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A Quick Guide to AMPs

What's available at various business schools across the world

Published: Jul 16, 2010 12:08:07 AM IST
Updated: Jul 16, 2010 07:20:07 AM IST
A Quick Guide to AMPs

IE BUSINESS SCHOOL

1) AMP Blended Edition 2) AMP Intensive Edition
Dates: AMP Blended: February 14 – May 31, 2011 (Module 1 in February, Module 2 (online) from February to May and Module 3 in May)
AMP Intensive: June 29 – July 22, 2011
Duration: AMP Blended: 2 in-class weeks + 10 online weeks; AMP Intensive: 4 weeks
Location: Madrid
Participant profile: CEOs, vice-presidents, executive directors, country managers and general managers, from sectors like banking and fi nance, IT, health and pharmaceuticals, media and advertising, education and government.
Cost: €16,900
Faculty: Gayle Allard, Enrique Dans, Gareth Jones
Focus: Leadership, strategic vision and macroeconomic environment


 

COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Columbia Senior Executive Program
Dates: Twice a year; October 3 – 29, 2010; May 1 – 27, 2011
Duration: 4 weeks
Location: New York City (Manhattan) and Norwalk CT
Participant profile: Senior executives (15 years or more in leadership roles) from sectors such as aerospace, financial services, oil and gas, military and government
Cost: $46,500
Faculty: Paul Ingram (Kravis Professor of Business); Glenn Hubbard (Dean of the Columbia Business School); Willie Pietersen
Focus: Leadership and strategy


INSEAD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Advanced Management Programme
Dates: February, July, October
Duration: 4 weeks
Location: Fontainebleau, France
Participant profile: CEOs, heads of divisions, regions or functions with 12 years of management experience on average with at least 5 years in general management. Classes typically consist of between 60-100 participants
Cost: €29,500
Faculty: Narayan Pant, Anil Gaba, José Santos, Jose-Luis Alvarez
Focus: Leadership


HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, HARVARD UNIVERSITY


Advanced Management Program
Dates: September 6 – October 29, 2010; April 4  –  May 27, 2011
Duration: 8 Weeks
Location: Boston
Participant profile: Senior executives one or two levels from the CEO, with approximately 20-25 years of work experience. About 70% of the participants are from outside the United States
Cost:  The September programme is for $60,000 and the April programme for $62,000
Faculty: Michael Tushman, John Quelch, David Yoffie, Clayton Christensen, Niall Ferguson, and Michael Porter
Focus: Strategic leadership; closely examines personal and organisational leadership, corporate strategy, the global economy and corporate social responsibility

DESAUTELS FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT, MCGILL UNIVERSITY

International Masters Programme in Practicing Management
Dates: 10 day modules in June 2010, October-November 2010, February 2011, May-June 2011, October 2011
Duration: Spread over 15 months; held over five modules at different business schools across continents
Location: UK, Canada, India (Bangalore), China and Brazil for one IMPM version. For the second, UK, Canada, India, Japan, Korea and France
Participant Profile: Typically 35-55 years of age with over 15 years’ work experience, including extensive managerial experience
Cost: $55,000
Faculty: Henry Mintzberg
Focus: Structured on five mindsets in five separate modules - The Reflective Mindset: Managing Self (Held at Lancaster Business School UK), The Analytical Mindset: Managing Organizations (McGill, Canada), The Worldly Mindset: Managing
Context (IIM-Bangalore), The Collaborative Mindset: Managing Relationships (Renmin University of China, Beijing), and The Action Mindset: Managing Continuity and Change (EBAPE/FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). In the second version, the last two modules are held in Japan and Korea, and INSEAD, France respectively


WHARTON BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA


Advanced Management Program

Dates: 3 October-5 November 2010; 5 June-8 July 2011
Duration:  5 straight weeks        
Location:  Philadelphia                            
Participant Profile: Senior executives from industries like financial services, energy, manufacturing, services, petroleum and mining, engineering and construction, government, communications, media and services
Structure: Week 1 - Becoming a learning
community and reframing the competitive landscape. Week 2 - The business of drawing connections. Week 3 - Doing good at home and abroad. Week 4 - The business of leadership in action. Week 5 - The business of shaping the future
Cost: $50,000
Faculty: Peter Cappelli, Thomas P. Gerrity, Ram Charan, Jeremy Rifkin, Paul Schoemaker, Jeremy Siegel, Mike Useem
Focus: Preparing for the challenges of a changing world


