Programs in Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School Executive Education
Columbia Business School Executive Education's programs for the nonprofit and public sectors, formerly offered by the Institute for Not-For-Profit Management, are now offered under the aegis of Programs in Social Enterprise.
Social enterprise, as the concept has been developed at Columbia Business School, means the application of business skills to the solution of social problems. The new programs enable Executive Education to expand its services: not only to its traditional base in New York City's community-based nonprofits, but to other nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and businesses in the New York region, nationally and internationally.
The Programs in Social Enterprise in Executive Education draw heavily on the resources of Columbia Business School. Its director is Raymond D. Horton, the School's Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance and Founder of the Social Enterprise Program for MBA students.
Making increased use of the School's resources—including its faculty, curriculum and facilities—while retaining the ability to draw on New York City's rich supply of nonprofit, government and business practitioners, permits Executive Education to offer a unique range of open enrollment and custom programs, including programs open to—or designed for—businesses in such topics as emissions trading, alternative energy and corporate social responsibility.
Two open enrollment programs are offered currently. One is a four-week program formerly known as the Executive Level Program but renamed the Institute for Not-For-Profit Management Program, as the program was known at its inception in 1976. The program's faculty director is Thomas P. Ference, founder of the Institute and Professor of Management at the School of Public Health.
The other open enrollment program is the one-week Middle Management Program. The program's faculty director is Joel Brockner, Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School.
Seven custom programs are offered currently. They include a program for United Neighborhood Houses and two programs for agencies of New York City government: the Police Management Institute and the Fire Department Officers Management Institute.
New custom offerings include programs for Ariane de Rothschild Fellows, Center for Curatorial Leadership, Girl Scouts of America and King Khalid Foundation.
