News archive 2007
Wisconsin SoB Gets $85 million to Keep its Name
12 December 2007
The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received an unprecedented gift totaling $85 million from a small group of alumni who have formed the “Wisconsin Naming Partnership” to support the school’s mission.
This partnership provides a naming gift that will preserve the Wisconsin name for at least 20 years. During that time, the school will not be named for a single donor or entity. More...
IMD Adds Nine Companies to its Corporate Learning Network
12 December 2007
The IMD Corporate Learning Network has added nine new members to the 180 companies already involved. The companies range from Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP, through French luxury goods conglomerate PPR and Spanish bank Banesto to UK based provider of emergency power systems Aggreko and US based IT company, NetApp. More...
Article: A Forseeable Crisis?
5 December 2007
The subprime crisis and subsequent "credit crunch" has caused havoc to financial markets across the western world. The finger of blame has 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leadership of the big banks - and at the quantitative analysts who have designed the models upon which the loans were originally made.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. Read on...
FT Publish European Business School Rankings
3 December 2007
The Financial Times have published their annual ranking of the top European Business Schools. Actually this is just an aggregate of the MBA, EMBA, Masters and Open and Custom Exec-Ed rankings. HEC Paris comes out top again, with the triumvirate of LBS, INSEAD and IMD in 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions. See the ranking here.
BNP Paribas Establish a Hedge Fund Centre at HEC Paris
3 December 2007
BNP Paribas and HEC Business School have established a BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at HEC in Paris, the third such centre to be set up following the creation of BNP Paribas centres at the London Business School in 2001 and the Singapore Management University in 2006. More...
June is Peak Training Month
30 November 2007
June is the busiest month for corporate training in the US according to US-based global consulting and training group, Novations. More...
Article: Management Education in China
27 November 2007
China's 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 takes a look at the whole Chinese exec-ed market. Read on...
INSEAD Launches Program for Women in Dubai with FORSA
23 November 2007
INSEAD has launched an "Executive Management Program for Women" to be run next year in Dubai in collaboration with FORSA, an investment subsidiary of Dubai World that, which as its strap line says, is "a company created for women by women". More...
Article: Harvard Builds Its Global Enterprise in India
19 November 2007
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. Read on...
Pernod Ricard Sponsors New Chair of "Prestigious Brands" at HEC
16 November 2007
Pernod Ricard, the global No. 2 producer of wine and spirits, has established a chair of "Management of Prestigious Brands" at leading French business school HEC. More...
UCLA Anderson Launches Program for Managers with Disabilities
14 November 2007
UCLA Anderson School of Management is launching its Leadership Institute for Managers with Disabilities. The five-day program, offered through the school’s Office of Executive Education, will examine promotion and career advancement issues affecting these professionals, while addressing relevant leadership, and community specific topics, as well. More...
Thinkers 50
13 November 2007
The bi-annual list of leading management and business thinkers published by two occasional LBS faculty has been announced. See it here. Business school academics represent over 50% of the places. CK Prahalad of the Ross School, Michigan heads the rankings. Read the Exec-Ed Zone blog analysis on it here.
IMD Adds Fizz to Marketing Professorship
13 November 2007
The Coca-Cola Company has endowed a chair of Consumer Insights and Customer Marketing at IMD. Prof John Walsh will become the first Coca-Cola Professor and will lead the development of the executive education curriculum in this area and undertake research projects to enhance understanding of consumer and shopper marketing, and in particular, purchaser behavior at the choice occasion and in-store. More...
CCL Europe Appoints New Coaching Leader
12 November 2007
CCL Europe, based in Brussels, has appointed Nathalie Pothier, previously Head of Talent Development at Yahoo! Europe, to lead its European Coaching Practice. More...
Chicago's Prof Becker Receives "Presidential Medal of Freedom"
6 November 2007
Prof Gary Becker, the Chicago University pioneer in applying economic theory of human capital to show ways in which individual and family decisions are made on the basis of economics, is one of eight people to receive the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the US ’s highest civilian honour. More...
INSEAD Opens US Office in New York
30 October 2007
INSEAD the leading French business school has today opened a representative office in New York. They follow IESE who announced the opening of an office in New York earlier in the year. Part of INSEAD’s mission in establishing a presence in the U.S. will be to develop new relationships with North American corporations and better serve its existing clients with operations in the region. Professor J. Stewart Black will serve as Associate Dean of Executive Development Programmes for the Americas. More...
