Gone are the days when workplace brightness tests, the frequency and time of break in rest periods, or layout changes in factories were experienced in the laboratory independently and rigorously for increased productivity, rationalization Reduction of waste.

Principles introduced by Frederick Taylor between 1880 and 1890 in a first attempt to apply the scientific method to engineering and management – later called scientific management. Nowadays, the volatility of the economic and social context generates continuous and permanent breakdowns in the status quo of business models and continually calls into question the dogmas (“presuppositions”) of the past, raising the Darwian principle to its greatest exponent by performing in the day To-day natural selection of companies that no longer depend on how big or successful they were in the past (…)

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2^nd Winning Competition | The Business Case Challenge

Students from Universidade Nova SBE, Católica-Lisbon SBE, IST, ISEG, ISCTE-IUL, Lusófona and UAL in competition

WINNING, in partnership with the Business Case Institute and AISEC, will hold the second edition of The Business Case Challenge. This competition prepares young university students and finalists from different areas of knowledge, with a set of Business Case tools and methodologies, to make decisions about investment in projects, in business environment.
The Business Case Challenge consists of two rounds on Saturdays.The first round will have a session in each of the partner universities of the event (Nova SBE, Católica-Lisbon SBE, IST, ISEG, ISCTE-IUL, Lusófona and UAL) and will take place on April 29 and May 6, 2017. The Final round will be held on May 20, 2017. Regardless of the day, the event will run from 9:00 am to 6:00 p.m., however, some of the activities may be extended beyond this time.

The first round winners (1 per session) will receive a “Management Consulting” training course run by WINNING Scientific Management, with an individual value of € 1,000. Each member of the winning team of the Event will receive a free entry for the Business Case Analyst (BCA) certification. The certification will be launched in September 2017.

All information about this competition is available at: http://businesscaseinstitute.org/news-events