Startweek 2022

Welcome at RBS

Welcome!

Your hosts:​

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Kamil Jastrzebski

– Third year student International Business Fast Track

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Amit Butani

–Senior Lecturer (Operations & Supply Chain Management) 

First Day

Last Day

About Your Host: Alumni

About Your Host: Field Experience

World Traveler

About Your Host: Working with Young People

“It’s a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together.”

Advice: Life as a Student

Diverse Backgrounds

Group Work

Advice: Life as a Student

Work Hard

Play Hard

Rotterdam Welcomes You!

About Your Host: Former IB Mate

“It’s a beautiful thing when a career and a passion come together.”

About Your Host: Business Student

Diverse Backgrounds

Group Work

Advice: Make the necessary mistakes

Diverse Backgrounds

Group Work

Todays Programme

22-08-2022

Startweek Programme

Words of welcome by:​

- Course Director

Keynote speakers ​

Energizer​

Kick-off Year 1

Information Market

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Startweek Programme

• Tuesday – Kick-off & Information Market

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• Wednesday – Practical Information (Bring your laptop and log in details, ICT aid on campus)

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• Thursday – Sport Day & Information Market

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• Friday – City Tour & End Party @ Club Munch

1st Start week organized by students for students

Honours Programme Students

Course Director

• Omar Rickets

Keynote Speaker

• Andra Ordean

Why IB?��Asian language & business track��Various options for internships and exchange programs ����������

Great memories & experiences

22-08-2022

• Import enterprise project Year 2
• Japanese classes
• PR Committee

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Challenges

• Being far away from family
• Working in a multi-cultural team
• Business etiquette around different cultures

Overcoming my fears

• English speaking skills
• Public speaking
• Being social

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21st century skills & myself

• Flexible
• Social skills
• Critical thinking
• Initiative

Thank you very much!

Keynote Speaker

• Kirsten Bijl

Instagram: @kirstenmagdalenab

Keynote Speaker:

• Dillon van Liempt

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International Business

Who am I?

• Dillon van Liempt
• Curaçao
• International Business and Languages (2017 – 2021)
• IBL known as IB with a specialization in “Commerce” now

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Why International Business?

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• A broad program that will allow you to understand global issues
• You will study global challenges companies face
• Looking at international boundaries
• Trade
• Global economics
• How to negotiate with diverse cultures

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• This approach to problem solving will broaden your world view
• Help you understand different perspectives. 
• The program also gives you the opportunity to go abroad several times in order to put the skills that you have learned into practice.

English Education

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• English taught lectures and assignments
• International students and lecturers
• Expand English vocabulary
• Improve writing skills

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Challenges and Frustrations�

• Academic difficulties
• Test/exam anxiety
• Being overwhelmed
• Homesickness
• Financial challenges

How do you deal with them?�

• Planning
• Study together
• Share notes
• Group communication
• Make a budget

Highlights�

Highlights�

What has IB taught me?

• Understanding how people do business in other parts of the world.
• World cultures and societies
• Soft Skills (21^st century skills)
• Organization Skills
• Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills�
• Broad program that touches a lot of different fields.

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Soft Skills (21st century skills)

• Critical thinking
• Communication skills
• Creativity
• Problem solving
• Collaboration
• Leadership

After Graduation�

Compliance officers are responsible for ensuring their organization adheres to government regulations — domestically as well as globally, if applicable — and avoids missteps that could result in hefty fines, legal ramifications and reputation damage.

�Coveted Skills for Compliance Managers

• Organization Skills
• Communication Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Assessing and Interpreting Risks
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity
• Integrity
• People Skills/Relationship Building

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After Graduation

After Graduation�

Triodos Bank N.V. is an ethical bank based in the Netherlands founded in 1980.

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Triodos Bank finances companies which it believes add cultural value and benefit to both people and the environment.

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Branches in Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain.

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“Golden period of life”

Many people say that University is the best time of their lives – realistically, it all comes down to what you make of it.

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• Challenge yourself
• Set goals
• Travel
• Meet new people
• Make the best out of all opportunities that you encounter

Question

• Any questions for the key speakers?

Information Market

• Peer Coaches
• Programme Advisory Committee (PAC)
• PR
• Student Welfare
• Class Representatives
• Electives
• Honours Programme
• Library
• IRB Institute
• Rotterdam Pas
• Amnesty International
• Suit Supply
• RSG
• RISA
• District One Social Events

Startweek 2022 Website

Energizer

• Performance by:
• DJ Firestar
• Erasmus Dance Society

International Business (IB) Year 1 Kick-off

Welcome

IB Tracks

Business (BUS)

• Track owner Business Year 1
• Nebojsa Jovanov
• Email: n.jovanov@hr.nl

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Year 1 Business

Year 1 has 4 blocks based on themes:

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• Block 1: Introduction to International Business
• Block 2: External Environment (Project)
• Block 3: Internal Environment (Project)
• Block 4: Business Model Canvas  

