IMD and Iese Business Schools have tightened1 their grip on the top spots of the twin FT executive education rankings, monopolising first and second places for both open-enrolment and customised programmes.
瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院(IMD)和西班牙Iese商学院(Iese Business School)稳坐英国《金融时报》两份高管教育榜单榜首。英国《金融时报》2017年高管教育排行榜开放招生课程和定制课程两份排名的头两名,均由这两所学校包揽。
Swiss school IMD comes top in the ranking of open-enrolment courses, available to all working managers, and jumps two places to second for customised programmes, which are tailor-made for corporate2 customers. Iese of Spain holds on to the top spot in the custom ranking and remains3 second in the open ranking.
瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院在针对所有在职管理人员的开放招生课程排行榜中拔得头筹,在针对企业客户的定制课程排行榜中攀升了两位,升至第二。西班牙Iese商学院在定制课程排行榜上继续保持榜首位置,在开放课程排行榜中仍位居第二。It is the first time in the rankings’ 19-year history that two schools have between them held the top two spots in both categories.
在排行榜19年历史上,这是首次出现由两所院校包揽这两项排名头两名的情况。
The 2017 FT executive education rankings include the best 85 customised programmes and the best 75 open-enrolment programmes worldwide. The rankings are based principally on measures of participants’ and clients’ satisfaction, as well as the schools’ growth in revenues, their international reach and faculty4 diversity.
英国《金融时报》2017年高管教育排行榜列出了全球85个最佳定制课程和75个最佳开放课程。排名主要基于学员和客户的满意度以及学校收入增长、国际化程度和师资多样性等指标。
One of Iese’s strengths is its academic rigour. The Barcelona school performs consistently highly across all aspects of customised programmes. It is ranked in the top five in 11 criteria5 out of 15. Iese is top for its international clients and the diversity of its faculty.
Iese商学院的优势之一是其学风严谨。这所位于巴塞罗那的商学院在定制课程的所有指标上一贯表现优异。该校在15项指标中的11项上都跻身前五之列,并在国际客户和师资多样性两项指标上排名第一。
Its corporate customers value the school’s flexibility6 and ability to innovate7. “We have developed a programme which is co-delivered with an experimental learning provider,” commented one client responding to the FT survey. “Iese has been a true partner in this process and our business has benefited with an energised and prepared executive bench.”
企业客户看重该校的灵活性和创新能力。“我们开发的一个课程,是由一个试验性学习提供者共同教授的,”一名收到英国《金融时报》调查问卷的该校客户反馈道,“Iese在这一过程中一直是一个真正的合作伙伴,而我们的企业也获益于一支充满活力且准备充分的高管后备军。”
After IMD in second place, Duke Corporate Education completes the custom programme podium. It is the third year in a row that the US school is in third place, having previously8 topped this ranking for a record 12 consecutive9 years to 2014.
在定制课程排行榜上,排在第二名瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院之后的是杜克企业教育学院(Duke Corporate Education)。这是这所美国学校连续第3年位列第三。该校在2014年连续第12年占据定制课程排行榜榜首位置,创下纪录。
Other notable custom course performances include Harvard Business School, which recorded one of the year’s biggest rises, jumping nine places to fifth. The Massachusetts school was ranked 18th two years ago.
其他在定制课程排名中表现突出的学校包括哈佛商学院(Harvard Business School),该院取得了今年最大幅度的排名攀升,上升9位至第5名。两年前,这所位于马萨诸塞州的学院还排在第18位。
McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC returns to the custom ranking in 15th place after dropping out last year because of a low survey response rate from clients. Only three schools enter the custom ranking for the first time, including London’s Cass Business School in 60th place.
位于华盛顿特区的乔治敦大学(Georgetown University)麦克多诺商学院(McDonough business school)重新回到了定制课程排行榜的第15位,去年,该校因客户调查反馈率低而未上榜。只有3所学校是首次登上定制课程排行榜,包括排名第60位的伦敦卡斯商学院(Cass Business School)。
In the open ranking, IMD, in Lausanne, scores particularly highly in the top 10 criteria based on a survey of executives who attended programmes. It is ranked first in three criteria and in the top five for the remaining seven.
在开放课程排行榜中,基于对参加课程高管的调查,瑞士洛桑国际管理发展学院在最重要的10项指标上得分特别高。该校在3项指标上排第一,在其他7项指标上都排前五。
IMD participants praised the way their training pushed them out of their comfort zones and also the one-on-one coaching sessions tailored to their individual business situations. “It was an eye opener about what a good leader is,” commented one participant. “We learnt about ourselves first, what drives us and why, in order to manage others.”
该校学员们称赞这里的训练将他们推出了自己的“舒适区”,还有针对他们各自企业情况量身定制的一对一辅导课程。“对于什么是优秀的领导,这里打开了我们的视界,”一位学员说,“我们先了解自己,了解我们的动力所在以及为什么,这样才能管理别人。”
Sa?d Business School achieved the biggest rise at the top of the open ranking, jumping five places to fourth. It is the first time that the school, based at the University of Oxford10, is ranked in the top five. Sa?d improved its position in all 10 criteria informed by the participants’ ratings.
在开放课程排行榜顶端,赛德商学院(Sa?d Business School)排名上升幅度最大,跃升5位至第4名。这是这所位于牛津大学(University of Oxford)的商学院首次进入前五。赛德商学院在所有10项受学员评分影响的指标上的排名都有所提升。
Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School at University College Dublin showed the best overall progress, moving up 21 places to 48. Guanghua School of Management at Peking University returns to the ranking at 38, after missing last year due to a low response rate from participants.
都柏林大学学院(UCD)迈克尔?斯墨菲特商业研究生院(Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business)的总体进步最大,排名攀升21位至第48名。北京大学(Peking University)光华管理学院(Guanghua School of Management)重回排行榜第38名,去年该院因学员调查反馈率低而未上榜。
Finally, only two schools join the open ranking for the first time this year. Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University comes straight in at 32 and Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona is ranked 68th out of 75.
最后,今年只有两所学校首次登上开放课程排行榜。上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院(Antai College of Economics and Management)直接排到第32名,而亚利桑那大学(University of Arizona)艾勒管理学院(Eller College of Management)在75所院校中排名第68位。
A third, combined ranking lists the top 50 schools for executive education, calculated from the customised and open tables.
还有一项高管教育综合排名,基于定制课程和开放课程两项排名的评分计算,列出了高管教育最佳的50所学校。
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