BEYOND THE MBA: Executive education providers

The need for business education does not stop with obtaining a master’s degree in business administration. In addition to offering robust MBA programs – both standard and executive – business schools around the globe have designed courses, seminars and other targeted programs for professionals at various stages of career development, from junior managers to C-suite executives. And nearly all offer custom options, through which they will create unique, tailored courses for corporate clients.

Listed below are examples of existing programs and courses available at leading executive education providers in the United States, Latin America and Europe. For more detailed information or for information about custom programs, please visit the website of each institution or program.

UNITED STATES

Columbia Business School

Base: New York, NY

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Programs: custom and open programs

Offerings include:

1. General Management Leadership: two-week offsite program focused on cross-functional management. Tuition:$24,750.

2.Columbia Senior Executive Program: month-long intensive for top managers. Tuition: four consecutive weeks for $46, or two two-week sessions for $50,000.

Duke Corporate Education

Base: Durham, North Carolina

Website:

Programs: custom education only

Offices: Durham; New York City; San Diego, California; London, United Kingdom; Johannesburg, South Africa; Ahmedabad, India.

Partners: Duke University (parent); London School of Economics and Political Science; Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Duke University Fuqua School of Business

Base: New York, NY

Website:

Programs: Open programs

Offerings include:

1. Advanced Management Program: designed for executives with at least 15 years of experience; two sessions of two weeks each, with a six-week virtual intersession in between; $43,000.

2. Duke Leadership Program: weeklong intensive program with one-on-one coaching: $8,500.

Harvard Business School

Base: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Programs: custom and open

Offerings include:

1. Agribusiness Seminar (for Latin America): four-day intensive program in São Paulo, May 15-18, 2011. Tuition: $6,750

2. High Potentials Leadership Program: for high-impact, fast track individuals with more than 10 years of experience and increasing responsibility. Weeklong session at main campus. Tuition: $12,500

Florida International University

Base: Miami, Florida

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Programs: open and custom (latter in English or Spanish)

Offerings include:

1. Advanced Management Program: for mid-career executives focusing on theory and practice across major fields in 26 weekend sessions: $15,000.

2. Executive Leadership Development Leading Decisions Program: three-day intensive for senior managers and higher: $6,750.

MIT Sloan School of Management

Base: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Programs: custom and open programs

Offerings include:

1.Business Dynamics: MIT's Approach to Diagnosing and Solving Complex Business Problems: four-day intensive workshops: $7,590 (excludes accommodations)

2.Clean Energy Ventures: Creating Innovative New Businesses Through Entrepreneurial Management: new program for senior corporate, government agency and other leaders. Four-day intensive session: $9,950.

New York University Stern School of Business

Base: New York, NY

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Programs: open and custom

Offerings include:

1. Leadership Training for High Potentials: two-day seminar: $2,500.

2. Leadership for Strategic Change and Growth: two-day seminar: $3,750.

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Base: Evanston, Illinois

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Programs: custom and open

Offerings include:

1. New Leadership for the Family Enterprise: designed for the next generation of executives of family-owned companies. Four-day program: $9,750.

2. Creating and Managing Strategic Alliances: four-day program designed for mid- to upper-level managers: $5,900.

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California

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Programs: custom and open

Offerings include:

1. Executive Program in Leadership: The Effective Use of Power: weeklong program for senior-level executives: $11,000.

2. Executive Program for Growing Companies: Two-week program with a general management curriculum: $20,000.

Thunderbird School of Global Management

Base: Glendale, Arizona

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Programs: open, online certificate and custom

Offerings include:

1. Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives: two-week industry-specific program for senior-level managers with 10 or more years in management roles: $14,925.

2. Leading Global Projects for Strategic Results: three-day intensive: $3,700 at Glendale/Phoenix campus; program also offered in Geneva, Switzerland.

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Base: Los Angeles, California

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Programs: open and custom

Offerings include:

1. Mergers & Acquisitions: four-day immersion course emphasizes timely strategies: $5,695.

2. Executive Program: designed for rising leaders with several years of management experience, who direct specific functional areas. Consists of three intensive sessions lasting three days each, with weekly evening sessions in between: $16,995.

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Base: Chicago, Illinois

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Programs: open and custom

Offerings include:

  1. Chicago Executive Institute: six one-week sessions held over one year, designed for senior-level executives with at least 15 years management experience: $42,000.
  2. Strategic Business Leadership: Engagement, Performance, and Execution: four-day seminar designed for senior and upper-middle executives: $7,950.

University of Miami

Base: Coral Gables, Florida

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Programs: custom and certificate-based

Offerings include:

1. Certificate in Administration and Business for the Executive Manager: 330 hours of online course work followed by 35 hours of classes at the campus; offered in Spanish.

2. Graduate Business Certificate Program: four three-credit business courses may be taken individually but all four must be completed to receive certificate.

University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business

Base: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Programs:

Offerings include:

1.Global CEO program (formerly CEO program for Latin America). Three one-week sessions (São Paulo in November 2011, Philadelphia in March 2012 and Shanghai in June 2012. Joint venture with Spain’s IESE Business School and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

2. High-Potential Leaders: Accelerating Your Impact: five-day intensive course emphasizes effective leadership in global economy: $11,500.

University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Base: Charlottesville, Virginia

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Programs: open and custom

Offerings include:

1. The Executive Program: month-long program for executives generally with at least 12 years of managerial experience; executives must be nominated by their employer as part of application process: $43,000.