CEO's 7 Top Leadership Complaints
29 October 2007
Chief Executives make seven classic complaints about their leadership team, according to BlessingWhite, the global consulting firm. The complaints are clear signs that the senior-management team is not functioning well, the firm said. More...
Article: Reflections on Executive Education
29 October 2007
IMD's Prof Bettina B Büchel and former Research Fellow, Don Antunes consider the implications for the executive education sector as it continues to develop, both in terms of what executives (and their organisations) are demanding and also what providers are able to offer. Read it here.
MIT Case Studies
26 October 2007
Five new case studies from MIT Executive Education Custom Programs have just been added to the IEDP e-library. They cover programs with companies BP, CVRD, IBM Mexico, News Corporation, Schlumberger and Serono. Read them here.
SEAT Collaborates with ESADE and Art Center on Innovation and Design
25 October 2007
SEAT, the VW subsidiary based in Spain, ESADE and the Art Center College of Design, the California-based design school, have signed a collaboration agreement to launch joint activities and projects in the fields of training, skill-enhancement, research and development aimed at implanting a culture of innovation in diverse spheres. More...
"Secrets of Marketing" Explained to UK MP's at Bradford SoM
24 October 2007
The Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT)has selected Bradford School of Management to deliver a program to British Members of Parliament to expand their knowledge and understanding of business marketing in the real world. More...
ESADE Reappoints Losada as Director General
24 October 2007
The ESADE Board of Trustees, the governing body of the Business School, yesterday approved the reappointment of Carlos Losada as Director General for a further four years. Losada has already served two terms.
"Beyond Grey Pinstripes" announces its Biennial Rankings
10 October 2007
The Aspen Institute has published its two yearly review of MBA programs run at leading business schools. The "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" project ranks schools on their social and environmental approaches. This reflects not just courses run, but also how the schools facilities operate and their interaction with the community. Stanford headed the list once again. More...
CCL Europe Appoints Regional Director for Northern Europe
25 September 2007
Andreas ter Woort has been named Regional Director for Belgium, the Netherlands and Nordic Countries at the Center for Creative Leadership Europe in response to explosive increased demand for CCL’s leadership development programmes. More...
IMD Selects New President
20 September 2007
IMD has announced the appointment of a new President. Dr. John R. Wells, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, will start in Spring 2008 and replaces Prof Peter Lorange who has been dean at IMD since 1993. More...
WSJ MBA Rankings 2007
18 September 2007
The Wall Street Journal have published their 2007 MBA rankings. WSJ bases its scores on how recruiters who have been to the school rate it.They split the recruiters into three categories international, national and regional recruiters. See Exec-Ed Zone blog entry.
Harvard Exec-Ed Goes to Cyberabad
18 September 2007
Harvard Executive Education have launched their first program to take place in India,"Building a Global Enterprise in India" will run next February at the Hyderabad International Conference Centre - in the part of the high-tech city known as Cyberabad. More...
INSEAD open Abu Dhabi Exec-Ed Centre
13 September 2007
INSEAD saw its Centre for Executive Education and Research in Abu Dhabi was officially opened yesterday by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The first program, " Managing People in the Middle East", will start in April 2008. More...
New Case Study: CMS Academy and IMD
6 September 2007
We have just published a Case Study of the CMS Academy established by CMS Legal Services, the alliance of nine European law firms, in collaboration with leading international business school, IMS, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read it here.
Edgar Schein to Lecture in CEE
5 September 2007
Top management thinker and MIT professor Edgar Schein, is coming to lecture in Central and Eastern Europe for the first time. He will be a keynote speaker at a two-day HR forum at the IEDC-School of Management, Slovenia, on 20-21 September. More...
Judge Launches Open Enrolment Programs
28 August 2007
Cambridge University`s Judge Business School has announced it is to launch a full suite of executive education programs. Delivered by Cambridge Corporate Education under the leadership of Dr Lawrence Abeln, the first programs will start in October while the majority of the rest will begin in early 2008. More...
