Learning by Doing

GDM Master is a practically oriented programme designed to develop university graduates into professional managers. The Programme emphasizes learning by doing through career development seminars, company visits, real-life company projects, and optional internships.

As Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

These activities take place via several courses, for example via the core course ‘Management Theories and Applications’ – which was previously titled ‘Career and Industry Seminars’ in the MSc Business Management (MBM), the GDM’s predecessor. Another example would be the Corporate Live Case Project, an elective course of 18 ECTS as an alternative to the optional thesis.

We are listing below the web links where you can read about sample recent learning by doing activities by the new GDM students and by the CIIM MSc BM students in the past.

Company Visits

• MBM company visit at Medochemie (2020)
• MBM company visit at AIG (2019)
• MBM Company Visit to Engino (2018)
• 7+1 benefits of attending a company visit as an MBM student

Internships

• Work, Study and Start Ups – experience of the CIIM MSc Business Management (previously MSc Management) graduate Nick Malekos
• Erasmus work placement abroad experience by CIIM MSc Business Management (previously MSc Management) student Katerina Kyriakou
• Erasmus work placement abroad experience by CIIM MSc Business Management (previously MSc Management) student Chara Frangou

Live Case Projects

• “Future of Conferences in the Post-Covid Era” – Live Case Project for Top Kinisis (2022)
• Tourism in the Post-Covid Era: Live Case Challenge for Top Kinisis (2021)
• CIIM – Medochemie Live Case Project (2020)
• Zorbas Live Case Project (2019)
• Medochemie Live Case Project (2018)
• CIIM – Zorbas Live Project (2017)
• CIIM – Medochemie Live Case Student Project (2016)

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