The International Module at the Cranfield School of Management

The international module at Cranfield is based on the fact that Britain, and London in particular, is a global hub for the worlds of finance and logistics. Cranfield’s School of Management has considerable expertise in both of these areas and benefits from its close proximity and association with leading companies and financial institutions that are central to Britain’s role in these sectors. EMBA students who elect to come to the Consortium’s International Week at Cranfield will experience a dual focus on innovations in Supply Chains that reflects the world-leading expertise of Cranfield’s faculty, as well as on global finance recognising the importance of London as a major global financial hub.
Cranfield School of Management will offer participants a programme that will be active, inspiring and varied. It will included brief residencies at two centres – Cranfield and London – and broad learning experiences based on lectures by leading experts, case study discussions, simulations, company visits and cultural attractions. There will be opportunities for quality interactions with business leaders, senior alumni and current students. Our goal is to provide you with an integrated approach to learning based on practical management skills as well as management knowledge, and one that links the worlds of global finance and supply chains.
Jules Barton
Head of Partnerships, Accreditation and Rankings
jules.barton@cranfield.ac.uk
+44 7977 409552
Website: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/
Phone:+44 1234 751122
- Program
- Schedule
- Program at a Glance
- Faculty
- Accommodations
- Calendar of Events for International Week
Intended Learning Outcomes
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Program at glance
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Saturday, September 10th:
Cranfield [arrival during the day)
Sunday, September 11th:
Monday, September 12th:
Tuesday, September 13th:
Wednesday, September 14th:
Thursday, September 15th:
Friday, September 16th:
Saturday, September 17th:
Departure day
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Melvyn is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, a Member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (US) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Teaching and research have taken Melvyn to Hungary, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Dubai and China in the last few years. Melvyn's recent research has focused on logistics outsourcing, international sourcing and telematics. He is a co-author of European Logistics: Markets, Management and Strategy. As Director of Graduate Programs he has overall responsibility for Cranfield's MBA and MSc degrees in the areas of economics, finance and management. Recent consultancy has seen him working with Accenture (telematics), King Sturge (warehouse developments in Central Europe) and Baker Rose (Shellhaven Logistics Park).

- Simon's current research interests are related to supply chain finance and supply chain costing, in particular the interfaces between supply chain management, management accounting and marketing. He is a founding member of the Supply Chain Finance Community, a non-for-profit association, which aims to share best practice and new research in an open, collaborative environment. Simon was a member of a multi-disciplinary research team jointly funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and industry that developed a novel process to assess supply chain costs in the food and drink industry. His PhD research explored the impact of transfer pricing on supply chain management decisions. Other research interests include rail freight, customer profitability analysis and tax-efficient supply chains.

Andrew is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics, specialising in managerial economics and economic strategy. Andrew is currently the Full-time MBA Director and is part of the Economics group ranked Number 1 in the world by the FT for the teaching of economics on MBA programmes in 2017. Andrew has held a number of other posts at the University, such as course director of the MSc in Management and Corporate Sustainability (2014-17) and the MSc in Economics for Natural Resource and Environmental Management (2009-12). He was also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter (2011-14), for his contribution to work on the spillover effects of small-scale energy generation projects.Andrew has worked for the UK Government investigating potential mechanisms for lowering the economic burden of environmental regulation. His other research has focused on investment trends in clean technologies and the economic impacts of commodity price cycles.
Professor Mark Jenkins
Mark's teaching, research and consulting activities focus on the areas of competitive strategy, and innovation. He is the author of a number of books on strategic management issues, including Performance at the Limit: Business Lessons from Formula 1 Motor Racing, Advanced Strategic Management and The Customer Centred Strategy. He has published numerous journal articles and is on the editorial boards of Long Range Planning, Organization Studies and the Journal of Management Studies. He has a particular expertise in the area of motorsport which he uses in both his teaching, consulting and research activities. He is a Council member of the Society for Advanced Management Studies (SAMS). He has been a member of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) and Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) panel for Business and Management. He has also been chairman of the Case Centre (formerly European Case Clearing House) and external advisor to Institute for the Masters of Wine.
Dr Hendrik Reefke
Dr Hendrik Reefke is a Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University, School of Management. Hendrik is an active researcher, focusing primarily on sustainable supply chain management, service supply chains, as well as performance measurement and reporting. He holds an award winning PhD from the University of Auckland as well as a MCom and BCom (Honours) in operations and supply chain management. Hendrik embraces a variety of methodological research approaches including simulation, process design, modelling, surveys, group decision techniques, case studies, and conceptual theory building. His work has been published in academic journals, books chapters, and conferences. For research supervision, he welcomes students interested in conducting empirical research in areas broadly connected to his research interests.