MSM en SportBizz launch Executive MBA in Sports Management
Maastricht – Maastricht School of Management (MSM) and SportBizz start a new Executive MBA that focuses on Sports Management. The programme is offered in cooperation with Topsport Limburg and Orange Sports Forum and will start in January 2016.
The Executive MBA in Sports Management is a two-year part time programme that prepares (top) athletes and professionals for management positions in the sport industry.
“The sport industry has grown into one of the world’s largest industries. With an estimated value of 600 billion dollar annually the sport industry grows more on average than the global economy,” says Professor Wim Naudé, Dean MSM. “The dynamic of this industry demands competent and innovative leaders. Many top athletes start to work as manager after their sporting career. It requires different skills to lead a team than sport yourself. Therefore we have initiated this Executive MBA together with SportBizz, Topsport Limburg, Orange Sports Forum, various entrepreneurs from the sport and sporting icons Hans van Breukelen and Marc Lammers.”
Marc Lammers has learnt a lot about team building, innovation and the maximalization of team performances during his career as hockey coach. “I was able to use this knowledge during my time as national coach of the Dutch ladies hockey team that won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Now I would like the share this knowledge and experience with the new generation of top managers in sport.”
The official launch of the Executive MBA in Sports Management will take place on 29 June 2015, from 12.00 until 14.00 hrs at the Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, Maastricht.
‘Ambassador’ of the programme Hans van Breukelen will explain the necessity of management education in sport. Ger Koopmans, Deputy for Finance, Sport and Culture in Limburg, will talk about the possibilities in the Limburg sports industry and the necessity of partnerships between the authorities, knowledge institutions and industry.
The initiators and partners of the programme will inform you further on the Executive MBA.
You can register for the event here: sportsMBA@msm.nl
Maastricht School of Management
Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is one of the most international orientated business schools in The Netherlands. MSM offers students from all over the world research driven and international accredited management education, such as MBA, Master of Science in Management & Engineering (with RWTH Aachen, Germany), Master in Management programmes and several shorter executive courses. MSM’s research based doctoral programme, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is ranked second on the world ranking list. MSM offers her educational programme in Maastricht and various locations in the world in cooperation with partner institutions. Annually about 1,000 students graduate from one of the MSM programmes. MSM alumni take up key positions in industry, government and educational institutions.
SportBizz
The international sport marketing agency SportBizz was founded in 2004 by Camil Smeulders and John van de Laar. They both have over 30 years of experience in the international sport business
With sport and business in its DNA Sportbizz is active in four areas where sport and business come together:
Innovation – Internationalization – Education – Business Ventures.
SportBizz helps clients to expand their existing and future business. SportBizz has now an extensive corporate network at boardroom level in the international athletic world, the public sector and the industry. SportBizz is, among others, co-founder of Orange Sports Forum, the famous Global Champions Tour, the World Dressage Masters and now also the Executive MBA in Sports Management
Topsport Limburg
Topsport Limburg offers the youth in Limburg the chance to realize their sportive ideals in an environment that has Olympic ambition. To realize an excelling environment Topsport Limburg has established a High Performance Centre. This Centre is also connected with the Sport Innovation Platform, the breeding ground for innovative entrepreneurs to participate in the success of Dutch and Limburg top athletes. Topsport Limburg participates in international (sports) networks to make the best knowledge and experience available for the sport and sport economy in Limburg.
Orange Sports Forum
Orange Sports Forum (OSF) is a platform to promote companies, organizations and institutions that are connected with the Dutch sport. This concerns ‘hardware’ (infra-structure, accommodation, funding, advising, etc) and ‘software’ (training, coaching, education, organization, sports marketing, etc). OSF maps the opportunities for Dutch companies and creates a platform on which Dutch companies and institutions can get in contact with clients and possible partners from new markets.
