Why it pays to Choose an MBA that is "Made in Austria"

Many managers turn to executive education, such as an Executive MBA, to develop themselves personally and professionally. Yet, what many don’t know is that you don’t need to look to business schools in the UK, France, and the US to find a top MBA. Austria also offers outstanding MBA programs. The Global Executive MBA of the WU Executive Academy is an excellent example as it recently took 34th place in the world’s ranking of the best EMBA programs as measured by the Financial Times.

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Green Human Resource Management as a Secret CSR-Tool

Human resource management can steer organizations toward environmentally conscious and sustainable ways of doing business. WU Professor Michael Müller-Camen of the Institute for Human Resource Management explains which levers HR experts and executives can pull in order to do so. Just recently, he joined forces with the WU Executive Academy to organize a workshop on the topic of “Green Human Resource Management – what will the future of HR look like?”

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New Finland Residency: Scandinavian Leadership Meets Design Thinking and Pecha Kucha

Finnish coolness, a unique capacity for innovation, and a bubbling startup culture: In addition to the "International Residencies" to Asia and South America, a new destination has recently been added to the MBA calendar for the students of the Global Executive MBA: the Finnish capital Helsinki. During the new residency, participants have the opportunity not only to acquire comprehensive knowledge in design thinking but also to discover their creative potential for new forms of leadership and innovative corporate cultures.

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Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2021: Global Executive MBA Once Again Among the Top 35 Worldwide

In this year’s Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking, the Global Executive MBA came in 34th among the 100 programs considered for the ranking. Thus, it placed among the top 50 EMBAs for the fourth time consecutively; it also ranked among the top 35 EMBAs for the second time in a row. This brings the WU Executive Academy’s flagship program to rank 6 in the EU.

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#MomToo: No More Disadvantages for Mothers in Business

In a recently shared LinkedIn post, Kaitlyn Chang reached nearly 6 million people as a keynote speaker carrying her baby on stage. In an exclusive interview, the MBA graduate talks about what's behind “#MomToo” hashtag, why women no longer want to be superwomen, and why a mother’s leadership skills should finally be taken seriously.

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Animal Instincts in the Business World

Some peculiar yet highly interesting creatures inhabit today’s fiercely competitive corporate world where natural selection seems to be the ruling concept. Barbara Stöttinger, Dean of the WU Executive Academy, has closely scrutinized the most remarkable specimens.

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