French companies are employing increasing numbers of foreigners in senior management and they are aiming to internationalise their management workforce. Recruiters and Employment Consultants are becoming more and more international and global. At a time where globalisation has become a reality, international recruitment is now an unstoppable and a vital force. France is inexorably following the general trend initiated by most of the industrialised countries.
In
keeping with the tradition of pioneering education to meet the demands
of today's society, the top level international MBAs are designed to train
future international business leaders who can operate with vision, innovation,
and collaboration in a dynamic and changing global environment. The top
MBAs have been dedicated to providing leadership, creativity, and understanding
in international business education and focus on the development of key
competencies with multicultural, entrepreneurial, and global dimensions
for international management.
In France, most of the MBA participant body represents a diverse and talented group of professionals representing a wide range of ages, disciplines, and cultures. The participant to an MBA in France follows an English-speaking programme combined with a French culture in a multicultural environment. In order to create real awareness and understanding of the multicultural issues facing global business managers, most MBA programmes, the ENPC MBA in particular , seek to provide an intercultural team focus with geographic dimensions. There are no dominating cultures in the most famous MBAs in France, but a determinedly multicultural approach with a well-balanced representation of different economical zones, without the predominance of one over the other one.
This is the reason why, participants are placed in culturally diverse teams for project collaboration and problem-solving. There are courses offered on key business regions for more in-depth market studies. In order to sharpen local market knowledge, participants can also choose from study trips or exchange programmes with reputable universities around the world. Although the participants have different needs and aspirations for professional life, they share the learning philosophy for vision, innovation, and collaboration. This multicultural environment is reinforced by a multicultural core of international faculty. Aside from a roster of successful international business professionals and entrepreneurs, a majority of the teaching faculty is drawn from prestigious universities all around the world. The visiting faculty teaches for short, intensive periods bringing the latest developments in their field which is communicated through their culture and teaching methodology. They come from famous universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, University of Southern California, Oxford University, London Business School, Imperial College, Todai University and others.
To-day, France is considered as the leader in Economy amongst the European Union countries. Therefore, to do an MBA in France is an excellent entrance gate to develop business in France or in any other European country. So, if one has an international mind, open to a multicultural world , looking for different approaches to acquire and develop technical, personnel and professional knowledge in a multicultural environment ; then, that person is the ideal candidate to come and do an MBA in France.
Author: Prof. Michel
Fender
Dean
ENPC MBA, The ENPC School of international Management
Paris - France
