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Pictured on the left is Professor Bob O'Keefe, Head of School of the Management and on the right, Mr Martin Gollogly, Head of SAP University Alliances signing the alliance.
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School of Management forms alliance with SAP
On 7 December 2006 the School of Management signed an alliance with SAP, the
leading provider of enterprise software in the world. The alliance will allow
students from the MSc
in Management Information Systems to become thoroughly acquainted with
SAP enterprise software, a skill in high demand in the marketplace, but very
difficult to achieve at the graduate level.
Mr Gollogly comments on the alliance: ‘SAP is very pleased to have an
alliance with the School of Management in Surrey. Because of SAP’s almost
universal presence in businesses in the UK and indeed the world, there is a
constant demand of ‘SAP aware’ graduate students. High quality
business schools such as Surrey are able to train students in the use of SAP
software and the changes in business processes enabled by SAP
software.’
Professor Hans van der Heijden comments: ‘We are delighted to be able to equip our students with an understanding of one of the most popular and widely used software applications in the real world. Very few universities in the London area are able to do so and we are most pleased to be part of SAP’s exclusive alliance programme'.
Pictured from left to right are,
Professor Bob O'Keefe, Head of the School of the Management, Mr Martin
Gollogly, Head of SAP University Alliances, and
Professor Hans van der Heijden,
Programme Leader for the
MSc in Management Information Systems.
The alliance will start off at Surrey in the academic year 2006/2007 with the integration of SAP software in the module Business Process Management. This module is unique to the Master in Management Information Systems (MIS), and will focus on the use of SAP in a business process context. At a later stage also the Surrey MBA students will be offered the opportunity to work with SAP software.
The School of Management at Surrey is one of only 25 universities in the United Kingdom that are part of the SAP alliance programme. It follows recent evidence of the quality of Surrey as one of only 10 management schools in the UK that have been awarded accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
For all enquiries about the SAP alliance, please contact Professor Hans van der Heijden.
About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of business software. Today, more than
34,600 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications-from
distinct solutions addressing the needs of small and midsize enterprises to
suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform
to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises
of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner
collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business
operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of
more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare
and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company
is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and
NYSE under the symbol "SAP". For additional information, visit www.sap.com