In Junior Peak Time 2010 preliminary rounds, students had to solve a set of tasks, namely simple logics, Microeconomics, Managerial Economics & International Economics. The tasks were taken and adjusted from the introductory exercises, solved in SSE Riga. All the specific material and terminology were explicitly explained in the document or the source, where participants could read something themselves, was given. In general, participants liked the tasks, perceived them as interesting and responded positively about the level of difficulty. The number of tasks submitted was a little bit bigger than the number for the case study.Participants had 10 days to complete a set of tasks and a case study.
There were even some discussions about the tasks online, initiated by the participants themselves (link).
Apart from the tasks, participants were asked to solve a case study, which consisted of three parts. The participants were asked to make human resource management decisions in a knowledge-based company, optimize production processes, as well as make marketing decisions regarding a brand introduction in a new market. Additional reading from one of the newest “McKinsey Quarterly” issues were introduced so as the participants would have a guidelines for their human resource management task decisions. The second part was made in order to check participants’ logical thinking and common sense, while the last one showed if the participants were creative and had a business-like mindset.The case study was made by the organizers with a help of y2 students from SSE Riga.
The final result for preliminary round was calculated taking 30% of result for tasks and 70% for the case study. The ranking of participants is available here.
The set of tasks and the case study with additional reading material can be downloaded from here.
ONE OF THE PRELIMINARY TASKS PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY
LECTURER
CO-FOUNDER OF A FAST GROWING IT COMPANY GEOGOER LTD.
SSE RIGA GRADUATE ’05
MSC IN FINANCE AT UNIL, SWITZERLAND
’07
DURING THE GUEST LECTURE, STUDENTS
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT
DALIA’S
WAY TO SUCCESS AND ALL THE CHALLENGES
ENTREPRENEURS NEED TO FACE WHILE
DEVELOPING AND GROWING THEIR
BUSINESS
THE AIM OF THE INDIVIDUAL TASK WAS
TO ASSESS THE ANALYTICAL SKILLS, AS
WELL AS DATA UNDERSTANDING AND
COMMON SENSE OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE CASE STUDY WAS PREPARED BY
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY CIVITTA. THE TOPIC ABOUT AERONAUTICS
CONGLOMERATE FOR THE CASE STUDY
WAS CHOSEN SO THAT IT WOULD BE
INTERESTING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, AS
WELL AS TO PROMOTE INNOVATION.
LECTURER
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT AND
TRAINER, PARTNER AT ENERGISE, LTD.TEAM BUILDING LECTURER IN SSE RIGA
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS JUNIOR PEAK TIME
BROUGHT TO THE WORLD OF COMPETITIONS FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN BALTIC STATES WAS
A TEAM WORK EXPERIENCE. BEFORE ACTUALLY STARTING TO WORK IN
RANDOMLY ASSIGNED INTERNATIONAL
TEAMS, STUDENTS HAD AN INTERACTIVE GUEST
LECTURE LED BY ULDIS PAVULS. MOREOVER, ACTUAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT
BUILDING TEAMS WERE DONE. ACCORDING TO
THE JURY, THE EFFECT WAS VISIBLE ALREADY IN
THE TEAM WORK SOLUTION PRESENTATIONS.
THE AIM OF THE TEAM WORK TASK WAS
TO MAKE THE PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCE
HOW IS IT TO WORK IN A TEAM AND TO
USE THE METHODS DISCUSSED IN THE
GUEST LECTURE BY ULDIS PAVULS.AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL TASK, THE
PARTICIPANTS WERE RANDOMLY
ASSIGNED TO INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. THEY HAD 90 MIN TO SOLVE A TASK AND
10 MIN TO PRESENT THE SOLUTION.
THE PERFORMANCE WAS EVALUATED ON
THE BASIS OF COMMON SENSE
EMPLOYED, CREATIVITY, TEAM WORK
DURING PRESENTATIONS, ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND PRESENTATION SKILLS.
THE PARTICIPANTS APPRECIATED SUCH A
CONCEPT AS THE USUAL COMPETITIONS
AND OLYMPIADS IN THE BALTIC STATES
REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL WORK.
SOME HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS CAME TO
THE EVENT WITH THEIR TEACHERS OR
RELATIVES. THEY HAD A GUIDED TOUR IN
SSE RIGA PREMISES, PRESENTATION ABOUT
THE SCHOOL AND A DISCUSSION
AFTERWARDS, AS WELL AS AN EXCURSION
TO RIGA ART NOUVEAU MUSEUM.ACCORDING TO THE TEACHERS AND
PARENTS, THEY OBSERVED AND
APPRECIATED THE CLOSENESS OF SSE RIGA
COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
EACH PARTICIPANT.
