Orator magazine

Orator is the house magazine of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. It is a tool through which we keep you informed of the school's strategy, research, programmes, opinions and activities.

Each edition of Orator contains a special dossier on relevant topics explored by opinion-makers, researchers, students and managers.
The magazine is published four times a year (September, December, March and June).

For free subscriptions or comments, contact us at orator@vlerick.be

Our latest issue

Orator magazine: September - October - November 2008

09 Oct 2008

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  • Special dossier: Operations & Technology Management
  • The new Dean gives a welcome speech
  • The Russian software industry
  • 50 years Vlerick Alumni

Dear reader,

We are poised at the start of a new academic year, a year full of challenges both for the School and its students. This year, we welcome 400 new Masters’ students, both full-time and part-time, to our campuses in Gent and Leuven. At an international level, our reputation is reaping its rewards – 40 part-time MBA students will be starting at our St Petersburg campus and 140 part-time and 60 fulltime MBA students in Beijing. We are positive that they, along with the School, will enjoy an exciting and enriching year. Our new dean, Professor Philippe Haspeslagh set the ball rolling at the opening of the academic year. You’ll find the highlights of his opening speech in Orator.

We launch the new year with an in-depth profile on Operations & Technology Management, a hot current topic that continues to gain territory at management level. First we introduce you to Professor Stijn Viaene, recently appointed head of the Operations and Technology Management Centre (OTMC) at Vlerick. The department brings together expertise in fields such as process management, ICT and project management, service operations and supply chain management. As researcher, Professor Viaene is particularly investigating the alignment of Business Intelligence with Business IT. He talks to us about the tension in this field.

We also talk to other professors from this competence centre that have developed substantial expertise in various fields of Operations & Technology Management. We look back on the origins of this field of management with Professor Roland Van Dierdonck and gain an insight into the challenges facing today’s scientists and business managers. Professor Ann Vereecke explains how risk management can lead to a sustainable supply chain and Professor Robert Bouke expands on the subject of Lean Management, a ‘hot topic’ in many companies but what are the hidden risks?

Last but not least, we bring you news from Russia. Professor Alexander Yanchevsky, dean at our campus in St Petersburg, provides an analysis of the Russian software industry and the increase in outsourcing to this growth country. We also talk to Marie-Johane Roccas, Consulate-General at the Belgian consulate in St –Petersburg, about the Russian economy, business relations with Belgium and the role our School can play.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue of Orator.

Hilde Van Lysebeth
Editor

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