General details Rotman School of Management, Executive Programs, Rotman South, 149 College StreetTorontoOntarioM5T 1P5Canada Tel: (1) 416-978-8815 Email: Click here Website
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Status Business School
Accreditation & Recognition AACSBFT RankedUNICONCFBSD
Date established 1995
Services available Open ProgramsCustom ProgramsResearch Centres
Languages of instruction English
The Rotman School of Management is the University of Toronto’s business school. It is located in downtown Toronto, Canada’s business capital and the third largest financial centre in North America. Rotman's deep connections with businesses nationally and internationally provide a rich network for all those engaged with the school.
The Rotman School has a unique approach to business education based on Integrative ThinkingTM. Participants learn how to be high value problem-solvers, equipped to see across functional silos. Whether your goal is to become more effective in your current role, or to open new career paths, Rotman will provide you with a new way to think.
For the third year in a row, Rotman has ranked #1 for New Skills and Learning among international executive education open enrolment programs (Financial Times, Executive Education, 2011, 2012, and 2013). In addition, Rotman recently ranked #1 for Faculty (Financial Times, Executive Education, 2013). Rotman tenured faculty are the driving force behind Rotman's executive education programs. Rotman has undergone a dramatic period of growth in recent years, nearly doubling the size and scope of its research and educational activities. To accommodate its expansion, the School has opened a $91.8-million building next to the existing one. The state-of-the-art structure provides the School with a home worthy of its ambitions as Rotman is on the move as one of the top research-intensive, globally-relevant business schools.
Partnering with Rotman
Rotman offers customized programs and result-oriented learning solutions that powerfully target your specific business challenges. We help you achieve your mission, vision, and business goals through the development of your people. Our client-centered approach aligns our solutions to your strategic directives to have an impact on the performance of your organization. We work with you to create value using a consultative, iterative approach to design and deliver programs that are a ‘perfect fit’.
Our Value Proposition: Forming a Learning Partnership
Rotman believes that a successful executive program can be a powerful agent for change. We therefore listen and work closely with you to customize programs to your needs. Our clients tell us that working with Rotman accelerates the implementation of their strategies and creates long-term sustainable impact. Rotman's custom programs are acknowledged by our clients for their ability to offer:
Strategic Partnerships: We establish collaborative working relationships with business units and human resource leaders to ensure that programs are beneficial to both individuals and business lines.
Accountability: We embed evaluation techniques in our programs and our clients have always attested to the measurable impact and effectiveness of our programs. World-Class Faculty: Distinguished scholars with substantial experience, our faculty integrates world-class academic rigour with real-life business experience and industry expertise.
Blended Learning: We deliver programs using teaching methodologies that ensure the transfer of learning to the workplace including lectures, simulations, case studies, and action planning.
A New Way to Think: Many of our programs are grounded in an innovative curriculum based on Integrative ThinkingTM and Business DesignTM. The depth and breadth of program content has been shown to increase innovation, effectiveness and performance.
Our Custom Approach
Our ability to understand, collaborate, and customize solutions unique to your business is a fundamental part of our approach. The following steps ensure that our programs are relevant and impactful.
Strategy Review: Understand your business goals, key performance objectives and desired outcomes; Ensure a program focus around your strategic priorities.
Competency Framework Alignment: Align program content and models to performance indicators; Facilitate the development of leadership and management competencies.
Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment: Conduct a comprehensive needs analysis; Gather information and analyze the gaps between actual and desired performance levels.
Program Design: Design program curricula aligned to your business challenges; Integrate relevant content and adult learning methodologies
Program Delivery: Deliver programming at the executive level and cascade it throughout your organization; Foster a common set of skills, tools and language
Evaluation and Follow-up: Assess the effectiveness and impact of the program on your organization
Rotman’s Programs
Rotman custom programs help you achieve your desired results by offering new skills, knowledge and competencies that can be used immediately at the workplace. Our areas of expertise include but are not limited to leadership, organizational effectiveness, leading change, finance, governance, negotiation, strategic management, innovation, and customer-centered marketing. Our instructional design and program evaluation components are essential tools used to align our programs with your requirements. Types of offerings include:
Comprehensive Programs: Ranging from a 1-day intensive program for 30 executives, to an extended modular program structure attended by 200 Executive Speaker Series: Focused 1-day strategic conversations organized for top executives on special interest topics Webinars: 1-2 hour web based focused learning events which can be held independently, or as part of pre- or post-program activities Simulations: E-learning tools that reflect organizational processes and provide experiential learning Strategy Engagement Workshops: Sessions designed to tackle wicked problems faced by organizations today Customized Open-Enrolment Programs: Best suited for organizations that wish to have a Rotman open program customized to their organizational needs
The Rotman School is home to a number of research institutions:
Thursday, September 20, 2012 Rotman School of Management Design Thinking Experts Series – LONDON, UK
