Professional development
Key challenges in the online business education world
Martin Rodriguez, Director of IE Publishing and Executive Education Online at IE Business School and facilitator of the EFMD Online Teaching Academy, addresses some of the challenges of online business education. To tackle those challenges and keep up with rapidly-evolving trends in online business education, we look forward to seeing you at the Online Teaching…
Read MoreScholarships for new case teachers
As part of the annual #WorldCaseTeachingDay celebrations, The Case Centre announces a scholarship programme for new case teachers. Five case teaching scholarships will be offered each year to support the development of new case teachers. Richard McCracken, Director of The Case Centre said: “Supporting case teachers and writers is a critical element of our mission,…
Read MoreThe New International: The end of internationalisation as we know it?
Internationalisation has been at the heart of business and management education for decades. The ability to collaborate with institutions outside your home country, bring visiting academic staff, send students for exciting exchanges, run summer schools, we have done it all. Internationalisation as we know it has been, so far, mainly defined and measured by the…
Read MoreWe are all in this together
I have been writing about, and promoting, the concept of interconnectedness for several years. It first came up in my academic life as I was conducting research into the mindset of sustainability champions. In several interviews with the respondents, I observed that the growth of their awareness that we are all interconnected always came as…
Read MoreFrom 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 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 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,…
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