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1999 CORPORATE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION SURVEY

This is a replica of Business Week's 1999 online corporate executive education survey.

Company Name
Division or Subsidiary
Address
Name of Officer completing this survey
Title of Officer completing this survey
Years with Company
Phone Number
Email Address

Are you willing to be interviewed for a story on executive education? Check the box if you are not:

1. What is the extent of your involvement in executive development?

Check all that apply:
Am responsible for executive development in my organization
Help select business schools and programs for managers and executives
Participate in deciding which managers and executives will attend courses

2. Regarding non-degree executive education, with which providers do you or your company have experience or are you familiar? Please also indicate which of these providers you have worked with for more than three years.

Business Schools
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Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider Not
Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider
Ashridge Purdue University
Asian Institute of Management Queen's University
Babson College Rice University
Boston University Simmons College
California Institute of Technology Southern Methodist University (Cox)
Carnegie Mellon U Stanford University
Case Western Reserve University Thunderbird
Columbia University UC Berkeley (Haas)
Cornell University (Johnson) UCLA (Anderson)
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Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider Not
Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider
Cranfield School of Management University of Chicago
Dartmouth College (Tuck) University of Michigan
Duke University (Fuqua) University of Minnesota
Emory University (Goizueta) UNC-Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
Harvard Business School University of Oxford
Henley Management College University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
IMD University of Pittsburgh (Katz)
IESE University of South Carolina (Darla Moore)
INSEAD University of Southern California (Marshall)
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Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider Not
Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider
Indiana University University of Tennessee
London Business School University of Texas at Austin
MIT (Sloan) University of Virginia (Darden)
Monash Mt. Eliza Business School University of Washington
Northwestern (Kellogg) University of Western Ontario (Ivey)
NYU (Stern) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ohio State University (Fisher) Vanderbilt University (Owen)
Pennsylvania State University (Smeal) Yale University
Other Executive Education Providers
Not
Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider Not
Familiar
Familiar Experience
>3yrs
Provider
AchieveGlobal Franklin Covey
American Management Association Levinson Institute
Arthur D. Little School of Management Menninger Leadership Center
The Ken Blanchard Cos. Motorola University
Blessing/White Provant
Brookings Institution The Aspen Institute
Center for Creative Leadership The Washington Campus
Development Dimensions International Walt Disney (Disney U)
Forum Corp. Wilson Learning Worldwide
Please enter any other providers with which you are familiar:
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3. Executive Education Programs

Is your company sending more or less people to non-degree executive education programs at business schools than it was five years ago?

More
Less
About the same

Is your company sending more or less people to non-degree executive education programs at private companies or non-profit organizations (not including B-schools) than it was five years ago?

More
Less
About the same

How many people did your company send to executive education programs in 1998?

(do not use commas or decimals)

4. Please select the statement(s) that may explain your answers to question 3 above:

Believe payback on such programs is high
B-schools are creating excellent programs
Company has put more emphasis on management development
Believe payback is too low
Prefer in-house training efforts
Find you can hire the best faculty to teach in-house
Budget cutbacks
Executive education is an important training tool
Employees are demanding it
New types of work demand different skills
Such programs are necessary for succession planning
The individual is now assuming greater responsibility for his/her own development

Other explanation - please describe:

5. Training and Development

How much did your company spend on training and development in 1998?

Internally $  Externally $
(do not use commas or decimals)

How much did your company spend on executive education/high potential executive development in 1998?

Internally $  Externally $
(do not use commas or decimals)

What was your total budget for training and for executive development?
$

Do you have a corporate university?

Yes No

What are the training and development goals for the organization?

6. Please rank in descending order the top five providers in each of the following subjects. Feel free to name fewer than five and to skip those questions for which you are not familiar enough with the subject.

Instructions
Click on this button to view in the left margin the providers you selected in question 2. You can return to question 2 and add additional providers if necessary - just click on the 'View Providers' button again to refresh the list in the left margin.

Then click in the appropriate box below, and click on the name of the school in the left margin you wish to place in that box. The box will be filled automatically.

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Information Technology for the Non-Technical Global Business
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7. Please name in descending order the ten providers you consider to be the best overall at providing executive education.

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8. Quality of Executive Education

How would you rate the current quality of non-degree executive education compared to 5 years ago:

Better
Worse
The Same

Please check any of the following organizations with whom you partner on executive education:

Universities
Consultants
Other companies

Which group is the most effective

Universities
Consultants
Other companies

Are non-degree executive education courses priced fairly and appropriately?

Yes No

Have you made any efforts to quantify the success or failure of your non-degree executive education efforts?

Yes No

If so, what were they and what were the results?

9. Do you have any additional comments on the current state of executive education?