Columbia Business School Executive Education recently announced a new "social enterprise" category of program offerings consisting of open-enrollment and custom programs for the nonprofit and public sectors. These programs will draw heavily on the resources of the School’s Social Enterprise Program for MBA and Executive MBA students. Executive Education will have increased access to the faculty, curriculum and facilities of the Social Enterprise Program, as well as its extensive network of practitioners from New York’s nonprofit, government and business communities. These shared resources will facilitate a broader range of programming, including programs open to — or designed for — businesses in such areas as emissions trading and alternative energy.
This shift to social enterprise will also enable Executive Education to expand its services to New York’s community-based nonprofits, while providing programs to other nonprofits, government agencies and businesses at the local, national and international levels. In 2009, offerings will include current not-for-profit open programs (Executive Level and Middle Management Programs) and the Ariane de Rothschild Fellows Program: Dialogue and Social Entrepreneurship, which aims to develop a network of social entrepreneurs with an interest in fostering respect and dialogue among Jewish and Muslim communities. At present, custom offerings include programs for the New York City Police Department, New York City Fire Department, UJA-Federation of New York, Girl Scouts of the USA, Center for Curatorial Leadership and the King Khalid Foundation.
Raymond D. Horton, the Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance at Columbia Business School, is the faculty director of social enterprise programs within Executive Education.
"Columbia Business School’s Social Enterprise Program has a rich history of delivering innovative solutions to social challenges and is an influential component of our MBA and EMBA programs," Horton said. "By bringing the program’s resources to Executive Education, we increase the School’s capacity to empower individuals and organizations in the public and nonprofit sectors to maximize their social impact."
"We are excited about the range of opportunities for both our current and new programs under the Social Enterprise umbrella," said Troy Eggers, associate dean of Columbia Business School Executive Education. "We look forward to serving the nonprofit and public sectors in new and meaningful ways."