International professional development and training for professionals
working in management and design
The Zollverein School of Management and Design is the only research and
educational institute of its kind in Europe. The school was founded in
2003 and tuition for its first international MBA degree course in
Business Design will get underway in February 2005. The course's
interdisciplinary programme seeks to teach students both management and
design skills in an innovative way. All courses offered by the
Zollverein School focus on the practical rather than on the theoretical.
Organization
The school, which enjoys the status of a non-profit-making GmbH (a form
of limited liability company), is supported by an advisory board and an
academic advisory council. From 200(6)8, the Zollverein school will be
run as a public-private partnership. The University of Duisburg-Essen,
the University of Wuppertal, and the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet , which
comprises 56 leading companies, are all partners in the Zollverein
School.
Advisory board
Representatives of the world of politics and business sit on the
advisory board of the Zollverein School. It is the task of this body to
help the research and educational institute build up an international
network. As representatives of the fields of communication,
design-oriented corporate culture, virtual learning, and architecture
and design, they support the school in an advisory capacity.
Under the chairmanship of Dr. Stueckradt, secretary of state in the
Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of
North Rhine-Westphalia, the advisory board also proposes courses and
co-operation projects. As ambassadors for the Zollverein School, the
advisory board offers its advice on all matters and makes proposals for
the annual program.
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Statement
"Competing is no longer about creating dominance
in scale-intensive industries, it's about producing elegant, refined
products and services in imagination-intensive industries. As a result,
business people don't just need to understand designers better - they
need to become designers."
Roger Martin, Dean Rotman School of Management
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