2010-11-19

Open meeting of MBA Club November 19, 2010 – IMD Professors Lecture, Presentation of the Handbook on the Role of Boards in Crises developed by International Financial Corporation (IFC) and International Institute for Management Development

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On Novemeber 19, 2010 an open MBA Club meeting will take place. The meeting will be held in by Intenational Institute of Business (IIB) in collaboration with International Finance Corporate (IFC). All MBA Club members will have a possibility to participate in the meeting. The meeting will be devoted to presentation of of the Handbook on the Role of Boards in Crises of International Financial Corporation (IFC) and International Institute for Management Development (IMD). The Handbook is devoted to the issues of role of the Boards in crises times. IMD, the International Institute for Management Development (http://www.imd.ch/), is a leading international business school known for its innovative executive education programs. IMD is ranked No. 2 worldwide on the executive education (Financial Times, 2009) and No. 1 worldwide on the MBA programs (The Economist, 2008).The book will be presented by Professor Ulrich Steger and Doctor Christoph Nedopil. Every participant of the event will get a sample of the Handbook.


Based on this experience and with an aim to assist the Board members of Ukrainian companies to efficiently organize their activity during the current economic downturn and learn to prevent/mitigate the impacts of future crises on their businesses, International Finance Corporate (IFC) has organized series of workshops in Eastern Europe, Middles East, and Asia, including in Ukraine. Rich information and feedback collected at these workshops as well extensive research on the topic of the authors is the foundation of the Handbook on the Role of Boards in Crises.

Specially for MBA Club members professor Ulrich Steger and Doctor Christoph Nedopil will give a lecture "Running successful companies - requirements at the helm of the organization". The lecture will focus at the issues of leadership and requirements to the top-managers.