Learning & networking
Not business as usual
After nearly 1.5 years of facing unprecedented challenges, the EFMD network has gotten used to doing things differently. The pandemic has accelerated digitalisation and obliged business schools and companies to embrace new ways of learning, teaching and working. Born out of necessity, some of these innovations have changed our lives for the better and are…
Read MoreInsights from the Corporate Advisory Seminar on Agile Learning
EFMD’s Special Interest Groups (SIG) are highly focused problem-driven learning groups that allow members of corporate learning organisations to mobilise the collective intelligence of the Learning & Development community to build solutions to common challenges. Over the past 18 months, EFMD, in partnership with London Business School, has led an Agile Learning SIG to explore…
Read MoreBusiness school staff & faculty development: Learning & networking opportunities in the post-pandemic world
Griet Houbrechts, EFMD Director of Professional Development Services, provides an overview of the many professional development opportunities that are being offered in 2021. The disruption caused by the pandemic laid the ground for a deeper reflection about our purpose and mission, the essence of teaching and learning experience, institutional boundaries, the relevance of research, and…
Read MoreReflections on the state of the career services industry in a post-COVID marketplace
The Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) was inaugurated in November 2019, following years of feedback from Career Services professionals from the EFMD Global network, as to the need to go deeper into the challenges of the industry. Since then, this program, which is jointly organised by Highered and EFMD, has endeavoured to equip talent professionals…
Read MoreThe current situation of Lithuanian manufacturing is assessed better than future prospects. Why?
Mantas Vilkas is a researcher of the project “Industry 4.0 Impact on Management Practices and Economics (IN4ACT)”, a professor of KTU School of Economics and Business. A few years ago, Continental and Hella established production sites in Lithuania. Several days ago, Yazaki announced the closure of the plant in Lithuania. It is worth looking more…
Read MoreBSIS Virtual Symposium: Impact and Rankings
During the recent Business School Impact System (BSIS) Virtual Symposium, Jérôme Caby, Delegate General, FNEGE, moderated the session on Rankings and Impact and he summarises his conversation with the three panellists here. Enhancing business efficiency, growth and productivity was the traditional mission of business schools. However, their expected contribution to society’s prosperity has been recently expanded…
Read MoreE-learning in Peru: Experiences and Expectations
ISIL, Peru, is pleased to invite you to a free webinar “E-learning in Peru: Experiences and Expectations” on Tuesday, 1 June 9:00 a.m. Peru time (GMT – 5). The event will be held in English and you can register here. The current situation in the world has generated a dizzying advance in online education across…
Read MoreWo+men’s Leadership Conference 2021: Cambridge Women Can
The Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre of University of Cambridge Judge Business School is thrilled to announce the return of its annual conference, the theme this year – Cambridge Women Can. EFMD members can attend free of charge by using the special code: WLC2021! Date: Monday 7 – Friday 11 June 2021 Times: Monday 12:45-14:00 Tuesday-Thursday 13:00-14:00 Friday…
Read MoreThe responsibility turn: building responsible doctoral programmes for a responsible future
Eva Cools, DBA Manager & Research Manager of Vlerick Business School and co-chair of the 2021 EFMD Doctoral Programmes Conference (DPC), shares her reflections from the conference. Recently I had the honour to co-chair the 2021 EFMD Doctoral Programmes Conference (DPC), together with Christine Unterhitzenberger from the University of Leeds. Although we already chose the…
Read MoreBSIS Virtual Symposium Conclusions
Michel Kalika, Director, BSIS, shares conclusions of the recent Business School Impact System (BSIS) Virtual Symposium The 2021 BSIS Symposium was organised through eight sessions that covered all the topics that business schools face today. During the last two weeks of April, 25 experts participated in the sessions and shared their experience on the impact…
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