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Manager in vivo: an innovative elective to develop students’ managerial aptitudes

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12/03/2018

Manager in Vivo-2IÉSEG provides all its Master Grande École students with the opportunity to participate in the Manager in Vivo elective.

In this course, each Master student becomes a “Manager in Vivo-MIV” with the responsibility for accompanying and managing around 20 first-year Bachelor-cycle students throughout a semester.

To assist MIVs in their mission, they first learn to use the Process Communication (Kahler) tool to know themselves and the students they will be coaching better, which in turn allows them to communicate better.

Exchanges between the MIV and their group of first-year students then occur in the framework of at least three group meetings. These allow the Master student to share their experience (mentor role) and to accompany the first-year student in their reflections on different opportunities at the School (e.g. student associations, study abroad periods) and the early stages of their career project.

The evaluation of each MIV is based on students’ implication in their missions (for which they are coached), and a reflective report they must submit at the end of the mission.

A nice way to develop managerial competences in-situ and to prepare students’ professional futures!

Testimonial from Marine LEBLANC, Master student at IÉSEG: “I have decided to choose the MIV elective as part of my Master cycle courses because of the responsibilities given to me and the possibility to work with a group of 21 students. MIV gives me the opportunity to plan, organize, and support first-year students, as well as to evaluate their work. Thanks to my 3 and a half years at IÉSEG, I am able to share my experience with regards courses, study abroad, student associations, the functioning of the school, in addition to helping guide them in the development of their professional project thanks to the construction of their CV, motivation letter, networking, LinkedIn. etc. This module allows me to ‘discover’ myself as a manager, to perfect my skills in group management, and to improve my communication skills.”