Executive assistants require little formal education. Learn about the education options, job duties and skills needed to see if this is the right career for you. Executive assistants provide administrative support to presidents or chief executive officers of an organization. Some positions in this field only require completion of individual courses, while others may require a degree. Here are the job duties, requirements and outlook for executive assistants. Essential Information Executive assistants primarily work in an office environment, supporting high-level officials within…

The full-time Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) is an intensive one-year residential programme created specifically for professionals with remarkable track records and 4 to 12 years of work experience in a wide range of industries. The EPGP provides students with the same solid foundation in key management concepts and disciplines as a two-year MBA, with similar rigor, range of electives, and grading criteria. A key advantage of the EPGP is that the course work builds on the diverse and extensive work experience of the students

What kinds of programs are available? Chicago Harris will work with your organization to design a custom training program that meets your unique needs. We offer a variety of classes from public finance to communication strategies to program evaluation. Course lengths range from one day to one week depending on the number of classes you are interested in scheduling. We also offer flexibility in the delivery of the program. Chicago Harris professors can teach on-site at your office, in a Chicago-based venue, or via teleconferencing

The Centre for General Management Development at Cranfield delivers practical executive education that helps managers progress and businesses flourish. Our approach is to support managers at the key transition points in their careers, giving them a clear understanding of how to develop and use their personal capabilities to add greater value to their organisation. Managers must step outside their businesses to be able to put new insight and impetus back in. We help them do that by offering a long term and personal relationship, something that is unique to Cranfield’s general…

The digital landscape is transforming the way we do business. The emergence of digital technologies has created unprecedented access to data and consumer information, while also offering new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes. To help entrepreneurs and business owners better understand and execute on the full potential of these technologies, Tuck Executive Education is collaborating with Google to offer the Digital Excellence Program for Minority Entrepreneurs. This program—tailored to minority and underrepresented entrepreneurs—features sessions that cover topics…

The Executive Chef, or Head Chef, plays a combined creative and managerial role in the kitchen. In the traditional kitchen hierarchy, the position represents the pinnacle of culinary achievement. If you have worked in a kitchen, or even in a front of the house restaurant job, you know the weight carried by the designation of Executive Chef. Hard work is rewarded in most kitchens, and the hospitality industry promotes from within, but the skill set required for a position of this magnitude is not conjured without a Culinary Arts education. Even if your short-term goal is to work…

MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation This track introduces breakthrough concepts that can help to identify, capture, and deliver on great ideas and to successfully drive innovation throughout the organization. Participants learn new strategic approaches and tools for managing products, technology, and innovation, as well as for discovering new sources of profitability. MIT Sloan School of Management is world renowned for the development and advancement of strategic and innovative management methods and practices. That s why we continually reevaluate and…

Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform. Rakesh Khurana shows that university-based business schools were founded to train a professional class of managers in the mold of doctors and lawyers but have effectively retreated from that goal, leaving a gaping moral hole at the center of business education and perhaps in management itself. Khurana begins in the…

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Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education offers a wide range of open enrolment and customised programmes. These programmes are designed for organisations, business professionals, managers, leaders, and executives from many different functions who strive for professional and personal growth. Programmes are developed to help executives and organisations from both the private and the public sectors achieve operational excellence and results. Our world-class faculty comprises of 55 members, with research interests spanning…

“In addition to having outstanding faculty, the reading material, applied learning, and the diversity of the participants all contributed to a rich experience.” Director, Office of Change Management, Northwestern University “Excellent faculty and choice of exercises to gain experience collaborating between individuals, teams, departments and organizations. [I] was able to implement the learning immediately into my work.” Assistant Director, Human resources, Chicago Cubs, Greater Chicago Area “The tools I [took with me from Constructive Collaboration] have been among the most…

Earn a Certificate What is an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate? An MIT Sloan Executive Certificate is a formal recognition of your professional development and commitment to continuous learning. Pursuing an Executive Certificate allows you to further your business knowledge and skills on a convenient, flexible schedule of your own design. Our professional certificate programs run throughout the year and are typically two days to one week in duration. The certificates are offered in three areas of concentration, providing executives with the opportunity to tailor their education…

IMCA announced today a series of online and live workshops for CIMA certification candidates. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE introduces new study resources for CIMA certification candidates Program delivered via online and live workshops Denver—June 1, 2016—Investment Management Consultants Association® (IMCA®) today announced a series of new study resources for CIMA® certification candidates: The Investment Workshop Series: Preparation for CIMA ® Exams. Developed and delivered by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education, the series is comprised of consecutive…