Executive Education Workshop Review
10 August 2007
The first CEEMAN Workshop on "Executive Education in Transition and Dynamically Changing Economies: Key Issues and Possible Synergies" ran in Tallinn, Estoniaat the end of June. Here Milenko Gudic reviews the three-day event. More...
Kenan-Flagler and Tsinghua Open Center for Logistics and Economic Development
1 August 2007
UNC Kenan-Flagler and Tsinghua University, China’s top technology university, officially launched a new joint Research Center for Logistics and Economic Development this week with four days of events at the center in Beijing. More...
Kellogg Expands Exec-Ed Offerings in Miami
30 July 2007
Kellogg School of Management's new(ish) campus in Miami, which inaugurated its first EMBA class in Janauary 2006, has now expanded its range of exec-ed programs. The Miami campus is part of Kellogg's strategy to meet needs of business education worldwide - and is particularly aimed at the Latin American market. Kellogg-Miami now offers short programs in Finance, Strategy, Leadership and Marketing as well as the EMBA and Kellogg Management Institute.
Research Identifies Leadership Program Pitfalls
30 July 2007
Blessing White, the global consulting firm dedicated to creating sustainable high-performance organizations, has released some research that highlights the common pitfalls of leadership programs. More...
CII and Oxford Saïd Collaborate
28 July 2007
Oxford University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry to set up an India Business Centre to be located in India and the UK. More...
China CEO program at Columbia
28 July 2007
Columbia Business School’s Executive Education Program, in collaboration with the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) in Beijing, will host 25 Chinese senior managers over five days in its inaugural China CEO program at Columbia’s campus. Participants will take courses taught by the School’s faculty on topics including:
- Scanning Your External Environment
- Strategy Formulation
- Implementing Strategy and Organizational Change
- Managing Strategic Customers
- Leading and Managing Across Cultures
- Aligning Your Organizations
CEIBS Executive Forums
28 July 2007
The China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) is running a series of "executive forums" across China this summer. The forums take place in different cities and focus on a variety of topics aimed at helping Chinese executives develop their corporate and management skills. The most recent forum, co-organized by the Foshan Federation of Industry & Commerce (in the city of Foshan near Guangzhou in SE China), featured CEIBS Professor of Marketing and Strategy Willem Burgers, who serves as the school’s Bayer HealthCare Chair in Strategy and Marketing address 400 domestic Chinese entrepreneurs and executives offering expert strategies and advice on brand-building. CEIBS Executive Forums.
SABMiller Selects Oxford Saïd
21 July 2007
A recent Saïd Business School executive education programme for SABMiller, one of the world’s largest brewers, drew on the resources of Oxford University to help the company’s directors look into the future.
Columbia Business School Boosts its Executive Education Team
17 July 2007
Columbia Business School has appointed Francine Lynch as its new Director of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM), an arm of its Executive Education Division. Lynch will report to Barbara Gyde, the new marketing and business development director for exec-ed. These appointments were welcomed by Troy Eggers, the Associate Dean for Executive Education who took up his position in January this year.
London Business School Appoints New Associate Dean of Executive Education
16 July 2007
From September 1st LBS Executive Education will be headed-up by Rory Simpson, its new Associate Dean. Simpson arrives from Thunderbird where he has been VP EMEA; prior to that he was Director of International Executive Education at IESE where he oversaw all non-Spanish exec-ed programs. Simpson replaces Ian Hardie who has left to be Group International Training Director for Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.
Launch of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
5 July 2007
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the first global guiding framework for academic institutions to advance the broader cause of corporate social responsibility, will be launched at the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit, to be held on 5-6 July at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More...
US sees Downturn in use of Executive Coaching
5 July 2007
Boston-based consulting and training firm, Novation, has recently conducted some research with over 2000 US organisations and seen that there is a pulling-back from the expansion in the executive coaching trend. More...
DIFC's Approach to Executive Education
1 July 2007
The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) is creating a world class regional centre for executive education. IEDP has spoken with DIFC about the creation of the DIFC Education Center (DEC). Read more here...
CEIBS Honours Spanish Royalty
26 June 2007
King Juan Carlos I of Spain visited the China European International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai yesterday as part of his state visit to China. The king was awarded a Medal of Honour by CEIBS Executive President Pedro Nueno.
"We are very grateful for the royal support of CEIBS," Nueno said at yesterday's ceremony. "We are sure that the support will boost the business relationship between Spain and China."
