Training for gain
Over the past 100 years, ESSEC Business School has built up a reputation as a centre of academic excellence and today features as one of the most international of management schools in existence18/08/2008 | By TNE
ESSEC Business School’s pioneering nature has helped it become a reference for Executive Education. Since the very start it has set itself the goal of developing personal skills in the managers that take its courses and, at corporate level, of supporting companies going through periods of change. The success of this mission is reflected in recent international rankings, with the Financial Times rating ESSEC’s Executive Education programmes eighth in Europe. Backed by such positive results, ESSEC continues to develop its existing programmes and create new ones in direct response to market and corporate change.
The participation of top-level professors and representatives of the professional world serves as proof that ESSEC’s Executive Education programmes successfully combine the best in management research with the actual application of skills and knowledge within companies.
For over 20 years now, ESSEC has focused much of its energies on international developments, committing to partnerships with the very best business schools around the world and setting up joint programmes with Keio (Japan), Mannheim (Germany) and Ahmedabad (India), amongst others.
In the current climate of globalisation and accelerated growth of the Asian markets, ESSEC is in the process of expanding the range of programmes available on its Singapore campus. The main objective is to target European companies wishing to set up or develop subsidiaries in Asia as well as companies of Asian origin. These include customised Executive Education programmes devised with Korea, India, and China.
Executive education package
ESSEC offers close to 100 training programmes to 6,000 managers and executives per year. Some of these programmes have been designed specifically for companies (including SNCF, Thales, Groupama, Essilor, Eiffage, Grant Thornton, Deutsche Telekom and Renault).
Programmes are delivered from the ESSEC Executive Education campus at La Défense, at the heart of the Paris business district. All programmes are available on a part-time basis, making them entirely compatible with working life.
The Executive MBA is developed in partnership with the University of Mannheim. It is designed for high potential individuals wishing to improve their understanding of the challenges provoked by globalisation and enhance their chances of accessing positions of high responsibility. The ESSEC & Mannheim Executive MBA is structured so as to combine theoretical knowledge and practical application, and features individual and group work as well as the sharing of experience by participants.
Advanced Management Programmes are designed for experienced managers wishing to obtain additional management skills, and acquire the transversal view of a company required for strategic planning and development. Certain Advanced Management Programmes are run jointly with prestigious partner institutions, including the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, and are focused on sector-specific expertise (including Leadership and Performance Management in partnership with the Hay Group, Luxury Brand Management, Distribution, Media and Entertainment, and the Hospitality industry).
ESSEC offers a comprehensive range of Advanced Master’s programmes in response to the demand of companies for highly-qualified experts with dual-disciplinary training.
The Advanced Master’s in International Business is ranked 5th Master’s in Management in Europe by the Financial Times and comprises a specialised educational programme concentrated on top-level international management. Three tracks are available as part of the programme: Asian, American, and South-American. These have been devised in partnership with three major international institutions: Tec de Monterrey, Thunderbird and Queen’s in Canada, as well as ESSEC’s own Singapore campus.
Short-length programmes are designed and run by top-level external contributors. These programmes offer managers and executives the opportunity to consolidate their core knowledge and skills and fine-tune the expertise required of their position. The programmes also assist managers in developing their career trajectory. The areas covered comprise Asset Management, Corporate Governance, Negotiation, Luxury Brand Management, Personal Development and Professional Efficiency (all delivered in one or three-day seminar formats), and Commercial Development Marketing, Operational Management, Finance Management Control and Human Resources (all delivered in three, six, or nine-day module formats).
Customised Company Programmes are designed and set up in partnership with prestigious management institutes, European universities, heads of Development Management and training programme heads. The companies decide the place at which the programmes take place. Each programme is designed to meet the specific objectives of the companies, which may include: strategic steering of a business unit, consolidation of corporate culture, leadership development, Human Resources etc. Participants in these programmes include operational managers, high-potential individuals and executives.
Further information: ESSEC Executive Education http://formation.essec.fr; eme@essec.fr
