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Stanford Executive Program Alumni Seminar
Florence, Italy

Nestled in the hills of Florence with breathtaking views of the Tuscan countryside, La Pietra is an exclusive 57-acre estate offering an elegant setting and distinctive learning atmosphere only a short ride from the historical city center.

Dates:  May 5 - 6, 2006

Location::  Villa La Pietra, Florence

  • Hotel rooms in downtown Florence have been held for SEP alumni.
  • Please contact the hotels directly (hotel information).
  • PLEASE NOTE: reservations must be made by April 3.

Fee: $1350 USD

Fee includes all seminar materials, transportation within Florence, and meals. Fee does not include accommodations.

 To register: Register online, or print and fax a PDF registration form

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Content:

Managing Global Strategic Dynamics

These sessions will highlight strategic leadership issues faced by companies in rapidly changing global environments. While the case studies concern the global enterprise software industry, the lessons to be learned will have wide application across industries.
 

  Robert A. Burgelman
Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management; Director of the Executing Strategic Change Executive Program; Executive Director of the Stanford Executive Program

Robert Burgelman carries out longitudinal field-based research on the role of strategy in firm evolution. He has examined how companies enter into new businesses (through corporate entrepreneurship and internal corporate venturing as well as through acquisition) and leave others (through strategic business exit), and how success may lead to co-evolutionary lock-in with the environment. His research has focused on organizations where strategic action is distributed among multiple levels of management. He has written some 100 case studies of companies in many different technology-based industries. He currently focuses on the challenges posed by nonlinear strategic dynamics. [View Profile]

Strategy Implementation: Leadership Values and Change

  Charles A. O'Reilly III
Frank E. Buck Professor of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Hank McKinnell - Pfizer Inc Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research; Director of the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Executive Program; Director of the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal for Teams Executive Program

Charles O’Reilly’s research includes studies of organizational culture, the management of human resources, and the impact of change and innovation on firms. His current research includes studies of leadership, organizational culture, the impact of senior management on innovation and change, and the management of human resources. His previous books include Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal with M. Tushman (Harvard Business School Press, 2000) and Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People with J. Pfeffer (Harvard Business School Press, 2000). His next book, Ambidextrous Organizations: Resolving the Innovator’s Dilemma with M. Tushman, explores how managers can design organizations that can generate streams of innovation and deal with disruptive technological change. [View Profile]

What is Wrong with Europe: Trends in the European Union
 

Roberto D'Alimonte
Professor of Political Sciences, University of Florence, Italy; 2003 Bechtel Visiting Faculty, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Schedule:

Friday, May 5
7:30 a.m.Breakfast at Individual Hotels
8:00 a.m. Bus departs hotels for Villa La Pietra
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Coffee at Villa Sassetti
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. "Nonlinear Strategic Dynamics"
 Professor Robert Burgelman - Lecture/Discussion
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Global Strategic Dynamics I"
Professor Robert Burgelman - Case Discussion
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Buffet Lunch at Villa Sassetti
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. "Leading Change"
Session - Professor Charles O'Reilly
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. "Leading Change"
Session - Professor Charles O'Reilly
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Teleconference
5:30 p.m. Bus departs Villa La Pietra to Hotels
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Free Time
7:45 p.m. Walk to dinner in downtown Florence
8:15 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Dinner in Florence at Ristorante Boccanegra
10:30 p.m. Depart restaurant to Hotels
Saturday, May 6
7:30 a.m.Breakfast at Individual Hotels
8:00 a.m. Bus departs hotels for Villa La Pietra
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Coffee at Villa Sassetti
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. "Global Strategic Dynamics II"
Case Discussion - Professor Robert Burgelman
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Nonlinear Strategic Dynamics - Postscript"
Lecture/Discussion - Professor Robert Burgelman
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Buffet Lunch at Villa Sassetti
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. "Leading Change"
Session - Professor Charles O'Reilly
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. "Leading Change"
Session - Professor Charles O'Reilly
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Coffee Break
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. "The European Puzzle"
Session - Professor Roberto D'Alimonte
5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.Closing Remarks and Discussion
6:15 p.m. Bus departs Villa La Pietra to Hotels
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Free Time
7:45 p.m. Bus departs to Villa La Pietra from Hotels
8:15 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Closing Gala Dinner at Limonaia at Villa La Pietra
 During cocktails there will be tours available of the Acton Art Collection
10:30 p.m. Bus departs Villa to Hotels.  Arrivederci!

Already Registered

Dominique Bach SEP2000, Frito Lay Poland
Gudrun E. Bager SEP1989, TeliaSonera
Cornelis J. Berends van Loenen SEP1999, Stork Aerospace
Oliver Bialowons SEP2004, Karstadt Quelle AG
Felicia Cleper-Borkovi SEP2001, Anshen & Allen Architects
Astrid de Lathauwer SEP2004, Belgacom
Tobias Markus Engelhardt SEP2001, Dr. Tobias Engelardt GmbH
Georgio Frigerio SEP1999, Benteler Handel GmbH
Peter Erik Gerhardsson-Rydberg SEP1999, Novo Nordisk
Erhard F. Grossnigg SEP1985, E.F. Grossnigg Fin. Und Treuhand GmbH
Jorg Menno Harms SEP1989, Hewlett-Packard Company
Henrik T. Heideby SEP1996, PFA Pension
Sture Hjalmar Hjalmarsson  SEP2003, Forsakringskassan
Magne Kalstad SEP1997, Pronorm
Khaleeg Kayani SEP2001, Jahanqir Siddiqui Group
Salvator I. Levis SEP1999, 7L Capital Partners
Ricardo Corrêa Martins SEP2001, Fundação Casimiro Montenegro Filho
Michael Moir SEP1998
Leapeetswe Rapula Molotsane SEP2001, Telkom S.A. Ltd.
Carlos A. Moreira da Silva SEP2005, BA Vidro
William Mosseray SEP2005, Belgacom
Reto Mueller SEP1999, Helbling Holding AG
Federico Pellicioli SEP2003, VWR International
Teppo Tuure Rantanen SEP1995, Deloitte
Balbir Rataul SEP2003, Paramit Corporation
Francisco Sifuentes SEP2005, Metalsa
Harri Sivula SEP2004, Onninen Oy
Marek W. Sowa SEP2005, UPC Polska
Zbiquiew Surowiecki SEP1997
Luis M. P. Todo Bom SEP1997, Portugal Telecom
Pekka V. Viirola SEP2001, Nokia Group
Regula Waltenspuel SEP2001, World Economic Forum
Carlo Wolf SEP2003, Cisco Systems Austria

For more information contact Beverly Smith at 650.723.2921 or 866.542.2205 (toll free, U.S. and Canada only) or email smith_beverly@gsb.stanford.edu.

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