Wharton Executive Education has established relationships with organizations throughout Asia, including South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan.
Customized Programs
Wharton Executive Education is currently working with several clients in Asia, including management associations, to design and deliver programs that enable business leaders in the region to enhance their leadership capabilities.
Open-Enrollment Programs
China
Wharton is working with many organizations in China to help them sustain the momentum that fuels the rapid growth of the Chinese market. We have worked with clients in the banking industry and municipal governments and partnered with local business schools to deliver management and leadership development programs to Chinese executives.
- Wharton has partnered with the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) to design, develop, and deliver the Corporate Governance and Board of Directors program. This program is customized to reflect the current realities of corporate governance practices in China, essential to senior executives and board members of Chinese enterprises in understanding and managing their long-term sustainable development challenges.
- Wharton Executive Education has also partnered with the China Minsheng Banking Corporation — the country's only privately-held bank — which is expected to become one of the leading retail banks in China in the next few years. Between March 2006 and July 2008, five cohorts of senior executives from China Minsheng Banking Corporation completed modules in Philadelphia, Shanghai and Dalian, China, spanning various aspects of management development, with specific reference to the banking industry.
- The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business has partnered with Wharton Executive Education and INSEAD to deliver a four-module senior executive development program for CEOs in China.
- In partnership with with IESE Business School and China Europe Business School (CEIBS), Wharton Executive Education offers the Global CEO Program for Latin America. Aimed at Latin American CEOs and owners of private companies, this program enables participants to integrate vital strategic management concepts that will improve their effectiveness as leaders, and in turn boost the performance of their organizations in today's global economy.
Japan
Wharton has a long history of engagement with the Japanese business community and continues to develop and strengthen new and existing programs with partnering organizations.
- Nomura-Wharton Financial Management Program
Wharton has partnered with the Nomura School of Advanced Management (NSAM) since 1983 to offer an annual program on financial management for Japanese managers who are responsible for financial strategies and practices. Recently, a new program was introduced targeting nonfinancial senior executives to help them understand financial perspectives and techniques for creating value. For more information, please contact Haruo Nakayama.
- Wharton-HiMD Executive Management Program
A two-week management development program was launched as a result of unique collaboration between Wharton and the Hitachi Institute of Management Development (HiMD). The program is designed to meet the growing development needs of high-potential young managers of global corporations headquartered in the Pacific-Rim region. For more information, please contact Yumi Wakayama, Director, Executive Programs, the Wharton School
Singapore
Through our alliance with INSEAD, Wharton Executive Education offers Leading the Effective Sales Force and Strategic R&D Management. These programs are offered on Wharton's campus in Philadelphia and at INSEAD's campuses in Fontainebleau, France, and in Singapore.
- Leading the Effective Sales Force
You will explore how to motivate and compensate salespeople and third-party distribution channels through pay systems and organizational structures.
- Strategic R&D Management
The program helps leaders of R&D organizations to place their work in the larger strategic and organizational environment. Faculty provide tools to actively manage the relationships to other functions, providing participants with a way to ensure that R&D plays a more strategic role in the firm.
South Korea
- Wharton-Korea University Business School Executive Education Programs
Wharton Executive Education has partnered with the Korea University Business School and has delivered programs in Mergers & Acquitions, Innovation and Organic Growth, and Managing Global Supply Chains.
Thailand
- NIDA/Wharton Executive Leadership Program
The NIDA/Wharton Executive Leadership Program provides senior executives from Thailand and the East Asian region with the high-level perspectives in organizational leadership and strategy that are necessary for managing businesses successfully in today's global economy. The program is designed to address two key themes that continually challenge global business leaders — leadership and strategy.
Contact a Wharton representative for more information about Wharton Executive Education Global Programs.
