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HHL graduate Hendrik Schmidt about the transfer from theory to practice in the part-time Master in Management (M.Sc.)
It is high season currently for Hendrik Schmidt. Publicly traded companies such as Bayer or Linde are having their annual general meetings. Schmidt attends these meetings of shareholders, where leadership has to face the questions of the owners, to exercise the voting rights of the clients of one of Europe's largest investment companies as a fiduciary. The tasks of this corporate governance expert, who works at investment company Deutsche Asset Management in Frankfurt, include in-depth business analyses as well as ensuring the correct exercise of the voting rights and ongoing discussions with the management and supervisory boards of the portfolio companies. At the meetings, Schmidt also takes a position on governance issues, such as the executive board remuneration, transparency, election and discharge of the executive and supervisory boards, or significant transactions and questions the members of the executive and supervisory boards.
"With the part-time Master in Management, I feel I am perfectly trained."
The 26-year-old feels he is well-prepared for these tasks. Just last year, he completed the Part-Time Master in Management Program (M.Sc.) at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management while working at his position as Assistant of the Supervisory Board. The graduate, who was born in Bad Segeberg, benefitted from his academic education both on a professional and personal level. "While completing the part-time M.Sc., I obtained a more in-depth understanding of and an interest in strategic management and leadership questions. Moreover, I was able to raise my profile in the fields of accounting and corporate finance," says Schmidt. He especially benefitted from the combination of theory and practice and the constant reconciliation with real-life applicability.
On a personal level, Schmidt was able to further develop his leadership skills, expand his network and share experiences "beyond his own nose" while studying at HHL. Hendrik Schmidt concludes, "With the part-time Master in Management, I feel I am perfectly trained."
Ethical and moral responsibility
He can incorporate many aspects of the part-time program into his everyday working life. "There are always connections regarding the soft skills in the field of project management, presentations and as a part of cross-department cooperation," comments Schmidt. He also took away the ethical and moral responsibility which each stakeholder has in the economic cycle from the HHL program.
It is precisely this responsibility which corporate governance expert Schmidt will have when he attends the annual general meeting for Linde tomorrow. While a proposed merger worth billions of the DAX-listed group from Munich is not on the agenda, there are a few critical questions in this connection to which Hendrik Schmidt expects answers.
The Part-Time Master in Management Program (M.Sc.) at HHL
The Part-Time Master in Management Program (M.Sc.) addresses Bachelor graduates with a background in economics who would like to boost their careers with an M.Sc. from one of the leading business schools in Germany and can be completed within 24 – 30 months depending on the workload on the job. The program is taught over a total of 14-16 course weekends (depending on the choice of electives) as well as four residential weeks over two years on the HHL campus. The part-time program is closely related to the ongoing full-time M.Sc. program and is taught entirely in English. Internationally renowned professors teach extended hands-on management skills and leadership competencies. Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship are offered as fields of specialization. Moreover, the program provides the participants with excellent networking opportunities with HHL’s extensive alumni network. The tuition fees for a program at HHL are eligible for funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and are tax-deductible. http://www.hhl.de/part-time-msc
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is a university-level institution and ranks amongst the leading international business schools. The goal of the most venerable business school in German-speaking Europe is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially minded leaders. HHL stands out for its excellent teaching, its clear research focus, its effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services. The courses of study include full and part-time Master in Management as well as MBA programs, a Doctoral program and Executive Education. HHL is accredited by AACSB International. http://www.hhl.de
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Hendrik Schmidt, HHL graduate and corporate governance expert at Deutsche Asset Management. Photo cr ...
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