IESE Business School

Content
General Management. Topics covered will include: leadership, change management, organizational behavior, personal development, marketing, operations, economics, finance, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation and negotiation.

Dates and Structure
To maximize the time spent on the learning process, the Advanced Management Program takes place over a period of 27 weeks, divided into four 1-week residential modules, taking place at the IESE campus in Barcelona. A tightly-knit web community ensures that participants and faculty stay in regular contact with each other between residential modules.

Module 1: Understanding the Bussines Landscape
November 9-14, 2009

Module 2: Managing Value Creation        
January 18-22, 2010

Module 3: Leading Innovation and Change
March 22-26, 2010

Module 4: Getting Things Done
May 17-21, 2010

Participant Profile
The program is aimed at participants with knowledge and experience to contribute to class discussion and work. Participants will typically be top-tier management or company owners and have at least 15 years of senior managerial experience.  Members of the class will be selected to ensure diversity of companies, sectors and cultural backgrounds.

Class of 2008/2009

The class of 2008/2009 consists of participants representing 22 different countries.  The average age of the participants is 43 years old.

Example of participants in an AMP class:

• Tetra Pak, Managing Director, UK
• Kimberly Clark, Group Director, Portugal
• Nestle UK Ltd., Managing Director, Ireland
• Cora, Managing Director, France
• ABN AMRO Bank, Executive Director, The Netherlands
• Altran Technologies, Managing Director, Spain
• Mastercard Europe, Regional Manager, Croatia, Hungary & Solvenia
• Transports de Barcelona, CEO, Spain
• Renault, Project Manager, France
• Calhounvision Inc., Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing
• Vestas Mediterranean, Vice President of Human Resources, Southern Europe
• Douroazul, CEO, Portugal
• Penox GMBH, Member of the Supervisory Board, Germany
• Sjova-Almennar, CFO, Iceland
• EPEM, CEO, Greece
• Nedtrain R&O, Managing Director, The Netherlands

Location: IESE Business School, Barcelona (Spain)

Language: English

Faculty: IESE's world class faculty has developed extensive experience in designing programs for senior managers. This results in courses which provide both conceptual frameworks for effective decision making and practical tools for real-life implementation.

Class: Limited class size. Profile will be varied in terms of companies, sectors and nationalities represented.

Fee: For the class of AMP 07/08 €31,500. Fee includes tuition, all reading and classroom materials, meals and accommodation.