13th edition of CEEMAN's IMTA concluded in Bled
From 10-22 June 2012, 36 participants from 19 countries (Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA) had a chance to improve their competences and skills related to methodology of teaching management, as well as those related to specific management disciplines, such as: Strategic Management, Marketing, Finance/Accounting, and Leadership and Change Management. They also receive inputs related to other roles that management educators play: research, consultancy and institution building and administration.
Panel with IMTA faculty
The program faculty included internationally renowned professors from the best business schools around the world: Prof. James C. Ellert, IMD, Switzerland and IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia; Prof. Joe Pons, President of AXIOMA Marketing Consultants, Spain; Prof. J.B. Kassarjian, IMD, Switzerland and Babson College, USA; Prof. Krzysztof Obloj, School of Management at Warsaw University and Kozminski University, Poland; Prof. Arshad Ahmad, Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
“The International Management Teachers Academy is a creative response to the growing need for highest quality management education in the world of transition. This world-class and innovative program is aimed at developing a new generation of management educators for a new generation of successful and responsible business leaders,” stressed Prof. Danica Purg, President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia, and President of CEEMAN.
IMTA 2012 participants emphasized that the program represented the major milestone in their professional development and a unique opportunity for deep personal reflections. “From year to year we have been observing continuously growing share and quality of horizontal learning taking place among the program participants. This reflects a continuously growing quality of management education, innovations taking place in a number of schools, but also a steadily growing impact and multiplier effect of the IMTA program,” says Milenko Gudić, IMTA Managing Director.
While exchanging ideas and experience with colleagues from other countries, IMTA participants also establish and strengthen personal friendships and professional contacts. With the 2012 program edition, the IMTA Alumni Association connects 448 alumni, young university teachers and junior faculty from 135 business schools, universities, and other management development institutions from 37 countries from all over the world. This powerful network facilitates mutual communication and cooperation among IMTA alumni and their institutions, while also serves as a platform through which CEEMAN continues providing support to IMTA alumni in their personal, professional and institutional development.
During the program, the participants were greeted by Mr. John C. Reid, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, The Coca-Cola Company, who expressed his firm belief that management education has very important role in building sustainable future of the world. The IMTA 2012 Graduation Ceremony was attended by H.E. Bahtijors Hasans, the Ambassador of Latvia to Slovenia, and Mr. Andrey S. Myasnikov, Counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Slovenia, who came to greet participants from their countries.
Participants say:
- These 2 weeks were one of the most important in my professional life and no doubt will impact my future.
- IMTA was really an exceptional experience for me with all the knowledge, exchange of experiences with professors and colleagues and the professionalism of the organizing team.
- I felt fortunate for having had the experience there and I truly believe that programs like these can create a great impact for participants, for businesses and society.
- Thank you very much for the great program and for the great service. It was really brain explosion!
- I received a lot of insights to work with in my near future. The great Teachers I met in IMTA gave the enourmous impact on my thinking process and teaching approaches development.
- This is by far the best learning experience I have had
- It was a great honour and pleasure for me to take part in IMTA-2012! The time spent at the program was unforgetable and exciting. I am now "IMTA Advocate" at my University and will try to send other faculty to IMTA-2013 and hope to come to another track myself next year.
- Thank you so much for these two weeks, there is only one word that could sum up the organization, the program, the faculty, the atmosphere etc – PERFECT! I guess, I make everyone in my office crazy by constantly talking about IMTA :)
