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GLOBAL FOCUS VOL.5 ISSUE 3 2011

1 In focusRead more (PDF)
4 Talking ShopCEIBS-EFMD China conference
Sustainable degrees and websites?
EFMD tweets
Five new EPAS schools
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8 2011 EFMD Excellence In Practice Award WinnersRead more (PDF)
10 Business education 2025: what’s in storeThomas Sattelberger outlines the changes that he believes will dominate business education in 2025
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16 ‘Whatever we are doing, do it better’That, in short, is the message to INSEAD from its new dean, Dipak Jain. Interview by George Bickerstaffe
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20 Window on the worldSt Petersburg University Graduate School of Management is one of Russia’s most internationalised and open business schools. Dean Valery Katkalo discussed the school’s philosophy and progress with George Bickerstaffe
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24 Extended coverage: Accrediting the education of business scholarsUlrich Hommel describes the challenges involved in extending the coverage of EPAS to doctoral programmes
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28 Does the DNA of business schools need to change?Arnoud De Meyer suggests a new approach to meet new challenges
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32 Into AfricaHennie Oliver and Johan Burger argue that business schools can be agents for sustainable business, economic and societal development in Africa
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36 Will social networking kill the radio star this time?Mark Thomas and Matt Symonds debate whether social media really have a role in promoting business schools
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40 Values-led management education: the next stepPeggy Cunningham shares a new model of business education that could address many of the current problems the business world is facing
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44 The next challenge for corporate responsibilityIf companies are to benefit from their corporate responsibility initiatives they must actively involve their stakeholders, notably their employees, say C B Bhattacharya, Sankar Sen and Daniel Korschun
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48 Business schools fit for tomorrowMartin Lockett and Matthew Gitsham contend that business schools cannot just research and teach ‘sustainability’. They must also embed it in how they themselves work
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52 Does the corporate world need doctorates?It does. Because all large corporations have issues that need rigorous research says David McKie
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56 Managing after the Arab SpringSherif Kamel looks at the challenges and opportunities in the MENA region and argues that investing in human capital is fundamental to socio economic development and growth
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60 Are universities socially responsible?Yes they are says Marcin Geryk, who outlines his research into how and why they act as socially responsible neighbours
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64 Developing tomorrow’s leadersOrganisations are desperate for effective managerial leaders. But, asks Kevin Dalton, are leadership and management development professionals going the right way to provide them?
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68 The age of real-world relevanceIndustry wants are individuals who hit the ground running. That is why, according to Edwin Andrews, organisations are turning to educational institutions that can provide project management talent
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GLOBAL FOCUS VOL.5 ISSUE 2 2011

1 In focusRead more (PDF)
4 Talking ShopLatest EQUIS accreditations
The MBA as entrepreneur
Ghemawat's World 3.0
Sustainabilty free download
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8 The man who never stoppedAs a child Andrzej Kozminski hid in the rubble of the Warsaw Uprising and (just) escaped Auschwitz. Today, he is about to end his career as founder and head of one of Central and Eastern Europe’s foremost business schools. Interview by George Bickerstaffe
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14 UN Global Compact and PRME – the next decadesAfter ten years of the UN Global Compact Georg Kell and Jonas Haertle reflect on past successes and look forward to the future, including the role of management education
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18 A quest for legitimacy: how managers can shape the futureContinuing to focus only on shareholder value and short-term financial results will not be adequate to tackle the huge challenges of the future. What we need, says Richard Straub, is for managers to create value while maintaining our values
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24 A sustainable model for business schools?Kai Peters and Howard Thomas argue that the current business model of business schools is financially unstable and probably unsustainable
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28 How to implement an innovation and entrepreneurship curriculumTeaching students innovation and entrepreneurship is never easy. Thomas Hedner advocates a pragmatic and practical approach and offers some how-to suggestions based on a successful programme at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg
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32 How to grow creativity and innovation in your companyThe best place to find creativity and innovation is inside an organisation. Emmanuel Perakis offers some suggestions on how to make the most of that fact
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36 Seeds of change: How corporate learning is taking the lead in corporate transformationMartine Plompen outlines the key factors that determine quality in the design and functioning of corporate learning organisations
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40 It’s what you do after the sums that matters…Aston Business School in Britain has introduced a new Executive MBA programme that aims to address some of the frequent criticism the MBA has faced in recent years. John Peters explains
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44 Unlocking leadership talent in the humanitarian sectorIn an era of war and natural disasters, the work of international nongovernmental organisations has never been more vital. But the sector lacks leadership resources. Rudi Plettinx and David Altman describe how the Center for Creative Leadership is helping the helpers
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48 Leadership in practiceMark Anderson offers some practical tips on how to extend leadership skills throughout an organisation
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52 Beyond the campus: How business schools can contribute to the communitySupporting local and national communities has long been a criterion of the EFMD’s EQUIS accreditation system. Mark Thomas and Julie Perrin-Halot recount French experiences in this area
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56 A conscious purposeAnthony Buono and Rajendra Sisodia explain why companies that act with a conscious desire to do the right thing seem to do better than those that do not – and how this can apply to business school teaching
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60 Integrating Generation Y into the workforceEnsuring young people, particularly the much-vaunted Generation Y, have a positive first–time experience of the working world is essential to their future performance argue Sylvie Deffayet and Anne Dhoquois
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64 Why MBAs and SMEs should get togetherValrie Claude-Gaudillat argues that, contrary to general misconceptions, MBA graduates can find satisfying jobs within small companies – and contribute significantly to their success
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66 Global Marketing CompetitionESIC Business and Marketing School and EFMD together with several institutions are running the 2011 world edition of the Global Marketing Competition. Rafael Ortega de la Poza explains what the competition provides for students and others
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GLOBAL FOCUS VOL.5 ISSUE 1 2011

