Welcome to

ZHAW, School of Management and Law

Friday 25nd of October 2013

Building Competence. Crossing Borders.

Markus.braun@zhaw.ch , 25. October 2013

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

School of Management and Law (SML)

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Student Population as of 15 October 2012

Total 10,660 (Bachelor’s and Master’s students according to ZHAW Annual Report

2012)

ZHAW in Figures

1 School of Architecture, Design, and

Civil Engineering (550)

2 School of Health Professions (1,306)

3 School of Applied Linguistics (712)

4 School of Life Sciences and

Facility Management (1,522)

5 School of Applied Psychology (344)

6 School of Social Work (685)

7 School of Engineering (1,868)

8 School of Management and Law (3,673)

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Focus of the SML Business Units

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General Management

» Human Capital

» Customer Relationship

Management

» Lean Production

» Small Business

Management

» Business Integration

International Business Banking, Finance, Insurance

Public/Non-Profit Mngmt. Business Law

» Internationalization of Swiss

SME

» Market studies

» Market entry strategies for

specific regions

» Cultural Diversity

» Corporate Responsibility

» Value Chain Management

in the Financial Industry

» Capital Markets

» Private Banking

» Alternative Investments

» Swiss GAAP FER and NGO

» Risk & Insurance

» Public Finance

» Public-Private Partnership

(PPP)

» Change in Public Institutions

» Managed Care

» Health Economics

» Internationalization of

Business Law

» Legal Engineering

» Tax Planning in an

International Context

Needs of students Needs of companies and

organizations

ZHAW School of Management and Law

From product- to customer-orientation

BSc MSc

Continuous

Education PhD / DBA

Courses

Development Research

Consulting Services

Employability Competitiveness

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Organizational Structure – SML at a Glance

School of Management and Law André Haelg

Staff SML

Department

Resources & Services

Florian Angst

Department

Undergraduate

Programs

Markus Zwyssig

Department

General Management

Stephan Loretan

Department

Banking, Finance,

Insurance

Suzanne Ziegler

Department

Public Sector

Andreas Bergmann

Department

Business Law

Jens Lehne

Department

International Business

Markus Braun

Development &

Services

Business

Administration

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Business

Administration

International

Management

Business Law

Business Information

Technology

Languages in

Management and Law

Office Undergraduate

Programs

Development &

Services

Institute of Marketing

Management

Institute of Business

Information

Technology

Center for Human

Capital Management

Center for Strategy &

Operations

Edgar Heim

Development &

Services

Center for Alternative

Investments & Risk

Management

Center for

Banking & Finance

Center for

Risk & Insurance

Center for

Accounting &

Controlling

Development &

Services

Institute of

Public Management

Winterthur Institute of

Health Economics

Center for

Arts Management

Center for

Economic Policy

Development &

Services

Center for Public

Commercial Law

Center for Corporate

and Tax Law

Center for Competition

and Commercial Law

Center for Social Law

Development &

Services

RCC Europe Middle

East / India

RCC Americas

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RCC Asia-Pacific

Operations

Master’s Programs

Operations

Continuing Education

Process & System

Management

Services

Center for Innovative

Didactics

Center for Innovation

and Entrepreneurship

Center for Corporate Finance and Private

Equity

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ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

School of Management and Law (SML)

Department International Business (DIB)

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Focus in all four areas

Education

BSc in Business Administration

• International Management

MSc in International Business in planning!

R&D

Various KTI-Projects

Study on Chinese companies in

Switzerland

Internationalisation-Index

Continuing Education

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)

• CAS Foreign Affairs & Applied Diplomacy

• CAS International Business

• CAS Corporate Responsibility

• CAS Luxury Marketing & Mngmt. (Start Feb. 2014)

Executive Education

• International Executive MBA

• MAS Business Administration

Customized Programs

• Summer Academy (Alternative Invest./Luxury Brand Mng.)

• Executive Workshop – Bridging the Cultural Gap:

Switzerland-East Asia

Consulting

Consulting international businesses and industrial

associations

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RCC Europe,

Middle East, India

RCC Americas

Department

International Business

Markus Braun

RCC Asia-Pacific Development &

Services

Int. Relations

Int. Office

Department International Business

Organization

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Five Pillars in Support of SML’s Internationalization

Focus Applied R&D

Strategically select

core topics (applied

R&D clusters): also

focus on commercial

proposition and test

inter-disciplinary

applied research

areas

Select

Universities

Map comple-

mentary strengths

of international

university partners

Target Consulting

Develop ZHAW’s

cross-border

consultancy

competence, in

particular for small

and medium-sized

businesses

Swissness

Network with

Swiss companies

with a Swiss value

creation compo-

nent to the world

Alumni

Enhance

international alumni

network and focus

on continuing/

executive

education

ZHAW

School of Management and Law

Strategic objective:

“Quality of applied research & development and international cooperation”

Support to attract top talent to

ZHAW/SML: students and faculty

Excel in fundraising: know your

customer and decision criteria for

relevant projects: SNF, KTI, European

and global institutions; public private

partnerships; corporations

Foster best practice in international

cooperation with business and

academia: applied faculty research/

network/e-learning and cross-border

projects

Department of International Business

Americas Europe, Middle

East, India Asia-Pacific Development

& Services

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SML Partner Network 2012/13

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Most Requested Destinations

2013/14:

• US: 19

• France: 11

• Spain: 13

• UK: 11

We help our students to not only overcome intellectual boundaries but also

geographic ones. They have the opportunity to make international contacts and

acquire intercultural skills during a period of study abroad.

Student Exchange

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150

100

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2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013

Incoming

Outgoing

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Thank you for your attention

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