IAE AIX ACCREDITATIONS AND THE EURO*MBA PROGRAMME
A Blended Learning Masters in Business Administration Growing through diversity Learning through partnership
Mission Our aim is for the professional development of international leaders to enable them to act and think strategically in a global environment, to be aware of the impact of their decisions on themselves, on their organization and on the world.
Euro*MBA Consortium/Foundation Partners Audencia Nantes.Ecole de Management (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración (EADA) Barcelona (EQUIS, AMBA) HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management (AACSB) Institut d Administration des Entreprises (IAE), Aix-en- Provence (EQUIS, AMBA) Kozminski University (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) Maastricht University School of Business and Economics (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA)
AACSB The Tampa, Florida-based Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredits business schools offering graduate and undergraduate business programs. It began doing this in 1919, and now accredits business schools in over 35 countries. It has also been accrediting accounting programs since 1980. An AACSB accreditation in business represents a positive evaluation of a "school's mission, operations, faculty qualifications and contributions, programs, and other critical areas." Schools are reevaluated every five years. As of late 2010, around 600 institutions held an AACSB accreditation in business, of which about 80 percent were located in the United States. Other countries with high numbers of AACSB-accredited business schools include Canada (17), Britain (14), and France (13).
EQUIS The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is run by the Brussels-based EFMD Management Development Network. EFMD offers a number of accreditations, but EQUIS focus institutions that offer undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral business programs, including the MBA. EQUIS evaluates a business school's governance, strategy, programs, students, faculty, research and development, executive education, contribution to the community, resources and administration, internationalization, and corporate connections. Most of the over 125 EQUIS-accredited business schools are located in Europe and the UK. As of late 2010, only three US business schools had earned an EQUIS accreditation.
AMBA The London-based Association of MBAs (AMBA) accredited MBA, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Master of Business and Management (MBM) programs in over 70 countries. As of late 2010, about 70 percent of AMBA-accredited business schools are in Europe and Britain, with only 2 percent located in North America. AMBA has been accrediting programs since the early 1980s. It judges the quality of a business school's strategy, mission, faculty, students, curriculum, and assessment. By AMBA standards, for example, students admitted onto an accredited program must have at least three years of work experience. Three quarters of a business school's faculty must have a Masters or Doctoral degree in a relevant discipline.
Organizational Structure: What do the Partners do? All partners sign the diploma of Master s in Business Administration All courses are taught by partner institutions All residential weeks are organized by partner institutions Partners are responsible for: Strategic direction of the programme appointing an operational team to run the programme Programme quality
Organizational Structure Board Academic Council Marketing Council Office Communication IT Education
What is the Euro*MBA? Master s in Business Administration Blended Learning: 1 introductory programme (4 days) 10 e-learning courses (8 weeks each) 6 residential weeks Master s thesis
Programme Statistics One of the 1st blending-learning programme in the world, combining e-learning with residential weeks Began in 1996 Currently has 57 students Average age: 37,2 Professional experience: 11,5 years 23 different nationalities, 63% expatriates: American, Belgian, Brazilian, British, Canadian, Colombian, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Israeli, Irish, Italian, Guinean, Mexican, Peruvian, Polish, Singaporean, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Ukrainian Male/Female: 68%/32% Alumni: 200
Introduction Programme Writing skills Teambuilding Intercultural communication Presentation skills Integration activity Preparation of courses Lotus Notes training
Example of year 1 Introduction Programme International Marketing Managerial Economics RW EADA Strategic Management Summer Break RW IAE Operations and Supply Chain Management Change Management RW MUSBE Master s Thesis
Example year 2 Management Accounting International Management RW Kozminsky International Finance Summer Break RW Audencia International Human Resource Management Technology and Innovation Management RW HHL Master s Thesis
Residential Weeks Themes: Corporate Social Responsibility (Audencia) Managing Emerging Economies (Kominski University) Business Life Cycles (EADA) Green Innovation (HHL) Entrepreneurship (IAE) Strategic Change and Organisational Learning (Maastricht University SBE)
Leadership Skills Programme Coaching Negotiation Skills Decision making Creativity Emotional Intelligence Influencing styles Leadership styles Conflict management Intercultural communication
Alumni Active alumni association Annual events Integration with local partner alumni associations Continuous learning programme