SPRING BUSINESS WEEK
March 11th
to 15th
, 2019
Change Management
and Crisis Resolution
Analysis of a managerial situation
in a Media Library facing a reorganisation
Work on crisis resolution, budgets and negotiation
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Food and Accommodation
Food will be provided for breakfast and lunch. Please let us know if one of your student
has any food intolerance so that we can make arrangements.
We guarantee 4 nights in a Youth Hostel in Paris. Upon receipt of the registration form,
we will provide full information on the Youth Hostel that will accommodate the stu-
dents.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Accommodation will be taken for the students only for the duration of the business
week (from Monday night to Thursday night). Any student who would like to arrive earlier
in Paris or to stay longer would have to take care of his own accommodation.
Participation conditions
Registration deadline: 5th
January, 2019
Cost of participation: € 235 per student.
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Contact details
Saint-Denis University Institute of Technology
Business and Administration
Place du 8 mai 1945
93206 Saint Denis Cedex, France
www.iutsd.univ-paris13.fr
Alexandra Chevalier
International Relations Assistant
ri.iutsd@univ-paris13.fr
+33 (0) 149 406 280
Sylvie Benoit
Business Weeks Organisation
sylvie.benoit@univ-paris13.fr
+ 33 (0) 687 469 735
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Objectives
• Developing written and oral communication skills
• Emphasizing the capacity to analyse a managerial situation with conflict issues
• Implementing accounting skills related to budgets
Case study
Part 1 : Analysis of a managerial situation
The various problems induced by a reorganisation inside the Media Library.
→ Work on documents and dialogues to elaborate a synthesis on the situation.
→ Oral report of this analysis.
Part 2 : Crisis resolution
The organization of a meeting aiming to solve the problems previously detected.
→ Work on the internal note inviting the staff to the meeting
→ Preparation of the speech to be delivered by the manager in order to motivate the staff
→ Preparation of the material conditions for the meeting
Part 3 : Budgets elaboration and negotiation
The reorganization will induce investments and budgets have to be prepared.
→ Calculations to prepare a grant request.
→ Negotiation, during a meeting, to defend the elements of a budget
→ Preparation of a provisional income statement
Work in international teams
In order to experience how it is to work with different cultures and in English, students will
be split in groups of 7 to 8 participants coming from various countries. The lecturers in
charge of the business game will help the groups.
Provisional schedule
Monday
11th
March
14.00 to 17.00
Arrival of the participants
Presentation of the week and beginning of the game
The students present their schools
Tuesday
12th
March
09.30 to 12.00 Business game
13.30 to 17.00 Business game
Wednesday
13th
March
09.30 to 12.00 Business game
14.00 to 18.00
Boat trip along the Seine
Visit of Paris
Thursday
14th
March
09.30 to 12.00 Preparation of the presentations
12.00 to 14.00 Food from around the world
14.00 to 17.00 Oral presentations
Friday
15tn
March
10.00 to 12.00
Conclusion of the week
Prize giving ceremony
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