Deadline:
May 31, 2024
Program Starts: November 14, 2024
Program Ends: November 15, 2024
Location(s)
Austria Online
Vienna
Overview
Welcome to the 16th edition of the International Drucker Challenge Essay Contest! This year's topic is "The Next Education".
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THE NEXT EDUCATION
We hear from people of all ages that change in the world is very hard to understand—much less to manage—and is bound to get even more so. But they seem to have different trends in mind. What about you? Do you see a world going “crazy” and if so, in what way? When you envision your own work and life ahead, are you worried by technological change—or is it political, ecological, psychological, or some other kind of disruption you wish you felt more prepared for? In your essay, first tell us the greatest source(s) of turbulence you see ahead, then reflect on what kind of leadership that demands. What capacities will you and your peers need more of to work together productively and navigate the turbulence? Whether it’s decision-making or systems-thinking faculties, or moral compass orientation or abilities to recognize and motivate talent, has your education put enough emphasis on it? What does this imply for the institutions and people entrusted with teaching your generation? If you could design the “next education,” how would its focus change?
What makes the Contest unique?
- Aim - Keeping the human-oriented management philosophy of Peter Drucker alive in the minds of the young generation
- Participation - Open to students and young professionals from all around the world
- Essay Format - A personal narrative essay that may be underpinned by research
- Openness - Being exposed to unconventional thinking and mind-opening discussions and actively contributing to sessions at the Drucker Forum
- Community - Becoming part of the global network of former laureates
- Providing opportunities for alumni to interested contest participants
- Vienna - The place where Peter Drucker was born and educated, the Drucker Forums are held, contest finalists are meeting leading management thinkers and practitioners from all over the world to learn from one another
- PDSE - Peter Drucker Society Europe as the organizer – a non-political, independent, nonprofit association, established in Vienna in 2010
YOUR CALENDAR 2024
- MARCH 10: SUBMISSION OPEN
- MAY 31: SUBMISSION DEADLINE
- NOV. 14–15: GLOBAL PETER DRUCKER FORUM
- NOV. 14: AWARD CEREMONY
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
General requirements
- You must be 18-35 years old (inclusive of both ages)
- You must have been selected no more than once (or not at all) among the top 10 since 2010. However, you can participate in the 2024 Contest (if still meeting the age criteria of 18 - 35 years inclusive)
- > if you were previously a student (as per your application form) and are now embarking on a career at a university;
- > if you were previously a student (according to your application form) and meanwhile moved on to become a manager or entrepreneur
Essay category requirements
You can submit one essay to participate as either a student or manager or entrepreneur (please mention your main occupation in the submission form).
Student category
- You are a part-time or full-time student (bachelor, master, MBA, or PhD) or you are seeking your first opportunity after the completion of your last degree
Professional category
You are a
- manager of people, projects, budgets, and/or processes
- an entrepreneur or business owner
- licensed professional
- social volunteer or community leader
Dates
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Program starts:
November 14, 2024
Program ends:
November 15, 2024
Program Starts: November 14, 2024
Program Ends: November 15, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
What are the cash prizes in 2024?
- As a Winner you receive a cash prize of € 2.000, if you are Silver awarded € 1.200, and if you are Bronze awarded € 1.000.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
- Complimentary in-person pass for the 16th Global Peter Drucker Forum, to be held in Vienna, Austria on November 14-15 2024
- Invitation to attend the Gala event with Awards ceremony and to participate in a cultural program
- Opportunity to win the Special Recognition Award for the most original essay
- Certificate with ranking
- Invitation to join the Drucker Challenge Alumni Community on social media networks
- One-year-all-access subscription to the Harvard Business Review
- Publication: Ranking list, link to your essay, your photo and bio on www.druckerchallenge.org. Your essay may be re-published by your university/company with credits given to Peter Drucker Society Europe
- Funding of travel expenses: Your international travel and accommodation costs for attending the Forum will be reimbursed based on our travel process & policy. Please read the policy terms carefully to avoid travel contingencies.
Are the benefits granted by the Peter Drucker Society Europe a scholarship or a fellowship?
- A scholarship for students, a fellowship for managers/entrepreneurs
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