Who are the AGS Students?
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Adizes Graduate School students are your professional peers working in leadership positions to facilitate sustainable business and organizational development practices in many countries. Some students who have studied at Adizes Graduate School have, for example, held senior positions with the CIA, Lockheed Martin, Deloitte and Gallup-Capacent in Iceland, The Croatian National Bank, Pacific Bell Information Systems, the U.S. Navy, the Saskatchewan Institute for Applied Research and Development, Frito Lay, Sony, the DeBono group, and in consulting, manufacturing research,  major universities, non-profits and industry.

Some students hold more than one Masters Degree and/or MBA.  Most are seeking insight and perspective that will assist them in their work and personal lives. They have experienced complexity and have ideas for managing change in organizational or societal contexts. But who are they? For the sake of confidentiality, some details will not be shared.

One of the first students at AGS, from Brazil, is working in the fields of consulting and information technology.  Holding an MBA from UCLA, this individual chose to attend AGS to "expand my knowledge of organizational behavior and treatment; to further understand how related fields apply to organizations; to share experiences in dealing with organizations; to enrich my way of thinking, challenging hidden biases; and to establish personal and professional relationships with colleagues." This graduate candidate has published several articles in Brazilian EDP trade papers and magazines, and a book on strategic and tactical planning.

This student from Korea works in the position of Senior Human Resource Development Manager for a world leader in the semiconductor industry.  Holding a business administration degree from Marburg University in Germany, and an engineering degree from Korea University, this individual joined AGS in order "To learn both classical and contemporary theories of organizational development and change."

The Vice General Manager in charge of finance, administration and HR Management at a major company in China, this individual came to AGS with a degree in economics and an advanced degree in systemic management theory. Taking courses at AGS was a means to "communicate with managers with different backgrounds and cultures from all over the world so as to enhance my ability to grasp the opportunity of economy reform and lead the people of my team to make our company stronger in the changing global economic climate. Adizes is more suitable for Chinese companies than other western traditional management theories."

This student came to AGS with nineteen years of service as a management analyst and change agent for a branch of the US Armed Services. With a Masters of Science Technology from Pepperdine University, other educational achievements and awards in the field, this individual wished to further  "develop my own change management methodology with a focus on government and nonprofit organizations, develop my personal business as a technologist, consultant and lecturer, and help transform people, products and processes through knowledge management." This student has authored several publications and research papers in the area of knowledge management.

This individual achieved a Masters Degree from ITESM (Monterrey Tech), and accepted an appointment there, teaching for nearly a decade and working with a Manufacturing and Quality research center developing practical projects for local industries.  ITESM has a reputation for academic excellence and is the strongest private university in Mexico.  Director and founder of a technological consulting firm with an impressive client list, and cofounder of another, this student enrolled in AGS "because I consider that it fits very well with my professional interests." This student also expressed an interest in attending the Ph.D. program not "for the title, but for the experience and the knowledge."

The Chief of Information Technology and special consultant at a health services research organization in Norway, this individual came to AGS with an MBA from the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo and a second graduate degree in engineering from Macedonia. This student said,  "I feel that we need a managerial system that is based on hard rules but that allows for innovations to thrive. We need a simple, transparent system that is easily understood, a complete system that is applicable at each form of human organization.  A balanced system in which quantum of individualism synergistically enriches the wholeness and the wholeness sustains the flourishing of individualism. The system must uplift itself. I felt the Adizes methodology from the first moment. Therefore, I join the AGS to vigorously try to contribute to its and my mission." 

This organizational consultant, project manager and trainer has worked with major governing entities such as the police, Chamber of Commerce, municipalities, broadcasting authorities, colleges, banks and justice systems in Israel. This student came to AGS with Masters in Social Sciences and in Organizational Behavior, in addition to other educational achievements.  "For a long time I have tried to find an institute where I can study subjects that will be relevant to my specific needs. I need a place where I can establish my knowledge, a place that will enable me to work systematically, update knowledge, be exposed to intellectual stimulation through a learning group that will enable dialogue based on experience and theory." 

One student is from Slovenia and holds an MS in Economics from the University of Ljubljana and DBA in Management and Finance from Cleveland State University.  Now consulting, this student was an Assistant Professor at Ljubljana and has been engaged in research and leadership projects in government, organizations and universities such as the Harvard Institute for International Development. "I strongly believe that the program at AGS will increase my ability to master change on all levels, my ability to manage and lead, to work for the task and good of all."

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