cranfield school of management
Putting theory into practice: the Master’s in Management three-month internship…
What is the organisational culture like? The organisational culture in Skanska is rather relaxed, which I absolutely love. I think it comes from Sweden’s rather easy-going approach to life and that is reflected in the ...
What’s in a name? Doing business responsibly and sustainably…
You might be familiar with the classic definition of sustainable development as formulated by the Brundtland Commission in 1987: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet ...
My three month internship with Skanska UK
What is the organisational culture like? In general, it is very open and consensus oriented, you can see it is quite non-hierarchical in terms of treatment of people. I really like that, even though it ...
Effective cross-cultural management: my week in Granada
Our first day of our cross-cultural management module started with a language and cultural course. We got to understand what the Spanish culture was all about and the traditions they have like the fiestas and ...
Effective cross-cultural management: lectures and tapas in sunny Granada
Our one week module trip to Granada was awesome – we had a really good balance between the lessons with our course director Professor Michael Dickmann who delivered highly engaging lectures, and there were also ...
Jakarta day one – our visit to the National Museum of Indonesia
There is no present without a history - today we visited the National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta. We discovered precious collections of native artifacts as well as of modes of transportation which were used in ...