Programme de bourses "Echanges Universitaires"

MBA course in Strategic Management at Swiss German University Asia / Indonesia

Despite its European name, Swiss German University (SGU), is a fully accredited Indonesian university founded in the year 2000 by Prof. Peter Pscheid – former rector of FHS University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen. SGU offers Bachelor and Master level courses and includes six faculties:

• Engineering
• Information Technology
• Business
• Life Sciences
• Law
• Social Sciences

The goal of this co-operation between Indonesia and Europe is to intensify the international transfer through exchange of lecturers and research staff (including students). The Institute for Technology Management of University of St.Gallen ITEM contributes with an MBA course in Strategic Management to the classes in Business Administration and Business Engineering and examination experts in Bachelor and Master Thesis Defense.

The MBA course in Strategic Management covers the essentials in Strategy Development over 10 weeks in semester 2 and 3 of the current MBA program (July – September) with a total of 26 students. It follows the process of developing a Business – Strategy – Dialogue analysing the relevant environment to determine the Key Success Factors. The internal analysis aims at developing strategic options – based on the firms distinctive competencies. The course includes business cases from Switzerland and Indonesia for class discussion. Case teaching methods emphasize interactive learning and student contributions.

Thesis Defense covered 43 Bachelor Thesis and 12 Master Degree Thesis in Business Administration. Similar to the Disputation the students have to present and defend their research projects of 16 weeks.

Photo:  MBA class 2009 Swiss German University Asia / Indonesia in CEO Talk session

Contact Address in Indonesia:

Professor Dr. Peter Pscheid, Rector
Campus German Centre
Bumi Serpong Damai – BSD 15321, Indonesia
Tel.  ++62 21  537 6221,
Fax   ++62 21  537 6201      
E-mail: peter.pscheid@sgu.ac.id
Internet  www.sgu.ac.id

Contact Address in Switzerland:

Professor e.m. Dr. Fritz Fahrni
ITEM Universität St.Gallen
Dufourstrasse 40A
9000 St.Gallen
Tel. 071 228 24 31
E-mail: fritz.fahrni@unisg.ch

Professor Dr. Hans Jäger
Rötelistrase 12
9000 St.Gallen
Tel. 071 245 86 22 / hp 078 748 86 24
E-mail: jaeger@brainconnection.ch