Spain is the largest donor country to CEIBS, which was established by the European Union and the Shanghai governments in 1994. Last year the Spanish Institute of External Commerce made an initial donation of 500,000 euros (US$672,780) to the partnership with CEIBS. The cooperation was further expanded to focus on developing a center for entrepreneurship this April, earning the school another donation of 100,000 euros.
Penn Announces New Wharton Dean
21 June 2007
Thomas S. Robertson, executive faculty director of the Institute for Developing Nations at Emory University and former dean of Emory's Goizueta Business School, has been named dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, effective from 1 August. More...
Repsol YPF and ESADE Establish CSR Project
18 June 2007
Repsol YPF and Fundació ESADE have recently signed a collaboration agreement through which the energy company will collaborate with ESADE’s Institute for Social Innovation. This agreement will focus on research and training projects in the area of corporate social responsibility over the next two years. More...
UNICON gains its first African school
14 June 2007
The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) has become the first executive education provider in Africa to gain membership of the University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON), the invitation only organisation of the leading business school exec-ed providers. Queens School of Business, Canada and Tsinghua University also have been admitted. More...
McCombs receives $25m from AT&T
14 June 2007
McCombs Business School, University of Texas at Austin has received a $25m naming donation towards its soon to be opened Executive Education and Conference Centre from telecoms giant AT&T. More...
IESE opens New York Office
14 June 2007
IESE, the Barcelona and Madrid based business school has announced it is to set-up an office in New York to foster its executive education programs and corporate relations in N. America. IESE already has several US collaborations. More...
Rutgers starts EMBA in Singapore
14 June 2007
Rutgers Business School has launched its EMBA program in Singapore. Rutgers joins other leading global business schools such as Chicago GSB, INSEAD and ESSEC by having operations in Singapore and highlights the growing importance of post- graduate business education in the Asia-Pacific region. The Dean of Rutgers Business School, Dr Michael Cooper, says "We are committed as a business school to becoming an integral part of the business education system in Singapore, and we look forward to developing further relationships with companies and students alike." More...
ESMT grows faculty with 9 new Professors
14 June 2007
ESMT European School of Management and Technology is hiring nine new professors this year, fulfilling the promise President Lars-Hendrik Röller made at his inauguration in September 2006. He said, “With the help of these new faculty members, ESMT will continue to gain in importance and to expand its position among other business schools in Germany and Europe. “ More...
Toronto hosts BANKSETA's 2007 Program
12 June 2007
Toronto is once again hosting the 16 South African banking executives who are attending the 3rd BANKSETA International Executive Development Program (IEDP 2007). IEDP 2007 has been organized by the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority of South Africa (BANKSETA) in association with the Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) and Toronto Economic Development. The six-week program in Canada includes formal studies at the Schulich School of Business and the Rotman School of Management, as well as working sessions hosted by Canadian bankers. The program is designed to accelerate the development of senior, high-potential managers who belong to historically disadvantaged groups of people in South Africa.
Tsinghua-INSEAD Launch Executive MBA
5 June 2007
INSEAD and Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management, announce the official launch this week, of their new dual degree Executive MBA program. 45 participants of 17 different nationalities will start the joint EMBA program for transcultural leaders this week. More...
Tepper School takes Exec-Ed to Qatar
4 June 2007
The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University is to run an Executive Entrepreneurship Certificate Program in Qatar from September this year. More...
DIFC Announces 3rd Business School Collaboration
30 May 2007
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced a major collaboration with Queen's School of Business, Ontario to bring a suite of executive education programs to Dubai. This follows the link-up with London Business School in December 2006 and the EMBA from City University's Cass School of Business in February this year. More...
BP Opts for Manchester
25 May 2007
The University of Manchester is to deliver executive education programmes for BP as part of a multi-million pound strategic partnership. A deal signed earlier this month marks their intention to establish a closer working relationship across recruitment activities, research, education, and the application of scientific knowledge.
As part of this relationship, The University has been selected by BP to host “Managing Projects” and “Engineering Management” education programmes, after competing against other leading UK universities. More...
Deutsche Bank and Columbia Announce Program Partnership
18 May 2007
Columbia Business School has announced a new customized executive education partnership with Deutsche Bank designed to deliver an “MBA-type” foundation to high-potential talent. The two-week program located in New York will start this summer with an inaugural class of 110 participants from 20 countries. More...
