Anderson School Launches E-Business Program Based on Worldwide Executive Education Program Conducted for PricewaterhouseCoopers.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000 The Anderson School Anderson School may refer to:
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX is one of six business schools collaborating with PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization, in a grand scale executive education program aimed at increasing awareness among the firm's 9,000 partners and senior client service executives on the Internet's implications for business. The program has been attended by more than 2,500 PricewaterhouseCoopers executives to date. The program, called E-Business Edge, is one of the largest executive education programs ever developed by business schools, and calls for the six participating schools to work together in an unprecedented effort to share research and courses. The six schools are The Anderson School at UCLA, the Darden School at the University of Virginia, Carnegie Mellon, London Business School Around 800 degree students, from 70 countries, graduate from the school each year. Over 80 percent of students, and over 70 percent of faculty, come from outside the UK. A further 6,000 executives attend the school executive education programmes each year. , Insead, and the University of Melbourne
In 2006, Times Higher Education Supplement ranked the University of Melbourne 22nd in the world. Because of the drop in ranking, University of Melbourne is currently behind four Asian universities - Beijing University, . In a recent Financial Times article on the ground-breaking initiative, Brian Jennings Brian Lewis Jennings (born on October 10 1976 in Mesa, Arizona) is an NFL player. He is a long snapper and a tight end with the San Francisco 49ers. He went to Arizona State University. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 7th round (230th overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft. , project manager at PwC for E-Business Edge, said that the six schools were selected because of their holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine. to e-business. After receiving highest accolades from Anderson School participants, PwC has expanded its E-Business Edge Program by offering it to clients. The program presents a targeted and thorough review of the new business models being developed and adopted as a result of the information economy, focusing on such industries as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , consumer and industrial products, entertainment and new media, and hardware and software. Its unique and highly interactive format provides participants with access to world-renowned e-business thought leaders and living case studies. "This is the most aggressive executive education program available on e-business," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PricewaterhouseCoopers' deputy global e-business leader, Cathy Neuman. "The success of the program is a direct result of our efforts to tap into some of the most respected universities and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. our organization's intellectual resources." The program "complements The Anderson School's mission to incorporate e-business issues into every aspect of its curriculum," explained Dean Bruce Willison. In support of this purpose, Anderson has recently formed its Center for Management in the Information Economy, which was created to promote and share applied research on all management aspects of the information economy and create and conduct educational programs and seminars for business students and the business community. Professor Uday Karmarkar, the Center's director, and the faculty director of the E-Business Edge program at UCLA, asserted, "E-business has altered traditional ways of conducting business, impacting strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , operations, marketing and supply chain management; internal structure, customers and suppliers. Our programs assist executives to think strategically about e-business implications and to identify areas of future opportunity." Based on the success of the E-Business Edge Programs, Anderson has instituted its own open enrollment e-business program, GAINING THE E-BUSINESS ADVANTAGE: COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. Similar to the PwC program, the 2-1/2-day UCLA GAINING THE E-BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PROGRAM will be offered to the general business community June 5-7 and November 8-10, 2000, and January 17-19, 2001. "The UCLA GAINING THE E-BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PROGRAM will heighten your awareness of e-business and e-commerce and provide you with the vision and knowledge to move faster toward success in the new digital economy," explained Anderson Program Director Lewis Gildred. "Executives from all industries, sectors, and countries will benefit from attending." For more information on the E-Business Edge Program and the GAINING THE E-BUSINESS ADVANTAGE PROGRAM at The Anderson School at UCLA, contact UCLA's Office of Executive Education Programs at 310/825-2001 or execed@anderson.ucla.edu. |
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