Aventis Graduate School

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{{Infobox University
|name = Aventis School of Management
|motto = ''Shaping Global Leaders''
|type = Private
|established = 2006
|city = Berne
|country = [[Switzerland]]
|postgrad = 1,073
|faculty = 38 (Adjunct)
|Europe = www.asm-berne.ch
|Asia = www.aventis.edu.sg
}}

'''Aventis School of Management''' is an international graduate business school. Aventis School of Management (Asia) campus is based in Singapore offers a strong focus on leadership and general management skills. Aventis School of Management is one of the five business schools in Singapore that is registered with [[European Foundation for Management Development]] and the European Council for Business Education (ECBE). Aventis EMBA is also accredited by the [[EMBA council|EMBA Council]], which was formed in 1981 to accredit schools of business offering EMBA worldwide.

== Educational Offerings ==
Aventis offers three main educational offerings

* Executive Masters Programs
* Graduate Diploma Programs
* Executive Education programs.

== Executive Masters Programs ==
Aventis collaborates with [[Zicklin School of Business]] and [[Baruch College]], New York, to bring the Zicklin Executive Masters programs to Singapore for all senior executives across [[ASEAN]]. The programs includes the Executive MBA , Executive Master of Science in Marketing & International Business, Finance, HR & Global leadership, Information Systems and Business Computing Information Systems and Psychology (Industrial and Organizational)and Entreprenuership. In 2010, Aventis announced its partnership with [[Arcadia University]] to offer an International MBA program tailored for working professionals in Singapore. In 2011, Aventis announced 2 new partnership with [[University of Louisville]] and California State University to offer the Professional MBA and the MBA with specializations in Finance, Information Technology and International Management in Singapore.

== Graduate Diploma Programs ==
Aventis offers[[Graduate Diploma]] programs in Marketing, finance & investment, risk management, service leadership, Human Capital Development, Training & Development, organizational Psychology, social psychology & Counselling, and Financial engineering.

Aventis collaborates with Professional bodies such as the [[Chartered institute of Marketing]] (UK){{flagicon|UK}}, [[American Association of Financial Management]] and the Centre for Behaviorial Science (CBS)<ref>http://www.cbsgroup.com.sg</ref> to offer professional certifications

==Executive Education ==
Aventis conducts leadership and professional development programs through collaboration with partners such as [[Baruch College]], The City University of New York, the largest AACSB Accredited Business School in US and The School of Management, [[University of St Andrews]], oldest university in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world.

Aventis conducts senior management training including Advanced Management Program (AMP); Global CEO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/ceo-program-glance.html</ref> and Advanced CFO Program<ref>http://www.cuny.edu.sg/cfo-program-glance.html</ref>. Participants usually are senior or top management, with many years of professional experience or younger high potential executives.

=== Public Lectures ===
Aventis regularly organises public lectures, featuring thought leaders from various disciplines to educate the public of the changing global environment. On April 9, Aventis in collaboration with [[Zicklin School of Business]] hosted the Annual Public Lecture Series-Beyond The Financial Crisis: Ethics & Professional Responsibilities by Professor [[Larry Zicklin]] who endowed the Wharton's Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity (CCI) at Baruch College.<ref>http://www.baruch.sg/event-090402-public-lecture.htm</ref>

===Research Centres of Excellence===

Aventis School of Management has a number of research centres which are based on interdisciplinary and industry networks across different business communities. The centres are:

* Chinese Strategic Leadership: Sun Tzu Art of War Institute
* Behavioral Science & Security: Centre for Behavioral Science
* Financial & Investment: Financial Training Academy
* Corporate Education: Aventis Learning Group
* Service Leadership: Centre for Service Leadership
* MBA Research Centre: MBA Singapore Asia

===Seminars & Workshops ===
Aventis organises Executive Workshops & Seminars in the following areas: finance and investment, accounting, general management, leadership, strategy, presentation skills, soft skills, decision making, people and performance management, marketing, innovations and entrepreneurship<ref>http://www.aventis.edu.sg/seminars-workshops-overview.html/</ref> Aventis- Seminars & Workshops.

Aventis School of Management also invited international speakers including Professor Victoria Dalko from [[Harvard University]] to conduct Masterclass courses in Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Valutions.

Other events include joint collaboration with KhattarWong, a regional law firm to co-sponsor a business conference in "Doing Business in [[ASEAN]]: Managing Your Risks in Today's Business World" Conference. This regional conference is supported by The Singapore Business Federation(SBF) and The Singapore institute of Directors (SID).

===Customized In-house Training===
Aventis works with corporate clients to design and deliver tailor made in house training. Programmes include mentoring and coaching, [[financial statement analysis]], leadership development and market innovations. Post event evaluation will allow corporate clients to assess the effectiveness of the training.

==Achievements==
In 2009, Aventis trained over 1,500 participants. Aventis School of management is the sponsor of the HRM Awards 2009 for Best Graduate Development,<ref>http://www.hrmawards.com</ref> The Singapore HR Awards<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/hrawards/</ref> organized by the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI) and the Singapore HR Congress.<ref>http://www.shri.org.sg/_sghrcongress.asp</ref>
Aventis School of Management is listed in the TOP MBA Career Guide 2010 from peer surveys by [[Quacquarelli Symonds]].
In 2009, one of Aventis's graduate students, Ms Anna White, won the [http://www.cim.co.uk/news/pressrelease/newsreleases/2009-11-16b.aspx world best student award] for Professional Postgraduate diploma in marketing award from the Chartered institute of marketing conferred personally by Sir [[Paul Judge]], President of [[CIM]] and benefactor of [[Judge Business School]], Cambridge University.

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.aventis.edu.sg (Asia)
*http://www.asm-berne.ch (Europe)
*http://www.emba.org/about_member_list.html
*http://www.efmd.org/index.php/services-for-business-schools/business-school-members
*http://www.ecbe.eu/what-is-ecbe/list-of-members/
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[[Category:Business schools]]
[[Category:Business schools in Singapore]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2006]]

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