The key for success of E-business programme M.Sc. Tjaša Štrukelj Miha Biruš, Breda Lever & Petra Trafela
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About Slovenia Area: 20,273 km2 Population: 2,058,821 (1. 1. 2013) Capital city: Ljubljana Language: Slovene; also Italian and Hungarian in nationally mixed areas Currency: EURO The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps face the Pannonian plains and the Mediterranean meets the mysterious Karst. To the north is Austria; Hungary is to the east; Croatia to the south and Italy to the west.
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Triglav, the highest mountain of Slovenia's Julian Alps. For its exceptional beauty, the Slovenes have chosen their highest mountain peak, Triglav (2,864m), as their national symbol. Most of the Slovene land is mountainous. Proteus anguinus. The proteus or olm, known locally as "human fish", was discovered in the Karst. This endemic animal is considered to be the trademark of Slovene speleology.
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Piran, one of the oldest, most picturesque and distinct towns along the Slovene coast, often referred to as a living museum.
Logarska dolina - The valley of Logarska in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps is one of the most beautiful and peaceful glacial valleys in Europe. Protected since 1987.
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Some facts about Maribor @
Mentioned as a town in 13 century as Marburg
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Today is the centre of Slovene Styria
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Second biggest city in Slovenia
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Industry centre
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University centre
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Cultural centre
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Sport centre
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Vine centre
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University of Maribor @
1859 beginnings of higher education in Maribor
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1959 - 1961 Association of Higher Education Institutions in Maribor
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1975 University of Maribor established
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Overview 2012/2013: @
17 faculties, 2 members (Student dormitories and University library)
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19.369 students (BSc. 15.294, MSc. 3497, PhD 577)
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1.739 staff (1.038 teaching, 701 administration and technical support)
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Faculty of Education Faculty of Arts Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Faculty of Law Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty of Medicine
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Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) @
50 years of FEB (2009).
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More than 27,000 students graduated from our Faculty, hence acquiring different professional and scientific titles.
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All this places us among old and large Faculties in Slovenia.
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FEB successfully transformed its programmes by adapting them to the requirements of the Bologna Declaration according to the 3+2+3 model.
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Since 2006, the first-level university education programme and the professional higher education programme have been implemented together with the secondlevel master’s programme while the third-level doctoral programme has been running since 2008.
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All programmes are modern and internationally comparable.
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ACBSP.
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E-business programmes @
FEB started with study programmes in Business informatics nearly 40 years ago.
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Within changes, according to Bologna principles, we implemented: @
New 3 years undergraduate programme „E-business“
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New 2 year graduate master program „E-business and information management“
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New 3 year graduate doctoral programme „E-business – Business informatics“
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GOAL GRADUATES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ECONOMICS - BUSINESS AND WITH KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS INFORMATICS. @
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Lack of skilled workers who had beside information knowledge also business knowledge IT/IS trends: • IT enviornment in business is changing • Outsourcing • E-business etc.
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We want to establish new attractive programmes with focus on practical skills. We want to offer our students besides of lectures, practical work and individual work also: @
PC lab exercises
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Certificates
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Cases
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Workshops
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Company visits
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Projects
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Placement
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Final thesis etc.
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Undergraduate programme E-business Graduates of e-business programme are economists/business professional with general knowledge of business/management and with in-depth knowledge of IT/IS concepts and management issues and with ability to understand and to work with business solutions in e-business environment. They can be employed by business solution vendors as well as by companies using business solutions and seeking experts for broarder e-business concepts implementation.
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The E-business programme consists of general and elective courses common for all programmes of FEB and of e-business specific courses. Core e-business courses in second and third year of the programme are: @ Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions (ERP) @ E-business Information Systems @ Business Information Solutions Implementation @ E-finance And E-banking
@ Customer Relationship Management (CRM) @ Supply Chain Management (SCM) @ IT/IS Governance @ Management Information Systems (MIS)
Courses are conducted as lectures in classrooms and as work in PC labs. Within lectures guests from IT/IS vendors and guests from companies are presenting case studies.
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Master programme E-business and Information management Are economists/business professionals with general knowledge of business/management and with in-depth knowledge of IT/IS concepts mainly in the area of information solutions and e-business solutions in particular and especially with focus in management issues of e-business and information systems area. They have the ability to understand and to work with business solutions in e-business environment. They could be employed by business solution vendors as well as by companies using business solutions and seeking experts for broader e-business concepts implementation. e-poslovanje.epf.uni-mb.si
The programme consists of general and elective courses common for all programmes of FEB and of e-business and Information management specific courses. Core e-business and information management courses in first and second year of the programme are: @ Strategic Issues of IS/IT @ Management Support Solutions @ IT/IS Governance
@ Communication, Motivation And Conflict Solving @ Business Information Solutions @ E-business Strategic Management Issues
Courses are conducted as lectures in classrooms and as work in PC labs. Within lectures guests from IT/IS vendors and guests from companies are presenting case studies.
