Executive Education News
Popular "Mini MBA" Program In Riga Begins
Managers from corporations, non-governmental organizations and small businesses from Latvia and neighboring countries are among those attending WDI’s Strategic Management Program (SMP) in Riga.
Popular "Mini MBA" Program Set For Riga
Managers from corporations, non-governmental organizations and small businesses from Latvia and neighboring countries are among those attending WDI’s Strategic Management Program (SMP) in Riga.
London Chosen For Judging Panel
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London has been selected as part of the 10-member international judging panel for the World Business and Development Awards. London, who also directs WDI’s Base of the Pyramid Research Initiative, was a judge for the awards in 2010 too.
Negotiations Program To Start In Riga
Executives and managers from around the Baltics will gather March 29-30 in Riga, Latvia to learn how to become a better negotiator.
WDI Winter Newsletter Now Available
The winter 2012 issue of the Review, the biannual newsletter of WDI that examines the recent work done by the Institute, has been published.
WDI To Run Program For Eli Lilly Execs
WDI’s Executive Education is delivering a one-day custom program Feb. 3 for executives from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly.
Floating Clinic Founder Next WDI Speaker
The founder of an international organization that addresses health care access and education for isolated communities in Central Africa, and who was named one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World” by Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will be the next speaker at the WDI Healthcare Initiative Seminar Series on Jan. 10.
SHRNE Adds Three Members
WDI’s Strategic HR Network Europe (SHRNE) has added three new members. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., which operates about 1,000 properties globally; Hertz, the car rental company with 8,100 locations in 147 countries worldwide; and Owens Corning, a leading global producer of building materials, have joined the leading HR network in Europe.
China Business Challenge Crowns Winners
Four student teams were crowned prize winners at the first China Business Challenge, which was sponsored in part by WDI’s Executive Education program.
WDI HR Netword Adds New Member, Plans Spring Workshop
WDI’s Strategic HR Network Europe (SHRNE) has just added a new member. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., which operates about 1,000 properties globally, has become the latest company to join the leading HR network in Europe.
Popular Negotiations Strategy Program Starts
Seventeen executives and managers from the Baltics will gather in Riga, Latvia on Nov. 7-8 to learn how to become a better negotiator. The WDI Executive Education program, Negotiation Strategy & Influence Skills, is in conjunction with its partner, the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
WDI Supports China Entrepreneurship Contest
WDI’s Executive Education program is one of the sponsors of the upcoming China Business Challenge at the University of Michigan.
Latin American HR Managers To Gather In Miami
More than 70 senior human resources managers from 12 Latin American countries will be attending an Executive Education program in Miami to learn how to integrate human resources management into their organizational strategy and bring meaningful change to their organizations. The program is being organized by the William Davidson Institute and its Latin America-based partner, Seminarium.
Africa and S. Africa Ready To Grow
Africa, and South Africa in particular, is poised for economic growth and a larger role in the global economy despite some obstacles, two University of Johannesburg (UJ) faculty members said during a talk at WDI on Sept. 27.
Univ. of Johannesburg Faculty Visit WDI, U-M
Two University of Johannesburg (UJ) faculty members will visit WDI and the University of Michigan beginning Sept. 24 as part of the Institute’s consulting project in South Africa.
London Talks BoP In Argentina, NYC
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London will give four talks on the base of the pyramid (BoP), the first on Sept. 19 in Buenos Aires followed by three in New York City on Sept. 20 and 21.
S. Africa Program A Success; Repeat Eyed in 2012
WDI’s Executive Education recently completed its first-ever program in South Africa. The program went so well that there is talk of repeating it again in 2012.
Inaugural Distance Learning Program Underway
WDI’s Executive Education is conducting its first-ever distance learning program, teaching executives in Mexico on systemic thinking and entrepreneurial thinking.
Summer WDI Newsletter Published
The summer 2011 issue of the Davidson Review, featuring a cover story on the Institute's new director of the Health Care Research initiative, is now available online.
WDI Exec Ed Debuts In South Africa
WDI’s Executive Education will hold its first-ever program in South Africa Aug. 18-19 in Johannesburg. The program, “Integration of Social Media into Direct Marketing Strategy,” is co-sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association of South Africa.
