Print Media Academy Offers Knowledge Camp for Company Successors on May 16 to 21, 2011
03/10/2011
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Six-day intensive seminar for successors in printing
companies
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Practical approach to learning with actual case studies and
participants' own topics
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Free Webinar for prospective participants
The Print Media Academy of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
(Heidelberg) and the Center for Research of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses (ifm) at the University of Mannheim - Germany's
leading university for business management - have joined forces to
offer a new intensive seminar "Knowledge Camp for Company
Successors". The six-day intensive seminar in English language will
be held from May 16 to 21, 2011, at the Print Media Academy in
Heidelberg.
Participants will learn how to position their company
successfully in a competitive environment and in an increasingly
global market. During these six days they will explore modern
management approaches together with colleagues from similar
businesses. The aim of the seminar is to gear corporate strategy to
the future and to maintain and increase corporate value over the
long term. "When young managerial staff take over at small and
medium-sized enterprises, they are always faced with complex
challenges," explains Martina Brand, head of International Business
Training at the Print Media Academy. "It is virtually impossible
and makes little sense for them to try to acquire the necessary
know-how on their own. The best way to acquire new knowledge and to
develop the necessary skills is to talk and work with external
specialists and like-minded people," she continues.
Learning from experts and in a network
The seminar adopts a practical approach. It is based on
actual case studies and answers participants' specific
questions. Training is provided by experts from the Print Media
Academy and professors from the University of Mannheim. They have
many years of in-depth practical experience in industry and
consultancy, working on an international level. Solutions and
strategies for company succession are developed in workshops. The
training team supervises and coaches participants for practical
scenarios. The opportunity to network and share information with
other participants is an important aspect of the seminar.
"Many company successors are poorly prepared for the tasks
that await them," says Professor Michael Woywode, head of the
Center for Research of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (ifm) at
the University of Mannheim. "However, our experience tells us that
they achieve above average success during the succession phase if
they acquire expert knowledge and apply this to their specific
situation. This largely avoids the pitfalls associated with company
succession," continues Woywode.
The entire program and a detailed seminar timetable can be
accessed at
www.print-media-academy.com.
The fee for the six-day seminar is EUR 3,400 plus VAT. Travel,
accommodation or other expenses are additional.
Free of charge Webinar
Prospective participants have the possibility to take
part in a short online seminar. Professor Marcel Crisand, Managing
Director of the Center for Research of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses (ifm) at the University of Mannheim, will give valuable
information for a successful start at the helm of your printing
business. Details on dates and times as well as online registration
is available at
www.print-media-academy.com
The Print Media Academy
The Print Media Academy of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
offers specialists and management staff a comprehensive range of
training opportunities specifically geared to the needs of
enterprises in the print media industry and beyond. Well-known
speakers and training experts impart knowledge on technology
innovations and successful management.
www.print-media-academy.com
The ifm at the University of Mannheim
The ifm (Center for Research of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses) is an interdisciplinary research institute at the
University of Mannheim. For more than 20 years, the institute's
research work has focused on topical and structural issues relating
to small and medium-sized enterprises. Professor Michael Woywode
currently heads a team of 25 research staff. The ifm's great
strength lies in its interdisciplinary orientation and its ability
to bridge the gap between science and practice. The ifm considers
it important to pass on its experience for use in real-life
situations and is therefore committed to providing a large number
of practical lectures, interactive seminars and other training
events each year.
www.ifm.uni-mannheim.de
Figure 1:
The Print Media Academy has joined forces with the Center
for Research of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (ifm) at the
University of Mannheim to offer a new "Knowledge Camp for Company
Successors. The seminar is aimed at prospective successors at small
and medium-sized enterprises in the printing industry.
Figure 2:
The Center for Research of Small and Medium-Sized
Businesses (ifm) at the University of Mannheim is located - like
other departments of the University of Mannheim - in the Castle of
Mannheim.
Figure 3:
The Print Media Academy at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
offers specialist and management staff a comprehensive range of
training opportunities specifically geared to the needs of small
and medium-sized enterprises in the print media industry and
beyond.
For further information and to register, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Print Media Academy
Silvia Becker (Course Office)
Phone: +49 6221 92 50 11
Fax: +49 6221 92 49 29
E-mail:
pma-seminar@heidelberg.com
Further information for journalists:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Public Relations
Hilde Weisser
Phone: +49 6221 92 5066
Fax: +49 6221 92 5069
E-mail:
hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
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