IEDC-Bled School of Management, located in
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...
,
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
, is a
business school
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. It was founded in 1986 upon an initiative of Slovenian
business
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community as the International
Executive Development Center.
IEDC is dedicated to
executive education
Executive education (ExEd or Exec. Ed) refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives, business leaders and managers, globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting, but sometimes lead to ...
only, operates independently from any
university
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, and is run by a group of
faculty under the
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
and
Dean Professor
Danica Purg, who has served as the
dean since the inception. IEDC utilizes unique teaching methods: for example, it "has long been a champion of art as a tool in leadership development" (Anderson, 2008), integrated topics such as 'Sustainability for Competitive Advantage" throughout all long programs, and offers one-on-one mentorship with senior leaders for its Executive MBA participants.
The core intention of IEDC-Bled School of Management is to be an agent of change in the region, so courses,
professors
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, and activities are selected to continuously challenge countries with
transitional economies to increase business quality and results. To this end, IEDC has founded
CEEMAN–Central and Eastern European
Management Development Association, the European Leadership Center
the Slovenian chapterof
the United Nations Global Compact, and other regional and international initiatives.
Programs
IEDC-Bled School of Management educational programs include:
* Degree programs: 1- year Executive
MBA
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, 2-year Executive
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...
, Presidents'
MBA
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, and Executive
PhD
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(launched in 2010)
*
Executive education
Executive education (ExEd or Exec. Ed) refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives, business leaders and managers, globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting, but sometimes lead to ...
: open enrollment programs, such as a five-week General Management Program, short seminars, as well as custom-made programs developed for individual organizational clients
* International Summer Schools intended for young managers and professionals, including a two-week Young Managers Program, and a 9-day Discover Management Program
[Eddy, K]
"A Taste of the Challenges Ahead"
The Financial Times
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, 2008-07-30, retrieved on 2009-04-05.
References
External links
Official websiteWall Street Journal Europe on Best Eastern European SchoolsCNBC Review of IEDC as "the Harvard of Central and Eastern EuropeIEDC Review by CNN InternationalCEEMAN
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Business schools in Slovenia
Educational institutions established in 1986
Bled
1986 establishments in Slovenia