Collaborative Awards
Name
- Trevor Cadden (Lead)
- Mark McCrory
- Nicholas Read
- Hadyn Bennett
- Deborah Sloan
- Nancy Brown
- Darryl Cummins
- Judith McKnight
- Heather Farley
- Joan Ballantine
- Kristel Miller
- Gerard McFall
Department
UUBS - ADL - Library
About the Team
This case covers the effective teamwork and resultant impact created in the design, development and delivery of a Mini MBA course for Axiom, a world leading legal services provider.
The company required management skills development across their global divisions and wanted to have selected ‘talented’ participants from across the globe (15 at a time) undertake a programme with the aim of up-skilling their future leaders with the latest applied management thinking, underpinned by world class theory.
A cross company and university team was developed to design the programme. This was the first time such a diverse team had been formed to co-create an innovative executive development programme.
The company met with the internal team to outline their management skills requirements. The sessions were underpinned by Ulster’s Integrated Curriculum Design Framework (ICDF) and the team leads internationally published research into collaboration. Brainstorming sessions with all stakeholders using innovative design thinking techniques, in association with whiteboards, post its and general discussion (akin to the Contextual Research and Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement stage of the ICDF).
The mini MBA was formed. A five-day introduction to the latest management techniques across a range of topics, such as leadership, finance, innovation and strategy was held. Feedback was extremely positive and not only does the completion of the programme lead to a pathway to a full executive MBA, but several other companies have now committed to undertake the programme.