Even though the competition day for the participants was scheduled to be quite intensive, during the breaks they had an opportunity to socialize with other high school students and create networks with the brightest young minds from the Baltic states.
In order to make the process of communication easier, the participants were invited to take part in the ice-breaking activities held outdoor. That worked as an introduction to team building lecture that was made afterwards, as well as helped them to relax after intense mental work during individual task.
To make the stay in Riga as comfortable as possible, participants had assigned compadres, who escorted them to the SSE Riga from a bus station. Some of the participants stayed in Riga for longer thus they were accommodated in the modern SSE Riga dormitories. Compadres also took care that the participants would reach the dormitories safely, as well as guided them in Riga and presented the most interesting sights.
The winners were awarded with the scholarships in totalconsisting of 1100 €: 600 € for the best performance, 300€ for the second place, and 200 € for the third place. Thescholarships were awarded by the main sponsor MicrosoftLatvia.
The most creative and best presenting team receivedprofessional Microsoft mouses for their PCs.
The winners:1. Ralf Ahi (EE), 2. Toomas Ginter (EE),3. Allan Tatter (EE)
HOST OF THE EVENT
MAIN SPONSOR
PARTNERS
CONTENT SPONSOR
JURY
LĪNA DZENEEDUCATION INDUSTRY LEAD FOR BALTICS AT
MICROSOFT
INGMĀRS PŪĶISVICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AT LMT
DALIA LAŠAITĖCO-FOUNDER OF GEOGOER LTD.
KAROLIS RŪKASCHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORY BOARD AND HEAD OF
CORPORATE FINANCE AT ORION SECURITIES
GINTARĖ GALVANAUSKAITĖAGENT OF FLEURA EXPORT SIA
EGLĖ EIDUKEVIČIUTĖVICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT
SSE RIGA 2009/2010
EVITA KOVAĻAPROGRAMMU DIREKTORE PROFESIONĀLĀS
KARJERAS INSTITŪTĀ
KRISTAPS SILIŅŠPRESIDENT OF STUDENT ASSOCIATION AT SSE RIGA 2009/2010
Sandra JāņekalneMEDIA, PUBLIC RELATIONS
PH.: +371 28344089E-MAIL: [email protected]
Ieva TurlajaPROMOTION, COUNTRY MANAGER FOR ESTONIA
PH.: +371 26428321E-MAIL: [email protected]
Aija NovickaPARTICIPANTS’ RELATIONS, COUNTRY
MANAGER FOR LATVIA
PH.: +371 26135365E-MAIL: [email protected]
Marius MiškinisFUNDRAISING, COUNTRY MANAGER FOR LITHUANIA
PH.: +371 27491730 (LV), +370 61155478 (LT)E-MAIL: [email protected]
Anna Skačeka ORGANIZING EVENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PH.: +371 28455574E-MAIL: [email protected]
COMPETITION IS ORGANIZED IN
CLOSE COOPERATION WITH
STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS IN RIGA
STRELNIEKU IELA 4A, RIGA LV 1010, LATVIA,PHONE: +371 67015800, FAX: +371 67830249WWW.SSERIGA.EDU.LV
Aistė Juknaitė Ginvilė Ramanauskaitė Simona Tijūnaitytė Modestas Kižauskas
Ave Habakuk – helped with promo in Estonia; Krišjanis Mazurs – created the poster; Ieva Pajarskaitė – helped with creating the case study, evaluated preliminary & final tasks; Andrius Oleinikovas, Justas Šaltinis, Stasys Karbauskas - evaluated preliminary & final tasks;Jekaterina Kolbina, Egors Trefilovs, Dita Krastina, Kristine Ingelande, Mara Aleksejeva, Liene Ozola, Vadims Korsaks, Ivan Mihhejev, Kristina Golovkina, Kristina Malukaite – evaluated preliminary tasks; Anna Aile, Olga Peškova, Nadzežda Zute, Rasa Girtavičiute, Tatiana Arventi, Liudvikas Galvanauskas, Martynas Stankevičius, Dmitrij Surenans, Giedrius Jacunskas, Justas Lozinskas, Linda Vīksne, Paulius Jurgutis, Jelena Gvardina, Anda Kikute, Aiste Mazulyte – helped during the event;Gerard Chmyznikov, Annija Krūzīte, Nikita Jakubauskas, Domas Ivanauskas, Rihards Garancs, Kęstutis Tyla - compadres .
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