Milano | Italy

Performance Improvement through Innovation and Strategy Management

With the participation of Prof. Robert Kaplan Harvard Business School

7th - 9th February, 2011

Empower your vision means to confront and acquire different and qualified perspectives to develop a complete managerial vision. Empower your vision is our exhortation, but also our commitment Alberto Grando | Dean, SDA Bocconi School of Management

SDA Bocconi and tantum Group are proud to introduce Professor Robert Kaplan from Harvard Business School to highlight the key aspects of the Balanced Scorecard and the Blue Ocean Strategy. The unique chance to meet and discuss with him will inspire participants with great insights

Benefits The main benefits provided by the course can be summarized as follows: To stimulate new ideas and strategic value proposition generation and to identify how to communicate strategy in a concrete and unequivocal way. To orient and align companies’ financial and human resources in order to achieve strategic objectives. To analyze the latest tools and techniques of strategy execution and performance management. To provide tools useful to control the strategy execution cycle

Participants Performance Improvement through Innovation and Strategy Management In order to face the challenges of the new competitive environment, companies must provide a governance system able to link both strategic and operational dimensions. For that reason, companies are required to have the right tools to face three challenges: to innovate strategy in order to approach changing markets with new and successful ideas; to control operating performance consistently with strategic objectives; to align organizational structure and manager commitment to the corporate strategy. The most innovative aspect of the program is the fact that it provides participants with an opportunity to approach the complete cycle of performance government: the integration of strategy innovation models, performance government models, organizational alignment models and personnel management systems is made possible by a new, effective and concrete approach

The program is primarily aimed at executive and top managers It represents an important professional growth opportunity even for professionals who need an overall view regarding strategy and corporate performance to support integration between strategy, performance and organization In particular, program participants are: CEOs Managing Directors Business Unit or Division Managers CFOs and Strategic Planning Managers Business Unit or Company Controllers Marketing Managers Risk Managers Human Resource Managers

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Making strategy one of the most important issues for executives, enabling them to align their objectives to the corporate strategy, and providing them with a tool able to oversee key indicators in order to maximise performance

Antonella Cugini Associate Professor of Business Administration at University of Padua. SDA Professor of Accounting, Control, Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department

Location SDA Bocconi -Via Bocconi 8, 20136 Milan

Integrating the strategic approach with the operational one by linking value proposition to both key business processes and management tools (human, technological, organizational resources)

Robert S. Kaplan Baker Foundation Professor and Chairman at Harvard Business School. Creator, together with David Norton, of Balanced Scorecard and ABC Costing

Program Fee € 2.900 + VAT (if required). The program fee covers tuition, case materials and meals

Using fundamental resources (financial, human, etc.) on profitable activities that also create customer value Converting strategic objectives into economic and competitive performance through the Strategy Map and the implementation of Balanced Scorecard Assessing individual performance and setting incentive systems consistent with strategic objectives and performance indicators for organizational alignment. Analysis of theoretical principles, major tools and methodologies related to each stage of Kaplan and Norton’s Execution Premium model

Cristiano Daolio CEO of tantum Group. Strategy and innovation Consultant at multinational organizations Andrea Dossi SDA Professor and Director of Accounting, Control, Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department. Associate Professor of Management Control Systems, Accounting Department at Bocconi University Mathias Mangels Founder and Partner tantum Group International

Timetable Morning: 9.00 - 13.00 Afternoon: 14.00 - 17.30 Dates 3 days: from 7th to 9th February 2011

Program Coordinator Antonella Cugini [email protected] Certificate At the end of the program participants will receive a participation certificate Inquires For further information about the program, please call or email to [email protected] +39 348 0096245 Enrollment Procedure To aid the learning process, only a programmed number of participants can enrol for the program. The final deadline for applications is 4th February, 2011. Priority will be given on the basis of the arrival date of the attached form, which must be filled in, signed and sent to: [email protected] Methods of payment The fee must be paid upon enrollment, in one of the ways explained in the enrollment request form, such as: Cashier’s cheque or banker's draft; Credit card Hotel Accommodation The external agency Seneca offers a free hotel booking service and special conditions to our clients. Accommodation is guaranteed if you book at least 15 days before the course starts. If you book less than 15 days before, the agency will do its best to find a suitable and convenient solution. To book call +39 0871 803810-803614

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European Quality Improvement System

European Foundation for Management Development

Quality Management System Certification ISO 9001:2008

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Financed Projects Service Centre

European Corporate Governance Institute

Financial Times Forbes Wall Street Journal Business Week America Economia Espansione

Partnership in International Management Community of European Management Schools and International Companies The Italian Association for Management Education Development

The Community of SDA Bocconi Accounting, Control, Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department, that produces and shares knowledge http://afcnet.sdabocconi.it/

Performance Improvement through Innovation and Strategy Management 7th - 9th February 2011

How to Register 1. Registration Please complete this enrollment request form and mail it or fax it to: tantum Group Via Monte di Pietà, 21 - 20121 Milan - Italy Tel. +39 348 0096245 email: [email protected] The final deadline for application is 4th February, 2011. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, those received after the final deadline may not be accepted.

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2. Terms of payment The registration fee is Euro 2.900 + VAT (if required) Payment should take place upon enrolling and must be executed in the name of and on behalf of the invoice recipient by choosing one of the following payment options: Cashier’s cheque or banker’s draft made out to “tantum Group S.r.l.” Credit card Visa Eurocard/Mastercard American Express Card number |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| Expiration date |_|_|/|_|_| Security Code |_|_|_|_| Signature ____________________________________________________________ Print name ___________________________________________________________ The invoice will be sent to you by conventional insured mail.

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3. Cancellation policy 3.1 You may cancel your participation in the course by written notice of cancellation within 3 days starting from the above mentioned final application deadline. In such case, you will be refunded the entire amount of your registration fee. 3.2 Unless timely notice is received, the 50% sum shall be retained. Substitutions are accepted at any time. 3.3 For applications that arrive after the final deadline (4th February, 2011), even if accepted, a no-refund policy is applied.

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4. Changes in the program SDA Bocconi reserves the right to modify the structure of the program at its convenience or to cancel it. If this should occur, all participants will be informed by 28th January, 2011.

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5. Competent jurisdiction The law court having exclusive jurisdiction in the interpretation and execution of the present contract is that of Milan.

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6. Privacy statement in agreement with Paragraph 13 of the legislative decree 30.06.03, n. 196 and successive formulations In accordance with D.lgs. no. 196/2003 the information supplied shall be processed for the purposes of course administration (accountancy, logistics, compilation of lists). The information may be used for the creation of an archive for the purposes of distributing (via E-mail, fax or post) future SDA Bocconi course proposals and study initiatives. You may access the information in our possession and exercise the rights specified in paragraph 7 of the legislation (regarding the updating, correction, completion, cancellation, transformation or freezing of the information etc.) by applying in writing to the proprietor of the processing at the address indicated below. Should you prefer that your personal information (name, qualification, company and email address) is not made available to other course members check this box. Should you prefer not to receive further information, check this box. Signature for acceptance (with stamp in the case of companies/institutions) Signature ___________________________________________________________ Signature for acceptance, as provided by the articles 1341 and 1342 of Italian Civil Code, of the following articles: 1-3-4-5-6 Signature ____________________________________________________________ Date ________________________________________________________________

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