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From Adaptation to Innovation: How the Corona Pandemic Changed Business Education
Written by Andreas Rasche, Associate Dean of Copenhagen Business School and EFMD Executive Academy Alumni and Jordi Diaz, Dean of EADA Business School and Director of EFMD Executive Academy How did the Corona pandemic affect business schools around the world? How do schools prepare for an uncertain Fall Term? Seeking answers to these questions, EFMD…
Read MoreEFMD Annual Conference 2020 “Embracing the Future: A New Mandate for Business Schools”
By Marc Smelik, Associate Dean, IE Business School and 2020 EFMD Annual Conference Chair Engaging across borders The 2020 Online EFMD Annual Conference created a new way for our members and delegates to engage across borders, much like the methodologies we have put in place for our learning communities in a year dominated by the…
Read MoreMBA International Business
Are you an entrepreneur, MBA candidate or MBA student in Latin America, who seeks to update their knowledge on MBA and specialised Master’s programmes offered by business schools worldwide? Or a professional who wants to gain practical knowledge about the different areas of business organisation such as administration, economics, finance, marketing and human resources? MBA…
Read MoreCareer Professionals Development Institute: Lessons learned and implemented
By Rachel Tonner, Head of MBA Careers Provision at Imperial College Business School and a graduate of Career Professionals Development Institute 2019 My colleague and I attended the EFMD Careers Professional Development Institute in November 2019 where we experienced an extremely enjoyable, informative and motivating two days. The environment was informal, welcoming and there was…
Read MoreCome together, share and (re)-connect!
Many of us cannot wait for the moment when we come together again and interact with those many friends and colleagues that we have met over the years at different EFMD activities. The warmth and joy of connecting with people is what many of our conference participants see as the number one reason why they come…
Read MoreLeading business schools through a global crisis: navigating the unpredictable
By Anna Jirova, Coordinator of the Executive Academy and the Online Executive Academy, EFMD Global Network and Jordi Diaz, Associate dean at EADA Business School and the Director of the EFMD Executive Academy “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt The global pandemic changed the reality of business education…
Read MoreNew Webinar Series: Business Proofing of Business Schools
“The Business Proofing of Business Schools” webinar series will be launched today. It is presented in partnership by XOLAS, GBSN and EFMD GN. Initially planned as a 5-part series, the webinars will explore how the pandemic is affecting the business side of business school operations. How can executive teams deal with the short-term fall-out of…
Read MoreKnowing me, knowing you – new research to help business school communicators better understand the challenges and strategies of reaching external stakeholders
EFMD is calling upon external relations, marketing and communications teams to take part in new research into how different business schools are communicating and how they compare to their peers. Working with higher education consultancy CarringtonCrisp and business education communications specialists Roe Communications, the research will address: The biggest barriers and challenges to their work,…
Read MoreA pivotal time for business school leaders
Leadership is a concept in perpetual evolution, a mobile target. Being adaptable is, therefore, crucial to effectively navigate the ever-changing political, economic, and cultural contexts. Even though people in leading positions are often well prepared and endowed for the required level of adaptability, the last couple of months have taken the demands on our leaders…
Read MoreProfessor Gary Hamel: ‘Humanocracy: Creating Organisations as Amazing as the People Inside them’
We are excited to alert you about Professor Gary Hamel’s webinar next Tuesday, 2 June at 4pm UK time, titled ‘Professor Gary Hamel: ‘Humanocracy: Creating Organisations as Amazing as the People Inside them’. Gary is the author of one of the best-selling management books of all time, which is co-authored with the late great C.K.Prahalad, published in 1994, “Competing for…
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