Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

Masterclass Samenwerken In Netwerken en Allianties
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Start- and course dates
February 4, 2025
Utrecht Campus
May 20, 2025
Tilburg Campus
October 7, 2025
Utrecht Campus
Duration
3 days
Fees
€ 3900 (exempt from VAT)
Number of locations
Multiple locations
Language
Dutch
Rankings
Executive Education - Open Programs
Diploma
Certificate

Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

You operate in a complex, rapidly changing environment. Many of the strategic challenges in your organization require networks. Long-term partnerships between organizations, and possibly also temporary networks of opportunity. In this master class, you learn when it does and does not makes sense for your organization to start or join an organizational network. And how to operate in these networks.

Why TIAS School for Business & Society?

  • Financial Times top-ranked business school for executive and in-company education.
  • All lecturers are top experts from academia and the business world.
  • Directly applicable scientific and practical knowledge.
  • Flexible programs tailored to your needs

Participant profile

Participants in the Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class are managers, professionals and experienced directors from the for-profit, non-profit and public sectors. They’ve been asked to join an organizational network, but lack a clear idea of what exactly that means. Or they have come to the conclusion that they need other organizations to achieve their organizational goals, and want to learn how to organize that. Participants are looking for scientific insights and practical added value. They have at least 5 years of work experience and a higher professional or university degree.

Our participants include:
  • Directors
  • Account managers
  • Project managers
  • Senior advisers
  • Commercial directors
  • Area managers

Admission requirements

We strive for participant groups full of talent, experience and potential. We therefore impose admission requirements. This allows us to guarantee the highest quality education for you.

We expect:

  • At least 5 years of work experience in a relevant role.
  • Ability to work and think at the higher professional or university level.

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The Master Class in Management Teams & Leadership can also be followed as an additional in-depth study of the Executive Leadership & Management Program.

Create value with collaborating organizations

In this master class, you gain a sound, scientific foundation in partnerships from our lecturers, who are also researchers in the field. We look at relationships from an eco-perspective, not an ego-perspective. These new conceptual and practical frameworks give you an understanding of the reasoning behind and operation of partnerships and network structures. This lets you take more informed decisions on participation and the role of your organization in a network.

What does the Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class offer for you?

  • You know how to create value by using strategic networks, partnerships and alliances.
  • You’re familiar with the roles you can take on in these networks to achieve your objectives.
  • You’re able to identify when it does and does not make sense for your organization to use networks.
  • You know the best way to manage and operate your organizational networks.
  • You possess the leadership skills you need for effective partnership operation.

Program design Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

The Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class gives you the latest scientific knowledge and practical tools for organizational networks. We examine this relatively new organizational form in which organizations create value together. As an organization, when should you join this kind of partnership, and when should you hold off? How do you ensure effectiveness in a network? In this master class, we delve into all facets of collaborative organizations. So your organizational network and your organization can achieve their objectives.

Day 1
What does it look like when organizations collaborate? What different forms does this take? On day 1, you learn when it makes sense to join which form or to initiate a partnership.

Day 2
Value creation is vital to an organizational network. On the second day, we focus on management and governance. How do you work together to ensure the effective and efficient functioning of an organizational network?

Day 3
We zoom in from the organization to the individual level. You learn the roles to be filled in networks and how to go about this. We also set aside time for peer-to-peer coaching around your own behavior, problems or organization.
 

Dates and Locations Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

The Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class offers different starting dates and locations:

NameLocationStart date
Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class - 4, 5 February & 6 March 2025Utrecht CampusFebruary 4, 2025
Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class - 20, 21 May & 4 June 2025Tilburg CampusMay 20, 2025
Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class - 7, 8 & 29 October 2025Utrecht CampusOctober 7, 2025

Costs Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

The cost of the Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class is € 3900 (exempt from VAT). 

This price includes:

  • Catering packages (lunch, coffee or tea and soft drinks) during lecture periods
  • Enrollment, registration and administration costs
  • Access to the online learning environment
  • Mandatory reading material, textbooks and learning resources

Expand your professional development with the Master Class Bundle

Choose 3 master classes of your choice, save €2000, and create even greater impact for yourself and your organization. Quickly and effectively improve your knowledge and skills by connecting the latest academic insights to current issues in your own practice. Learn more about the Master Class Bundle.

How do you finance your education?

You have found the program that best suits your learning goals and ambitions. But how do you finance this? There are different ways to do that. Your employer can play a role, but there are also interesting statutory regulations that you can use yourself. We list the possibilities for you.

Read about the possibilities here »

Faculty Collaboration in Organizational Networks Master Class

Faculty

Patrick Kenis
Full Professor

Start your application

After your registration you will receive, if you are applicable, within 5 days a confirmation of your registration. If there are any doubts about your admissibility, the Program Adviser will contact you.

 
Jorien van Loopik-van Dijk
Jorien van Loopik-van Dijk
Program Adviser
+31 13 466 86 14

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