Business Schools

For years, the Indian government hasn’t taken any action against the controversial Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM). Now the University Grants Commission (UGC), which as a higher Federal authority in India is responsible for the administration and recognition of universities, has issued a public notice that the business school is not authorized to confer degrees like the MBA and that these degrees are not recognized by the government.

The ESMT European School of Technology and Technology in Berlin becomes academic member of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation and awards a Full-tuition Fellowship for high-potential young professional from a developing country. Beside his name the foundation hasn´t to do anything with the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. The founders are two schools and a consultancy.

The University of St. Gallen is launching a new part-time MBA in February. The focal point is personal development as a manager.

Since April, Carsten Schaefer has been specialized as a headhunter in the area of higher education at the 3C Career Consulting Company in Munich. He wants to support business schools in filling their management positions. MBA Channel inquired about his reasons and goals.

A growing list of business schools are adding courses on social media to their MBA curricula, addressing the corporate demand for social-network-savvy employees. Now Harvard Business School and Columbia Business School have joined the ranks, reports Businessweek. The two schools are among at least six that have added courses in the past year that allow students to learn about internet marketing and social media strategy.

The controversial Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) is no longer a member of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN).
Almost simultaneously, the “European division of the IIPM,” the International Management Institute (IMI) in Brussels, lost its membership with the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) in Brussels.

Building on the MBA’s flexible, practice-based approach, the new MBA program of the Open University (OU) Business School will have a strong international focus, with emphasis on strategic analysis, interdisciplinary skills and independent judgement.

In May Indian born Nitin Noharia was appointed as dean of the Harvard Business School. Now Sunil Kumar – also Indian born and educated - will take over as dean of Chicago Booth School of Business. And Dipak Jain, who stepped down as dean of the Kellogg School of Management in September 2009, is tipped to be the new dean at INSEAD.

Qatar Foundation and HEC Paris finalized a partnership agreement for HEC Paris to offer executive education programs and carry-out research activities in Qatar, making the French business school the first member of the Qatar Foundation Management, Education and Research Center (QF-MERC).

The Executive MBA Program (IMM) of the GISMA Business School in Hannover (Germany) in cooperation with the Krannert School of Management (USA), the Central European University (Hungary) and TiasNimbas Business School (Netherlands) will be offering one more location in future. Apart from the lectures at the four partner schools, as well as in Beijing and Shanghai, participants will be also able to study in future in Mexico City and Puebla.

Traditionally the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, HKUST Business School in Hong Kong, Indian School of Business (ISB), and Nanyang Business School in Singapore have competed for applicants from Europe. Now the four renowned business schools are joining forces for the first time to target top European students.

The Frankfurt School of Finance and Management is set to start a new Executive MBA. The target group is particularly bankers without a first degree but with further education at the Frankfurt School. A change in the Higher Education Act of the State of Hesse makes this possible.

Grenoble Ecole de Management has announced to set up a new laboratory using 50 iPads in their MBA classes. In September 2010, 40 students will be selected to become beta testers. Amongst other innovations, the pedagogical advantages of the iPad are the major focus of the ‘Laboratory of Experimental and Innovative Pedagogy’

So you’ve decided that what’s called a “brick-and-mortar” MBA program may not be for you. There may be several reasons for this. For example, you may be already working and you don’t want to take some time off to commit to a traditional MBA program, or you may have family or financial obligations that are more easily dealt with distance learning.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management is launching its first Executive MBA this fall, but it faces a tough market

The way Business Schools are selling MBA degrees to applicants is shifting, reports Business Week.