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New Fellows in e-Business Program Offered
Wharton will offer an innovative
new program this fall to
prepare senior business executives
to lead effectively and
comfortably in the global
e-business environment.
The Fellows in e-Business
Program is an interdisciplinary
program for leaders
focused on creating and
operating an e-business or
transforming established
businesses to an e-business
environment. The program
combines electronically delivered
education with face-to-
face interaction over two
phases: the first, which takes
place over four months, involves
three-and-a-half weeks
of classroom instruction
augmented with a distance
learning component between
sessions. Each week-long
session is held in a different
location around the globe –
Philadelphia, Silicon Valley,
Israel and Europe.
The program is built
on “action learning” principles,
allowing participants
to apply material covered to
group projects with class-mates,
as well as practice new
approaches via simulations.
Participants can also immediately
apply course materials
through “shadow projects,”
which they conduct with
employees from their own
companies.
Reverse mentoring – in
which participants have the
opportunity to work with
current Wharton MBA and
undergraduate students who
are often closer to new technological
developments – is
another significant element
of the program.
The e-Business Program
is the first offering within
the new Wharton Fellows
Program, a post-MBA experience
designed for business
leaders seeking ongoing
business education in critical
business topics. The e-Business
Program was created
and will be delivered by more
than 75 Wharton faculty
members and other experts.
We recognize that the
traditional confines of educational
degree programs and
executive education don’t fulfill
the needs of all executives
as they move through their
careers. Nonetheless, many
of these executives are seeking
ways to maintain the
knowledge and skills necessary
to lead organizations
in this new economy,” says
dean Patrick T. Harker. “By
implementing this Fellows
Program, we are providing a
level of depth and focus necessary
to allow for an individual’s
transformation but
within a flexible framework
that meets the demands of
a busy executive.”
Jerry Wind, Lauder
Professor of Marketing at
Wharton, will serve as academic
director of the program.
Each session is limited to 50
senior executives who are on
top leadership tracks. Fellows
will be chosen on the basis
of their leadership ability and
potential, management recommendations
and references,
among other criteria.
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