Posts Tagged ‘Professional Development’
A 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 MoreEducating the leaders of the post-Covid future
Léon Laulusa of ESCP Business School tells Stephanie Mullins, Account Director at BlueSky Education, how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrust the world into a “new normal” and what the implications are for educating the business leaders of the future. Here’s what he had to say… Over the two centuries of its existence, ESCP Business School…
Read MoreGamification: its place in higher education and how you fit in
Has the digital world brought too many distractions for your learners? Teaching in these digital times means that we all have access to more information immediately, and this has many positives, but it also means that we are “competing” with that access, all the time. Should we forbid digital devices during our face-to-face sessions? What…
Read MoreNext stage: Developing a sustainable online strategy
Business school faculty all over the globe are, as we speak, preparing to move their teaching online. The Covid-19 crisis has forced schools to close down campuses and take action to support student learning using new aids. Transferring lectures online? In this new situation, the first stage for many schools seems to be the transfer…
Read MoreLeading oneself, leading successful programmes
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 MoreKTU researchers created virtual tools to help companies enter international markets
Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have created a digital assessment tool and first virtual training program that will help businesses to evaluate capabilities and readiness to operate in the international market and develop competencies needed for this. Target group – CEO and owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups and prospective entrepreneurs…
Read MoreThe Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Competition
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Competition –Apply by November 15, 2019 The Rockefeller Foundation is pleased to announce the biannual competition for academic, artist and practitioner residencies at the Bellagio Center. The Center is located in the village of Bellagio on Lake Como in Italy and offers individuals a setting conducive to focused work, as…
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 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 MoreKTU INTO CFA INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION PROGRAM
Students of Kaunas University of Technology Master of Science in Finance taking steps to career success through preparation for the CFA Program. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania, on 29 April 2019, has become the latest university to be welcomed into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program. Master of Science in Finance has been acknowledged as…
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