Harvard Biz Offers Custom Exec. Ed. Programs
The Harvard Business School is offering custom Executive Education Programs for interested companies. The custom program is a learning experience that is tailored specifically to your company’s need. The cost, starting date, length and location of the program will vary by need.
HBS works with organizations around the world to tailor programs to each company’s specific objectives. The custom programs provide a one-of-a-kind learning experience that focuses on identifying critical issues and formulating solutions that deliver value for your senior executives and your organization.
HBS Names Blavatnik Fellows
Harvard Business School has named its 2014-2015 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship. These fellows are five outstanding HBS alumni who graduated from the School no more than seven years ago. The fellows will work with inventors from Harvard University’s research laboratories to promote the commercialization of innovative life science-oriented technologies.
The Blavatnik Fellowship Program, which admits three to seven exceptional individuals each year through a competitive application process, was created in 2013 as part of a $50 million gift to Harvard University from the Blavatnik Family Foundation. The Fellowship was the launch of a major initiative to expedite new ventures via the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, which identifies and supports early-stage, highly promising technologies from Harvard University.
Harvard to Hold Military Prospective Student Day
Harvard Business School will be holding a Military Prospective Student Day. The event will take place on Friday, September 26, 2014. The event will begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue until 6:00 p.m.
The Harvard Business School’s MBA Admissions and the Armed Forces Alumni Association jointly sponsor the event. The Military Prospective Student Day is an opportunity for members of the military to experience Harvard Business School.
Morning activities will include a continental breakfast, a class visit and a presentation by admissions. Afternoon activities will include lunch, a student panel and a campus tour. The event will conclude with a reception. A detailed agenda will be sent to attendants the week prior to the event.
HBS Alumnus Named Director of SEI
Harvard Business School alumnus Matthew M. Segneri (MBA 2010) has been named the new Director of the school’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI). As Director, Segneri is responsible for working with the Initiative’s faculty co-chairs, Professors Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard and V. Kasturi “Kash” Rangan, to oversee SEI’s strategic objectives and operational goals and manage a range of programs and activities.
The SEI was established in 1993 with the help of a generous gift from John C. Whitehead. The program pioneered the concept of “social enterprise” with the adoption of a problem-focused approach toward understanding the management and leadership challenges facing organizations involved in creating social value regardless of their structure or source of funding.
HBS Offers Nonprofit Management Program for Execs.
Harvard Business School is offering a Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program for Executives. The program will run from July 13 to July 19, 2014.
The program is tailored to nonprofit executive directors and CEOs. This Executive Education program explores proactive methods for mastering nonprofit leadership in uncertain times. Join HBS faculty and approximately 140 nonprofit leaders from around the world as you strengthen your ability to improve the effectiveness of your organizations.
The Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program is designed for nonprofit executive directors and chief executive officers who are responsible for driving the organization’s direction, mission, policies, and major programs.
HBS Offers Online Classes for Non-Business Students
Harvard Business School will be giving liberal arts students or engineering majors who want to get educated on the corporate world a chance to benefit from the teaching from Harvard Business School this summer.
Harvard University is the latest school to offer an online business program for non-business majors. Harvard Business School launched the CORe (Credential of Readiness) program through their online HBX education initiative.