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Students learn to work with: @ Microsoft Dynamics NAV @ SAP ERP @ Microsoft Dynamics CRM @ Microsoft Sharepoint @ Microsoft Office @ Microstrategy @ Microsoft Visio @ Microsoft Project
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STUDENTS
FACULTY
INDUSTRY
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Microsoft Slovenia Crucial support with two memberships: @ Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance • Microsoft Dynamics NAV and CRM solution for classroom/lab use • Oppurtinity to use free online training and course materials • Access to Faculty Connection • Connection with Microsoft Dynamics partners and customers
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Microsoft IT Academy • Microsoft Certified Exam Provider • Academic pricing on Microsoft Certification exams • Microsoft E-learning, E-Reference Book Library, free licences of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Official Curriculum, Academic Textbooks etc. • Instructor professional development – title Microsoft Certified Application Specialist – Instructor and Microsoft Certified Trainer
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Certification More than 50% of today’s jobs require some technology skills, and experts say that percentage will increase to 77% in the next decade
40% of IT jobs are associated with Microsoft technologies 91% of Hiring Managers consider employee certification as a criterion for hiring 89% of supervisors say that Microsoft Office certified employees are more proficient users of Microsoft Office programs
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In addition to the curriculum @
Certificate of Familiarity working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects certificate
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Managing Microsoft Dynamics Implementations certificate
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SAP TREP10 certificate
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Cooperation with Microsoft Slovenia: @
Help to contact Microsoft partners
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Issuing a "Certificate of Familiarity working with MS Dynamics NAV“
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Lectures for our students
Microsoft Slovenia with cooperation of Microsoft partners organizes IT Academy of Microsoft Dynamics NAV and CRM for official Microsoft Dynamics certificates for the best students every year (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012).
2009 (c) Bobek, Sternad
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Microsoft Business Solutions Today and Tomorrow (2007 →).
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Entertainment technologies (2008 →)
2009 (c) Bobek, Sternad
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2008: MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE AND TESTING CENTER MUNICH 2009: MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT CENTER COPENHAGEN 2010: MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT CENTER DUBLIN 2011: MICROSOFT CENTER in AMSTERDAM and MUNICH 2012: MICROSOFT CENTER in BRUSSELS 2013: IT ACADAMIC DAY in POLAND
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Microsoft Student Partner (MSP)
Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Visio 2010 Irena Šišovska Simona Žekš
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Microsoft Project 2010 Borut Vodušek Simona Methans
Tjaša Duh Rose Mari Banfi Tea Šumandl Nejc Škoberne
MSP Program Benefits
MSDN Subscrition
Mentorship program
Valuable connections
Microsoft Training
Promotional items
MSP portal
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Microsoft NT conference (2012, 2013)
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Case of best practice at more events (Microsoft NT conference, Convergence 2009 Vienna Academic Preconference, Sinergija Belgrade ‌)
Articles about our programme
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Our partners @
Microsoft Dynamics partners:
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Other partners – vendors:
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Companies where IT solutions are implemented:
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We cooperate with our partners on the following fields: @
Include their professionals as guest lecturers
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Take our students to placements
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Include our students in their projects and integrate our students in their project teams
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Assist in curriculum development of the courses
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Attend career fairs and recruitment events
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Prepare additional workshops
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Support us with technology
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Help us get knowledge to teach real cases during lab works
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Make it possible for our students to attend their events
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Financial support for students and e-business programme activities
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Summer schools etc.
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The programme e-business is a success Top three by number of enrolled students – first level First by number of enrolled students – second level Positive feedback from students and our partners Excellent employment opportunities for our students “University Programme Gives Graduates Competitive Advantage in the Labour Market” – Microsoft Dynamics Customer Solution Case Study (www.microsoft.com/dynamics) Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance – Premier member (2010 -) and Mentor faculty (2010 -) …
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DIRECT CONTACT WITH PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD GIVES STUDENTS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE AND BETTER OPPURTUNITY TO GET A JOB IN THE LABOUR MARKET.
2009 (c) Bobek, Sternad
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