Aleksandra Hristov

How to communicate with stakeholders is name of the workshop i held on Tuesday, 23rd April. Like my last one training, this one was organized by CEED center for entrepreneurship and executive development too, as a part of top class plus program and it was held in Belgrade chamber of commerce.

I met my students again, successful young people, top managers of leading Serbian companies hoping that we will have a great time together, at least half as good as on our last training. We were very productive and interactive again – we performed practical exercises, discussed with every participant about his own company and his or her own stakeholders. I did my best to cover all the essential issues about this subject – term of stakeholder, and answer to questions: who may be stakeholder, mutual influence of company and stakeholders, how to influence our target audience, how to communicate with them and how to treat them. I paid a lot of attention on credibility and the relationship between confidence and competence.

My students (i like to call them so) were amazed how complex this issue is and about the value of knowledge who can take the role of stakeholder. At the end of workshop i gave them practical instructions and tools for successful communication with target audiences. Just like last time, to my great pleasure, my expectations were accomplished and i got excellent marks for my training.

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Our Association of Management Consultants of Serbia (UPKS – Udruženje Poslovnih Konsultanata Srbije) held trainers, mentors and assessors training for the first CMC (Certified Management Consultant) certification program in Serbia from January 24-28. The training was prepared according to ICMCI The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes standards and requirements and performed by Association of Management Consultants of Croatia (UPS Hrvatske – Udruga poslovnih savjetnika Hrvatske).

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In Belgrade City Hall on January 26th 2012 Belgrade weekly magazine NIN awarded its famous NIN Award for the best Serbian novel for 2012. Slobodan Tisma writer from Novi Sad was awarded for his novel “Bernardi’s room”. He was successful poet, writer, and rock musician leading rock groups Luna and La Strada.

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Zeljko Safar

I have congratulated the author and also to the editor in chief of NIN magazine Nebojsa Spajic for 56th yearly award ceremony.

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Great respect for my dear friend and editor in chief of Status magazine Slavisa Lekic, for him and his team who were able, even under hard conditions for media, to celebrate their 10th award ceremony. Status is serious political magazine, and on 23 of January they awarded the best photographers in gallery Ozon. The person of the year is the tenis player Novak Djokovic, the best TV face is Olja Beckovic, and the best journalist Ljubica Gojgic. The first prize for photography went to Marko Djuric from Blic, for Photo series “No Paseran”.

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Petar Marković

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Innovation TRESAC, at national „Best technological innovation in Serbia” competition, for 2011 in category realized innovation, won 5th prize out of 200 competitors. This competition was, for the 7th year, organized by Republic of Serbia Ministry of Education and Sports, supported by Serbian Chambers of Commerce, Technical Faculty in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia Intellectual Property Bureau and national television RTS. Innovation TRESAC has application in shaking various fruit (sour cherries, plums, olives, walnuts). It is constructed as independent mechanism which is connected to agricultural tractor. The key new features of this innovation are root protection, crane approach, precision and quality of picking. This machine could pick 1000 trees per hour, or effect of 200 workers. It creates 3000 Eur savings per day, which means the total price of 13000 Eur is paid off in 5 days. Until now, 50 TRESAC machines were sold in Serbia and abroad. Existing solutions needed special conditions for work, 5 times are heavier, 6 times bigger and 6-7 times more expensive. I was the coordinator of the TRESAC team, and the members were Nera Legac, Marija i Julija Pavlović.

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Together with Business Knowledge consulting company we have performed customer service training for KOGO Lounge Bar. Located next to Grand Casino Belgrade at Hotel Jugoslavia, on the Danube river, KOGO is not only a great place for partying, good food and night life, but a great place for business training.

We plan to organize public (open) business training events here. So far most of the business public training in Serbia has been organized inside, in dark and plain spaces. We believe training location must be stimulative for mind, body and spirit. Learning doesn’t have to be boring to be successful.

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On September 1st we held the Second Annual Assembly of UPKS (Association of Management Consultants of Serbia). The most important event was the CMC (Certified Management Consultant) certification award ceremony. Eight consultants were awarded certificates: Gordana Matovic, Sanja Nikolin, Andrija Gencel, Aleksandar Ostojic, Miroslav Jelicic, Aleksandra Hristov, Miodrag Kostic, Daniel Tavcioski.

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On May 16th and 17th in Belgrade we had the first CMC (Certified Management Consultant) certification hearing in Serbia. CMC certification was organized by Association of Management Consultants of Serbia and the hearing was conducted by Croation Association of Management Consultants, under the auspices of ICMCI (International Council of Management Consulting Institutes). CMC – Certified Management Consultant is an international branding and mark of qualification and represents evidence of the highest standards in management consulting and adherence to the code of ethics of the profession.

Eight consultants passed at the hearing for CMC certification: Gordana Matovic, Sanja Nikolin, Andrija Gencel, Aleksandar Ostojic, Miroslav Jelicic, Aleksandra Hristov, Miodrag Kostic, Daniel Tavcioski. I have presented my case study on Monday May 16th and successfully passed the CMC hearing.

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My client London School of Commerce (LSC), opened campus in Belgrade on 8 February. LSC was opened by the His Excellency the British Ambassador, Michael Davenport, and Lord Tomlinson of Walsall. My team was engaged for communications consultancy and  media relations for the event.
The London School of Commerce is the Associate College of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, (UWIC) and has over 5,000 students enrolled at its campus in London. In addition LSC has campuses in Kuala Lumpur, Bangladesh, Colombo and Nairobi.

Lord Tomlinson, Chair of the LSC Advisory Board commented at the opening:
… the opening of the campus is not only educationally significant for LSC but we believe that it offers an additional opportunity for Serbia to be at the centre of high quality provision not only in Serbia but also for surrounding countries and beyond’

LSC, Belgrade, will offer UK MBA and Bachelor’s business and management degree programmes, with the first MBA intake in March 2011. The degrees are awarded by UWIC and quality assured through the UK’s national Quality Assurance Agency.

His Excellency the British Ambassador, Michael Davenport said that he welcomed the LSC, Belgrade, development and the opportunity if offered for many more Serbian students to access high quality UK degree programmes.

In accordance with the initial request of the Serbian Ministry of Education, LSC will apply for Serbian accreditation for its degrees in the future.
The very competitively priced MBA is delivered with a work-place application focus. Leading local and visiting European faculty are committed to ensuring student succeed in both academic and their career development.

Applications from both individuals as well as through companies are encouraged. Additionally the MBA programme is offered on both a part time and full time basis for duration of between 12 and 24 months. Students enrolled in Belgrade will have the opportunity to transfer credits and study at other LSC campuses worldwide.

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I have attended  ten day preparatory training, from January 24th to February 4th, for CMC (Certified Management Consultant) international certification by The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) , organized by Association of Management Consultants of Serbia UPKS (Udruzenje poslovnih konsultanata Srbije) performed by Association of Management Consultants of Croatia UPS Hrvatske (Udruga poslovnih savjetnika). As you can see we have learned a lot and at the same time had a great time together.

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