Teaching
I teach three types of course:
- MBA
- PhD
- Executive education
MBA courses usually consist of between 6 and 10 three-hour sessions. All these courses have about 70 students in the classroom.
My PhD course is also a ten-week, three hours a week course, but with much fewer students in the room.
Executive courses usually run for half a day or a full day, often being part of a larger company-programme, involving something between 15 and 35 executives. I try to revitalise their view of their companies, introduce them to the latest thinking in strategy research, and give them practical tools and insight that they can use to improve the functioning of their organisations.
My teaching style is highly interactive, in any of these courses. It is Socratic, in the sense that I stimulate dialogue and debate, and use a variety of teaching materials: cases, videos, presentations, break-out groups, etc. In 2005 I won the London Business School Junior Faculty Teaching Award. In 2008, I was announced as the School's first ever winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award.
Below is a list of course titles, programmes, and ratings (on a 0-5 scale).
| Full-time MBA Programme 2008 | "Capstone" | 4.8 |
| Elective 2007 | "Strategies for Growth" | 4.6 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2007 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.9 |
| Executive MBA programme 2007 (closing course of the 2 year programme) | "Capstone" (new design) | 4.7 |
| Elective 2007 | "Strategies for Growth" | 4.3 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2006 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.9 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2006 (closing course of the 2 year programme) | "Capstone" (new design) | 4.4 |
| Elective 2006 | "Strategies for Growth" (new design) | 4.8 |
| Elective 2005 | "Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances" (new design) | 4.3 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2005 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.9 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2004 | "Strategy" | 4.7 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2004 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.8 |
| Full-time MBA programme (taught at the Indian School of Business) 2004 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.9 |
| Executive MBA Global Programme (partly taught at Columbia Business School) 2004 | "Strategic Management of the Enterprise" (new design) | 4.0 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2003 | "Strategy" | 4.7 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2003 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.9 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2002 | "Strategic Management" | 4.7 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2002 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.7 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2002 | "Strategic Management" | 4.1 |
| PhD programme 2002 | "Knowledge Management" | 5.0 |
| Executive MBA programme 2002 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.8 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2001 | "Understanding General Management" | 4.8 |
| Full-time MBA programme 2001 | "Strategic Management" | 4.4 |
| PhD programme 2001 | "Knowledge Management" | 5.0 |
| Centre for Management Development | KPMG PwC Roche Novartis Edward Jones IBM Sara Lee Vodafone EDS "M&A Programme" "Developing Strategy" |
Teaching Materials (available from the European Case Clearing House)
Hornby Plc.: Building communities;
- Teaching case - ECCH Case No. 307-147-1
- DVD
- Teaching note
- Abstract
Bisque Ltd.: Growing a firm;
- Teaching case - ECCH Case Nos. 307-163-8, 307-164-1, 307-165-1, 307166-1
- DVD
- Teaching note
- Abstract (Part A)
- Abstract (Part B)
- Abstract (Part C)
- Abstract (Part D)
Union Carbide in Bhopal, 1984
- Teaching case - ECCH Case No. 307-174-1
- Teaching note
- Abstract
Heineken: International Growth and Acquisitions;
- Teaching case - ECCH Case No. 307-168-1
- Teaching note
- Abstract
Royal Ahold: International growth and Acquisitions;
- Teaching case - ECCH Case No. 307-169-1
- Teaching note
- Abstract
Tong RenTang: Opportunities for growth in traditional Chinese medicine;
- Teaching case - ECCH Case No. 307-173-1
- Abstract
Teaching Awards
- 2005 London Business School 2005 Junior Faculty Teaching Award
- 2000 Runner-up Innovation in Learning Teaching Award (Edward Jones Programme)
- 1998 Best Teacher, department of International Business, Tilburg University
- 1997 Best Teacher Nominee, department of Business Administration, Tilburg University