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Avanti Fontana is interested in teaching-learning facilitating and coaching on Management and Innovation and on its Education and Development. This interest originates from some milestones of her life; her learning experience from primary school till her pursuing doctoral study and research on integration issues among units within an organization during the process of innovation; her teaching-learning activities; et cetera. When pursuing her doctoral study in France, she had great opportunities to meet and talk with engineers, managers and/or directors of multinational and transnational companies. Her interest on issues and insights in research, development and innovation management and her meetings with practitioners and scholars in strategy, management and innovation have facilitated the completion of her doctoral research in 2003.

She has worked on contextual and organization factors that facilitate the R&D and Manufacturing integration in new product development process (NPD) and that can lead to NPD performance. In the process, from designing the study proposal to wrapping up her study findings and conclusion, she has initiated alliances with people from organizations (engineers, managers, senior managers) and from her teachers and mentors. She thank them all and she addresses her gratitude of being able to connect with survey participants from companies in Fortune 500 (2001).

Furthermore, she relates her passion on the topics and issues in strategic management and innovation with the process of value creation. Her passion evolves. She combines the process of value creation, the nature of innovation itself, creating substantial new value for “stakeholders,” with coaching.

Coaching is about self-responsibility. It is about partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. It facilitates the process of value creation. Avanti Fontana wants to focus her coaching practice for innovators and organizational systems that facililitates innovation and for graduate students in management and organization. Her coaching interest and skill matches well with her interests in facilitating teaching-learning activities. She keeps sharpening and developing both her coaching and facilitation skills.

Since 2003, she is a faculty member at Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia.

Campus Experience*

• Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia.
• Magister Management University of Indonesia.
• Université de Paris X, joint DEA Strategie & Management with ESSEC & HEC, France (1997/1998).
• Ecole Supérieures des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) & IAE d’Aix-en-Provence Université Aix-Marseille III (current name: Université Paul Cézanne), France (2003).
  • Research Student: Keio Business School, Keio University, Japan (2000).
  • Research Fellow: College of Business Ohio University, USA (2000).
    *Equal to or more than three-month residence.

Organization Visits*

She enjoy visiting and learning from organizations. She has visited in solo or in a grouptour, among others: Alfa Romeo Design Center, Como, Italy; Canon Research Center, Rennes, France; Canon R&D Center Tokyo, Japan; Corning Glass R&D and Production, Columbus USA; Gent University, Belgium; Groningen University, The Netherlands; Eindhoven Center for Innovation Studies, The Netherlands; ESSEC Asian Center, Singapore; INSEAD, France, Singapore; ISEAS, Singapore; Nestlé R&D Beauvais, France; Nestlé Production Tokyo, Japan; Sony Headquarters Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo University, Japan; University of Amsterdam.
*Visits done before 2007; equal to or less than 6 days for different purposes: exploratory interviews, pretest questionnaires, library visits, seminar, student tourist.

Recent Assignment

Teaching & Learning

She has been teaching at Department of Management, Faculty of Economics University of Indonesia (FEUI) since 2003. She facilitates the teaching-learning process, in solo and in team, for courses: Introductory Management; Strategic Management; Seminar on Strategy Process; Entrepreneurship & Strategy; Organization Theory & Behavior; and Seminar on Knowledge, Innovation, & Change.

Dissertation Committee

She is currently on the dissertation committee of FEUI doctoral students in management: Didit Herawan (In Search of Domestic Innovation Capability in Indonesia Telecommunication Industry–An Investigation on the Roles of Foreign Knowledge Inflow and National Systems of Innovation); Djoko Soedibyo (Langkah Kewirausahaan dan Kinerja Usaha Kerajinan Mebel di Jawa Tengah); Handry Satriago (The Influence of Followers Expectation on Leaders Performance); Kurniawati Chrisjatmiko (Dukungan Manajerial, Pemasaran Internal dan Komplain Pelanggan:Analisis Pemasaran Internal dalam Bisnis Ritel Consumer Goods di Indonesia); Pepey Riawati Kurnia (Peran Percepatan Pengembangan Produk dalam Membentuk Keunggulan Daya Saing Perusahaan).