1 In focusRead more (PDF)
4 Talking ShopThree new EQUIS schools
Delporte joins EFMD
EFMD Advisory Seminars
Chinese Global Focus launched
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8 The future of management educationThomas Sattelberger, Eric Cornuel and Wulff Plinke reflect on the results and implications of a high-level EFMD round table at ESMT in Berlin
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14 Defining a world-class MBA programmeExcellent MBA programmes are now found all over the world and not just, as was the case a decade ago, in America. Richard Barker provides a checklist of what makes a programme world class
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18 Can a ‘sustainable’ MBA save the planet?Next year Exeter Business School in Britain is launching the first “sustainable” MBA in partnership with WWF. George Bickerstaffe investigates the One Planet MBA
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22 Rich barons and poor kingsJulie Davies and Angus Laing look at the challenges facing deans in universitybased business schools in Britain as public sector cuts begin to bite
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26 How Siemens engineers development excellenceSiemens recently gained CLIP accreditation for its in-house learning and development activities. George Bickerstaffe looks at what the 160-year-old company has achieved
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30 Power cuts: the benefits of a green outreach initiativeJonathan Scott encourages business schools to reach out to their business communities with an educational outreach initiative that can reap enormous benefits
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34 Giving voice to values: an action-oriented curriculum for values-driven leadershipCorporate scandals often provoke business schools to launch new courses on ethical behaviour. But, argues Mary Gentile, teaching students what is right is not enough. They need to know how to ensure the right thing is done
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40 From business school to business leadershipMBA students need a coaching programme so that they gain the maximum commercial benefit they can from their MBA studies says Victor Loewenstein
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44 The Peter Drucker ChallengeEdited versions of the three winning essays of the 2010 international essay contest for students, young managers and young entrepreneurs launched by the Peter Drucker Society of Europe and sponsored by EFMD
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48 Leadership: the Indian mélangeSwar Kranti describes how simple lessons from everyday life, in this case in India, can provide know how to build a real, humane leadership model
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52 Society, business and crisisWhat can we learn from the recent financial and economic crisis? Marcelo Paladino suggests that we should concentrate on analysing the role of business in society
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56 The postmodern MBA: curriculum design principlesIn the second of two articles on how the MBA might be developed for a new world order, Jopie Coetzee looks at how the curriculum could be revised
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60 A fair wind: ten years of competitive MBA sailingAndrea Gasparri describes how the Rolex MBA’s Conference and Regatta sailing competition came into being
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64 European business schools: a growing market>Alex Chisholm discusses the implications of GMAC research that reveals the growing popularity of business schools in Europe
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68 The Grameen Bank: credit as a human rightAna Janeiro Dias and Eugénio Viassa Monteiro look at the beginnings and on-going influence of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and the worldwide microfinance revolution it began
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72 GMAC advertIMD President Dominique Turpin on Real Learning that Starts with the GMAT Exam
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GLOBAL FOCUS VOL.4 ISSUE 3 2010

1 In focusRead more (PDF)
4 Talking ShopThree new schools gain EQUIS accreditation
Management Education for Tomorrow (MET) Fund
Anna Pehar joins EFMD
ecch Case Winners 2010.
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8 ‘As a business model, what we are doing right now is, for me, not sustainable’ Ashridge’s Kai Peters is worried about where business schools are going.
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14 How can deans lead?The current crisis means that business schools will have to change – and that means a new type of leadership from business schools deans. Fernando Fragueiro and Howard Thomas outline the kind of skills they will need.
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18 How GDF SUEZ channels leadershipNadine Lemaitre has headed GDF SUE Z University, one of the world’s leading corporate universities, for the past decade, a time of growth and change for the giant energy group. She talks to George Bickerstaffe.
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22 Managing People and Organisations: Peter Drucker's LegacyIn this extract from his book Managing People and Organisations: Peter Drucker's Legacy, Guido Stein elucidates Drucker's thinking in a way that emphasises its relevance for today and tomorrow.
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26 The corporate education icebergLooking at their corporate education and training, most organisations only see the tip of the iceberg, treating employee training and development as a functional activity and just another business expense. Lindsay Ryan believes there is more involved.
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30 The challenge of changeManagement education in the Middle East and North Africa faces many challenges. In the run-up to a major EFMD conference in this important region, Ananth Rao outlines some of the key issues.
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34 Looking beyond the West for leadershipLeadership studies have been dominated in the past by a Western mindset. Sharon Turnbull describes new research into non-Western leadership styles – Worldly Leadership – that could profoundly influence responsible and sustainable management and business practices.
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38 How to merge business schoolsMerging business schools is a complex and difficult business. Michel Kalika details one example of how it can be done successfully.
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44 Leadership at a crossroadsThe current economic and financial crisis has illustrated the increased complexity of the world and means that companies must re-assess their operational agility and explore new ways of coping with change. Kenneth Mikkelsen details some likely responses.
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48 HR and the new world business orderThe world has changed and is changing even more. This is placing tremendous pressures on employees and the HR function needs to respond to help them. Ken Moore offers some suggestions on how it might do so.
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52 A doctoral programme for the 21st centurySue Newell describes a new doctoral programme that attempts to use the best of both American and European approaches.
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56 From dull and geeky to sexy and extreme?The image of management accountants and controllers has undergone major change. Credibility, prudence and the obligation to ask questions have been replaced by initiative, drive and ‘full-speed ahead’, according to Hanne Nørreklit.
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60 Can the MBA survive? Tadao Onaka believes that three dilemmas facing business schools and business graduates in Japan may threaten the future of the MBA degree.
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Global Focus Volume 4, Issue 2 2010

