ISSUE October 2009
In this edition
Strategy’s Dirty Little Secrets
Gifts, Corruption and Philanthropy
2010 Executive Development Open Program Calendar
Are your employees motivated by reward or punishment avoidance?
MBS and University merger not proceeding
B2B Marketing Forum to become a regular event at MBS
Upcoming programs
December

Foundations of Leadership 2-4

Strategic Thinking and Action 7-10

Finance in Five  Days 7-11

Leadership Development Program 7-11

New Managers Development Program 7-12

Leadership In Action 14-18



 

February 2010

 Finance In Five Days 15-19

Leadership In Action 15-19

Senior Managers Program 21-26

New Managers Leadership Development Program 22-26

It’s time.....

It’s time to pause, reflect and discover new ways to meet your strategic goals in 2010.

To survive the economic crisis, many executives have had to react by initiating short term solutions for their departments and organisations. Whilst the crisis isn’t over, we are seeing green shoots in the economy which is a signal for executives to pause, reflect and discover new ways to meet their organisations’ strategic goals in 2010 and beyond.

This is where executive education plays an important role. Our customised, tailored, open and coaching programs can provide you, your team and organisation with new frameworks, tools and approaches to business challenges next year. Our solutions can also help build your organisational capability and knowledge to solve issues in the longer term.

Our 2010 calendar of short, open programs can now be viewed  on our website. Covering leadership, management and functional disciplines, these programs can be tailored to your company’s needs. Alternatively, if you have a specific business challenge that requires building capability across your organisation or a specific department or management level, we can develop a fully customised program for you.

We look forward to a brighter future together and seeing you, your colleagues or staff at our programs in 2010.

The next edition of Executive Insights is February 2010.


 

 

Prof. Paul S Kirkbride
Deputy Dean
Mt Eliza Executive Education
Melbourne Business School

Strategy’s Dirty Little Secrets

It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective, scope, and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t, neither can anyone else.
 

Full Story

Gifts, Corruption and Philanthropy

Should we bother to ask the question whether some gifts and donations could be interpreted as bribes, or is the distinction always clear?

 

Full Story
 

2010 Executive Development Open Program Calendar

Our 2010 calendar of short, open programs is on the printing press now. This brochure outlines our 25 programs in leadership, management and functional disciplines. These programs can be tailored specifically for your team or organisation.

 

View Calendar
 

Are your employees motivated by reward or punishment avoidance?

Employees may be feeling high levels of anxiety, fear and even panic about losing their jobs or having to reduce their hours as well as the strain of increased workloads as their companies reduce headcount.

Full Story

MBS and University merger not proceeding

On 30 September 2009, the Melbourne Business School Board announced that the proposed merger between Melbourne Business School (incorporating Mt Eliza Executive Education) and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Melbourne will not proceed.

Full Story
 

B2B Marketing Forum to become a regular event at MBS
The inaugural B2B marketing event was well received and will now be a regular event on the Mt Eliza Executive Education calendar.
Sponsored by Siemens, over 60 senior marketers attended the event representing the marketing divisions of companies including National Australia Bank, Hewlett-Packard, Ernst and Young and Telstra.

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