Learning Architectures and Training

This pillar of MC2 Institute is executed in collaboration with our sister company Thinkingschool Switzerland AG (TS CH): TS CH has been founded by 3 Swiss university professors as a JSC, duly registered in Switzerland. Each of the six partners bring in decades of experience in higher education, management and leadership training and practice.

Management Training and Post-Graduate Programs

TS CH is focusing on developing and delivering tailor-made management trainings and post-graduate programs, mainly in management related topics, together with local partners (training or academic institutions, HR departments, corporate universities) around the globe.

TS CH is legally entitled to issue higher education titles like Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS), Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) or Master of Business Administration (MBA).

As a private sector company TS CH is flexible to adapt programs to the needs of the local market – within the framework of the Swiss Higher Education System.

In-House Learning Architectures / Corporate Universities

Our approach enhances on-the-job training by integrating real projects, allowing employees to learn in a practical environment while delivering immediate value to your company.

With a variety of hands-on learning methods, your project teams will be equipped to manage change initiatives effectively. We bridge the gap between organizational and personnel development through application-focused learning.

We are prepared to develop and implement advanced corporate university concepts with our clients by combining internal consulting, coaching, mentoring and corporate entrepreneurship with just-in-time training input, all based on strategic project and stakeholder management. A knowledge management system may be included as needed.

Services for Educational Institutions and Universities

We introduce, design and support international academic programs for educational institutions and universities (degree and non-degree) by...

  • finding international partners
  • designing cooperative programs
  • developing business plans
  • facilitating cooperation contracts
  • supporting community development
  • supporting AACSB or FIBAA system accreditation processes (TS CH Professors have been in the lead of successful AACSB/FIBAA accreditations).
  • designing of a professional university management system (ISO, internal policies, business processes, incentive structures and regulations) in line with international standards.
  • screening of foreign universities for joint-programs and other activities based on extensive network of TS CH Professors.
  • supporting the set-up and execution of an entrepreneurial eco-system in the university, incl. internal incubators and innovation or startup competitions. 

Lecturing

The following subjects can be covered by
Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reineke: 

Strategy and Organization

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  • Strategic management and strategy consulting
  • Strategy implementation with Balanced Scorecard / Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
  • International management, in particular on strategic and organizational topics as well as market entry/international marketing; agile internationalization
  • Strategic alliances
  • (International) Mergers and Acquisitions, Integration Management
  • Company succession
  • Privatization and commercialization
  • Methods and techniques of organization
  • Business process optimization (business process reengineering)

Marketing and Sales

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  • Marketing basics 
  • Sales methods and strategic selling
  • International Negotiations (with 10 online modules, approx. 10 minutes each)

Leadership, Human Resource Management, Change and Transformation

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  • Corporate management, agile leadership
  • Transformational Leadership / Business Transformation
  • Change management
  • Practice learning methods in the company (with own practice manual)
  • Development of corporate universities and other company-internal learning architectures
  • Cooperation management / collaborative work (with own practice manual)
  • Knowledge management (with own proprietary practice manual)
  • (International) human resource management
  • Intercultural management

Project Management and Management Consulting

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  • Project management (classic, agile, hybrid)
  • Professional project communication
  • Management consulting (e.g. introduction to management consulting, problem-solving and analysis methods, management of consulting companies, management of consulting projects)
  • Internal consulting

Entrepreneurship / Innovation Management

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  • Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurial Eco-Systems, Entrepreneurship
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship (Intrapreneurship)
  • Design Thinking
  • Innovation Management

Thesis Assessment

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The experience of Prof. Reineke in based on the supervision and evaluation of several Ph.D. Thesis, several hundred Master and Bachelor Thesis / Capstone Projects and several hundred Business Plans of start-up companies in all stages of development.

Additional Topics

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Additional lecturing topics made be covered upon request by partners of TS CH.