Concept
Only if the division is understood and managed as part of the whole can it contribute to the overall performance of the company. Effective divisional managers are therefore particularly challenged: As specialists and technical managers, they optimize their area of expertise; as generalists, they think in a process-oriented way and enable customer proximity, cost efficiency, speed, transparency and manageability as well as the implementation of the strategies specified by the management. Effective divisional managers avoid territorial thinking. They do not demarcate, but rather integrate their area into the overall structure. However, where necessary and in the overall interest, they know how to assert themselves with colleagues and those responsible for their area. They optimize productivity and costs; manage the satisfaction of internal and external customers; develop new employees and lead according to the situation, with self-organization, a high degree of autonomy of action and, where necessary, appropriate control. Their entrepreneurial attitude stems from a clear understanding of their role: they are the ones who turn concepts and plans into concrete results. They are at the heart of the action, where it is important to translate skills and competitive advantages into productivity and customer benefits.
Dates
There are 3 - 4 sessions per year for each seminar module. You choose the dates/locations that suit you.
Procedure
Step 1: Please let us know if you are interested in attending this St. Gallen Management School. studies@sgbs.ch or phone +41 71 225 40 80
Step 2: We will clarify with you in a telephone conversation whether the admission requirements are met.
Step 3: If so, please register with us and the study program will then begin on the date of your choice, with a 4-day seminar at our Study Center in St. Gallen. Topic: The holistic St. Gallen management approach.
Seminar-Modules: You then attend the planned seminar modules, see "Topics". Each module is held 3 to 4 times a year, in CH, D or A.
Certification module: The course is completed as part of a 4-day certification module in St. Gallen. No exams, but active contribution of knowledge and your experience.
Graduation
After successfully completing the St. Gallen Head of Division School, you will receive a certificate from St. Gallen Business School. This proves that you have acquired a top-class qualification for the profession of divisional manager.
Participants
Heads of department and managers who want to qualify for the career step to division manager.
Admission
Current or future department heads and specialists, with at least 3 years of professional experience, as a manager of a department, an important cross-sectional function or as a person responsible for important projects.
Topics*
A total of 23 seminar/presence days, spread over 6 sessions:
- St. Gallen Management Concept
Details : www.sgbs.com/e84 - St. Gallen Leadership Seminar
Details : www.sgbs.com/e52 - The effective leader
Details : www.sgbs.com/e78 - Finance and accounting
Details : www.sgbs.com/e53 - General Management
Details : www.sgbs.com/e21 - Certification: 4-day seminar in St. Gallen, interactive. No exams, but active engagement.
* This selection of seminars can be changed depending on the situation at the launch event.
General Information
Registration, administration, admission
Office
St. Gallen Business School
St. Gallen Practical Studies
Rosenbergstrasse 36
CH-9000 St. Gallen
Phone: +41 71 225 40 80
Internet: www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies
E-Mail: practicalstudies@sgbs.com
Study advice, Registration
Our study directors are available to provide you with detailed information and answer questions about admission to the individual degree programs by phone or in person. Registration takes place online at www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies .
Approval procedure
Before you submit your written application, you are welcome to speak to one of our directors of studies by phone to clarify whether the requirements for admission are met. To register, use the registration card in the brochure or register online at www.sgbs.ch. You will then receive an application form, which you must fill out and submit to the director of studies in our office. After you submit your application, you will be informed in writing of the decision on definitive admission and the next steps within a few days.
Study plan and start of studies
The start of the course is the day of written confirmation of definitive admission. After that, the individual study plan is drawn up. We will provide you with working documents and electronic tools, which you fill out and return to us. In a subsequent telephone conversation, we will then clarify which special skills and learning in-depths you want to acquire or achieve with the ‘St. Gallen Practical Study for Managers’. From this, we will develop the individual study plan with you, including all the activities, studies and seminar modules, project work, colloquium, as well as the dates and locations. The individual scheduling situation will be taken into account - as far as the study regulations allow.
Tuition fee
The tuition fee (plus statutory VAT) includes the costs for the study modules in St. Gallen, seminar attendance, colloquiums, electronic seminar documents, assessment of project work and ongoing support. Not included are all hotel services (accommodation, meals, daily rates for hotels or seminar centers) that are incurred as part of the seminar and colloquium attendance. These are to be paid directly by the participants at the respective event location. The tuition fee can be paid in 2 or 3 installments.
All tuition fees can be charged and paid in euros at the current daily rate upon request.
Hotels, Seminar Centers
Some of the seminars and colloquia take place directly on site at the St. Gallen Business School or in hotels carefully selected by us. Participants benefit from seminar package. Hotel reservations are made by the participants themselves. You will receive detailed hotel information with the registration confirmation. The hotels invoice participants individually. The daily flat rate for the conference centers in St. Gallen, London and Boston is invoiced to participants in advance by the St. Gallen Business School and forwarded to the conference center.
Rebookings of Seminar-Modules
Rebookings of individual seminars, colloquia and study modules are possible up to 3 times in total, each up to 4 weeks before the corresponding date, without a rebooking fee. From the 4th rebooking, a rebooking fee of CHF 400.- per rebooking is due. The Certified Experts degree should normally be completed within 9 - 12 months; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 6 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation. At the St. Gallen Management Schools, a study period of 9 - 18 months should normally be aimed for; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 9 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation.
Withdrawal, cancellation, annulment of the Study Program
Cancellation of a registration is possible free of charge up to 2 months before the start of the Study Program. If you withdraw between 2 months before the start of the course and 2 months after the start of the course, you must pay the first instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw between 2 months and 5 months after the start of the course, you must also pay the second instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw more than5 months after the start of the course, you must pay the full tuition fee. The start of the program begins either with the development of the individual study plan (in the Certified Expert line) or with the 4-day start seminar in St. Gallen on the topic of the holistic St. Gallen management approach ( St. Gallen Schools, St. Gallen Certificate Programs).
Awarding of the Certified Expert St. Gallen or final certificate
The awards ceremony takes place as part of a final module in St. Gallen.
Cancellation insurance
We recommend that you take out cancellation insurance with your insurance company to cover cancellation costs due to illness and other events.
Internet – Download
You have the option of viewing our entire seminar and study program or downloading it to your computer at www.sgbs.com/downloads .
Upgrade to academic studies
At www.sgbs.com/upgrade you will find a description of the upgrade from the St. Gallen practical course to the academic course. As a graduate of the SGBS Certified Executive Management Expert, you can, under certain conditions, apply for an accredited Executive MBA in General Management course, which can be completed in a further 1 to 2 semesters while working. We would be happy to inform you about the separate admission and study requirements for these academic programs EMBA Executive MBA.