Recent Articles

She enjoys sharing ideas in oral presentation and in writing. She writes articles on value-creation related issues. List of articles:
“Inovasi: Nilai Guna bagi Masyarakat,” Bakery Indonesia Magazine, July 2008; “Intuisi dalam Industri Pangan,” Investor Daily, 16 July 2008 (with Pepey Riawati Kurnia); ”Liku-liku Industri Pangan,” Investor Daily, 15 July 2008 (with Pepey Riawati Kurnia); “Prinsip Inovasi #1: Personally Co-created Experiences,” KRIYA 13/2008; “Paradigma Pembangunan Indonesia: Perspektif Mikro Manajerial,” Investor Daily, 11 & 12 March 2008 (with Dr Aris Ananta); “Intuisi, Coaching dan Inovasi,” KRIYA 12/2008, “Inovator Penyesuai dan Pedayatarik,” KRIYA 11/2008; “Transformational Coaching,” SWA, 6-20 February 2008; “Perubahan Iklim dan Kesuksesan Ekonomi,” Investor Daily, 16 November 2007; “Perubahan Iklim dan Penggerak Kehidupan,” Investor Daily, 15 November 2007; “Manajemen Inovasi dan Penciptaan Nilai,” SWA, November 2007; ”Inovasi dan Nilai Produk Kerajinan,” Kriya, No. 09/2007; “UKM, Inovasi dan Program Kemitraan,” Investor Daily, 24 August 2007; “Kinerja Finansial dan Kinerja Sosial,” Investor Daily, 16 August 2007; “Manajemen Inovasi,” Investor Daily, 31 July 2007; “Reformasi Birokrasi dan Rekode Perilaku,” Investor Daily, 16 July 2007; “Inovasi: Solusi Pemberdayaan Komunitas,” Book Review (Prahalad, C.K., 2005. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Wharton School Publishing), Investor Daily (Indonesia), 30 June 2007.

Recent Presentation

• Session on Innovation Management, June 2008, Indonesia Bakery Magazine Launching Event.
• Session on Innovation Management, May 2008, Siam Cement Group & LSM FEUI Management Department.
• Session on Innovation & Knowledge Management, May 2008, Universitas Nusa Nipa, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia).
• Sharing Session “Coaching in Management,” December 2007, LM FEUI.
• Sharing Session on Engaged Scholarship (Van de Ven 2007), nine SSES, September 2007-March 2008, PPIM FEUI.
• Sharing Session “Academy of Management 2007,” Faculty Members, FEUI Graduate Program in Management, October 2007.
• Seminar “Manajemen Inovasi dalam Era Globalisasi,” September 2007 (Doctoral Research Survey, Pepey Riawati Kurnia)
• Sharing Session “Academy of Management 2007,” USBM, FEUI Department of Management, September 2007.
• Dialog “Bisnis Inovasi Produk & Penciptaan Nilai,” GAPMMI, August 2007. (Doctoral Research Pretest, Pepey Riawati Kurnia.)
• Sharing Session “Academy of Management 2007” to FEUI Doctoral Students in Management, August 2007.
• Sharing Session “Academy of Management 2007,” Lembaga Management FEUI, August 2007.
• OTM Professional Development Workshop. AOM 2007 Annual Meeting, August 2007.
• Dialog Interaktif “Kewirausahaan & Inovasi,” ASMINDO, August 2007. (Doctoral Research, Djoko Soedibyo)
• Dialog Bisnis “Inovasi Produk & Penciptaan Nilai,” Lembaga Management FEUI, May 2007. (Doctoral Research, Pepey Riawati Kurnia.)

Recent Participation & Certification

She is active member of Academy of Management (since 2003) and International Coach Federation (since 2007). She attended AOM 2007 Annual Meeting and ICF 2007 Annual Conferences.

• 2007 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia USA. She is the only delegate from Indonesia. Indonesia is on the list of 81 country participants.
• 2007 International Coach Federation Annual Conference, Los Angeles, USA. She is the only delegate from Indonesia. Indonesia is on the list of 84 country participants.
• (Issued in 2007) DDI Certified Facilitator
• (Issued in 2008) Certified Professional Business Coach

Avanti Fontana’s Creation & Marks

• IM-ED™ Coaching
• ASCEND™
• IMEDOS™

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