Department of Management & HNU University of Applied Sciences, Germany
HNU MBA International Extension Programme & Strategy live case study
October 2015
Department of Management
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
The Department of Management has recently run and concluded the October 2015 Edition
of HNU Neu-Ulm University’s MBA International Extension Programme. This intensive 2
week programme of applied management master classes, seminars and industry visits, is
run by the Department bi-annually and rides on the back of ongoing collaboration and a
long-standing alliance between the Department of Management at the University of Malta
and the Department of Business and Economics at HNU.
Over the two week period, the German MBA participants, were also
engaged on an extended strategy live case study involving meetings,
analysis and direct interaction with the top-management team of a
local collaborating organisation – addressing a current strategic
challenge and presenting their strategic review, findings and reasoned
recommendations to the board and management.
At this edition MaltaPost plc (www.maltapost.com), Malta’s licensed Universal Service
Provider of postal services were the strategy live case study collaborating partners. The
Department of Management takes the opportunity to thank MaltaPost’s top management
team for their direct and active involvement in this strategy exercise geared towards
creating mutual value and opportunities for critical insight and learning.
Besides, other scheduled industry visits also included Methode Electronics, Actavis and
Playmobil.
Accompanied by their Professors, the profile of this edition’s international cohort of
Neu-Ulm MBA participants hailing from Germany included executives employed at
international blue chip companies such as Porsche AG, Continental AG, Societe Generale,
Bosch, Liebherr, Lidl, Daimler AG, and Brian Healy Architects (Boston), as well as
German SME champions of industry – engaged in sectors spanning automotive,
aerospace and defence, graphic design, electronics, manufacturing, precision engineering,
software, and financial services.
In concluding this edition of the programme, the formal award dinner and certificate
presentation were held at Capua Palace, Sliema.
(Photos follow … )
HNU Neu-Ulm team outside MaltaPost plc Head Office, accompanied by Prof Dr Walter Thanner (third from
left), and to the right, Mr Charles J Falzon (Programme Manager, Department of Management) and
Dr Nathaniel P Massa (Strategy & Live case study coordinator, Department of Management).
German HNU MBA participants’ strategy presentation to MaltaPost plc top management team underway
Strategy live case study presentation underway. MaltaPost CEO Mr Joseph Gafa’ accompanied by his
management team, the German HNU delegation and UOM Department of Management organisers
MaltaPost limited edition postal cover including customised stamp to commemorate the collaborative
strategy live case study, presented by MaltaPost’s CEO as a special memento to all HNU participants
Neu-Ulm HNU MBA International Extension Programme participants (October 2015 edition), including
faculty, and managers from participating companies at the formal programme certificate award dinner,
Capua Palace, Sliema