BABSON EXECUTIVE EDUCATION, BABSON COLLEGE

Consortium for Executive Development Programme

Dates: Not announced yet
Duration: 10 days
Location:
  Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Participant Profile: The ideal participant is approaching or experiencing a mid-career transition, moving from a successful but focussed career path to a broader, more senior-level leadership role in a region, function, or business opportunity
Cost: $10,000
Faculty: William Lawler, Stephen A. Allen and Kathleen Hevert
Focus: Entrepreneurial thought and action


STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Stanford Executive Programme

Dates: June 19 – July 30, 2011
Duration: 6 weeks; the first five consist of core courses and the sixth has elective courses. Participants have the option to purchase executive coaching for individual leadership skills development
Location: Stanford, California
Participant profile: This year’s class comprised of executives with at least 12-15 years of management experience and strategic responsibilities; 28 different industries represented
Cost: Programme: $56,000, Executive Coaching (Optional): $5,600
Faculty: Robert Burgelman, David Larcker,
Edward Lazear
Focus: Designed to maximise linkages across three key themes: Strengthening strategic leadership competence, Developing core functional capabilities, Managing the extended market and non-market environment

A Quick Guide to AMPs

LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL

Accelerated Development Programme
Dates: a) August 29 - September 10, October 24 - November 05, 2010. b) November 14-26, 2010 and January 16-28, 2011. c) April 03-15, 2011 and July 03-15, 2011
Duration: 4 weeks (2 modules each of two weeks)
Location: London
Participant profile: In the last programme, participants came from food/beverages/tobacco, metals and mining, finance, upstream oil and gas, telecom and , pharmaceutical industries
Cost: £21,600 (including accommodation)
Faculty: Zeger Degraeve, Marcus Alexander, Nader Tavassoli
Focus: Helps you understand and apply six key capabilities: Leading people, evaluating and managing organisational performance, strategy and innovation, leading change, creating and delivering customer value, strategic decision making.


SAID SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme
Dates: October 10 – 30, 2010, June 12 – July 2, 2011, October 9 – 29, 2011
Duration: 18 days over 3 weeks
Location: Oxford, England
Participant Profile: Most in the 40-49 age group, from diverse industries including service, finance, utilities and public sector
Cost: *£15,500 (ex VAT) *with early payment benefi t this fee will become £13,900 (ex VAT)
Faculty: Lalit Johri, Kunal Basu, Thomas Powell
Focus: New opportunities and new visions; inclusive strategies and leadership; making a difference in the society

TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Tuck Executive Programme

Dates: July-August      
Duration: 3 weeks               
Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, US
Participant Profile: High-potential managers
with 10-15 years of management experience, who have just reached, or are about to reach, significant general management leadership
Cost: $30,000
Faculty: Syd Finkelstein, Kevin Lane Keller, Marshall Goldsmith
Focus:  General management and leadership


BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO


The Chicago Executive Institute

Dates: Starts in the week of September 13-17, 2010
Duration: 6 weeks taken over a 12-month period. There are 3 core weeks, one at the beginning (September 13-17, 2010), one in the middle (April 4-8, 2011) and one at the end (September 12-16, 2011). These are fixed dates. The participants select three open enrollment electives (also one-week courses) to take in between the core classes
Location: Core classes and most electives in Chicago. A few open enrollment programmes at the London campus
participant profile: C-Suite executives, country manager, managing director, president, owner, partner, principal. Top industries represented are energy, government, construction, financial services, retail/consumer product, manufacturing, information technology, consulting
Cost: $42,000
faculty: Harry Davis and Ron Burt
Focus: Helping the executives become more adaptive, agile and responsive leaders


ASHRIDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Advanced Management Programme

