ESCE is glad to deliver a competency passport

This passport summarizes the achievements of ESCE students during the years. It presents the professional competencies in international business, in their specialization, the soft-skills and the language skills they have acquired.

The purpose is to support our students when looking to start their professional life thanks to a complete inventory of their competencies. This passport will help them to meet the expectations of our fast-changing society and those of companies and public organizations. With the aim of ensuring long-term employability, we encourage all our students to continue to develop competencies and to be proud of the work already accomplished.

Specialization

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Top 3

1 - Understanding business

  • Build communication aligned with values and challenges

  • Develop a shared engaging vision (ethical charter, purpose, etc.)

  • Take a critical look at technical innovations and their limits

  • Conduct effective monitoring on data management and environmental issues

  • Establish an innovative plan of action leading to the realization of global negotiation objectives, incorporating economic and social strategies

2 - Methodology & Analytical skills

3 - Expertise and diagnosis

  • Identify the main market selection drivers in an international context

  • Identify the main reasons to locate abroad or relocate a business units, and the strategic options

  • Implement strategic plans for the development of inclusion initiatives and practices

  • Realize an organizational diagnosis of the enterprise and an external analysis to locate or relocate abroad a business unit

4 - Operational excellence

5 - Manage performance & Reporting

  • Draw up a business plan in an export outlook

  • Identify and know how to build relevant indicators in connection with the SDGs

SD&SR

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Top 3

1 - Ensure that managerial initiatives take a forward-looking vision of the issues at stake

  • Assess the potential and acceptance of social innovations focused on moderation.

  • Evaluate the effectiveness and limits of technical innovations like carbon capture and geoengineering.

  • Monitor these environmental issues regularly.

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  • Analyze and prioritize actions based on an organization's carbon footprint.

  • Assess the social impact of an organization on its stakeholders, aligned with SDGs.

  • Perform Life Cycle Analysis on products/services to identify key impact reduction strategies.

2 - Take a critical view of the social and environmental impact of a product/service and of an organisation

3 - Oversee ecological and social performance measurement

  • Advance non-financial accounting practices.

  • Develop relevant SDG indicators, mindful of their limitations.

  • Implement ISO-certified environmental and social management systems.

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  • Evaluate an organization’s economic model for social and environmental impacts.

  • Explain the circular economy and its alignment with sustainable approaches like low tech and industrial ecology.

  • Identify strategies to enhance circularity and minimize financial impacts.

4 - Transform economic models to be more in line with the circular economy

5 - Implement an ethical and inclusive management approach

  • Create strategic plans to foster inclusive initiatives and practices.

  • Evaluate and address discrimination issues related to gender, age, ethnicity, and disability.

  • Build communication in line with values and stakes for sustainable change.

  • Create conditions for dialogue with stakeholders on sustainable initiatives.

  • Develop HR systems to encourage best practices and offer rewards.

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6 - Engage and act responsibly with colleagues and stakeholders

Soft skills

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Top 3

1 - Manage yourself

  • Feeling empowered and trusted

  • Accepting feedback

  • Willingness to learn

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  • Active listening

  • Communicating effectively

  • Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships

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2 - Manage others

3 - Deliver outstanding results

  • Being Proactive

  • Taking Risks

  • Acting as an entrepreneur

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  • Understanding other cultures

  • Behaving ethically

  • Promoting sustainability

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4 - Culture & sustainability

5 - Digital & change facilitation

  • Working agile

  • Managing digital technologies