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Executive Education
Participants at a WDI
Executive Education
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The William Davidson Institute is a premier provider of executive education programs in emerging markets. In our programs, you'll learn the latest trends and theories in global management, while also exploring how to apply these lessons to your own region. Based at the University of Michigan, WDI draws on the school's rich resources, including world-class faculty. We provide executive education programs for a full range of clients in emerging markets: from custom programs and open-enrollment programs for local and multinational companies to management training for government officials to workshops for entrepreneurs.
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Open Programs
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The William Davidson Institute offers open-enrollment executive education programs in strategy, sales management, marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, HR and general management. Upcoming programs will be held in Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Latvia, Serbia, Slovakia and Turkey. >> more |
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We offer custom programs in many topics, including strategy, marketing, finance, accounting and leadership. We have a successful track record of delivering custom programs to companies in many emerging market countries, including Croatia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Vietnam.
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Government Funded & Grant Programs
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WDI's executive education department offers training to civil servants in emerging market countries. Additionally, WDI works with the US State Department and a variety of US-based corporations and non-profits to provide business training to entrepreneurs and small business start-ups in emerging markets. Recently, WDI provided business training to 150 entrepreneurs from throughout Morocco. >> more |
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Share best practices and learn from gurus in the field of HR from leading business schools. Meet twice a year for hands-on workshops and stay in touch throughout the year with a members-only website. Open to senior-level HR executives with responsibility for any or all of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. >> more |
WDI Executive Education In the News
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Crain's Detroit Business, September 7, 2006
The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has spent the past 14 years teaching management skills to corporations, nonprofits and entrepreneurs in foreign countries with transitional and emerging market economies. But the institute’s newest contract, which begins today in the formerly worn-torn African country of Rwanda, will target, among others, a new set of students — the country’s top 100 government employees. “There’s a real lack of management talent there,” said Robert Kennedy, executive director of the institute and professor of business administration at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at UM.
September 6, 2006
Ann Arbor News business reporter Mike Ramsey interviews WDI Executive Director Robert Kennedy and WDI Executive Education Director Amy Gillett about the Institute's two projects in Rwanda. Click here to read the article.
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