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Jim Senn, head of the Center for Global
Business Leadership at Robinson, sees
this as a giant opportunity for business
in Russia. “As Russian companies have
expanded, they have experienced a
distinct need for executive-level talent.
The unique Robinson/Lomonosov
Moscow State program will fill a much needed
demand for practical information
on effective leadership and provide a
quality of executive education never
before available in Russia.”
Responding to a Need
What does the Russian business community
think of the new program? Kirill Nikitin,
a partner in the Tax Services Division
of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Moscow,
typifies the response of the Russian
business community to the new program.
Said Nikitin, “There is really nowhere a
manager can go in Moscow to obtain a
first-rate executive MBA. Some students
have gone to the University of Chicago
program in London. Some go to INSEAD
in Paris, but in both cases students have
to fly to get there. There are a few programs
locally, but nothing that will compare
with what Georgia State and Moscow
State are planning to do.”
There are many reasons why the new
executive MBA makes sense, said Nikitin.
“Russian companies go outside a lot for
talent,” he noted. “As business develops,
large and midsized companies will need
better talent to staff offices in Russia, but
also Russian managers will need to
understand global business if they hope to
be promoted and relocate to other places.”
Nikitin notes that “training in executive
leadership is a big need and one that the
Robinson/Moscow State EMBA program
will meet.”
Albert Davleyev, a strategic marketing
consultant in Moscow, echoes Nikitin’s
thoughts. “Russians now want something
that differentiates them from those who
have MBA degrees. The EMBA will give
them leadership education, something
they cannot find anywhere else.” Continued
Davleyev, “Fortune 500 companies are
becoming big in Russia, and they need
good professionals, good leaders.”
The program is scheduled to launch in January 2009.
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