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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of British Columbia

Sauder School of Business

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Robert H. Lee Graduate School
      • #1600 800 Robson St.
      • Vancouver, V3W2P6
      • Canada
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Public
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 56
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 15
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 2,600
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1971
      • Number of classrooms: 11
      • 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)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 10

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: NFP Governance Essentials Program
      • Partner(s): Institute of Corporate Directors

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 537
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 90
      • Executive MBA: 28
      • PhD Program: 74
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 2,943
      • Other graduate degree programs: Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $1,095.00
      • High: $5,900.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $12,000.00
      • High: $100,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 88 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 12 %

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

      • Female: 50 %
      • International : 5 %
      • Earning more than $200,000 annually: 2 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 70 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Accelerated Leadership Program
      • Type of Course: Executive Leadership Development
      • Course Length: 14 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $23,000.00
      • Comments: Our exclusive, residential development program held in Whistler, BC is designed to transform top executive into future leaders.
      • Title: Meeting The Leadership Challenge
      • Type of Course: Senior Management Leadership Development
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,900.00
      • Comments: This live-in program is designed to take leadership capabilities to the next level. Over five days, it provides guided time for leaders to reflect on who they are as a leader, where they want to go, and what they need to do to get there.
      • Title: Integrated Management Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,695.00
      • Comments: This fast-paced, 5-day course provides a practical understanding of the fundamental building blocks of business: financial management, strategy, marketing and operations.
      • Title: Essential Management Skills
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,495.00
      • Comments: Designed for new managers or managers who wish to update their skill set, this program provides a new perspective on contemporary management issues and develops the key competencies needed for managerial success today.
      • Title: Strategies, Skills & Tactics of Negotiations
      • Type of Course: Negotiation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,895.00
      • Comments: This workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to negotiations. The objective is to help participants prepare for, open, bargain and close any type of negotiation more effectively.
      • Title: Project Management Essentials
      • Type of Course: Project Management
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,795.00
      • Comments: This course looks at the total project management process: from planning and organizing to implementing and closing. It will detail the stages and processes of controlling scope, quality, time and cost while at the same time managing risk at every stage.
      • Title: Executing Strategy: From Concept to Action
      • Type of Course: Strategic Management
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,295.00
      • Comments: This course provides a framework for analyzing the fit between proposed strategic initiatives and existing organizational capabilities for implementing those strategies.
      • Title: Powerful Presentation
      • Type of Course: Communication
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,295.00
      • Comments: In this workshop, participants reframe their thinking about what it means to be a powerful presenter.They learn how to engage their audience with clarity, passion and purpose and practice proven methods for preparing and delivering presentations.
      • Title: Persuasion: How to Change Ideas, Attitudes & Actions
      • Type of Course: Communication
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,295.00
      • Comments: This course looks at the strategies and skills of effective persuasion. Participants explore the ethical use of persuasive techniques, learn what tactics to employ in a variety of situations, and practice various forms of persuasion.
      • Title: Leading High Performance Teams
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 2 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,195.00
      • Comments: In this workshop, participants get fundamental tools for making the transformation to top performing work teams and maintaining enthusiasm at the highest level.

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 177

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 63

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 77
      • Non-Tenured: 39

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 20 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 30 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 20 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 20 %
      • Other: 30 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 10 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Comprehensive renewal of infrastructure with state-of-the-art AV and videoconference enabled classrooms, meeting and breakout rooms; new online Learning Commons to facilitate web-based social learning; digital media studio for video and audio editing; Complete rebuild of school's web properties; Design‐Studio workspace with large interactive touch screen for collaborative learning; Large scale Trading Room equipped with Bloomberg, CapitalIQ and other financial databases
      • Amount spent: $5,810,000.00

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