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Year 1 Business projects & book

• Project in block 2 & 3 is based on real publicly traded multinational companies
• One of the main goals of the Power Glass case in block 1 is to prepare you to work on (group)  business projects in block 2.
• These projects is what distinguishes Applied Science from research universities
• Block 1 is an introduction, but the book still has 13 chapters so make sure you buy and read the book already this week!
• Here is where you can buy the books for year 1:

https://www.studiebijdehand.nl/opleiding/963

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Book for Business block 1 and 2 

Block 1: Introduction to international Business

The course Introduction to International Business has:

4 Business subjects and 1 Business Case called Power Glass

�The 4 business subjects you are introduced to are: 

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1. Operations and Supply Chain

2. Marketing and Sales

3. Organizations and People 

4. Finance and Accounting

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Block 1: Weekly setup

• 7 weeks + Exam (week 8). The grade is 100% based on exam
• In week 1 more detailed Introduction to International Business and the course
• Every one of the 4 business subjects has 3 lessons in this block
• Every (other) week you have one 60 and one 90 minute session per subject. One part is for the theory and the other for the Power Glass Case

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Welcome!

PAS Track Owner

Carolina Egúsquiza Berrocal

egucd@hr.nl

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 Professional and Academic Skills - PAS

Professional and Academic Skills - PAS

Why PAS? 

A flavour of PAS

A flavour of PAS

Lia Markaryan 

• Lia will tell us about her experience with PAS and how she thinks PAS will help her become a business professional who is ready to embrace and adapt to changing business environments

PAS Track Year 1 

PAS Block 1

Personal and Professional Development (PPD)

Key competences

• Adapt to a new, unfamiliar environment
• Develop study and time management skills
• Start identifying personal and professional development opportunities 

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Organization

• Offline Lessons Weeks 1 to 7 
• One individual PPD coaching session with coach (Online or Offline)

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Assessment

• PPD individual portfolio including SMART development goals

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Business English and Communication (BEC)

Key competences

• Develop professional communication, essay writing and academic skills such as summarizing and paraphrasing

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Organization

• Offline Lessons Weeks 1 to 7 
• Online consultancy sessions

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Assessment

• Individual written assignment

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Management of Information as Digital Citizen (MoI)

Key competences

• Develop technical aspects of Word processing including APA referencing
• Expand Excel skills

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Organization

• Online course
• Online consultancy sessions

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Assessment

• Online Excel and Word (APA) course 

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Welcome!

Elementary track

Eugenia Codina Miró

codme@hr.nl

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Upper intermediate track

Magali Théfaine

thefm@hr.nl

Languages - LAN

Languages - LAN

Why learning a language?

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Languages - LAN

• A lot of language choices
• International staff and international student population
• Different language tracks: Language, business and culture
• Experience abroad
• Up to Level B2 (CEF)

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The student learns how to communicate effectively using the target language with his/her business partners and clients in an international business context. 

Languages - LAN

A student with a foreign high school diploma can not take the language in which the foreign high school diploma was taken.

If you are an international student and you don’t speak Dutch,

you have to learn the Dutch language at IB.

Languages - LAN

Year 1

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Year 2 (1st semester)

COMMERCE Specialization

Year 2 (2nd semester)

Year 3

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Spanish (EL or UI) German (EL or UI)

French (EL or UI)

Dutch (EL)

Japanese (EL) Mandarin (EL)

Korean (KO)

Spanish UI

German UI

French UI

Mandarin EL

Japanese EL

Korean EL

*EL = Elementary track

*UI = Upper Intermediate track

Languages - LAN

Spanish (EL/UI) German (EL/UI) French (EL/UI) Dutch (EL)

Japanese (EL) Mandarin (EL)

Spanish UI

German UI

French UI

Mandarin EL

Japanese EL

EL Asia (A2.1)

*EL = Elementary track

*UI = Upper Intermediate track

EL Europe (A2)

UI (B2)

UI (B1)

EL Asia (B1.1)

Languages - LAN

Elementary track (FR/SP/GE/DU/JAP/MAN/KO)

• Starting at Beginner level
• General language classes
• 2 x 1,5h per week
• Heavy study load!

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• Possible to continue under certain conditions

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Upper intermediate track

(FR/SP/GE)

• Starting at A2 level
• General, Business and Culture
• Focus on oral communication
• 2 x 1,5h per week
• Specialization with language after 1,5 year = Commerce*

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• Heavy study load!

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Languages - LAN

YES!

You have until the 19th of September to change your language or track.

After this deadline, you have to stay in the track the whole year long.

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Mail the coordinators:

Elementary Languages: Mrs Codina Miró (codme@hr.nl)

UI Languages: Mrs Théfaine (thefm@hr.nl)

Can I change my language or my track?

Kaloyan tells us about….

• …the whole LAN experience from Year 1

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• …his challenges and opportunities with language learning

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and gives us some tips to improve the language learning.

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