Kaplan University / Newsweek International MBA. R.Biasca has developed  the online course "Managing Change" . He has taught 15 online courses; topics:"Managerial Economics" and "Leadership, Culture and Change".

University of Denver. R. Biasca has developed the online course "Financial Management" in February, 2008.

Colorado Performance Excellence Award. Rod Biasca was an Examiner in the 2007 Peak Award (http://www.coloradoexcellence.org/awardpgm.php) using the Baldridge Award methodology  (http://www.quality.nist.gov/index.html)

Consulting. Biasca & Associates Inc. continues to be active in consulting projects. Some are projects related to international business (example: Coexito and Exiplast in Colombia, Baseline Enginnering in the US), some are performance improvement projects (examples: Conarco and Fiplasto in Argentina), some are valuation assignments (such as Alkasid, Colgate-Palmolive or General Motors). The example of the World Bank project in Honduras is an example of job done for an international organization. 

Services related to Valuations/M&A are in www.vrg-ar.com and those related to operational excellence are in www.competitivos.net

Valuation Research Group
Biasca & Associates is affiliated to the Valuation Research Group. See the new web site: www.vrg-ar.com
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Most recent valuations in Argentina were done in Teksid (Alfa Group), Cargill, Pepsico, General Motors and Colgate-Palmolive. The group is growing continuously and the last annual meetings were in Washington,DC and Salvador, Brazil (October,2006 and 2007). One of the subjects that was discussed was the application of International Accounting Standards in several countries. See photo.

Blog.   See www.biasca.biz. The blog promotes discussions in the performance improvement / organizational change / restructuring / turnaround / lean fields.

API. The Pan American Academy of Engineering (www.apingenieria.org) had its bi-annual meeting at Atanta, Ga, USA. R. Biasca was present

New books for Latin America
Editorial Granica published the second edition of the three business transformation books written by R.Biasca.
Editorial Norma has published in Colombia the second edition of the book “Un Nuevo Sistema de Gestión para lograr PYMES de Clase Mundial” (a New Management System to obtain World Class Small Business). The book has three main authors (R.Biasca is one of them) and 14 Latin American authors that have contributed with cases.
Two new books were published recently:
"Gestión de Cambio: El Modelo Biasca" (Organizational Improvement and Change: Biasca's Model) as book and e-book (see details in the publisher's website). This is 700 page textbook.
"PYMES más Competitivas" (More Competitive Small Business Enterprises) as an e-book. This is a teaching aid for instructors.

Web Seminar

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

FOR LATIN AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS

see www.estratech.org

The Web-Seminar

The proposal is to offer a special designed web-seminar in certain countries of South America. The purpose is to help small business managers to design a tailored-made performance measurement system for their companies.

The Need

            Globalization has arrived to Latin America.  Big countries joined several trade agreements years ago, such as Mexico with Nafta and Brasil with Mercosur. Now small countries are reaching treaties with the US: Chile, certain Central American countries and others in the future.   

            For a small business in those countries, the globalization effects are clear: more competition that obliges them to deliver products and services faster, with less cost and more quality. To achieve those objectives, managers have to use metrics, performance indicators. 

            As small business managers rely on intuition and primitive control systems, there is an opportunity to offer them some educational alternative, with which they could learn control basis and how to determine which the best indicators are for their companies. They should have the possibility of consultations, certain feedback that could allow them to know if they are in the right direction. Small companies often do no use management consultants, and it is probable that implementation would follow the learning process.

Instructional Design

            To establish an appropriate instructional strategy, emerging educational issues were analyzed. Environmental trends in corporate education were established: relational accountability, cooperative learning and ubiquitous learning. These trends generate several opportunities, such as expanding the market to other countries.

            The proposal is to offer a special designed web-seminar for countries in Latin America and for the Spanish speaking US. The purpose of the proposed educational service is to help managers to design a performance measurement system for their companies. After considering different alternatives, a seminar with eight learning units has been designed. The syllabus and a sample unit are available for potential learners for inspection.

Main Deliverables

Multimedia learning product designed for the web with a collection of lesson modules, course materials and assistance to develop a project for a specific organization.

Geared for Working Professionals

This program is designed for:

1. Individual Learners.  These are middle-aged professionals working in middle-management jobs, which would participate as individuals. They will get practical knowledge, with emphasis in the tailored made assignments. Time flexibility will allow learners to finish their studies at their own pace. A good amount of information is already posted (syllabus, the example of Unit 1, etc.).

2. Corporations and Educational Institutions. These are corporations, universities, chambers of commerce, or other educational institutions that could see   this web-seminar as a way to offer additional services to its clients. In this case, the product is a course for several participants (ten or more). The key message is: custom made: the syllabus can be adapted to your needs.