for the students and their parents briefing them on the process of the global study.The week started with the orientation at the ISM Campus and the students received a very warm welcome from the International Cell.<\/p>\n
The first week was designed for studying the module titled Strategic Management. The examples used by Prof. QeisKamran covered all disciplines including economics, politics, marketing etc.The last week of the program covered the second module titled Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The module was delivered Using multiple tools such as videos, live cases and in case presentations involving creative and innovative thinking activities<\/p>\n
The pattern of delivering the modules was very well received by the students.<\/p>\n
1. Lecture-Activity-Lecture pattern of teaching<\/strong>: The modus operandi of the Professor at ISM Dortmund was to follow Lecture-Activity-Lecture pattern of teaching &learning.The students were equally involved in the teaching learning process.Every 20 minutes of lecture was followed by a half an hour activity.This not only engaged the students but also ensured that they are able to apply the concepts,theories & strategies in a real-life scenario.Activities taken up with the students involved Video snippets, live company examples, group presentations, brain storming sessions etc.<\/p>\n 2. Idea Generation\/Brain storming sessions<\/strong>: The Entrepreneurship module was delivered using a lot of brain storming sessions wherein the students were made to work on entrepreneurial ideas\/prospective business models. This was able to gain maximum participation from the students as they were required to present a business idea that could capture the untapped needs\/segments, specific to the Indian Markets.The focus was also on considering CSR & environment protection as core to the ideas generated.<\/p>\n 3. On the spot Case based class presentations<\/strong>: The students were provided with Stanford & HBR case studies on the spot as an element of surprise class presentations. The purpose of the discussion was to bring out the analytical and problem-solving skills of the student group. Each of the student was required to present.The rules of presentation was made clear to the students in the beginning.Each group presentation was followed by a series of Q&A by the Professor so as to judge the analysis involved in the points presented.<\/p>\n During the visit students were also taken for a city tour of Dortmund which they immensely enjoyed. The bus tour was very well conducted, and the students enjoyed the scenery and the places of interest which Dortmund offers.<\/p>\n Two company visits were organised one at Dasa and the other at Wilo.<\/p>\n – Dasa is an exhibition centre run by the bureau of occupational safety and health hazards and focussing on The students were also taken for the second company visit to a German based company named-Wilo.The students experienced the production of pumps and other parts using robotic technology.The students were briefed about the made to order production philosophy followed by the company.<\/p>\n The closing ceremony was held prior to the departure with the dean thanking the students for the visit at the ISM Campus followed by the departure of the students from Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We started with the global study program for three weeks from 5th August-25th August at ISM Dortmund with 34 students, (from Lodhi Road and Gurgaon)accompanied by two faculty members. Prior to the departure an orientation was held for the students and their parents briefing them on the process of the global study.The week started with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":3608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,34],"tags":[313,128,355,412,149,426],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-study","category-iilm-undergraduate-business-school","tag-global-study","tag-global-study-program","tag-global-study-program-at-iilm","tag-global-study-tour-at-ism","tag-iilm-blog","tag-ism-dortmund"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Safety measures for all kind of catastrophes be it earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes.
\n– The safety gear and equipment\u2019s required to counter such catastrophes.
\n– Detailed explanation of all countermeasures to combat calamity.<\/p>\n