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22 de Setembro
Sky Bar Tivoli Lisboa
Com o apoio Bacardi-Martini
Inscrições portugal@ie.edu

Como é tradição, o jantar mensal dos AA será no dia 28 de Maio, pelas 20:30h, no restaurante LA Caffé, na Av. da Liberdade, 129.
Francisco

Pequeno-almoço debate com o tema TI / SI COMO MOTOR DA INOVAÇÃO EMPRESARIAL EM TEMPOS DE CRISE moderado pelo Professor José Esteves, Director da Área de Sistemas de Informação do IE Business School.
Será também apresentado o “International Senior Management Program”, curso para executivos, que se realiza pela primeira vez em Portugal.
Dirigido a antigos alunos e convidados.
Mais informações e confirmações para portugal@ie.edu

Master class: “Customer Lifetime Value and Firm Value”
17/04/2009 19:00
Sheraton Lisboa
Rua Latino Coelho 1, 1069 Lisboa
Register at www.ie.edu/events
Q&A Session: LLM Programs
28/04/2009 19:00
Sheraton Lisboa
Rua Latino Coelho 1, 1069 Lisboa
Register at www.ie.edu/events
FIEP post graduate fair
12/05/2009 15:00-19:00
Villa Rica Hotel Lisboa
Avenida 5 de Outubro, 295
http://www.fiep.es/fieplisboa.htm

Madrid, 26 of January of 2009. The full-time MBA Program of IE Business School has been ranked third in Europe and sixth in the world in the 2009 edition of the annual Financial Times ranking of full-time MBA programs.
This position marks a rise of two places on the 2008 ranking, and consolidates the school as the top ranked institution in Spain. One of the most outstanding aspects of this year´s ranking is the No. 1 position worldwide of IE Business School with respect to the career progress of graduates. The program also delivers one of the highest percentage rises in terms of increase on base salary, evidencing the value added to the career development of the program´s participants.
An MBA for change
´In 2008 we recalibrated the program, aiming to adapt certain aspects of it to the needs of companies in the rapidly changing global economic environment. The intention is to accentuate the capacities of the participants to understand and manage change, helping them to be adaptable and flexible in the evolving global markets we face today. We focus on innovation to leverage the search for creative solutions to global problems, creating real value for companies and society´, said David Bach, Associate Dean for MBA Programs. In 2008 the school launched the revamped MBA program complete with a number of new modules in the curriculum. They included the LAUNCH module (Learning, Awareness, Understanding, Networking, Communication, Humanities) which kicks off the program. The objective of LAUNCH is to drive internal change in the participant through exposure to a wide array of disciplines and approaches not necessarily associated with business and management. This year the module included sessions with actors from the renowned Shakespeare´s Globe Theatre in London, and professors from the Architectural Association School of Architecture.
Change is the theme of two other new modules in the program; ´Making change happen´ focuses on changes in organizations by studying the same business case from numerous perspectives, observing the impact of changing social, economic and market forces on the corporation and how it affects corporate strategy and organization. The final module, ´Change in action´, explores the impact of macro changes in society and the environment and how this shapes economies and markets. The module takes a key issue, such as energy, bringing in guest speakers alongside IE faculty to provide an insight into their respective fields, challenging participants to look for innovative solutions to major problems.

Viva 2009! O ano está fresquinho, acabadinho de sair do forno. O que vão fazer com ele?
Para já, podemos começar por nos reunir em mais um jantar, pois, se há coisas que se devem mudar com um novo ano, há outras que não se devem perder.
O jantar será no próximo dia 29, às 20:30.
Por favor confirmar para Portugal@ie.edu
Paula

The Nov 2008 intake of the International MBA included a number of major developments in the structure and curriculum of the program.
Program aim:
Forming change agents. The new International MBA curriculum puts change and change management front and center. Organizations, markets, and societies are changing at an ever-more rapid pace. To stay ahead, companies will have to constantly reinvent themselves. For this they need leaders capable of identifying major drivers of change, gauging the potential impact of change, and formulating and implementing adaptive strategies of change. Building on IE Business School’s existing strengths in entrepreneurship and innovation, change management, diversity and leadership, the new International MBA program strives to form change agents for the private, public, and non-profit sectors.
New Program features at a glance:
 LAUNCH. The program begins with a two-week intensive program on Leadership, Cross-Cultural Awareness, Understanding, Networking, Communication and Humanities that develops participants personal skills and perspectives through hands on workshop and out-of-class learning experiences. Developing skills in the areas of critical thinking, team work, communication, and creativity are the main objectives. To achieve this, IE relies on a combination of in-house experts as well as leading external consultants and providers, including trainers from Shakespeare’s Globe, the famous theatre in London, who will work with students on communication skills, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, who will lead a workshop on design. The module will also develop skills in career planning and -management, as well as the art of networking.
 Humanities. Management is about people. Bringing the humanities into the MBA curriculum helps to ground the study of management and puts it in perspective. During the LAUNCH module, participants will study the grand civilizations to better appreciate differences between regions of the world and explore pertinent issues of contemporary society. Topics include the History of Modern Spain, the Arab World, Indian and Chinese civilizations, New Technologies, Contemporary Culture, and the Challenge of Global Warming.
 Making Change Happen. Between the first and second core periods, participants in the program will be led through a multidisciplinary discussion of a case of radical industry change by a team of IE’s leading professors. Each session takes a different approach – strategic, organizational, financial, cultural, personal – and slowly a full picture of the complexity of change management and change leadership emerges.
 Change in Action. Between the second and third core periods, participants explore – through a series of presentations from outside experts and case discussion facilitated by IE faculty – the challenges and opportunities of discontinuous change. Topics will vary each year. Examples include climate change, demographic change, nanotechnology, or the rise of user-generated media. Exercises will strengthen participants’ ability to gauge the impact of change and to identify new opportunities offered by change. The topic for 2008-09 is energy, with a simultaneous focus on affordability, sustainability, and security.
 Short study abroad. In additional to term-long, conventional student exchanges, the program will offer participants the opportunity to study an intensive, one-week module at one of our select partner schools. Participants can study trends in U.S. financial markets at Tuck, for example, or learn about luxury brand management at ESSEC. Those with an interest in automotive management can learn from leading thinkers at HHL Leipzig. Each partner is the leader in its respective field and each program will include company visits.
 Two languages. The International MBA will be offered in both English and Spanish. Participants can either study the program entirely in one language, or mix and match courses and other program components in English and Spanish as the program progresses. To support participants’ development of additional language skills, IE offers courses in Business Spanish for speakers new to the language and Advanced Business English for those initially pursuing the program in Spanish who would like to brush up on their English.
 Two intakes. In addition to the existing November intake for the 13-month International MBA, there will be a second intake in April of each year. Students will graduate in either December or May.

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A Futurália, feira da juventude, qualificação e emprego, decorre de 10 a 13 de Dezembro na FIL – Parque das Nações – antecipando a afluência de mais de 40.000 visitantes em busca de oferta de educação e formação secundárias, ensino superior e pós-graduado, assim como de soluções na optimização da empregabilidade.
Para Mais Informações http://www.futuralia.fil.pt/