Professional development
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Jordi Diaz, Associate dean at EADA Business School and the Director of the EFMD Executive Academy, has been interviewed by Kate Tattersfield from FULL FABRIC, a software solution helping universities deliver a world-class experience across the whole student journey. Learn more about the Executive Academy and Jordi’s role as a director. Hi Jordi! Firstly, why…
Read MoreThe Highered Career Professionals Development Institute held in Rome
Speakers inspired participants with expert insights on future-proofing talent career management strategies. On 20th November 2019, Highered EFMD Shared Career Services welcomed the inaugural cohort of the Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) at LUISS Business School in Rome, Italy. 30 Career Service professionals from 25 leading business schools and the European Central Bank participated in…
Read MoreKTU ERA Chair project is looking for team members
Kaunas University of Technology School of Economics and Business (KTU SEB), Lithuania invites candidates to apply for Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow positions in the IN4ACT ERA Chair project “Industry 4.0 impact on management practices and economics”. For the full job description and application form, please visit the IN4ACT website. KTU has become the first university in Lithuania to…
Read MoreKTU Scientists’ Predictions: AI and humans in the Industry 5.0
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most relevant issues in the course of the current 4th Industrial Revolution. According to the scientists of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), the forthcoming 5th Industrial Revolution will focus on the synergy between humans and AI. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most debated topics today. What professions…
Read MoreRediscovering Peter Drucker’s Lost Art of Management
The 11thGlobal Drucker Forum (20-22 November 2019) is just around the corner and this year’s conference examines “The Power of Ecosystems”. This is indeed a timely subject that highlights how value chains are increasingly becoming embedded in inter-institutional networks that reshape themselves flexibly to evolving market challenges. To frame it in the context of Ronald…
Read MoreTransforming the Practice of Learning and Leveraging Partnerships
Transforming the Practice of Learning and Leveraging Partnerships is the theme of the 2019 EFMD’s Executive Development Conference on 11-13 November in Barcelona To meet your executive education needs, time-to-solution is essential, speed of development crucial and the scope of deployments ever-growing. This often leads to partnerships going beyond a traditional client-supplier relationship. Are you…
Read MoreStruggling to go online? Help is on the way!
EFMD Global Network launches two eLearning training programmes Online delivery of degree and non-degree education is the future, but how can the transition into this new world be effectively orchestrated? EFMD GN Professional Development will launch two training programmes this autumn that will help business schools make this move successfully. Faculty members interested in augmenting…
Read MoreA Lesson in 60 Seconds
On Sunday, July 7 the Women’s Soccer Cup tournament played its final game in France. As never before, the stadium was full, and the game was televised and streamed around the world. During half-time, very interesting commercials tailored to the occasion caught my attention. I will comment today on one in particular, by Volkswagen called…
Read MoreNew Programme for Quality Assurance Professionals
EFMD Global Network (GN) is adding a new flagship offering to its growing portfolio of professional development programmes, the QUALITY ASSURANCE ACADEMY. The inaugural edition will take place between November 2019 and January 2020 with the face-to-face workshop segment hosted by Corvinus Business School on December 11-13 in Budapest, Hungary. The QUALITY ASSURANCE ACADEMY is…
Read MoreHealthcare and Business
While healthcare is not always considered an industry by most doctors and nurses, it is certainly an important element of every nation’s gross domestic product. Insights into costs, operations and organizational structures are typically not included in a medical curriculum. However, sooner or later every doctor will be confronted with the business-like elements of their…
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