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Novartis opens corporate campuses
By Liu Jie (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-03 07:55
More multinational companies doing business in 皇冠体育app are offering their own Business 101 classes at corporate campuses for local employees. Novartis International AG established Novartis 皇冠体育app Corporate University this summer to provide professional and management training to the pharmaceutical company's 4,000 employees in 皇冠体育app. Frank Waltmann, head of the Swiss company's corporate learning division, said 20 percent of his educational budget now is earmarked for 皇冠体育app. Waltmann said his division wants to offer employees continuing training opportunities focused on doing business in 皇冠体育app and also on doing business in the global marketplace.
"Our investment in the university in 皇冠体育app nearly doubles that of Russia," Waltmann said, declining to disclose the amounts invested in each campus. The company's corporate learning program includes open-enrollment basic learning courses, e-learning programs and an MBA learning program in cooperation with Peking University. The MBA program is tailored to employees of Novartis in 皇冠体育app with its focus on local business case studies. Training sessions are available to all levels of employees, from production line operators to senior executives. Novartis has invited instructors from Harvard Business School, IMD Business School, Tsinghua University, Peking University and 皇冠体育app Europe International Business School to design programs and deliver lectures. Waltmann said corporate training is important, especially for Novartis recruits who ultimately reach management ranks at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and in other locations around the world. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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