Company Profile
Richard Ivey School of Business
Company Overview
Ivey's Mission is to develop business leaders who think globally, act strategically and contribute to the societies within which they operate.
The Richard Ivey School of Business (Ivey) offers degree programs at the undergraduate level (Honours Business Administration) and post graduate levels (12-Month MBA, Executive MBA and PhD) as well as non-degree open enrollment and customized corporate programs through its Executive Development facilities in London, Toronto and Hong Kong. Ivey is affiliated with The University of Western Ontario with its main campus located in London, Ontario, midway between Toronto and Detroit.
The business school also has three executive teaching facilities: Ivey's ING Leadership Centre located in the Exchange Tower in Toronto’s financial district, at the Spencer Leadership Centre in London and the Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where it offers both Executive MBA and Executive Development programs.
In September 2005, Ivey introduced a new model for business education that recognized and encompassed fundamental changes in the business world due to globalization and technological advances and their impact on the role of the “general manager”. Ivey’s Cross-Enterprise Leadership focus acknowledges these changes by structuring its programs’ curriculum on enterprise wide business issues and faculty research around four current Cross-Enterprise Leadership issues:
Notable Products / Brands
Cross-Enterprise Leadership; Quantum Shift; ReConnect
Notable Clients
Arkadi Kuhlmann, President and CEO, ING Bank;
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
First MBA and PhD program in Canada.
First North American business school to have a campus in Hong Kong.
Second highest producer of case studies.
Benefits
The Communications and Public Affairs department at the Richard Ivey School of Business is located on the University of Western Ontario's beautiful campus in London Ontario. London, with a population of roughly 400,000 people, offers all the benefits of a small town from ease of travel, safefty and cleanliness with additional benefits such as a thriving cultural centre, including live theatre and a major entertainment facility that has hosted such international stars as Cher and Elton John. It is within 2 hours from both Toronto and Detroit, has an international airport and a reliable train service that makes day travel to Toronot convenient and enjoyable.