Company visit programs
Why take part in the company visit sessions?
- An effective way to observe and learn about breakthrough operating environments
- Learn from successful company culture and strategies
- Network with professionals in social activities
- Focused on talking less and doing more: hands-on experience
- Address participants’ own experiences and dilemmas
Upcoming Visits
Google and Microsoft in Dublin
Oct 26-27, 2022
Sold Out
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Speaker: Dr Prof Fred van Eenennaam
Program details: Come with us to the source to learn about how Google manages innovation at scale and how the strategic bets of Microsoft’s CEO turned the company into a $700 billion market cap tech player.
Contact the Program Manager: Klaudia Meszes, k.meszes@thedecisiongroup.nl
Previous visits:
Luxury Services and Ecosystems
International University of Monaco
Prof. Dr. Marika Taishoff and Prof. Dr. Fred van Eenennaam brought participants to the backstage of luxury services and business management and via a great seminar and discussion of the Harvard Cases of Louis Vuitton’s Zenith watch and Porsche’s Cayenne launch.
Amazon in Berlin
Prof. Philipp Mueller, Vice President of core governance at Amazon web services, shared the secrets of how they manage innovation at scale. Via the Harvard Case of Amazon Prof. Dr. Fred van Eenennaam gave also gave more practical insights into specific challenges Amazon faced throughout the years.
Other Executive Education Programs:
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Program Director
Prof. Dr. Fred van Eenennaam besides being an esteemed academic is an international non-executive and supervisory board member and the director of the consultancy firm The Decision Group.
He’s been teaching Strategy & Governance to executives, board members, and MBAs for 15 years.
He was the 8th member of the Microeconomics of Competitiveness Initiative at Harvard Business School and Prof. M. E. Porter, Ph.D. added him to his HBS Hall of Fame in 2012.
FAQ
During the Harvard Business Case Method you can put yourself in the shoes of decision-makers at a real organisation facing a business issue. Often, the objective of the discussion is not to reach a consensus, but to understand how different people arrive to diverse conclusions. The discussions help you to get insights into various strategic and governance challenges and improve your decision-making process.
Read more about the Case Method.
One business case discussion can take 1 -2 hours long., depending on the session. During the masterclasses the case discussions lasts for 1 hour 30 mins.
Our programs are dedicated to executives, directors and business leaders. You can expect to have practical discussions with a small group of peers during the sessions. This ensures high quality, dynamic conversations and match making opportunities.
If you signed up to one of our programs but can’t make it, don’t worry! We can sign you up to the next one with the topic of your interest!
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