Professor Cees van Riel – Professor of Corporate Communication at RSM and Founding Managing Director of the Corporate Communication Centre – presented the graduates with certificates during a festive ceremony. At the same event, awards went to the authors of two graduation theses:
The Andreas Award for Innovation in Corporate Communication 2014 was handed to Esther Oostrom, Manager Brand & (Social) Media at Aegon, for her thesis Gamification, The Engagement Game on the impact of gamification on customer engagement and brand strength.
Esther Oostrom’s thesis is remarkable in many ways: the innovative subject (gamification), embedded in a thorough and very special literature study, used in two excellent empirical studies resulting in a model that shows which game-element can influence three important psychological drivers of customer engagement being experience, involvement and meaning.
The Shell Stimulation Award for Excellence in Corporate Communication 2014 went to Anna Saghabalyan, Public Relations Manager at Geoteam CJSC – Lydian International Ltd., for her thesis The impact of environmental NGOs/CSOs on the business; Environment in post-communist countries.
This thesis provides a critical view on environmental CSOs/NGOs and their ability to bring policy change in order to contribute to societal development, and to create shared value with society in post-communist countries. The Jury motivates the choice for this thesis as follows: “Saghabalyan’s thesis describes challenges that Western corporations face in post-communist countries as a result of the differences between NGOs in their countries versus those the developed world. The thesis also offers an interesting perspective on how inefficient NGO funding is in these countries on behalf of western donors, and tries to show the limited impact these organisations actually have on environmental management.”
The Part-time Executive International Master of Science in Corporate Communication (MCC) at RSM is designed for corporate communication professionals seeking competence and expertise in areas of external and internal organisational communication, where mastery is essential for managerial success. RSM’s MCC programme combines the latest academic research with best practices from the world of business. It is taught in a flexible format that is easily combined with a career. The MCC programme is comprised of four parts, the entire cycle of which is delivered across a 1.5-year period.
Since November 2008, the NVAO (Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation) has accredited the programme as an official Master of Science (MSc) programme. The MCC is organised by the Corporate Communication Centre, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2014.
For more information on this programme please contact Programme Manager Susanna Marco, +31 10 408 2851 or by email: ccc@rsm.nl
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