Dates: Module One: September 19 - October 01. Module Two: December 05 - December 17. (Dates for 2011 will be announced next year. It is currently envisaged that Module One will run three times in 2011 (in two alternative formats - see below) and Module Two will run twice in 2011)
Duration: For the remaining programme to run in 2011, the programme comprises two modules, each 12 days. In 2011, Module One will run in two alternative formats: (a) two iterations of: two one-week residential modules, separated by a gap of six to eight weeks and (b) one iteration of two five-day residential modules separated by a weekend. Module Two will be an 11 day residential module taken 3-12 months following Module One
Location: Hertfordshire, UK
Structure: Modular, 2 x 5 days and 1 x 11 days
participant profile: CEOs, unit managers, directors, senior VPs and heads of departments
Fee: £16,500 + VAT inclusive of residential cost
Faculty: Stefan Wills, Bob Stilliard, Narendra Laljani, Steve Watson and Megan Reitz

FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, DUKE UNIVERSITY

Advanced Management Program

Dates: Module 1 in September and Module 2
in November
Duration: 10 weeks; two modules of two weeks each with a six-week period of Internet-enabled course work in between
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA
Participant profile: Senior managers and executives with at least 15 years of professional leadership experience, people with responsibility for corporate strategy and implementation
Cost: $43,000
Faculty: Blair Sheppard, Campbell Harvey,
Ram Charan
Focus: Helping executives become leaders of consequence


HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF BERKELEY

Berkeley Executive Leadership
Programme

Dates: September 13-17
Duration: 5 days
Location:  Berkeley, California, US
Participant profile: Senior manager to senior vice president level, 50% US, 50% international participants, coming from high technology, healthcare, defense, energy, transportation, government sectors
Cost: $7,750
Prominent faculty: Jenny Chatman, Laura Kray, Cameron Anderson
Focus: Leadership in uncertain times


DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

The Executive Program

Dates: June 05-July 01, 2011
Duration: 4 weeks
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Participant profile: Majority of participants come from the US, some from Asia and Africa. Industries represented include defence, insurance, manufacturing, energy, non-profits and
consumer services
Cost: $43,000
faculty: Robert Conroy, Alan R. Beckenstein and Alexander B. Horniman
Focus: Organised around themes such as processes, systems and networks, economic value
creation, entrepreneurial mindset, global economic environment, market orientation, strategy and innovation


THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT


Advanced Management Program for oil and gas industry executives
Dates: November 1-12, 2010
Duration: 2 weeks
Location: Glendale, Arizona, USA
profile: Mid- to senior-level managers in the oil and gas industry. Most have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the industry
Cost: $14,925 (15% discount if participants register 60 days in advance)
Faculty: Kannan Ramaswamy, Ed Barrett and Michael Moffet
Focus: Four main areas of oil and gas industry: Finance and accounting, leadership, strategy and negotiations


KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

(This AMP is undergoing a redesign right now and will be unveiled in 2011.)

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CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, SHANGHAI

Advanced Management Programme
Dates: Three-day modules in June, July, August, September, October and December
Duration: 7 months (June – December)
Location: Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen
Participant profile: Presidents and general managers in fast-growing successful enterprises, general managers for business units of group enterprises, and senior managers with high potential, who have had at least eight years’ management experience.
Cost: RMB148,000
Faculty: Xu Bin, Katherine Xin, Wang Gao, Zhao Xinge
Focus: General management


RICHARD IVEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

The Ivey Executive Program

Dates: Fall 2010 (One module): November 7 – 26. Spring 2011 (Split into two modules): Module 1 – May 1 – 7, Module 2 – June 5 – 17. Fall 2011 October 23 – November 11
Duration: 3 weeks
Location: Ontario, Canada
Participant profile: Accomplished executives and senior managers with 10 or more years of experience. Business unit leaders, general managers with profit and loss responsibility, senior managers moving into C-suite roles
Cost: $24,500 Canadian, including meals and accommodation. (There is an optional Accounting and Financial Analysis Tutorial from November 4–7, at extra cost)
faculty: Jean-Louis Schaan, Guy Holburn,
Larry Wynant
Focus: A cross-enterprise approach, focussing on core competencies of the strategic leader rather than individual management functions

SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MIT

Advanced Certificate for Executives in Management, Innovation, and Technology (ACE). It has two variations: ACE and ACE-in-1
Dates: ACE-in-1 dates for 2011 to be decided (2010 dates were June 1–July 2); dates for other ACE options are flexible and selected by
the participant
Duration: 25 days; ACE-in-1 is completed in one straight block of sessions that last about 5 calendar weeks (25 programme days). The other option is for participants to spread their programmes out, over up to 4 years, in 2 day, 4 day, week-long blocks
Location: Massachusetts, US
Participant profile: Senior business leaders from the US, South America, Europe and Asia, from industries like technology, communications, financial services, manufacturing, government and non-profit organisations
Cost: ACE-in-1 was approximately $31K (plus $3K for accommodation) in 2010; cost of other ACE options will vary
Faculty: Steven Eppinger, Roberto Rigobon, John Van Maanen
Focus: Management, innovation, and technology


NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL, SINGAPORE

1) Stanford-NUS Executive Program in International Management. 2) Advanced Management Program
Dates: August 14 – 28, 2010 (Stanford NUS Programme), March 7 – 18, 2011 (NUS AMP)
Duration: 13 days (Stanford NUS Programme), 10 days (NUS AMP)
Location: Singapore
Cost: $16,000 (Stanford NUS Programme), SGD 13,880 (NUS AMP)
Participant profile: In the past five years, leaders and senior managers from over 35 nationalities have attended the Stanford NUS Programme. In past 4 years, leaders and senior managers from over 14 nationalities have attended the NUS AMP
Focus: Focus on International Management (Stanford NUS). Focus on Senior Management issues (NUS AMP)
Faculty:
Glenn Carroll, Prem Shamdasani, Seungjin Whang (Stanford NUS). Prem Shamdasani, Ho Yew Kee, Jochen Wirtz (NUS AMP)


AUSTRALIAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, SYDNEY

Accelerated Leadership Program
DATES: Modules in October and November
Duration: 5 plus 3 days residential
Location: Sydney, Australia
Structure: Two modules.
Participant profile: Senior executive and managers who require new skills to progress to the next level of leadership. It is a prerequisite to have direct reports. Participants come from various sectors like government, mining and engineering, healthcare and medical, banking and finance, telecom, manufacturing, etc.
Cost: AUD$13,745 (inclusive of GST)
Faculty: Melinda Muth, Denise Weinreis, Jaco Lok
Focus: Leadership as a core competency at an individual and organisational level


INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

ISB-Kellogg Global Advanced Management Programme
Dates: Two modules; October 05 – 12, 2010, November 21 – 26, 2010
Location: Module 1 at ISB, Hyderabad. Module 2 at Kellogg in Evanston, Illinois
participant profile: CEOs, general managers, business heads and SBU heads of firms having global business exposure
Focus: Global strategy, international finance, cross cultural management, transformational leadership, managing global supply chains, global crises management and innovation in a global context
Faculty: Sudhanshu Palsule, Anton Musgrave, Sreeni Kamma and Prashant Kale
Fee: Rs. 600,000 (covers accommodation and food)


HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (BERKELEY) AND NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL (SINGAPORE)

Berkeley-Nanyang Advanced Management Program
Dates: September and March
Duration: 4 weeks; two modules of 2 weeks each
Location: Singapore, Berkeley, California
Participant Profile: Participants have a minimum of eight years of work experience, with significant managerial responsibilities
Cost: SGD 30,000. Candidates from small and medium enterprises are eligible for some
funding support
Faculty: From Berkeley: Teck Ho, Rashi Glazer and Jennifer Chatman. From Nanyang: Hooi Den Huan, John Edward Beck and Chung Lai Hong
Focus: The Nanyang module covers Asian leadership, cultural intelligence and the globalised workplace. The Berkeley module consists of customer-centric growth strategies and innovation & entrepreneurship

(This story appears in the 16 July, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)

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