Business Speaker's Series-Nov. 19th, Robert Moore

European Management Model

To continue the library's Business Speaker's Series for the BAS program, Robert Moore gave his presentation on European management style.  With an IT background, Mr. Moore spent over 20 years in Europe, including Germany, Ireland and Poland. He explained why other countries are looking at this management style including United States and Japan. He started out with, "ask questions as we go", which put students at ease right away.

Mr. Moore explained why the European style has "no short term planning".  They always use the long term approach, even though it makes for longer meetings.  European businesses expect their companies to last at least 10 years, not the typical 3 years as in other countries. It seems to be one of the European's major keys to their success. European managers also value interpersonal skills and personal cultures. They are experienced in dealing with different cultures with so many countries clustered so close together for several hundred years, unlike the US.

European managers also consider CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] so important for securing strategic competitive gain. Europeans allow their government to promote businesses, whereas US managers are not persuaded.  European companies invest much more abroad than American companies.

According to Roland Berger's "Top 3000" Study 1998-2007, the US is no longer a role model. The graph in Mr. Berger's study showed us the percentage of companies consistently in the top 3000; Europe 1st, US 2nd and Japan 3rd. European IT providers also performed better because of the European management model; Europe 1st, Japan 2nd, US 3rd.

Refreshments were enjoyed during the presentation.




This was a great opportunity for students in the BAS program to get such detailed information concerning business management styles in Europe compared to our US models.  If students have any questions, they can reach Mr. Moore at this email address:
Robert.moore@netsys-computers.com

Thank you Mr. Moore for sharing your time and knowledge with our students, faculty and staff at Palm Beach State College. We would also like to thank Diana Loreman, BAS Reference Librarian, for arranging this worthwhile event for our students, faculty and staff.  We look forward to another series of inspiring guest speakers in the Spring Term, 2011.