FT Exec-Ed Rankings 2007
14 May 2007
The FT have published their annual rankings of exec-ed providers. These are one of the few rankings focused solely on exec-ed - they are split into Open Enrolment and Custom sections. This year both Harvard and Wharton have co-operated in both sections - havingboycotted the process a couple of years ago. More...
New Article: The Principles of Persuasion
14 May 2007
We have just added an article by Prof Robert Cialdini to the IEDP.info e-Library. Cialdini isa professor of both psychology and marketing at Arizona StateUniversity and its WP Carey school of Business. The article focuses on his scientifically based research into how to get people to say "yes".
Judge Business School Appoints New Director of Executive Education
12 May 2007
Cambridge University's Judge Business School has appointed Dr Lawrence Abeln as its new director of executive education. Dr Abeln was previously Associate Dean and Director of Exec-Ed at McCombs Business School, University of Texas, Austin. He brings with him a breadth of exec-ed experience to develop Judge's corporate business. More...
IEDC-Bled Business School Appoints Former Economy Minister as Director
11 May 2007
Metod Dragonja, Slovenia's Minister of Economic Affairs from 1997-99, and CEO of Lek Pharmaceuticals up until its takeover in 2003 by Novartis has joined IEDC-Bled school as its Managing Director. Most recently Dragonja has been heading Novartis subsidiary Sandoz's Russian operations.
Industry Surveys from the US and UK
11 May 2007
CLO Media in the US and the CIPD in the UK have both published learning and development surveys conducted recently. Boiled down the US seems to be favouring the growth of e-learning solutions while the UK still goes for traditional classroom based approaches.
See the CLO executive summary here and the CIPD report here.
Consumer Product Leadership from Sam Walton
11 May 2007
The Sam Walton College of Business's Center for Management and Executive Education at the University of Arkansas is inaugurating a Consumer Product Leadership program in assoication with the retail consultants The Partnership Group. More...
IIM-A (India) Expands Joint Programs
9 May 2007
The Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), one of India's leading business schools, is running a new executive program with the French business school ESSEC this year... More...
Stanford researches Relational Contracts and IP.
27 April 2007
“When an innovative product is under development and a supplier must invest in capacity up front, it can be difficult—if not impossible—to write a court-enforceable contract that specifies exactly what will be delivered,” says Erica Plambeck, associate professor of operations, information, and technology at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. More...
Executive Education Workshop by CEEMAN
25 April 2007
CEEMAN are running an Exec-Ed workshop in Tallinn from 27-29 June at the Estonian Business School.
The workshop is part of an initiative by CEEMAN to create a network of exec-ed involved parties to further develop executive education both in eastern Europe and further afield.This is as much for academic providers as corporate practitioners seeking further executive development. More...
Executive Masters of Finance at Rotman
25 April 2007
Toronto University's Rotman School of Management has joined the executive master's club. From September this year finance professionals will be able to study the "business of finance"rather than just quantitative skills at this part-time 20-month program. More...
Stanford Chases Sustainability
15 April 2007
Earlier this month Stanford GSB held a conference on "Socially and Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains: Making the Business Case" which was co-sponsored by the Global Supply Chain Management Forum and the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford Business School.
The conference supports Stanford's exec-ed program this September on Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability.
Read on for more...
Harvard Courts Indian Judges
12 April 2007
Indian media site Rediff reports that judges at the Indian Supreme Court are planning to attend a special two-week executive education program at Harvard Business School later this year, to develop their management of cases. The program follows the initiation of a four-week program last year at the Kennedy School of Government for Indian civil servants called "Governance Challenges in India".
See here for more details.
The Exec-ed Zone - A New Blog for Executive Education. www.exec-ed.info
4 April 2007
Roderick Millar, editor of IEDP.info has started a new executive education blog at www.exec-ed.info. Give it a read and leave your thoughts and comments. When the traffic builds up we can start a discussion forum there for questions, answers and experiences of different programs and providers.
David Grayson becomes first Director of Cranfield's Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility
April 2007
Cranfield School of Management's new Corporate Responsibility Centre funded by the leading venture capital and private equity businessman Nigel Doughty has appointed David Grayson as its first Director.