2. The Mind of the CFO: Becoming a Strategic Leader: four-day intensive course for finance executives: $8,900.

SPANISH-SPEAKING LATIN AMERICA

ESAN (Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados)
Base: Lima, Perú
Website: (English)
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Programs: custom, short and long programs (international component)
Offerings include:
1. Specialization Program for Executives: 15 sessions, plus a workshop: $585.
2. High-Specialization Strategic Administration Program: Competitiveness and Globalization: Eight-month program for small- and medium-sized business managers with control over strategic growth. Classes each Tuesday and Friday evening.
Accreditations: EFMD, Nibes, CLADEA

IAE Business School - Universidad Austral

Base: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Website: (Spanish)

english.iae.edu.ar/programas/Pages/executiveeducation.aspx (English).

Programs: Open

Offerings include:
1. Management Development Program: Three-week Spanish-only course for executives holding functional responsibilities in their organizations: $16,259

2. Small- and Medium-Sized Company Management: 20-day part-time course for those with prior managerial experience and must be related to company ownership: $9,961.

Accreditations: AACSB, Association of MBAs, Equis

INCAE Business School

Base: La Garita, Alajuela, Costa Rica

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Programs: custom and open programs; seminars (in Spanish); in-company
Offerings include:

1. Young Executives Program: six-day intensive program for those starting their career or recent university graduates seeking decision-making skills, in Spanish: $3,100.

2. Advanced Management Program: Month-long program offered in July 2011, in Spanish, with a focus on global polity, economics, business strategies and leadership: $10,850.

Accreditations: AACSB, Equis, SACS

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez- Centro de Educación Ejecutiva (CEE-UAI)

Base: Santiago, Chile
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Programs: custom and open programs

Offerings include:
1. Diploma in Financial Investment Management: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from April 18 through November 30, 2011, with examinations on Saturday mornings totaling 192 hours. $7,100.

2. International Senior Management Program (PIAD): five-day intensive program, in Spanish. Designed for executives, entrepreneurs, managers, advisers and consultants in large- and medium-size companies: $1,980.

Universidad de Chile-Facultad Economía y Negocios
Base: Santiago, Chile
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Programs: custom and open programs

Offerings include:

1. Diploma In Organizational Dynamics: 129 total hours with classes held Tuesday and Thursday evenings, starting April 12: $6,657.

2. Diploma In International Taxation: 150 total hours in sessions held Monday and Wednesday evenings, from July 20, 2011. For professionals in auditing, accounting, law, engineering, and commercial and business executives.

Universidad de los Andes-Managerial Development Program

Base: Bogota, Colombia
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Programs: Custom, corporate and open programs, administered through the international division of the School of Management for Executive Education.

Offerings include:

1. Top Management Program: delivered in day sessions held twice a month in a 10-month period. Designed for executives who wish to strengthen managerial abilities with a strategic and global perspective.

2. Managerial Development Program: Short courses, Management courses and Advanced Management courses, offered on an annual basis.

Partners: International University Consortium for Executive Education –UNICON

Accreditations: AACSB, Equis, SACS

Universidad Panamerica (IPADE)

Base: Mexico City

Website:

Programs: custom and open

Offerings include:

1. Senior Executive Program: three one-week modules. For senior managers with more than 15 years experience in an international context: $28,000, including tuition, materials, most meals and accommodation. In partnership with Spain’s IESE and Argentina’s IAE.

2. Top Management Program: two half days a week for nine months. Three different formats, depending on experience and role: $13,600 to $30,000.

Partners in Latin America: IESE, IAE, IESA, PAD, IDE

EUROPE

London Business School

Base: London, England
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Programs: Custom and traditional programs

Offerings Include:
1. Accelerated Development: two sessions of two weeks each designed for technical or functional specialists who wish to make a transition to a broader management role; 10-15 years' relevant management experience recommended.

2. Emerging Leaders: three-week program for high-potential technical or functional specialists taking on first management role who have some decision-making responsibility but limited people-management experience.

HEC Paris

Base: Paris, France

Website:

Programs: Custom and open programs

Offerings include:

  1. Creating Value through Strategic Financial Management: three-day English-language intensive in Paris for mid- to upper-level executives from a non-financial background: €3,600.
  2. Managing Across Culture: two-day English-language intensive course in Paris for executives and international project managers: €1,800.

Accreditations: AACSB, Equis, Association of MBAs

Esade Business School

Base: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Website:
Programs: Custom and open programs

Offerings include:

1. Advanced Management Program: four-week Spanish-language program for top-level business executives; offered in Spanish in Barcelona and Madrid: €24,850.

2. Program for Management Development-International Edition: two weeklong Spanish-language intensive sessions in Barcelona designed for managers seeking international experience, with five days in Madrid and five days in Washington, D.C.: €28,380.

Accreditations: AACSB, Equis, CEMS

IE Business School

Base: Madrid, Spain

Website:

Programs: open, custom, online and in-company

Offerings include:

  1. Senior Program of Executive Coaching and Management: Approximately 216 hours divided into 90-minute sessions for professionals with a minimum of five years' management experience, in Spanish: €15,000.
  2. Effective Management for Security Professionals: Four-day intensive program designed for mid-to-senior level security managers, conducted in English: €4,500 (€3,600 additional for ASIS member fee).

Partners: Northeastern University

IESE Business School — University of Navarra

Base: Barcelona, Spain

Website:

Programs: open programs, including short courses in either English or Spanish; custom education

Offerings include:
1. Senior Executive Program (SEP) for Latin America: three one-week sessions held in Miami and New York.

2. Program for Management Development (PMD): four one-week sessions held in Barcelona, New York and Madrid: €35,000.

Partners: IPADE of Mexico and IAE in Argentina.

INSEAD

Base: Fontainebleau, France

Website:

Programs: custom and open programs

Offerings include:

1. Management Acceleration Program: three-week sessions for early career high-potential executives: €16,000.

2. Learning To Lead: three-day sessions for those making the transition to leadership, held at all campuses: €3,900.

Other campuses: Singapore, Abu Dhabi