IEDC-Bled School of Management, located in

Bled Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, is a business school. It was founded in 1986 upon an initiative of Slovenian business community as the International Executive Development Center. IEDC is dedicated to

executive education Executive education (ExEd or Exec. Ed) refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives, business leaders and functional managers globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting, but sometim ...

only, operates independently from any

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, and is run by a group of faculty under the

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and

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Professor Danica Purg, who has served as the

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since the inception. IEDC utilizes unique teaching methods: for example, it "has long been a champion of art as a tool in leadership development" (Anderson, 2008), integrated topics such as 'Sustainability for Competitive Advantage" throughout all long programs, and offers one-on-one mentorship with senior leaders for its Executive MBA participants. The core intention of IEDC-Bled School of Management is to be an agent of change in the region, so courses,

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, and activities are selected to continuously challenge countries with transitional economies to increase business quality and results. To this end, IEDC has founded CEEMAN–Central and Eastern European Management Development Association, the European Leadership Center
the Slovenian chapter
of the United Nations Global Compact, and other regional and international initiatives.

Programs

IEDC-Bled School of Management educational programs include: * Degree programs: 1- year Executive

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

, 2-year Executive

, Presidents'

, and Executive PhD (launched in 2010) *

Executive education Executive education (ExEd or Exec. Ed) refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives, business leaders and functional managers globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting, but sometim ...

: open enrollment programs, such as a five-week General Management Program, short seminars, as well as custom-made programs developed for individual organizational clients * International Summer Schools intended for young managers and professionals, including a two-week Young Managers Program, and a 9-day Discover Management ProgramEddy, K
"A Taste of the Challenges Ahead"

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, 2008-07-30, retrieved on 2009-04-05.

References

External links

Official website

Wall Street Journal Europe on Best Eastern European Schools

CNBC Review of IEDC as "the Harvard of Central and Eastern Europe

IEDC Review by CNN International

CEEMAN
{{Authority control Business schools in Slovenia Educational institutions established in 1986 Bled 1986 establishments in Slovenia