David Grayson, who takes up his position today, has spent most of his career as a social entrepreneur ...more...
New Centre for "Major Programme Management" at Oxford Saïd
March 2007
The world's first centre for major programme management is to be established by BT and Oxford University's Saïd Business School. It will support research into the management of major programmes such as the Olympics. More...
Center for Creative Leadership Names New CEO
March 2007
John R Ryan, the current Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY) has been appointed as the new President and CEO of CCL. He will take up the role this summer. Mr Ryan has served as a Governor of CCL since 2002. Read more...
What Next? Oxford Saïd offers Program for Senior Executives Seeking New Challenges
March 2007
An innovative management programme from Saïd Business School will address the urgent need for more high quality non-executive directors to sit on the boards of public, private and nonprofit organisations. Read more...
US Companies' Workforces Unprepared for Future Plans
March 2007
A recent research report by Softscape, the HR technology and services provider, suggests 86% of US businesses feel their workforces - particularly management - are notsuitably trained to manage future plans. Read the executive summary.
Thunderbird Changes its Name - Again
February 2007
Thunderbird, the Glendale (AZ) business school that became The Garvin School of International Management in 2004 following a $60million donation from alumnus Samuel S Garvin has changed its name once more. It is now known as Thunderbird School of Global Management. More...
Top US Admirals come to Kenan-Flagler
February 2007
The U.S. military was one of the first mega-scale global organizations. Yet, like private enterprise, the military branches are finding that they must adapt ever more quickly to a changing operating environment with new strategic priorities – and do far more with far fewer resources than in the past.
More...
Cass Business School start EMBA in Dubai.
February 2007
Dubai has suddenly become exec-ed's favourite port in the Middle East. Only six weeks after London Business School announced it was to start exec-ed programs there, fellow London-based school, Cass, part of City University, has launched an EMBA program based there aswell - and it too is being backed by the DIFC.The first intake of students is planned for September 2007.
Launched in association with Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the EMBA will be the world’s first MBA programme offering specialist streams in Islamic Finance and Energy. ..... more.
Quest for the European Business Leader
February 2007
Rudi Plettinx, Managing Director of CCL Europe has contributed this intriguing new view on the search for a European Leader identity. After years of looking, the moment may have arrived..... To read the full article click here.
L’Oréal commissions executive programs from Oxford Saïd
January 2007
Cosmetics giant L’Oréal has commissioned a series of groundbreaking new executive programmes from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School aimed at stimulating creativity among its senior executives. Read more...
Business Class
January 2007
In this months issue of Pharma Exec magazine Roderick Millar, Managing Editor of IEDP.info, examines the provision of executive programs that focus on the pharma industry. To see the full article click here.
London Business School starts executive education programs in Dubai from mid-2007
December 2006
London Business School has announced that it will deliver degree and non-degree programmes in Dubai starting September 2007. The School will offer a Dubai-London Executive MBA programme – the first time the School has set up its own branded programme overseas – and Executive Education programmes. These courses will be run at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
LBS will offer a portfolio of Executive Education programmes to experienced executives that will kick-off with two programme selected from the London portfolio in the first half of 2007. Successful completion of these two courses can be counted towards the elective credits of the EMBA programme for admitted participants.
The EMBA programme will offer managers or professionals with relevant experience the opportunity to learn in the thriving economic and creative centre of Dubai as well as in the global hub of London. More..
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
We have just published this article from Harvard Business School focussing on finding, developing and retaining talented leaders. Article executive summary…
Economist Intelligence Unit – 2006 Executive Education Rankings
December 2006
On December the 12 the EIU published its latest Executive Education Rankings. The University of Wisconsin - Madison took poll position in the open enrolment category.
Smeal College of Business at Penn State was the lead
school in the custom section. More
London Business School awarded £1.4m for Corporate Governance Research.
December 2006
London Business School is delighted to announce that Professors Julian Franks and Henri Servaes and Drs. Paolo Volpin, Viral Acharya, Joao Cocco and Denis Gromb have been awarded £1,460,169 by the Economic and Social Research Council towards the costs of a three-year research programme, entitled 'Corporate Governance, Capital Markets and Performance'. More..
