More than 20 participants from 15 countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, and Ukraine) participated in the meeting, which provided instructions on the research methodology and protocol for a smooth and consistent process of data collection, analysis and consolidation into country and cross-country reports.
Overall, there are more than 30 universities and business schools in 20 countries contributing to this joint research effort, which aims to collect insights into the business challenges faced by companies and related management and leadership development needs. This will in turn help management education providers to better adjust their offerings to the real needs of business, and provide useful reference to companies for developing their training strategies.
Most of the data collection will take place in spring, with the aim to present preliminary results at the 24th CEEMAN Annual Conference in Tallinn, Estonia in September 2016. A number of regional and international dissemination events and activities are to take place to promote and share the results of the project upon its completion. The project has also attracted the interest of a major international publisher for a possible book publication.
The project coordination and preparation of cross-country report is partially sponsored by EQUAL- the European Quality Link, and a potential application for EU grant is being considered to cover future activities related to additional intellectual outputs and dissemination activities.
If you are interested to learn more about the project and/or contribute to it, please contact CEEMAN Director Olga Veligurska at olga.veligurska@ceeman.org.