Archive for November/2011

IE Business School’s Executive MBA program has been ranked 4th worldwide and 1st in Europe in BusinessWeek’s latest ranking of Executive MBA programs.

IE Business School runs Executive MBA programs in several formats to meet the specific needs of different executive profiles. In addition to the onsite version, the School’s Executive MBA program portfolio includes blended versions that combine onsite and online learning available in both English and Spanish versions. These programs include the International Executive MBA, and the recently launched IE Brown Executive MBA, aimed at senior managers with a markedly international profile, with a student body that currently comprises students from 14 countries. IE runs the program jointly with Brown University, an Ivy League university recognized for excellence in humanistic, social and scientific disciplines. The portfolio is rounded off with the IE’s new Global Executive MBA, a blended program that includes periods in Spain, China, US and Brazil.

In the annual ranking of America’s top Architecture and Design School, the well reputed publication Design Intelligence looks further beyond the US and is listing Unexpected Options. These are education options beyond what DI considers mainstream for their annual rankings.

About the IE School of Architecture they are writing:
“We’ve been watching this school for several years as they bring an entirely different model into play. Located in Madrid and Segovia, Spain, this school was started by the IE Business School, one of the top-rated business schools in the world. The faculty and administration have the resources to establish a tier-one global architecture and design school designed to strengthen professional practices. Based in a former monastery, the learning environment is high-tech and inspiring. Its core teaching language is English.”

This is the second mention of the IE School of Architecture as in 2010 it was claimed a Hidden Gem of Architecture education.

Created by students to document their first days at the IE International MBA – stay tuned for more videos to come!

IE Business School 11/11 intake intro video: The trailer from IE Business School 11/11 intake on Vimeo.

Global Engagement through Social Entrepreneurship is the topic of the 2012 IB World Student Conference hosted by IE University, Spain.

This conference provides to IB Diploma Program students the opportunity to meet students and social entrepreneurs who share a concern about our society’s most pressing problems and want to design an innovative action plan to solve them.

IE University hosts this event in their beautiful historic campus, housed in a 15th century convent, the perfect setting to get inspired and come up with new ideas to achieve social change. Participants will also be able to explore the surrounding areas, and enjoy and absorb all the history and culture that Spain has to offer.

The program includes interactive lectures by renowned social entrepreneurs, as well as team meetings in which, through the process of design thinking, the teams will create an action plan to implement their ideas. In addition, IB Diploma students have the opportunity to take part in cultural, social, and outdoor activities that will allow them to get to know their fellow participants better and learn from their experiences.

Registration is now open on the IB website.

What will the future look like? What are the challenges that society will have to face? The future is the consequence of our current actions. Studying the future could allow us to anticipate consequences and choose courses of action that can lead us to desirable scenarios. This session is not an exercise of prediction but an opportunity to discuss the main issues that are molding the years ahead. Is Globalization reversible? Are we facing a technological revolution? What consequences will current events have on society and business?

Enjoy two engaging sessions with our Professor William Davila in Australia:

Sydney – November 22, 2011 – Four Points by Sheraton, Darling Harbour

Melbourne – November 24, 2011 – The Hub, Level 3 – 673 Bourke Street

For more details, please visit the IE Event Page

IE Business School´s Net Impact Club cordially invites you to the 6^th Annual Social Responsibility Forum (SRF), IE´s most widely attended conference as seen by the geographical reach of its speakers, the increasing number of students from other top European MBA programs, and successful professionals who attend the event every year.  Mark your agendas, this year´s SRF will be held on November 11-12, 2011.

Sustainability is not only for tree-huggers. It is for global strategists as well. For this reason we are convening more than 30 experts from 5 continents to tell you why.

The concept of SRF 2011 is Invent Your Paradigm and hopes to enable a platform to discuss cutting edge developments within sustainability and management thinking: multidisciplinary systems thinking, knowledge networks, change management, as well as the ability to simultaneously view problem solving from local and global perspectives.  Whether we are in the private, public or third sector, this forum believes we need to constantly shift the sustainability paradigm to be effective leaders and decision-makers. With the right dose of empowerment and inspiration, anyone can become a paradigm shifter.