The role of a business school dean has become increasingly pressured and challenging in a highly competitive global environment. After a highly successful first year the International Deans Programme (IDP) will run again, starting in December 2009.

The IDP is aimed at recently appointed deans/ directors of business schools that are members of the Association of Business Schools (ABS) and/or EFMD. It is a great networking opportunity to collaborate internationally. The IDP enables a group of up to 20 international deans to visit business schools in three countries. You will gain a unique overview of strategy, operations, structures and future markets in business and management education.

The 2009/10 programme will visit:

8-9 December 2009
Judge Business School and
Cranfield School of Management, UK

12-14 April 2010
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Tsinghua University School of Economicsand Management and,
CEIBS, Beijing, China

14-15 June 2010
ISM University of Management & Economics, Lithuania

For more information please contact Virginie Heredia-Rosa or Julie Davies

Click here to register for the IDP.

"The programme gave me unique access and understanding about the operations and individual characters of top schools in the world in a very short space of time. IDP also gave an understanding of what other international deans were thinking about and a network of friendly deans as well as EFMD and ABS colleagues to talk to when I need some help."
Professor Baback Yazdani, Dean, Nottingham Business School

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