[Niben] Relocating

[Fred Phillips]

PLEASE EXCUSE ANY DUPLICATE DELIVERIES OF THIS MESSAGE.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On September 1, I will join the Maastricht School of Management as 
Professor and Associate Dean.  My responsibilities as Associate Dean 
will include the MBA and DBA programs, and MsM's research programs.

Here is my new contact information:

Visitors address 
Endepolsdomein 150
6229 EP Maastricht
The Netherlands

Postal address
PO Box 1203
6201 BE Maastricht
The Netherlands

Phone	+31 43 387 08 08
Fax	+31 43 387 08 00
Web	www.msm.nl
E-mail	phillips at msm.nl

You can also reach me at fp at generalinformatics.com.  I will continue 
as Associate Editor of Technological Forecasting & Social Change, and 
as a Senior Fellow of the IC2 Institute.

Many of you extended kind and invaluable help during my recent 
transition, either by networking and mentoring or by serving as 
references for me.  I am grateful to you.  I will keep you apprised 
about opportunities for participation and support at MsM.  Please 
don't hesitate to contact me about project and alliance ideas.

Here is more information about MsM.

The Maastricht School of Management is a free-standing, independent 
business school located in the historic city where the European Union 
treaty was signed.  MsM is one of the oldest business schools in the 
Netherlands.  Established in 1952 as the Research Instituut Voor 
Bedrijfswetenschappen (Institute for Management Science) at the 
Technical University of Delft, MsM moved its campus to Maastricht in 
1989.

MsM's teaching program has a strong practical orientation, 
originating in its early task at the University of Delft: Management 
training for engineers.  The School balances management theory with 
practical experience and applied research in a multicultural and 
multidisciplinary setting.  This approach has resulted in a strong 
quality ranking for MsM's MBA courses.  MsM is one of the 
fastest-growing business schools in the Netherlands.

MsM's mission is to enhance performance of the private and public 
sector for economic development in countries in transition. 
Complementing the regular management education programs (MBA, DBA and 
PhD), MsM's technical assistance capability includes organizational 
and institutional development, training capacity development and 
research and policy advice.

In addition to its sizeable on-site MBA program, MsM is now involved 
in 31 MBA Outreach Programs in 23 different countries (Bangladesh, 
Brazil, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Iran, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Peru, 
Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Tanzania, UAE and 
Vietnam).  The total enrollment in all MsM MBA programs is two 
thousand students.

In April, the Vietnamese Women's Union gave an award to the 
Maastricht School of Management for its Training for Women in Micro 
and Small Enterprises project in Vietnam. In the past three years, 
more than 10,000 female entrepreneurs took part in the training.

Other advisory and consultancy support activities include projects 
financed by the World Bank, the European Union, the United Nations 
Development Program, the Dutch government, and the United Nations 
Industrial Development Organization. Current projects include:

     * Chinese Enterprise Management Trainers' Development Project in 
Changsha, China
     * Public Health Management in Egypt
     * Development of Small Industry Extension and Promotion in 
Bangkok, Thailand.
     * Capacity Building for Decentralization of Government in Accra, Ghana.

These projects focus on small business development, enterprise 
restructuring, and entrepreneurship. The Expert Centre for 
Sustainable Business and Development Cooperation is an initiative of 
four Dutch universities: the Maastricht School of Management (MsM), 
the Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam), 
the Amsterdam graduate Business School (University of Amsterdam) and 
EIBE (European Institute for Business Ethics, Universiteit Nyenrode). 
The Expert Centre combines the skills and expertise of the four 
institutions for multidisciplinary treatment of sustainable 
development issues.

Conferences hosted by MsM include the International Management 
Development Association's 13th annual World Business Congress (held 
July 14-18, 2004 in Maastricht), and the April, 2004 conference on 
Turkey and the EU, with Koc University.

Best regards,
Fred

p.s. Those of you in the Portland area might want to look at the 
Phillips household's "moving sale" web site, 
http://www.generalinformatics.com/moving/movingsale.html.  Thanks - fp

-- 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/niben/attachments/20040722/0bbe2e6f/attachment.htm