IE & Asia-Pacific

Ms. Kalpana Jaishankar, Sr. VP & Global HR Head, Mastek Ltd

How to handle Gen-Y employees, Leadership Development and Reverse Mentorship have been the hot topics on the first HR Conference organized by IE Business School in coordination with  HRIA (Human Resource Infotech Association) –  a body with HR representatives of IT and ITeS companies across India.

Mr. Rajeev Kumar – Global HR Head – TCS Financial Solutions and Ms. Kalpana Jaishankar – Sr. VP & Global HR Head – Mastek Ltd were invited as keynote speakers addressing the most relevant challenges of HR managers in India. The event was attended by HR representatives of over 40 companies based in Mumbai but having presence all over India.

The corporate sector enjoyed the event and the during the networking dinner following the event the discussion continued.

During the event Joël McConnell, IE’s Director of International Development for the Asia Pacific Region, also spoke to the more than 100 HR managers about the different degree programs and formats available for their most high potential staff members; and how IE’s Career Services teams in both Mumbai and Madrid can help top Indian companies hire IE graduates.

Learn what Greg, current student from the IE Brown Executive MBA, and Mary, graduate from this program, have to tell about their experiences and take-outs of this journey.

An Instagram insight into IE

Have you wondered what is happening at IE on a daily basis – outside of the classroom? Almost everyday you have a corporate speaker, a conference, a book presentation or a networking cocktail happening on our Madrid campus. Unfortunately, you don’t see so much on the the corporate web www.ie.edu.

Kerry Parke, associate director of the Communication Department, is connecting those dots invisible to those who are not on campus (yet) with Instagram. She tells the small stories behind the scenes or features another focus of larger events at IE, so that you can explore why IE is considered one of the leading business schools in the world.

Currently Kerry is talking about the LAUNCH period of the International MBA with initiatives like “Revolutionize your space” where students have to step into the shoes of architects or explore what it takes to climb all 14 eight-thousander mountains in the world as the first women ever.

Please take out your agendas, smartphones (apps) or calendars to update the key dates for the International MBA Program that starts in April 2013:

• Intensive Spanish course (optional): February 11^th  to March 8^th
• Pre-Program: March 15^th to March 22^nd
• Opening Ceremony: April 3^rd
• Orientation Days: April 4^th to April 8^th
• LAUNCH: April 9th to April 16^th
• Graduation: May 23^rd 2014

Please remember that IE has a rolling admissions procedure which means that there are no explicit application deadlines. Also, please take note of the following loan application periods and deadlines (applications sent outside these date ranges will not be accepted):

• International MBA (April’13 intake): January 1^st  to February 28^th 2013

IE Business School holds the No. 1 position in the 2012 Financial Times ranking of European business schools. 

The FT’s annual survey of business schools in Europe is based on results obtained by leading European schools in the rankings drawn up by FT throughout the year of MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Management and Executive Education programs.  This latest result further consolidates IE’s position as one of the world’s top business schools.

In order to prepare its rankings Financial Times employs criteria that include the career and salary progression of business school graduates, the international slant of programs, the percentage of international students and faculty, and the fulfillment of expectations of students and client firms

The Saudi Spanish Center for Economics and Finance recently organized it’s Social Impact Finance Forum, to discuss the future of finance and alternative ways of funding. It also served as the closing event for the What is Out There video competition.

The Saudi Spanish Center for Economics and Finance is a joint center formed by IE Business School and King Abdulaziz University.

Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University, interviews Arnoud De Meyer, President of Singapore Management University, about the success of Asian Universities in the Global Higher Education Market and the key factors that have helped Singapore to become an international education hub.

The interview took place at the IE Madrid Campus during the Reinventing Higher Education Conference organized by IE University, where experts gathered from international institutions like Oxford University, Brown University, the World Economic Forum, Wikipedia, Alexandria Trust and the British Council to discuss the environment surrounding universities nowadays. This includes things like the demand in a globalized world, the strength of emerging markets like Asia or the Middle East, and innovation in teaching methods.

Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University and Dean of IE Business School, analyzes the challenges and new trends facing Higher Education, as well as the importance of “Edupreneurship”. These trends and ways of differentiation were analyzed at IE this week during the “Reinventing Higher Education” conference, which gathered presidents and rectors of universities from every continent.

For the 34^th time, IE Business School welcomed a new blend of young entrepreneurs, innovators and future leaders to become part of its family. Students from 68 different nationalities, and thus 92% of international students from a wide range of academic backgrounds, came together and had the opportunity to network during the ceremony before returning to Madrid. But what would IE be without its surprises?

Joel Martinez, Veronica Neo, Atsuo Habe, Gilbert Lee, Alexis Berger, Alexandre Goossens and Braden Weinstock created something special, which you can check out below. Class of 2014 – welcome and good luck!

This post was first published on the International MBA blog.

As you probably know, CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black, namely the four base ink colors. In offset and digital printing the CMYK ink colors are applied to paper in successive layers. By overlapping the four colors in varying concentrations, a huge number of other colors can be created. As a result, the combined visual effects of the four CMYK colors produce what we commonly call full color printing. I believe that the visions of the four professors featured in this video serve in much the same way as “base colors” for developing thought in the field of management. They basically address two issues – what could be considered the most important management subject, and whether the world is seeing a shift in its center of gravity. Prof. de l´Etraz disagrees with Dean Iniguez, and Prof. D´Souza disagrees with Dean Boehm. It seems that agreement is just not their thing. Check out what they have to say!