New Programs

IE Business School and Brown University announce the launch of the IE Brown Executive MBA program that integrates the innovative approach to management education at IE Business School with Brown University’s excellence in the humanities, social, biological, and physical sciences.

When it came to the location for its MBA program, the Münchner Marketing Akademie came up with a special delicacy. Teaching takes place within the space of star chef Alfons Schuhbeck’s gourmet restaurant. But this isn’t the program’s only special trait.

The trend toward specialization has shaped most industries over the past decade, but few have embraced the shift more enthusiastically than business schools.  Nowadays schools focus on areas such as aerospace, wine management, luxury goods, real estate or even church management.

A number of business schools are leading the charge in teaching, research and student activities related to sustainability. These efforts fall into three broad categories: social enterprise, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Fifteen outstanding “green” programs have been profiled weekly. This is the fourth of a four-part article.

A number of business schools are leading the charge in teaching, research and student activities related to sustainability. These efforts fall into three broad categories: social enterprise, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Fifteen outstanding “green” programs are being profiled weekly. This is the third of a four-part article.

A number of business schools are leading the charge in teaching, research and student activities related to sustainability. These efforts fall into three broad categories: social enterprise, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Fifteen outstanding “green” programs are being profiled weekly. This is the second of a four-part article.

A number of business schools are leading the charge in teaching, research and student activities related to sustainability. These efforts fall into three broad categories: social enterprise, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Fifteen outstanding “green” programs will be profiled over the next four weeks.

Many MBA programme directors spent the year after the collapse of the world economy wondering whether they need to re-invent their teachings in response to a financial crisis to which some critics believe they lent a helping hand.

Short programs that provide an overview of management essentials are currently popular in the US. Several business schools report that demand for the courses, often referred to as Mini MBA’s, has drastically increased over the past year.

MBA Students at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business can now improve their analysis of a wide range of economic, social, ethical and environmental dilemmas with a handful of new courses to be offered during the 2009/10 academic year.

Online education has a long and winding history. Initially regarded by many institutions as a very interesting possibility to lower costs and offer students a way to learn themselves with interactive materials, it evolved into something that could be described as “education on steroids”.

Thanks to a 12 million dollar donation from Jack Welch – the legendary former boss of General Electric – the brand new Jack Welch Management Institute at the Chancellor University in Ohio offers a new MBA program.

The inaugural class of the “EMBA-Global Asia” beginning of May marks the Asian expansion of EMBA-Global - the top-ranked executive MBA partnership programme offered by Columbia Business School and London Business School. The new course became possible when the New York and London faculties embraced Hong Kong University’s Business School as their Asian partner.

The “Program for Leadership Development” (PLD) at the University of St. Gallen was originally conceived as a non-degree Executive Education program. Now three-quarters of the 36 participants want to acquire an MBA degree.

The leadership development is taking on an important role in the Goethe Business School’s new full-time MBA.

The London School of Economics (LSE) is offering a series of open enrolment executive programs intended to update managers in the latest thinking on various topics. But not everyone can enroll.