Management Experience as President of the EUROAVIA International Board 2017-2018

Abstract

The following document reflects the results of nineteen months of work at the international management level of EUROAVIA, an EU wide-spread YNGO with sixty years of heritage in the aerospace sector and more than 2500 students coming from 42 universities in 17 different countries. The study covers the main achievements, difficulties and decisions taken during the plannification and execution periods of the Business Year 2017-2018 of EUROAVIA: The course followed based on communication, visibility and opportunities as cornerstones, an internal analysis and a disruptive structural reorganization, a financial management that allowed hitting the largest ever income in the history of the organization, a renewed policy for industrial partners and deep focus on European institutions, and other issues related to the everyday run of an organization. As a subsequent goal, this document aims to help any organization of similar nature to improve its performance through the lessons learned by Juan Manuel Lora Alonso as Former President of EUROAVIA. As a final remark, the reader shall be familiarized with the importance of student’s organizations such as EUROAVIA and their contribution to the industry shaping process of the future and its benefit for society.