1 In focus
4 Talking ShopProfor project inauguration
Four new EQUIS schools
EIP winners
Middle East and Africa conferences. Read more (PDF)
8 Should management be a profession?There is no unifying professional association of managers. Many now believe that to preserver and promote standards this should change. Santiago Iñiguez weighs up the arguments. Read more (PDF)
14 Why companies need business schoolsCora Lynn Heimer Rathbone explains how business schools can help in the development of employees. Read more (PDF)
18 Return of LorangePeter Lorange, doyen of business school deans, retired as head of IMD on 2008. Now he has re-emerged with a new Swiss business school that he believes challenges the old model. Interview by George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
22 Lessons from China: what makes global leaders successful – and what makes them fail?Do effective global leaders, especially those working in China, adopt a Chinese mindset that allows them to develop superior intellectual, emotional, cultural and spiritual attributes? Nandani Lynton thinks yes. Read more (PDF)
26 Putting PRME into practice in a business schoolFrank Horwitz and David Grayson describe how Cranfield School of Management in Britain is embracing the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education. Read more (PDF)
30 Motivation and employee engagement in the 21st centuryMuch of what we already know about motivation still holds true. But nearly half of the managers in a survey by Ashridge Business School feel that organisations and managers still don’t get it right. Fiona Dent, Viki Holton and Jan Rabbetts explain why. Read more (PDF)
34 Managing in the Next SocietyThe current global crisis has triggered the question of whether management is the problem rather than the solution to the challenges of the 21st century. Richard Straub outlines the issues. Read more (PDF)
40 The postmodern MBA: breaking the glass ceilingJopie Coetzee suggests how a reinvigorated MBA could become a central part of a new inclusive world order. Read more (PDF)
44 Chain reaction: using a company’s best and brightest to teach the restA recent EFMD Sharing Best Practice CLIP Workshop focused on how to engage professionals in the learning value chain. Andrew Rutsch presents some insights that emerged. Read more (PDF)
48 Why project management mattersEd Andrews argues that project management is the key to sustainable success. Read more (PDF)
52 When is a business school a university?Bentley University describes itself as a university within a business school. Bob Galliers and Bill Wiggins describe what this means and the implications and benefits of gaining EQUIS accreditation. Read more (PDF)
56 Eating the elephant one spoonful at a timePeter McKiernan outlines the progress being made in building a community of research leaders in European business and management schools. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 4, Issue 1 2010

1 In Focus
4 Talking Shop GRLI appoints new CEO
Drucker forum review
Business of Branding 2009
Five new EQUIS schools. Read more (PDF)
8 London calling A year into his job as Dean of London Business School, Sir Andrew Likierman talks to George Bickerstaffe about his polymath career. Read more (PDF)
14 Can they fix it? Jordi Canals looks at the main drivers of business schools’ success in the 20th century along with some of the major problems and challenges they will have to deal with in the future if they want to remain relevant. Read more (PDF)
20 Focus on: EQUIS & AACSB – Credit where it’s due Gordon Shenton provides a guide to the AA CSB and EQUIS accreditation systems – their similarities and differences. Read more (PDF)
26 Grassroots: The sustainable MBA? Giselle Weybrecht argues that business schools have a key role in preparing the next generation of business leaders to make sustainability the norm. Read more (PDF)
30 Learning on the job Innovations in information technology and financial imperatives are fuelling the return of workplace learning. Charles Jennings looks at why an age-old practice is so suited to the 21st century. Read more (PDF)
34 The last frog in the well David Gosset examines the extraordinary way in which China and the Chinese people have rapidly become global citizens. Read more (PDF)
38 The business of education Growing competition and changing markets have forced business schools to re-evaluate their strategies, often borrowing techniques from the business world. But, asks Emerson de Almeida, can they do this and still remain academic institutions? Read more (PDF)
44 What do deans do? Julie Davies and Howard Thomas report on a survey of British business school deans by the Association of Business Schools. Read more (PDF)
48 Economics, scientific doubt and history Frank Jan de Graaf argues that the dominance of neoclassical economic thinking in academia has contributed to the economic crisis. Read more (PDF)
52 Cap that! Capgemini University is one of the world’s leading corporate universities. George Bickerstaffe meets Vice President and University Director Steven Smith. Read more (PDF)
56 Fit for Purpose: Internationalisation? Nicola Hijlkema wonders whether the desire to be “international” has gone too far in business schools. Read more (PDF)
60 Companies, business schools and the economic crisis The current recession is having significant, and potentially long-lasting, effects on the relationship between schools of management and corporations say Elio Borgonovi and Manuela Busoni. Read more (PDF)
64 Focus on: CLIP – Creating business impact through learning functions The most recent EFMD Sharing Best Practice CLIP Workshop focused on the creation of short- and long-term business impact through learning functions. Andrew Rutsch describes a framework to help diagnose how to do it. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 3, Issue 3 2009

1 In focus
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4 Talking ShopEFMD research link launched
2009/2010 International Deans’ Programme (IDP)
Masterstudies free trial extended
Joint EFMD-EURAM Programme. Read more (PDF)
8 Towards EuropeHow Koç Business School’s Baris Tan is bringing management education in Turkey into the European mainstream. By George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
14 Can business schools rescue business?Did business schools cause the economic crisis? No, says Gerard van Schaik, but they have a key role in determining what comes next. Read more (PDF)
20 Why management history mattersThe economic crisis has prompted many to call for a greater emphasis on studying the history of business and management. Morgen Witzel looks at the lessons that could be learned and why they are so important. Read more (PDF)
24 Identifying and developing leaders for a global contextThe most recent EFMD Sharing Best Practice CLIP Workshop focused on the identification and development of global leaders. Andrew Rutsch presents common challenges and key success factors identified during the workshop. Read more (PDF)
28 Blurring the edgesMixing degree and non-degree management education is often a sign of profit seeking rather than innovative teaching argues Ulrich Hommel. Read more (PDF)
32 Creative thinkingWe all want and need creativity in our personal lives and at work. But how can we nurture, encourage and use creativity successfully? Patrick Harris offers some suggestions. Read more (PDF)
36 Are we responsible?Is the crisis all the fault of business schools? Lots of people are saying so. But Franklyn Salimbene argues that they had already started to act and that involving students in community service via “service-learning” has begun to have an effect. Read more (PDF)
40 Low cost, high returnMartín Vivancos outlines the key business factors behind the success of Low Cost businesses such as easyJet, Ikea, Ryanair and Wal-Mart. Read more (PDF)
44 Leadership development: is it worth the money?Jennifer Martineau, Emily Hoole and Tracy Patterson of the Center for Creative Leadership explain how to evaluate the worth of leadership development. Read more (PDF)
48 Supply and demand: trends and challenges in corporate learning programmesThe global economic crisis has created new challenges for management development and business education but also new opportunities, Christopher Jahns, Rolf Tilmes and Ulrich Winkler look at how suppliers are responding. Read more (PDF)
52 Partnership at its bestAllyson Stewart-Allen and Dr Michael Christ explain how a successful partnership between Lufthansa School of Business and London Business School delivered the General Management Programme. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 3, Issue 2 2009

01 In focus
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04 Talking Shop2009 International Deans Programme (IDP)
1st Global Peter F Drucker Forum
EFMD-EURAM launch joint programme on research leadership in Europe
Quality Services to hold first accreditation seminar in Latin America. Read more (PDF)
08 Separating the wheat from the chaffShould business research have its social implications made explicit? Scholarly journal publishers John Peters and Rebecca Marsh think so. Read more (PDF)
12 A question of prioritiesThe global economic crisis has raised many questions about the current state of management education. Sandra Waddock has some suggestions for how it should respond. Read more (PDF)
16 Throwing sheepOnline social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and YouTube are not just a social phenomenon. They and their offshoots, say Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta, have serious implications for the way the corporate world works. Read more (PDF)
22 History lessonsDan Muzyka, Dean of the Sauder school in Canada, on the challenges facing management education, the role of business schools and why teaching business history to MBAs might just have averted the economic crisis. Interview by George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
26 Getting the true measure of leadershipEffective corporate leadership is crucial and much discussed yet everywhere seems to be in crisis. Mario Vaupel suggests an alternative approach. Read more (PDF)
30 Greening the recessionYou’ve heard it before: measures designed to mitigate the degradation of the Earth and its resources help businesses and the economy by saving money, boosting revenues and creating jobs. So is prejudice, short-term thinking or ignorance preventing you cashing in asks Jonathan T Scott. Read more (PDF)
34 Eastern dreamsVirginijus Kundrotas has been a crucial player in the 20-year effort to develop modern management education in central and eastern Europe, founding one of its most important business schools. Coming to the end of a year’s sabbatical to “read, think and reflect” about a momentous two decades, he talks to George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
38 Stepping up...There is no subject that has received more attention in the business school world than leadership. But nonetheless, says Fernando D’Alessio, it continues to be a perplexing and elusive concept. Read more (PDF)
44 Generation Y: Talent managementThe characteristics attributed to Generation Y may or may not be valid. But the simple facts of demographic change mean that companies must react in the way they attract and retain employees. Rainer Jensen describes how a Coca Cola bottling company in Germany is tackling the problem. Read more (PDF)
48 A safe pair of handsProject management needs more people or worldwide growth could be at even greater risk. This is a huge opportunity for business schools and other educational institutions says Ed Andrews. Read more (PDF)
52 Growing leadersJorgen Thorsell and Didier Gonin outline some of the results of research into the current and future state of leadership development. Read more (PDF)
56 Why business schools need their own cross-cultural awarenessBusiness schools like to stress awareness of other cultures to their students. As they increasingly offer executive education programmes taught abroad by their own faculty they also need to practise it themselves says Mark Thomas. Read more (PDF)
60 Corporate responsibility: a business driver or an ethical obligation?Corporate responsibility is a much-discussed topic. But how well are companies doing – and what does acting responsibly do for them? Emmanuel Perakis examines the evidence. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 3, Issue 1 2009

1 In focus.
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4 Talking ShopPublic management summit
EPAS Scale-Up success
Funding management students
Business of Branding report
Outstanding doctoral research award winners. Read more (PDF)
8 Chinese companies go globalThe blossoming of the Chinese economy and government encouragement is sending Chinese companies across the world in search of resources, growth and markets says Jean-Paul Larçon. Read more (PDF)
14 The challenge of the presentAlain Dominique Perrin, EFMD President, sees turbulence all around but says that EFMD is well placed to meet the demands of difficult times. Read more (PDF)
18 Top rankThe Financial Times’s Della Bradshaw tells George Bickerstaffe that people need to be more relaxed about business school rankings. Read more (PDF)
22 A dual strategy for European business schoolsStéphanie Dameron and Thomas Durand suggest European business schools rethink their strategies to compete with their American counterparts, recommending a dual strategy of catching up with the leaders and differentiating. Read more (PDF)
26 Testing timesDave Wilson, President and CEO of the Graduate Management Admissions Council, talks about strategic alliances, the future of the GMAT and going global. Read more (PDF)
30 Reaching out – coming home: a time to rediscover Peter F DruckerRichard Straub sums up the lifetime achievements of the late Peter Drucker, the ‘father of modern management’, the centenary of whose birth occurs this year. Read more (PDF)
36 Business school strategy and the metrics for successHoward Thomas presents a framework for a systems perspective for business schools to formulate strategy, assess performance and adapt to change. Read more (PDF)
40 How culture can make sense of managementBusiness students need to understand the basics of management but if they are to appeal to today’s recruiters they must also have a wider vision says Jean-Pierre Helfer. Read more (PDF)
44 Europe’s agenda for improving research training and doctoral educationThomas Jørgensen outlines the actions needed to ensure doctoral education meets Europe’s needs. Read more (PDF)
48 The globally responsible leader – a call for actionThe Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) has issued a call for action. Read more (PDF)
54 Measuring the success of custom programmesHow do we know whether executive development programmes, particularly custom programmes, actually work? Andrew Likierman suggests some ways of measuring the impacts Read more (PDF)
58 Developing the global leader of tomorrowClimate change and other pressing environmental and social issues urgently require transformational change. But, ask Kai Peters and Matthew Gitsham, are business schools and HR departments up to the challenge? Read more (PDF)
62 When a diploma and a job are not enoughMarianne DelPo Kulow argues the case for supplementing women’s business education with professional development workshops. Read more (PDF)
66 Equipping the millennials for social changeThe millennial generation shows a natural affinity with issues of corporate social responsibility. Liz Maw suggests that this needs to be harnessed at the undergraduate level. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 2, Issue 3 2008

01 In focus & contentsEditorial. Read more (PDF)
04 Talking ShopCLIP and London Business School
First EQUIS accreditation seminar in China
Advisory Services Seminars
GMAC professional development event in London. Read more (PDF)
08 No Cambridge bluesArnoud De Meyer, Director of Judge Business School in Britain, explains to George Bickerstaffe that the school’s close integration with the University of Cambridge could be a model for business schools in the future. Read more (PDF)
14 Diversity as an engine of growthJanez Potocnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, sets out how Europe is learning to profit from its diversity. Read more (PDF)
20 The road ahead for European management educationEric Cornuel, Director General and CEO of EFMD, concludes a two-part series on management education in Europe with some thoughts on how the sector might be restructured and revitalised. Read more (PDF)
24 Because the world is round it turns on strategyThe world economy is not truly integrated and is unlikely to be so for decades, if ever. Pankaj Ghemawat, arch-proponent of ‘semiglobalisation’ as the real challenge for international corporate strategy, talks to George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
28 Quality improvement in corporate learning organisationsMartine Plompen on a new report that emphasises the gains offered by the EFMD CLIP accreditation process for companies’ learning organisations. Read more (PDF)
32 Doing business with the poor Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary General and Director, Partnership Bureau, at the UNDP, shows how by engaging the poor as clients, customers and producers, the private sector can succeed in the simultaneous pursuit of wealth creation and social impact. Read more (PDF)
38 Joining forces to promote quality and performanceRonald Sibert, Director, Strategic Alliances, Graduate Management Admission Council, describes how growing collaboration between EFMD and GMAC is providing new insights into the global graduate management education market. Read more (PDF)
42 EQUIS and the future of Chinese business schoolsThis summer Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai, China, gained EQUIS accreditation. Dean Wang Fanghua assesses the implications for the school. Interview by George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
44 Self-interest, cultural relativism and ethics in the global marketplaceDavid Lamond argues that ‘responsibility’ for ethical behaviour cannot simply be attached to a legal entity. Ultimately it must belong to individuals. Read more (PDF)
48 The best of both worldsAntoine Kissenpfennig and Jonathan Lagoe describe how a close partnership between a client organisation and a management development provider can lead to powerful results in leadership training. Read more (PDF)
52 What does it take to be a business school dean?Nearly a quarter of British business schools have changed or are changing their deans. Julie Davies, Head of Research and Development at the Association of Business Schools, reports on ABS research that shows what deans themselves think is needed for the job. Read more (PDF)
56 Mobility: a small step in a long journeyAustralians are reluctant to travel internationally during their studies at university. Gerry Griffin and David Cox of the University of South Australia outline some initiatives that overcome this and add to the overall ‘wellroundedness’ employers say they are looking for. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 2, Issue 2 2008

COVER STORYChina: management education in transition
Management education in China will ultimately lift the country to a more prominent position on the academic world stage. Rolf D
Cremer says the challenge will be in how best to respond and adapt. Read more (PDF)
01 In focusEditorial. Read more (PDF)
04 Talking shopWelingkar Institute hosts GRLI
EQUIS announces three new accreditations
PRME endorsed by over 100 schools
EABIS 7th Annual Colloquium
EPAS in figures. Read more (PDF)
08 'Scholarly impact' and the co-production hypothesisHow can we make academic research into management more relevant to practitioners? Andrew Pettigrew has some suggestions. Read more (PDF)
20 Into AfricaGuy Pfeffermann explains why business schools are key to achieving development goals in Africa and why they are starting to take a growing interest in the continent. Read more (PDF)
24 European management education: quo vadis?In the first of a two-part series Eric Cornuel looks at the changes that have impacted European management education and their effect on European academic institutions and their stakeholders. Read more (PDF)
28 LINKEFMD's learning programme for management development and organisational development professionals. Read more (PDF)
30 Reflections on the GFME ReportDan LeClair ponders the second report from the Global Foundation for Management Education. Read more (PDF)
34 The best is not just the WestThis year the Central and East European Management Development Association celebrates its 15th anniversary. CEEMAN President Danica Purg talks to George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
38 How CSR can help management developmentCorporate Social Responsibility is a critical element in any global business and, says Guillermo Cisneros, it can also play a key part in developing managers. Read more (PDF)
40 No quality without rigourUlrich Hommel argues that analysis of EPAS experience so far suggests that professional master programmes may be failing to provide sufficient academic rigour. Read more (PDF)
44 Guerrilla tactics in the war against hyper-competitionStrategy guru Richard D'Aveni uses military strategy to illustrate how businesses can cope in a hyper-competitive world. He explains his ideas to Stuart Crainer. Read more (PDF)
48 Whatever the medium, it's the message that countsAnthony Newell explains how business schools and other educational institutions can make sure that their message gets across. Read more (PDF)
52 Text books for nothing and knowledge for freeThe Global Text Project is an initiative to deliver free textbooks to university students via the Internet. George Bickerstaffe tells its story. Read more (PDF)
56 Helping business educators become better teachersAndrea Benocci and Stefano Gatti gather inputs from participants at this years International Teachers Programme at SDA Bocconi School of Management. Read more (PDF)
58 How to make programme innovation workMarilyn Durkin and Judith Kamm describe how a major review of an undergraduate business programme was successfully undertaken. Read more (PDF)
62 New vision for EFMD Entrepreneurship NetworkThomas M Cooney describes how response to members' needs is making the Entrepreneurship Network an even more useful resource. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 2, Issue 1 2008

01 In focus & contents ... Read more (PDF)
04 Talking shop Excellence in Practice Award 2008
New Chair for EQUAL
EURAM 2008 Conference
EFMD Advisory Services 2008. Read more (PDF)
08 Life at the top Dipak Jain, Dean of Kellogg, talks to George Bickerstaffe about business school governance, the future of the MBA, demographics and staying on top of the rankings. Read more (PDF)
14 Making the most of IT Martin Curley describes an attempt to develop an industry-wide model to assess the business value of IT. Read more (PDF)
18 Do business schools need formal quality assurance systems? Yes they do, says Chris Greensted. But they need to be done properly. Read more (PDF)
22 Taking the lead John R Ryan, President and CEO of the Center for Creative Leadership, one of the world’s top leadership training institutions, talks to George Bickerstaffe. Read more (PDF)
26 A leading force Anders Aspling and Mark Drewell report on two years of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative. Read more (PDF)
30 Entrepreneurship and European growth Tea Petrin outlines why fostering entrepreneurship is the key to maintaining and developing competitiveness within Europe. Read more (PDF)
34 Is the world open? Richard Straub argues that ‘openness’ is the defining quality of 21st century globalization. Read more (PDF)
40 Leading the players in cultural change To manage culture you have to understand who plays what role in sustaining, challenging and shifting it says Sharon Turnbull. Read more (PDF)
44 The role of MBA programmes in developing corporate executives Ulysses Kyriacopoulos outlines how business schools and MBA programmes can develop tomorrow’s leaders of industry. Read more (PDF)
48 Teddy bears, snow and the sex life of crustaceans Andrew Crisp looks at the findings of a new study into what makes a great business school website. Read more (PDF)
52 The executive education challenge John Gilkes outlines the key results of the 2007 EFMD Executive Education Survey and ponders their implications for the future. Read more (PDF)
56 Doing well by doing good A European project has shown that helping the environment and encouraging profitable small businesses can go hand in hand. David Watkins explains how. Read more (PDF)
60 Rigour, relevance and rapprochement Pierre Berthon and Bob Galliers argue for a rethink of academic research into business problems. Read more (PDF)
62 AIESEC’s 60 years of activating leadership Allowing young people to take active leadership roles is proving an important adjunct to academic prowess says Michelle Gallant. Read more (PDF)

Global Focus Volume 1, Issue 3 2007

01 In focus... Read more.
04 Talking shop International Deans’ Programme launched
RABE Workshop on Bologna Agreement
Advisory Services 2008 agenda Read more.
08 Lorange sets sail Peter Lorange retires as President of IMD next year. He talks to George Bickerstaffe about his long career in management education and some of the secrets behind the success of one of the world’s leading business schools Read more.
14 The role of research in business education Research has long been problematic in the world of business education. Gordon Shenton sets out how the EFMD EQUIS accreditation system now tackles the issue Read more.
18 CSR: making trade work for the poor A special issue of Management Decision based on the International Trade Centre Executive Forum on “Making Trade Work for the Poor” is available free online to EFMD members. David Lamond explains Read more.
20 Corporate innovation: how to solve the traffic jam problem Why do managers claim to act rationally but in fact behave in illogical ways that stifle innovation? Bruno Chaintron has an answer Read more.
24 Using technology to lure executives back to business schools Deniz Saral argues that the introduction or expansion of doctoral programmes for executives and using technology-enhanced e-learning models to reduce their cost is one way business schools can increase the numbers of executive participants Read more.
28 Reaching out globally The EFMD Programme Accreditation System (EPAS) has launched an ambitious “Scale Up” initiative. Ulrich Hommel outlines the benefits Read more.
32 Culture club: is Canada leading the way? David Saunders, dean of Queen’s Business School and EFMD board member, talks about the customisation of management education, multiculturalism and adapting to the iPod generation. Interview by George Bickerstaffe Read more.
38 Publishers as knowledge brokers? David Lamond argues that the digital age has fundamentally changed the dissemination of “scholarly knowledge” and the interaction of the main stakeholders and in particular the role of publisher Read more.
42 Time for educators to get a (Second)Life? Jan Kingsly holds a conversation with Berry Beattie, a lecturer in leadership and organisational behaviour, who is exploring the potential of Second Life… Read more.
48 2006 EFMD Case Writing Competition Winners Read more.
50 Learning for tomorrow: how Co-operative Inquiry works Co-operative Inquiry as a technique is closely involved in the EFMD/UN Global Leadership Responsibility Initiative. Bryce Taylor explains
what it is and how it can be used Read more.
56 Intercultural awareness is the key to international business success John Saee outlines why managers need to develop interactive skills for dealing with people from different cultures to be able to capitalise on burgeoning international markets Read more.

Global Focus Volume 1, Issue 2 2007

01 In focus... Read more.
04 Talking shop EFMD at the Academy of Management
EQUIS celebrates 10 years
Optimising the marketing mix
IESE hosts Deans and Directors Read more.
08 EFMD’s role in European education policies Ján Figel, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, calls on EFMD to continue and strengthen its involvement in EU education and training initiatives Read more.
12 The Bologna effect: the emerging European masters market Gordon Shenton and Patrice Houdayer describe how the Bologna process, along with European specific accreditation and ranking systems, is revolutionizing the European “market” in masters degrees Read more.
18 The quiet American? Not really. Apparently unassuming Chicago GSB dean Edward Snyder talks to George Bickerstaffe Read more.
22 Programme for Innovation in Public Services – a new post- masters qualification EFMD has worked with schools across Europe to develop a new public service programme – PIPS Read more.
24 Research with a business edge Richard Straub asks how business schools and Corporate Universities can create more synergies Read more.
28 A better way to measure the value of management research? Emerald’s John Peters suggests an alternative to peer citation to assess which published management research is not only rigorous but also relevant to business Read more.
32 Revised EQUIS Standards and Criteria EFMD has introduced revised EQUIS Standards and Criteria Read more.
34 Kangaroos to Ancient Greece: how IE sees the world Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño is among Europe’s most thoughtful and outspoken deans and a strong supporter of EFMD. George Bickerstaffe met him in Madrid Read more.
40 The future of Corporate Universities in Europe José Ángel Fernandez Izard argues that Corporate Universities are the best way of attracting, developing and retaining talent Read more.
44 LINK EFMD’s learning programme for management development and organisational development professionals Read more.
46 Business school rankings: content and context
How Kai Peters came to love the rankings and learn how to “play the game” Read more.
50 ITP – Faculty development programmes: the key for success University and business school faculty are under increasing pressure to perform. Stefano Gatti looks at one programme designed to help Read more.
52 Lost leaders? We have a pretty god idea of what makes successful leaders. But Nigel Roome wonders why business schools and MBA programmes don’t seem to be teaching it Read more.
56 Why business schools should adapt to their environment Nick Binedell tells George Bickerstaffe business schools in emerging economies must adapt to their local situations and play leadership roles Read more.
59 Upcoming events at EFMD Read more.

Global Focus Volume 1, Issue 1 2007

01 In focus...
04 Talking shop
- Peter Lorange and IMD’s roots of success
- EFMD quality improvement services
- Strategic choices for executive education
- Africa Open for business
- The planet we want
10 University challenge Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO of EFMD, analyses the complex issues faced by Europe’s higher education sector, particularly business schools
16 Open future Jordi Canals, Dean of IESE, says business schools must look outwards to companies and society. Interview by George Bickerstaffe
20 CLIP spreads its wings Richard Straub, CLIP Programme Director, explains how the corporate learning initiative is developing
24 Frank Brown: making an impact Frank Brown, six months into his role as Dean of INSEAD, talks to George Bickerstaffe
28 Shaping responsible leaders for an interconnected world 2006 marked a new stage in the development of the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
32 EQUIS accreditation: value and benefits for international business schools The EQUIS accreditation system is 10 years old this year. EFMD’s Julio Urgel looks at how the system works and what business schools can gain
38 EPAS comes of age Chris Greensted reflects on the lessons learned from the early phases of the EFMD Programme Accreditation System (EPAS)
42 Observations on the past – and future – of management education in China Jan Borgonjon looks at the short and dramatic history of management education in China, particularly the role of CEIBS, and offers some views on what the future may hold
48 2006 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards Award winners and Highly Commended entries
50 The wisdom of leaders Wisdom is seen as an important component of leadership. But what is it?
Louise Lunnon and Dr Sharon Turnbull find out
54 Upcoming events at EFMD
56 The business of branding Andrew Crisp of education brand consultants CarringtonCrisp, analyses the results of the most recent joint survey with EFMD, The Business of Branding

Global Focus Special Issue on Excellence in Practice 2011

1 IntroductionRead more (PDF)
3 Observations & trends from the 2011 casesRead more (PDF)
9 Category: Professional DevelopmentING & "the world we work in"
"Accelerating Professional Development and Strategy Execution: The ING Group High Impact Performance Program for Specialists"
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13 Category: Category: Special CasesArcelorMittal & TMA World
"Global Push...Local Pull: Mobilising and Sustaining Enterprise-wide Training Globally in ArcelorMittal"
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17 Category: Organisational DevelopmentRBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group) & The Wharton School / University of Pennsylvania & INSEAD
"RBS Leadership Development Programme"
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21 Category: Talent DevelopmentRoyal Philips Electronics & Center for Creative Leadership & The Wharton School / University of Pennsylvania
"Philips Octagon - A Partnership for Leadership Excellence and Innovation"
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25 Category: Executive DevelopmentMicrosoft & Emerging World (formerly Adopt a Business)
"Innovation through Partnership: Creating a Global Leadership Program at Microsoft Benefitting Leaders, the Business and Society"
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29 Highly CommendedBrief executive summaries of the eight Highly Commended cases
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35 Excellence in Practice Awards 2012How to take part?
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Global Focus Special Issue on Excellence in Practice

1 Introduction
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3 Sustaining Partnership - Ashridge and the National TrustBilly Desmond and Paul Boniface outline some of the factors that they believe increase the likelihood of a generative partnership that fulfils both individual and organisational expectations such as the partnership between Ashridge Consulting and Britain’s National Trust. Read more (PDF)
7 Transforming IT managers - HSBC and LFGSMScott Farley and Howard Prager decribe how global banking group HSBC and Lake Forest Graduate School of Management have created a programme, Advanced Consulting Skills, that has led to improved client satisfaction with IT and enhanced IT capabilities. Read more (PDF)
11 Leveraging the University Classroom - Prism, KickApps and Bentley UniversityGordon Hardy relates how a corporate immersion programme at Bentley University in America proved to be a unique partnership between business and education. Read more (PDF)
15 Search for leaders starts at home - Pon and ORMITThe partnership of Dutch firm Pon and management development company ORMIT holds the key to developing leaders in-house. Any well-run organisation would accept that nurturing its own talent has to be a better, long-term prospect than buying in expertise. Read more (PDF)
19 Engineering the future - MAN ,WHU and Saïd Busines SchoolGerman business school WHU and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School in Britain worked with the MAN Group – one of Europe’s leading industrial players – to open up new horizons globally and create leadership capabilities for the future. Read more (PDF)
23 Excellence in Practice Awards 2011 - your chance to enter.

Global Focus Special Issue on Sustainable Business

Taking the first steps towards understanding, implementing and managing sustainability from a cost/profit perspective This special issue of Global Focus on sustainability underlines EFMD’s commitment to the subject. As the supplement’s author, Jonathan Scott, makes clear, sustainability is about sensible business. It covers the legal, financial, economic, industrial, social and behavioural aspects of business, not just “going green”. In particular, sustainability is about measuring and controlling expenses wherever they arise, whether through the husbanding of scarce raw material resources or the use of energy. Measurement and control are something that every businessman or businesswoman can understand.

Nearly half a century ago in the 1970s, when the two “oil shocks” changed the industrial world forever by pushing up the price of crude oil and its derivates, there was a huge move to react by monitoring energy usage. Even such simple measures as closing warehouse doors or turning off unnecessary lighting were shown to provide significant savings. Once more we live in an era of high and rising costs – not just for energy but for all resources, including human ones. We owe it to future generations to reduce those costs as much as we can by adopting sustainable measures, which ensure sustainable business and have the happy side-effect of also helping to preserve our environment.

This supplement and its longer online version (link coming) provide some guidance as to how we might do that..
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Global Focus Special Issue on The Role of Corporate Coaching in Business

The role of corporate coaching in business This special supplement looks at the importance and rise of coaching and mentoring in business and covers issues such as designing a coaching strategy and coaching teams in the workplace.
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Global Focus Special Issue on EPAS Accreditation

EFMD Programme Accreditation - Impact and Development of EPAS Welcome to the EFMD Global Focus EPAS special supplement which takes a detailed look at how EPAS has developed over the last 3 years and shows how the “Scale Up” of EPAS has helped to achieve a European-wide presence and critical mass in key business school markets.

Click here to download a copy of the EFMD Programme Accreditation - Impact and Development of EPAS (PDF)

Global Focus Special Issue on What makes a great business school website?

Assessing the findings of the 2008 Generation Web studyWelcome to the EFMD Global Focus special supplement which looks at the role, and importance, of websites for business schools

Click here to download a copy of the Global Focus Special Issue on What makes a great business school website ? (PDF - 572 kb)

Global Focus Special Issue on the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative

Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
- Introduction:
  Taking action to ensure the next generation of business leaders act in a globally responsible way
- GRLI worldwide partners:
  A truly global community of action and learning
- GRLI an alliance that means action:
  The foundations and workings of GRLI by Mark Drewell, chair, and Pierre Tapie, vice-chair
- Partner project:
  Reframing the purpose of management education and development
- Partner initiatives
  - Barloworld and UNISA’s Centre for Corporate Citizenship
  - GSK Biologicals and IAG-Louvain School of Management
  - Bordeaux Business School and Caisse d’Epargne Aquitaine Nord
  - University of Mannheim and KarstadtQuelle
- GRLI principles:
  Continuous growth and delivery based on a solid foundation
- GRLI partnership:
  Why join the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative?