40 Management
learn how to analyse finan- Final - always relating to the Russia, Poland and, most es-
cial and economic indicators; previous calendar year - will pecially China, which has
broaden their views on cor- be hosted by current champi- won five titles out of the
porate strategy; interact with ons, Russia.
The
past ten.
the different functional areas The last leg of the com-
competition
According to Pedro Alves
of a company; understand the petition will take place on
provides
Costa, CEO of Sociedade de
market conditions in which May 17th and 18th in the
thousands
Modelos de Gestão (SDG)
they compete and customer Siberian autonomous Okrug
of youngsters
- the Lisbon based umbrella
satisfaction; as well as how to of Khanty Mansiysk, known
a risk-free
company which owns and
become aware of the impact for its thriving oil com-
opportunity
runs the global competitions
of their decisions on the or- merce and host of the Eu-
to be a top
(see “Play The Game” in these
ganisation itself. ropean Summit and Chess
manager
pages) China’s national heat
All this takes place with- World Championships. involves the largest number of
in an environment designed participating teams in any lo-
to encourage and develop Top contenders cal heat: “around 1,000.”
teamwork. Among the top contenders Enrolments for Portu-
This year’s International are defending champions gal’s heat, the birth place of
the GMC, usually top the
500-team mark.
The organisers argue
that one of most important
benefits participants take out
of the International Final is
the exposure to other teams´
cultural differences and how
these impact on the way they
solve problems, invest funds,
plan their business strategies,
and ultimately how this af-
fects the final result.
Many countries
Countries and regions com-
peting include Angola, Aus-
tralia, Belarus, Belgium,
Bolivia, Brazil, The Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
2009 Macau champions team
Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Italy, Latvia, Macau, Mexico,
China, Poland, Portugal, Ro-
mania, Russia, Singapore,
The Slovak Republic, Spain,
Turkey, Ukraine, and the
United Kingdom.
Adding to its global
web, GMC has successfully
concluded negotiations with
Kazakhstan to become the
fourth country of the former
Soviet Union to join the com-
petition, following Ukraine,
Belarus, and 2008 Interna-
tional Champions and this
year’s host, Russia.
Other newcomers are
Ghana, the second African
country to join the competi-
tion, and Venezuela. Another
market which has long been
2009 Hong Kong champions team
explored is North America.
March 2010
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