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Global Demand Changes in Management Education

Management Education has evolved hugely since it first became a recognised discipline in the late nineteenth century. In the last three decades that development has become all the more dramatic - and its importance as a discipline much more wide-reaching. Here Alan Middleton, Director of the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC), at York University, Toronto examines the evolution and suggests some changes that may be coming.

Author: Alan Middleton, Executive Director, Schulich Executive Education Centre, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada.

First Published: April 2008

Marketing: A Discipline in Crisis?

IEDP.info has joined the Global Marketing Network an initiative that has been created to promote the development of marketers' careers through, amongst other things, a structured and accredited CPD framework. Here GMN's Chief Executive, Darrell Kofkin, explains why marketers are in need of such a process for the benefit of the marketing industry, its perception from the outside and for the individual marketers themselves.

Author: Darrell Kofkin, CEO, Global Marketing Network

First Published: March 2008

Organic Growth Research to Executive Training Ground

To help managers and academics better understand the drivers of organic growth, the Batten Institute at the Darden Graduate School of Business has undertaken the Leading Organic Growth initiative, a multiphase, in-depth qualitative field study that began over two years ago and continues to expand. Examining the intersection between leadership, entrepreneurship, and strategic thinking, this initiative aims to not only establish new theory as to what drives successful organic growth leadership but also share the practical implications for this new knowledge rapidly with managers at the front lines of companies.

Authors: Sean Carr, Director of Corporate Innovation Programs, and Corinne Pierce,The Batten Institute, Darden School of Business, University of Virgini.

First Published: March 2008

Coaching Report

This report summarises the initial findings of CIPD research into coaching provision in UK organisations undertaken in collaboration with the Ashridge Centre for Coaching. The research was launched in April 2007 and will conclude in spring 2008 with the publication of the final ‘research into practice’ report.

Authors: Ann Knights and Alex Poppleton of Ashridge Centre for Coaching

First Published: November 2007

Leadership Failure

A question and answer session with the Director of CCL Europe, Rudi Plettinx on the increasing disconnect between senior executives and their very specialised employees. This piece provides a useful follow-on from Jacques Pezier's article below.

Author: Rudi Plettinx, Director of CCL Europe and Roderick Millar, Editor of IEDP.info

First Published: February 2008

A Forseeable Crisis?

The subprime crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" has caused havoc to financial markets across the western world. The finger of blamehas been pointed at the leadership of the big banks - and at the quantitative analysts who have designed the models upon which the loans were originally made. Who are these "quants" and where do they come from? Prof Jaques Pezier of ICMA, the financial business school at the University of Reading provides some context.

Author: Dr Jacques Pézier is a Visiting Professor at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading

First Published: December 2007

Management Education in China

China's economic growth has steadied the helm of the world economy for several years. Its spectacular growth has placed increasing demands on the management of Chinese companies. HEC Paris runs an EMBA in China open to executives at SASAC the Chinese State holding company. Josh Kobb, International Programs Director at HEC Paris Executive Education takes a look at the whole Chinese exec-ed market.

Author: Josh Kobb, International Program Director, HEC Paris Executive Education

First Published: November 2007

Harvard Builds Its Global Enterprise in India

India has a growing number of home-grown business schools, the best of which are beginning to attract participants from across south Asia - however very few can compete with the academic resources and experience of the leading US schools. Now some of those schools are setting-up shop in India as well. Roderick Millar takes a look at the latest developments.

Author: Roderick Millar, Editor, IEDP.info

FIrst Published: November 2007

Reflections on Executive Education

The executive education sector continues to develop a pace, both in terms of what executives (and their organisations) are demanding and also what providers are able to offer. This article from the prestigious IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, acknowledges the rise of non-business school participants in the sector and examines where the different types of provider might find their strengths lie in the coming years.

Authors: Prof Bettina Büchel and former IMD Research Fellow, Don Antunes

First Published: October 2007

Case Study: Serono - Preparing a Biotech Pacesetter to Lengthen its Lead

Geneva-based biotech powerhouse Serono (now Merck Serono) has a signature dynamism and an industry reputation as a pathfinder. But leaders quickly become followers in today’s hypercompetitive market unless they continually strive to innovate and to reach higher levels of excellence.