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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Ashridge Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Ashridge Business School
      • Ashridge Business School
      • Ashridge
      • Berkhamsted, UK, HP41NS
      • United Kingdom of Great Britain
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? Yes
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Name: Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) Trust
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 29
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 142
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 6,407
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? No
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 3
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 68
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 130

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 380
      • Full-Time MBA: 23
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • PhD Program: 29
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $2,925.00
      • High: $25,425.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $20,000.00
      • High: $500,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 30 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 32 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 30 %
      • International : 34 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 99 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Advanced Management Programme
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 16 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $25,425.00
      • Comments: Flexible, multi-modular programme, 16-30 days in length depending on the personal needs of the individual.
      • Title: Senior Executive Programme: Leading Strategy and Change
      • Type of Course: Senior management and leadership
      • Course Length: 9 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $16,000.00
      • Comments: This programme helps senior leaders put top thinking in leadership, strategy and change into action in their organisation.
      • Title: Fast-Track Advanced Management Programme
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 10 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $13,500.00
      • Title: Management Development Programme
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,400.00
      • Title: Ashridge Leadership Process
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,000.00
      • Title: The Leadership Experience:Leading on the Edge
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,400.00
      • Comments: Experiential programme designed to accelerate participants leadership development, based on eight years of Ashirdge research
      • Title: Impact and Influence: Driving outstanding results
      • Type of Course: Personal people skills
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,400.00
      • Title: Performance through People: Into action
      • Type of Course: People leadership and management
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,400.00
      • Title: Making Strategy Happen
      • Type of Course: Strategy
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $7,000.00
      • Title: Ashridge Leadership Workshop
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,400.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Ashridge Leadership Process
      • Type of Course: Personal Leadership
      • Year Established: 2001
      • Title: Management Development Programme
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Country: UAE
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: Coaching for Organisation Consultants
      • Type of Course: HR and Organisation Consulting
      • Country: UAE
      • Year Established: 2001

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 205

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 117

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 72

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 79

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 30 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 75 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 25 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 31 %
      • International: 32 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improvements to WiFi and internet acces have been made and all MBAs students are now supplied with iPads for use throughout the programme.

  • COMMENTS

      • In the last 50 years, Ashridge has helped many organisations and individuals address numerous management and organisation challenges. Over 6,000 people come through our doors each year, with over 200,000 more connected through our virtual space. We work with over 66% of FTSE 100 companies and up to 60% of our work is with organisations from the publc and private sectors, both in the UK and internationally.

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