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Management in the Humanitarian Sector

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Essential management skills in the humanitarian sector

The Humanitarian Research Group was established by Professor Luk Van Wassenhove in 2001 and has recently been integrated into the newly-founded INSEAD Social Innovation Centre. The ultimate objective of the group is to facilitate cross-learning between all those currently engaged in humanitarian response activities. The specific areas of focus are disaster preparedness, response coordination, and stakeholder collaboration (including the private sector).

The Management in the Humanitarian Sector programme is one of the group’s many contributions to this sector based on their work to date. As a participant on this five-day programme you will benefit from the close collaboration with practitioners and the private sector that has enabled the Group to produce a unique set of materials capturing the complexity and evolution of issues affecting the humanitarian sector. To date, the group has produced a body of work of over 20 research reports, case studies and other pedagogical materials.

Key Benefits

Acquire the tools and concepts to raise the standard of management within humanitarian organisations
Develop inter-sector and cross-sector learning to better facilitate co-operation among the various actors involved with the humanitarian field
Benchmark best practices and organisational challenges with the different stakeholders
Enable private sector managers to learn from the specific skill set of humanitarian organisations including agility, flexibility and efficiency in a highly volatile environment

The programme is based on original research conducted at INSEAD into the three key areas of: humanitarian response; disaster preparedness, disaster response; and inter-sector collaboration.

To encourage participation in the classroom, each day is divided into teaching sessions, group work projects and plenary discussions, with plenty of opportunities for participants to share insights and build mutually beneficial relationships. Topics include:

Supply chain management
Managing high performance teams under turbulent conditions
Strategy and collaboration
Finance and management accounting
Negotiation and decision-making
Leading change/Developing yourself and others

Applications are accepted from managers working in the humanitarian sector, private sector manager seeking to engage with the humanitarian sector, and those seeking to understand the issues faced by humanitarian relief organisations, such as the Military, Media, Academia, Donors and Funding organisations.

For Humanitarian sector managers the programme is suitable for those in strategic decision making roles with 10-15 years operational experience.

Great minds don’t think alike

INSEAD’s professors represent many cultures, disciplines, and perspectives. Led by acknowledged world experts in their own particular fields, programme faculty remain intimately close to business and most are engaged in cross-disciplinary research.*

	Luk Van Wassenhove Programme Director Professor of Operations Management The Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing Professor Van Wassenhove's research and teaching are concerned with operational excellence, supply chain management, quality, continual improvement and learning. His recent research focus is on closed-loop supply chains (product take-back and end-of-life issues) and on disaster management (humanitarian logistics). Read more...
	Hal Gregersen Senior Affiliate Professor of Leadership		Ludo Van der Heyden Professor of Technology and Operations Management The Mubadala Chaired Professor in Corporate Governance and Strategy Academic Director, INSEAD Corporate Governance Initiative
	Stephen Hillegeist Assistant Professor of Accounting and Control Coordinator, Accounting and Control Area		Ayse Onculer Adjunct Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD