Top 10 international executive education programs
Top 10 non-US executive education programs
Source: BusinessWeek
At an executive managerial level, it isn’t easy to make long-term commitments unrelated to work. Executive education programs are tailored to those who want to continue their education but are unable to spare a year or two obtaining an Executive Master’s Business Administration (EMBA), or executive master’s degree in business administration. While no degrees are issued upon completion of executive training courses, participants receive accredited certificates. With shorter, smaller classes, executive education courses come in two forms: open enrollment and customized courses.
Business schools around the world have created tailor-made executive education courses for companies aiming to enhance their employees’ skills. Harvard Business School, the world’s top executive education provider, works with companies to develop specially designed courses to fit the organization’s needs. Training courses benefit the individual employee as well as the entire company, according to Harvard.
Open enrollment courses are also valuable, as employees acquire skills on a personal need basis and then apply the knowledge in their working environment. For example, ‘Achieving Outstanding Performance’ is a five-day course offered by INSEAD. This course is for senior managers in companies focusing on initiatives to enhance its staff’s performance.
Another course offered by INSEAD is the “Family Enterprise Challenge.” This four-day course is “an overview of the latest thinking and best practices on a wide range of family enterprise topics, using real family business cases.” With many small to medium-sized enterprises and family-owned businesses in the Middle East, this class is ideal for regional executives. Other institutions offer numerous topics ranging from “advanced strategic management” at International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland to classes on “interpersonal dynamics for high-performance executives” at Stanford and “wealth management” at Wharton.
Lighter on the pocket and softer on time away from the office, executive education is an alternative to a long-term EMBA in today’s competitive and rigorous global business circumstances.
