Universite Catholique De Louvain
The mission of LSM is:
“to create and diffuse knowledge and best practices in the field of responsible management in an enriching and stimulating working environment to the benefit of our main stakeholders, our students, with the ultimate aim of developing the skills and competences that national and international private and public organizations need to thrive in terms of excellence and ethics in business."
LSM’s vision is:
“to become the preferred international management school in Belgium and one of the leading responsible management schools in Europe focused on people and corporate citizenship, as well as an active player on the international scene.”
To guide stakeholders in the practical implementation of the School’s distinctive set of values, in 2009 work began on a so-called “Competency Framework”. Over two years, recent graduates, corporate representatives, faculty members, students and management education experts worked together to define our common objective in terms of the type of people we seek to be and develop.
The result was a 9-point diagram of personal and professional traits, arranged in the form of a compass to help show the relationships between them. At the centre is “corporate citizenship”, supported immediately by acquisition of “knowledge and reasoning” and commitment to “a scientific and systematic approach”, and at another level, by 6 transversal personal skills and attitudes.
Use of the “Competency Framework” began in the previous EQUIS review period with its application for a thorough renewal of the objectives and intended learning outcomes of all the School’s programmes and courses. During the current review period, application of the LSM Compass has been extended as a way to orient all stakeholders regarding our common identity, objectives and attitudes, and as a guide for the overall strategic direction of the School.
