Program Management Seminar

Upcoming edition:
2-4 April 2012, Bled, Slovenia

Today, managers of educational programs face greater and greater challenges. To meet the needs of their increasingly sophisticated students, many public, private and corporate schools have turned their attention to improving the planning, marketing, and delivery of their programs.

The world’s best programs are noted for their superior program execution, high levels of customer satisfaction and on-going program improvements. ceeman_pms_1

Consisting of three highly active days, the seminar provides program and project managers who deal with design, promotion, and delivery of educational programs, as well as, professionals responsible for initiating, developing, organizing, coordinating and streamlining program management process and methodologies with cutting edge tools and best practices in managing programs.

Class sessions include briefings by experts, group discussion, and case analyses of problem faced in day-to day working life. In small groups, you will apply what you have learned to a series of case study exercises and address real world challenges faced by program managers. Currently, over 220 participants from 30 countries have participated in this program.

"Inspiration and relationship is excellent. Thank you!"
Nataliia Dankovych, International Management Institute MIM-Kyiv, Ukraine

"Great people, great location, great experience."
Claire Bylo, University of Derby, Faculty of Business, Computing and Law, UK

"Amazed by the diverse group of participants. Professors were very good at giving lectures and managed to get our interest. Organization was perfect. Loved personalized materials and personal approach.”
Ana Lah, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Slovenia

"I feel I can fly! Thank you!”
Triin Ploompuu, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Read an interview with Mike Page and Dianne Bevelander in the CEEMAN News 51 - Spring 2009.

Program structure

Faculty

Admission and fees

Program structure

The Program Management Seminar is an intensive and highly interactive three-day program designed to make Program and Project Managers more effective in handling their increasingly demanding and complex responsibilities. Class sessions include briefings by experts, group discussions, and case analyses of problems faced by Program Managers.

Topics to be covered include:

The role of the Program Manager in program delivery;
Building a positive learning environment;
Understanding target markets;
Delivering high levels of customer satisfaction;
How to decide on marketing investments to increase enrolments;
Admissions systems;
Post-program activities;
Managing alumni relations;
Managing the performance of program staff;
Hiring program management staff;
Dealing with difficult participants;
Managing faculty;
Handling ethical dilemmas in the program manager role.

Faculty

Program faculty includes a high-profile team of experienced practitioners of business education:

	Dianne Bevelander Executive Director of Post-experience Degree Programs, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands
	Nenad Filipović Academic Director, IEDC-Bled School of Management Slovenia
	Don Nightingale Director of the Program Management Seminar, Professor Emeritus, Queen's School of Business Canada
	Mike Page Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Business and The McCallum Graduate School, Bentley University US
	Danica Purg President of CEEMAN, President of IEDC-Bled School of Management Slovenia