This is the 22nd edition of the Fiscal Occasions rankings of the world’s leading providers of customised and open-enrolment executive training programmes.
The customised position capabilities the top 85 company schools — these are programs customized to the instruction needs of the organisations that fee them. The next position contains the top seventy five schools for open-enrolment programmes — programs on specific subjects, these as management, that are directed in direction of specialists no matter of their employer. A 3rd, put together position lists the top 50 schools for executive training, calculated from the customised and open tables.
Educational institutions using part must be internationally accredited by possibly Equis or AACSB and have earned revenues of at least $2m in 2019 from possibly their customised or open-enrolment non-degree programmes. This year, a whole of 107 schools took part in possibly or each rankings.
The position of customised class providers is compiled utilizing information from the company schools and their corporate clients in 2019. Each individual college must nominate a minimal of twenty clients. At least five of them must complete the FT survey for a college to be qualified for the last position.
The FT survey was accomplished by one,one hundred thirty five company college clients this yr — a reaction level of 56 for every cent. Each individual rated their programme on a 10-position scale in accordance to a assortment of indicators. Their solutions directly notify the to start with 10 of the ranking’s standards, from class design to follow-up and upcoming use, which account for a put together 80 for every cent of the ranking’s excess weight.
Client responses are weighted in accordance to programme type. Customers pick out one of a few solutions to categorise their programme: strategic (sent to top administration and built to impact a company’s course) typical (sent to administration on operational aspects of a firm) or practical (associated to a specific operate, these as promoting). Strategic programmes have the major weighting and as a result the finest effect on the position.
Responses are also weighted in accordance to the seniority of the particular person responsible for specifying the class, the dimension of the client organisation and the amount of schools with which that client has commissioned customised programs in the earlier a few several years.
The final five standards are calculated from information and facts supplied by schools on global clients, abroad programmes, expansion, partner schools and college variety.
The open-enrolment position is compiled utilizing information from class providers and men and women who accomplished their nominated administration programmes in 2019. Educational institutions submit one or two typical programs of at least a few times in duration and one or two sophisticated programs of at least five times. At least twenty for every cent of these programmes’ members must complete the FT survey, with a minimal of twenty accomplished surveys, for a college to be viewed as in the last position.
A whole of 5,480 members answered this year’s open programme survey — a reaction level of 37 for every cent — ranking factors of their class on a 10-position scale. Responses by sophisticated and typical-degree members are put together to determine the to start with 10 position standards.
These standards, which involve the quality of the members, of the instructing and the relevance of the competencies they gained, notify 80 for every cent of the position. University information are employed to determine the remaining standards on woman and global members, expansion, global site and partner schools.
For each rankings, information and facts gathered in the previous two several years is employed, in which offered, to determine standards knowledgeable by client and participant responses. If a college has participated for the earlier a few several years, the weighting is 40:33:27, with 2020 information counting for 40 for every cent. If two several years of information and facts is offered, the weighting is fifty five:forty five, with 2020 information accounting for fifty five for every cent.
The weightings accorded to the to start with nine and 10 standards in the customised and open rankings, respectively, are established by the degree of importance clients and members connect to each individual in their surveys for the 2020 position. Weightings for these standards as a result vary somewhat from yr to yr.
Educational institutions that feature in each rankings are qualified for the put together in general position. The top 50 schools are calculated in accordance to an equal weighting of the whole scores attained in each rankings, alternatively than an typical of position positions.
Judith Pizer of Pizer-MacMillan acted as the FT’s database advisor
Crucial: Customised-enrolment programme
(weights for position standards are revealed in brackets as a share of the in general position)
The to start with 10 standards, up to and including “Future use”, are dependent on information from the businesses that commissioned executive programs.
The future five are dependent on information described by company schools. Educational institutions are rated for each individual of these standards. The final group, “Total responses‡”, is for information and facts only and does not notify the position.
Figures in brackets exhibit the excess weight each individual criterion contributes to the in general position. The weighting accorded to the to start with nine standards, from preparation to price for cash, accounts for 80 for every cent of the whole ranking’s excess weight. It is established by the level of importance that clients connect to each individual.
