Louvain School of Management Newsletter - January 2020
A New Year, New Horizons!
"The Louvain School of Management wishes you all a wonderful new year 2020, full of positive energy and serenity! The School is now entering a new period, after achieving our EQUIS 5-year accreditation, rising to a top-10 position in the CEMS internal ranking and consolidating our position as the largest management school in French-speaking Belgium. This year, true to the theme "teaming up with the students" we reach out to stakeholders close by and internationally to work together on new innovative projects. Perhaps you have an idea to share with us how to use management as a force for good?"
In the frame of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) course, 1st year Master's students in Business Engineering and Management Sciences had the opportunity to learn about the B Corp certification and to apply their knowledge and skills to real cases, in cooperation with start-ups and companies from a variety of industries.
1st year Master's students took part to the Sulitest at the beginning and at the end of the CSR course during the first semester. The purpose was twofold: providing students with a view on the evolution of their level of knowledge regarding CSR throughout the course and providing an additional learning opportunity and reference material. As a result, students’ scores significantly increased over the semester, demonstrating the positive impact of lectures, practical sessions and team projects provided during the CSR course.
Fline, a PEPS-Entrepreneur awarded interactive breathalyzer
Designed by our students Zachary Roland and Adelin Jacques de Dixmude, Fline is an interactive breathalyzer terminal which won a 5000€ grant thanks to the support of the Albert Vanhee Fund for Future Generations.
03.02.20 Application deadline for the PEPS-Entrepreneur programme
BASF Certification for students in Price Management and Product Innovation
On December 13th, 32 LSM students received a certificate from BASF, one of the largest chemical companies in the world, as part of the Price Management and Product Innovation classes taught by Professors Caroline Ducarroz and Nadia Sinigaglia (Major in Marketing - Mons campus).
Student from the Kronos Group Chair in sourcing, Audrey Tison publishes on sustainable purchasing with essenscia
Audrey Tison, student from the Kronos Group Chair in strategic sourcing and procurement, has her Master’s thesis about sustainable purchasing been published by essenscia, the Belgian federation of the chemical industry and life sciences. The Master's thesis ("Transition of entreprises towards sustainable and circular purchasing: a toolbox for the chemical industry") is one of the results of the partnership between LSM and essenscia to develop and promote the application of CSR in a wide sense in the chemical sector in Belgium.
Kamila Moulaï - Thesis defense on self-initiated expatriation
Kamila Moulaï successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Of Moves and Humans: Expatriation Journeys that Matter, A reconstruction of the intra-organizational emancipatory project of highly qualified Self-initiated Expatriate worker” on 27.01.20. The work sheds new light on the practices, motivations and incentives of the ever-larger group of expatriates that choose to pursue a destination by their own personal choice rather than as a result of a corporate policy.
Thierry Melotte (PwC Belgium) internship lecture about "How to make a successful start to your Internship?"
You are doing an internship this year? Are you nervous? You want to make a good impression? Stop worrying! Meet our speaker Thierry Melotte, Senior Manager at PwC Belgium, who will give you plenty of advice on how to start your internship on the right foot.
LSM Job and AFD Social Fairs with Jean-Jacques Cloquet, CEO of Pairi Daïza
Come discuss job & internship opportunities with 60 companies!
Starting with a conference from Jean-Jacques Cloquet (CEO of Pairi Daïza) about his vision of leadership and recipes for people management.
10.02.20, 15:00 - 21:00 @ Louvain-la-Neuve / Aula Magna
Professor Keld Jensen Keynote about "Tru$t Currency: are you a leader that can afford to pay?"
Keld Jensen, the Behavioral Economics Professor and speaker in the Shark Tank business reality television series on ABC, will give an exclusive keynote for the launch of our joint Executive MBA Programme with BMI Institute. Free registration is open...
Hassan Haidar - Thesis defense on agile software management
Hassan HAIDAR, assistant in the Operations and Information Systems domain, will publicly defend his PhD thesis entitled "An Agile Feature-Driven Framework for Managing Evolving Software Product Line".
In his thesis, Hassan presents a new method for improving the management of software product lines, as well as an assessment method to facilitate the adoption of agile methods in software product line engineering.
If you're BAC3 student, you're warmly invited to join our 2 "Open Doors" in 2020! You will discover all the majors and options offered by our faculty. And you will be able to make the right choice before you enroll in the Master's programme.
Prof. Dr. Jean Vanderdonckt gives inaugural lecture Francqui Chair 2020 about gesture interaction with devices and systems
Jean Vanderdonckt, Prof. in the Operations and Information Systems domain and member of LouRIM, has been awarded the prestigious Francqui Chair 2020.
He will give his inaugural lecture in the Francqui Chair on "Gesture Interaction with Devices and Systems: Is it Really Natural?” at the Web & Information Systems Engineering (WISE) lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). During the Spring, Prof. Vanderdonckt will organise in all five public lectures (in English) on the scientific challenges of gesture-based user interfaces and interactions.
Registrations are open for the 9th edition of the LSM Cup.
It is the biggest Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) business game in Europe, organised by LSM Conseil in cooperation with Belgian companies.
Creating a CV is not an easy task. Some tend to be creative while others need to be more classic.
Frédérique Sleex, Career Adviser, is organizing a CV Coaching. She will bring to each CV received a personal feedback and will answer the questions anyone might have.
The Alumni LSM in collaboration with the Alumni Ingénieur Louvain association (AIL) from Louvain School of Engineering (EPL) are organizing their second edition of the event "Quand les ingénieurs civils rencontrent les ingénieurs de gestion" (trad. "When civil engineers meet management engineers").
12.03.20, 18:00 - 21:00 @ Louvain-la-Neuve / Aula Magna
This inter-university event awards every two years one prize to one or several Master's thesis(es) which constitute(s) an original contribution to the understanding and thinking about sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Are you a PhD candidate or an emerging scholar conducting research on Business and Society relationships, Sustainable Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development Goals, Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship or a related topic? Then we encourage you to submit your contribution.
17.02.20 Submission deadline
18-19.06.20 @ University of Namur
