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“Partners in Professional Career Development” – this comes as a mission of GSB which is realized through the following:
• Being a partner for students – being open to students’ opinions. This allows GSB to improve the services it offers;
• Developing educational profiles – graduates are provided with possibilities to obtain professional competence in various fields;
• Developing professional careers – practical education provides specific skills required by employers and labour market;
• Cooperating with employers – consultations with employers on educational syllabi, observations of labour market, modifications of educational contents to ensure their up-to-date character;
The current priority within the realization of the mission described above, which has been defined in GSB Strategy for 2016, is modification of products, organizational and structural changes, marketing and image changes. All these changes will allow GSB to transform its strictly business profile into a universal, multi-disciplinary profile.
GSB has experience in the realization of 25 projects which have been co-financed by the EU and funds of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. In the years 2007-2014, the University received funding for projects with a total value of financing 50 358 218 zł.
For the University are the most important projects for the development of teaching, particularly Pomeranian Port of Education and Practice - Development Programme for Gdansk School of Banking, which was attended by 14,638 participants, The Economics of Success – Gdansk School of Banking Development Programme and New Model of Education – recognizability of effects in non-formal and extra-formal higher education in Management.
Please, find the details of the selected projects enclosed.
Joining ALF Network, GSB can also share its own wide-ranging experience in:
1. Realization of cross-cultural education – GSB runs study courses of the first cycle in the field of International Relations with specializations in Social Media and Cross-cultural Communication, Project Administration in Cross-cultural Environment. The syllabus of this major is realized by the academic staff who have wide practical experience in this field.
2. Realization of international projects, including:
• Exchange programmes for students, academic employees and administrative staff (Erasmus Programme);
• Realization of International Business Week in Gdansk – the workshops dedicated for GSB students and foreign students from partner universities. During 5 days spent in Gdansk, a group of students of various nationalities can discover some secrets of filming promotional spots. Every year there is a different topic assigned, however it is always connected with social advertisement. In 2013 this workshop was entitled “The New Meaning of Solidarity.” During some discussion panels run by experts, young people of different cultural background had an opportunity to share their opinions about solidarity, how they understand it and what it means to them. Participating in this project, students gained experience in cooperation in an international group. They also gained some knowledge of writing scenarios, operating film cameras, video editing and the whole production process.
3. Realization of projects dedicated to students and adults from various economic sectors (employees of companies, public administration and non-government organizations) – please, find more information on the enclosed project list).
4. Experience resulting from the realization of an innovative project concerning the implementation of the model of measurement and recognizability of extra-formal and non-formal educational effects presented by candidates for the study courses majoring in Administration.
5. Experience resulting from the realization of a research project “Cross-cultural Interactions in Foreign Subsidiaries of Multi-cultural Corporations in a Traditional Approach and Positive Potential of Organization. The project manager is GSB Professor M. Rozkwitalska, PhD.
GSB wishes to join ALF Network because it would allow this University to participate in international projects. Such participation would positively influence the development of its cooperation with institutions based in the Euro-Mediterranean region. At present, GSB cooperates with 40 foreign partners within the frames of Erasmus Programme, including four universities from Turkey (Afyon Kocatepe University, Hacettepe University , Gazi Universitesi GÜ, Istanbul Kultur University). GSB is also finalizing an agreement concerning a double diploma with an Italian university, Universita Degli Studi del Sannio –Benevento.
There are foreign students at GSB and there are some courses run in English. Especially, such subjects as international administration and administration in multi-cultural environment are related to important questions concerning an efficient cross-cultural dialogue. Additionally, within the frames of these subjects, GSB students have opportunity to participate in a global project x-culture (www.x-culture.org), which allows them to learn in practice and prepare for cooperation in a virtual cross-cultural team. Joining the ALF Network comes as a possibility to expand these activities.
Moreover, joining this network will allow GSB to develop its international activities, in particular, the activities within the frame of the Strategic Field, namely: Cross-cultural Education and Training. Today GSB supports young people in their development not only as far as their knowledge and pursuit after professional career are concerned but also in forming their social competences realized through the offered classes which often take a form of strategic games with the use of the project method, case studies and recognizing students’ professional predispositions provided by a career consultant. Ultimately, the diagnosis and development of students’ social competences will affect forming their awareness concerning diversity in terms of culture and personality.
Participation in the realization of different projects with other members of ALF Network will provide GSB with new experience in this field. GSB students will obtain opportunities to participate in international projects concerning aspects and issues concerning the Mediterranean region.
It is also worth mentioning that GSB is realizing a research project which appears to be the only one of such kind in Poland. This project is financed with the funds provided by National Science Centre. It is entitled: Cross-cultural Interactions in Foreign Subsidiaries of Multi-cultural Corporations in a Traditional Approach and Positive Potential of Organization. The project manager is GSB Professor M. Rozkwitalska PhD, who is a member of SIETAR Poland and a specialist in cross-cultural administration. The project is strictly related to the development of knowledge about a cross-cultural dialogue in business environment. Joining ALF Network means further possibilities to develop research in the field mentioned above and also to meet new foreign partners within the frames of projects realized in cooperation.