Preparing (8.3): degree of interaction amongst client and college, the extent to which clients’ suggestions ended up integrated into the programme, and the performance of the college in integrating its most recent study.
Programme design (8.four): versatility of the class and the willingness of schools to complement their college with external experts.
Teaching techniques and materials (7.9): extent to which instructing techniques and resources ended up up to date and ideal, and integrated a suitable blend of educational rigour and practical relevance.
College (8.four): excellent of instructing and the extent to which instructing staff labored together to present a coherent programme.
New competencies and discovering (8.3): relevance of competencies gained to the office, the relieve with which they ended up executed, and the extent to which the course encouraged new means of considering.
Stick to-up (7.3): extent and performance of follow-up provided after the class members returned to their workplaces.
Aims attained (8.four): extent to which educational and company anticipations ended up met, and the excellent of opinions from particular person members to class commissioners.
Amenities (7.four): ranking of the discovering environment’s excellent and ease, and of supporting means and amenities.
Benefit for cash (7.7): clients’ ranking of the programme’s design, instructing and resources in conditions of price for cash.
Future use (8.): chance that clients would reuse the similar college for other customised programmes in the upcoming, and no matter if they would recommission the similar programme.
Worldwide clients (5.): dependent on the share of clients with headquarters outside the house the company school’s base state and location.
Overseas programmes (2.): global access of the school’s customised programme instructing.
Development (5.): d
ependent on the in general expansion in revenues from customised programmes as properly as the expansion in revenues from repeat company.
Spouse schools (3.): amount and excellent of programmes created or taught in conjunction with other Equis or Association to Progress Collegiate Educational institutions of Enterprise (AACSB) accredited company schools.
College variety (5.): variety of college college in accordance to citizenship and gender.
Complete responses: amount of particular person surveys accomplished by the school’s clients. Figures in brackets show the amount of several years of survey information counted in direction of the position.
Crucial: Open up-enrolment programme
(weights for position standards are revealed in brackets as a share of the in general position)
The to start with 10 standards are dependent on information from programme members the future six are dependent on information submitted by the company schools. Ranks are revealed for each individual of these standards, apart from “Female participants”, which shows the share. Figures in brackets exhibit the excess weight each individual criterion contributes to the in general position. The weighting accorded to the to start with 10 standards, from preparation to amenities, accounts for 80 for every cent of the whole ranking’s excess weight. It is established by the degree of importance that members attach to each individual.
Preparing (7.7): provision of sophisticated information and facts on programme articles, and the participant collection procedure.
Program design (8.six): versatility of the class and appropriateness of course dimension, composition and design.
Teaching techniques and resources (8.3): extent to which instructing techniques and resources ended up up to date and ideal, and integrated a suitable blend of educational rigour and practical relevance.
College (8.7): excellent of the instructing and the extent to which instructing staff labored together to present a coherent programme.
High quality of members (7.9): extent to which other members ended up of the ideal managerial and educational conventional, the global variety of members and the excellent of interaction amid peers.
New competencies and discovering (8.7): relevance of competencies gained to the office, the relieve with which they ended up executed, and the extent to which the class encouraged new means of considering.
Stick to-up (7.3): degree of follow-up provided after members returned to their workplaces, and networking options with fellow members.
Aims attained (8.four): extent to which private and qualified anticipations ended up met, and the chance that members would endorse the programme.
Foodstuff and accommodation (six.8): ranking of the excellent of food stuff and accommodation.
Amenities (7.six): ranking of the discovering environment’s excellent and ease, and of supporting means and amenities.
Female members (2.): share of woman class members.
Worldwide members (3.): dependent on the share of members from outside the house the company school’s base state and location.
Worldwide site (2.): extent to which programmes are operate outside the house the school’s base state and location.
Development (5.): dependent on the in general expansion in revenues from open programmes as properly as the expansion in revenues from repeat company.
Spouse schools (3.): amount and excellent of programmes taught in conjunction with other Equis or AACSB accredited company schools.
College variety (5.): variety of college college in accordance to citizenship and gender.