Half of US Employers to Hike Supervisory, Executive Training in 2007
December 2006
Nearly half of U.S. employers plan to spend more time and money on supervisory and executive-level development next year, according to a survey of more than 2,046 senior HR executives by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston. More..
Oxford Saïd appoints new Executive Education CEO
November 2006
Gay Haskins, Director, External Relations at London Business School, has been appointed CEO of Oxford Saïd Business School Ltd, the Executive Education arm of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, effective 1 January 2007. More..
CCL Europe Programme Responds to "War for Talent"
October 2006
CCL's Emerging Leaders survey shows that in Europe, young high potentials want development and challenge as much as any other form of reward and recognition. In response to this, CCL is bringing Developing Leadership Talent, an innovative open-enrolment programme, to Europe for the first time. More…
Oxford’s Saïd Business School Builds New Executive Education Centre
October 2006
On the back of a further donation from businessman Wafic Saïd Oxford's Saïd Business School has announced plans to build a dedicated executive education centre in the heart of Oxford. The £30 million Oxford Executive Education Centre building will start construction in 2008 and entry is proposed for 2010. The new facility will accommodate the expanding range of Executive Education provision offered by the school. More…
Centre for Creative Leadership (CCL) Appoints Norwegian Chairman
October 2006
Ingar Skaug, president and group chief executive officer of the global shipping firm Wilh. Wilhelmsen, has been named chairman of the Center for Creative Leadership’s Board of Governors. Skaug joined CCL's board in 1991 and has most recently served as its vice chairman.
Few executives have had the weight of leadership thrust upon them as swiftly and completely as Skaug. In 1989, the entire leadership team of Wilhelmsen Lines - a subsidiary of Wilh. Wilhelmsen - was killed in a plane crash on the way to a ship-naming ceremony. Skaug, who at that time was heading Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in Norway, was recruited as Wilhelmsen Lines' new managing director. His mission: helping the close-knit and distraught company's employees rebuild in the wake of tragedy. Under Skaug's leadership, Wilhelmsen Lines and its parent company have evolved into diverse and fast-growing organizations that set the standard in the global shipping industry. More…
Custom / Tailored Exec-ed Provider Database
July 2006
IEDP is developing a further searchable database to help executives source appropriate providers of custom/tailored programs for their organisations.
For more information click
here…
Executive Education Corporate Survey – Participation Opportunity
July 2006
IEDP is conducting a survey of organisations to establish how executive development procedures are structured and enabled in organisations.
All data will be confidential and results presented will be aggregated from all those received. The initial perception we have gained is that many organisations deliver their executive development processes on a decentralised and departmental basis. We are keen to hear from practitioners involved with executive development in their organisations who would be able to offer any perspectives or experiences for the survey data.
If you would like to receive a copy of the survey results or participate in the survey send your email address to survey@iedp.info.
Columbia Business School and PRMIA Institute Form Partnership On Risk Management Programs
June 2006
PRMIA Institute and Columbia Business School today announced their partnership to offer classroom-based educational programs to financial professionals in New York City beginning in the fall of 2006.
To meet the demands of risk professionals, the PRMIA Institute and Columbia Business School's Executive Education will read more…
Cranfield Creates New Centre for Corporate Responsibility
June 2006
Cranfield School of Management today have received a major donation which will be used to establish a world-leading Centre for the study of Corporate Responsibility.
The Centre will look at all aspects of business in society, including corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, sustainability and environmental management, community involvement and stakeholder activity. Read on...
Financial Times Executive Education Rankings 2006.
May 2006
The FT Executive Education rankings were published on 15th May. Go to http://www.ft.com/businesseducation/executive2006.
CEIBS, Harvard and IESE Join Forces to Develop Global CEO Programme for China
January 2006
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, Harvard Business School (HBS) in Boston, and IESE Business School in Barcelona - have worked together to develop a special executive education initiative called the Global CEO Programme for China to help Chinese chief executives better understand the global economy and how they can operate more effectively outside the region. Read more….
How Large Corporations Source Exec-ed Programs
June 2005
We have recently surveyed a number of large global corporations investigating how they source and use external exec-ed programs.
All respondents were clear that business school based programs, whether open or custom, were of significant importance to their management development processes. However they all also expressed difficulties in keeping track of the burgeoning number of courses available, both at the top tier of schools and on a more local level.
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