THE executive suite, are you ready for it?
Economic growth in
But what exactly are the skills that companies are looking for? The 2006 TopMBA.com Recruiter Survey indicated that people skills, strategic thinking and leadership were the three most important qualities that employers look for when recruiting MBA and Executive MBA graduates.
Interestingly, these are the same skills that recruiters in the United States and Europe look for, suggesting that what it takes to be successful worldwide is the same - you need to know what to do and how to get it done. Not just by yourself, but by leading and working with others.
St Louis-based Washington
The curriculum is based on ideas developed over the last 20 years by Washington University's AACSB accredited Olin School of Business. It also features teaching by Olin's world-class faculty who were ranked No.
Through its relationship with Fudan
Program graduates receive an AACSB accredited MBA degree from Washington University and an education certificate from Fudan School of Management, making them alumni of both schools.
Through its team-based approach and emphasis on strategy, leadership and effective organization, the program is able to teach more than just theories and principles or off-the-shelf solutions.
It also helps the students grow as leaders and team players so they can apply these tools creatively to the challenges they face.
"We are innovators in our approach to executive education because we offer an experience, not just a series of classes," said Professor Patrick Moreton, the managing director of the program. "We think of ourselves as talent developers, not simply instructors. We seek to help people transform the way they think about business and the way they get things done."
The program's monthly four-day class weekends are carefully designed experiences, with lectures, cases, role-plays, presentations and group events designed to get the students using the material and working as leaders in the class.
Integration of the material across classes ensures that key concepts are revisited regularly and absorbed deeply. Through a mix of within-program and across-program activities with Fudan's other MBA and EMBA programs, students acquire the soft-skills and networks they need to get things done in
The students receive rigorous training in the hard skills required to be effective in executive positions, such as accounting, finance, operations and marketing. Equally important, the students practice leading and working in teams, with regular coaching by the program's directors.
Through this structured approach to teamwork and group assignments that require the team to think strategically, the students learn to be effective with other high-performance peers like those that they will work with as they rise in their organizations.
"Choosing to pursue an EMBA education is a major decision requiring both personal commitment and corporate investment," said Moreton. "After five years here in
But, for executives looking for an international management education, he believes that the Washington University-Fudan University EMBA program is now the program in
"We started our fifth class in
Washington University-Fudan University EMBA program
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