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A Harvard University executive
training program focusing on strategic management, negotiation and
an
exploration of Europe’s role as an international actor
December 14-17, 2005
Athens, Greece
Application deadline: November 16, 2005
As the United States’ oldest and most revered institution of
higher learning, Harvard University has served as an
unparalleled center of excellence across the world. Through
its unwavering dedication to promoting avant guard thinking
and enduring knowledge, Harvard continues to set global
standards in academia, research and practice.
Harvard’s executive education programs provide a forum to
extend and exchange knowledge and aim to empower
high-potential individuals by strengthening the impact and
practical effectiveness of their undertakings. As part of
this mission, Managing and Shaping Change in the 21st
Century is a four-day Harvard executive training program
designed to offer participants the regional knowledge and
innovative analytical, management and problem-solving tools
critical for advancing important individual and
organizational goals in an era when growing global and
dynamic complexities challenge policy makers and managers to
learn at increasing rates.
Led by faculty who are luminaries in their fields, Managing
and Shaping Change in the 21st Century is designed for
senior professionals in the public and private sectors in
societies facing change and transition. Administered by
Harvard’s Kokkalis Program and held in Athens, Greece at the
state-of-the-art facilities of Athens Information Technology
(AIT), Managing and Shaping Change in the 21st Century is
designed to provide instruction and professional enrichment
in four main fields:
• Negotiation and conflict management: this component
develops a toolkit of strategic and analytical skills and
conceptual frameworks which enable participants to
accurately diagnose, shape and direct negotiations within
and across organizations and sectors; designing
consensus-building procedures and build winning coalitions;
examining cross-cultural differences and ethical dilemmas;
and sustaining cooperative relationships.
• Scenario planning: this component trains participants to
use a powerful analytical and strategic planning tool to
explore alternative futures and create more robust,
long-term strategies. Through interactive exercises,
participants learn how to craft scenarios and integrate them
into strategic planning. The scenarios, together with the
process of developing them, have the dual purpose of
strengthening participants' understanding of the realistic
opportunities and barriers facing their organization and how
they, individually and collectively, can play a role in
shaping their organization's future.
• Strategic Management: this tier focuses on strategic
analysis, performance measurement and management,
organizational structure and networks, operations and
process management, and organizational learning and change.
It aims to sharpen participants’ skills in improving
organizational performance by offering instruction on how to
define public value more effectively, mobilize legitimacy
and support for that value, and develop and deploy the
operational capacity to deliver it. It introduces a set of
analytic techniques essential for policy/program
implementation and managing organizational performance.
• Europe: this component provides participants with an
insider’s understanding of the fundamental issues and
challenges facing the European Union (EU). It examines
current developments and debates within the EU, from the
complexities and politics behind structural and
constitutional reforms to the challenge of an enlarged
Europe. It also analyzes the EU as a regional and global
actor, explores the sources of its influence in the world as
well as its limitations and considers what internal
constraints the EU faces when acting externally.
The curriculum is highly interactive and rigorous, combining
many tools for learning. Lectures, negotiation simulations,
role-playing, and group work are supplemented by discussions
using Harvard University’s case-based method.
This executive program will improve the participant’s
ability to:
• Design, develop and implement strategy
• Improve programmatic initiatives
• Exercise effective negotiation and problem-solving skills
to drive organizational change
• Identify the various potential futures facing
organizations and create sound, long term strategies
• Understand the main issues facing the European Union, EU
regional and international relations and the future
direction of the institution.
Faculty
• Dr. Christine Letts, Associate Dean for Executive Programs
and Rita E. Hauser Lecturer in the Practice of Philanthropy
and Nonprofit Leadership, Kennedy School of Government (see
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/Christine_Letts)
• Dr. Brian Mandell, Lecturer in Public Policy and Chair of
the Negotiation Project, Kennedy School of Government (see
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/Brian_Mandell)
• Dr. Kalypso Nicolaidis, University Lecturer of
International Relations, Oxford University (see
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0041/)
Eligibility to Apply
Senior government representatives (from ministries of
foreign affairs, defense, economy, telecommunications,
etc.), elected officials, policymakers and their non-profit
and private sector counterparts are eligible to apply.
Participants must be able and willing to distance themselves
from their professional responsibilities for the duration of
the four-day intensive instruction. Fluency in English is
essential. Because participants’ expertise and experience
are critical to the learning process, the program’s members
will be selected to reflect a broad spectrum of individuals
engaged in, or seeking to engage in, governance and/or its
reform, business-government relations and political and
economic development.
Fees
The participation fee for the four-day program is 2,000€,
which includes tuition, meals and reading materials. Up to
three participants from the same organization receive a 10%
discount; four or more participants from the same
organization receive a 15% discount. Scholarships covering
the participation fee (including tuition, breakfast, lunch
and lodging in a double occupancy room) will be provided to
a limited number of accepted public sector applicants. All
participants, from both the public and private sectors, will
be expected to fund their own travel to and from Greece. To
guarantee participation, payment must be made in full by
Thursday, December 1, 2005.
Accommodation (made through AIT), for those who require it,
will be at the Divani Acropolis Hotel, a five-star hotel
located at the foot of the Acropolis in the old part of
Athens (daily transportation between the hotel and AIT will
be provided for participants). Accommodation costs are not
included in the tuition fee and are as follows:
Check in on 13 December, check out on 18 December:
Single/Double Room (B+B): 550€ for five nights
Participants sharing a Double Room (B+B): 250€ for five
nights per participant
Deadline and How to Apply
The application deadline for Managing and Shaping Change in
the 21st Century is November 16, 2005. Early applications
are strongly recommended, as there is heightened interest in
the program, and space and scholarships are limited.
Applicants will be informed of the selection committee’s
decisions within one week of the deadline.
To apply, complete the online application
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/scholarship_form/eeapp.html
There is no paper application.
A Project for Collaborative Learning
Managing and Shaping Change in the 21st Century is an
initiative of Harvard University’s Kokkalis Program on
Southeastern and East-Central Europe, the Kokkalis
Foundation and Athens Information Technology (AIT).
Founded in 1997 at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of
Government, the Kokkalis Program aims to enhance the quality
of stability, democracy, and prosperity and institutional
vitality in Southeastern Europe. It is an integrated network
of educational, research and outreach activities that
prepare individuals for public service and brings together
practitioners, scholars and students to encourage
enterprising solutions to contemporary policy challenges
facing the region. For more information see
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis
The Kokkalis Foundation was established in 1998 as a
non-profit organization in Athens, Greece. It carries a
broad regional vision and aims to contribute to many areas
of the public, social, and cultural life in Southeastern
Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, by undertaking actions
that enrich the human capital in the region and building
links between various institutions with parallel goals. For
more information see
http://www.kokkalisfoundation.gr/en/cat/1/index.asp
Founded in 2002, Athens Information Technology (AIT) is a
non-profit Center of Excellence for Research and Graduate
Education in the fields of information technology,
telecommunications, electronics and management. Having
established strong academic and research ties with the U.S.
based Carnegie Mellon University, AIT offers a variety of
Master’s and executive training programs which aim to
develop professionals capable of creating technological
breakthroughs for the 21st century.
For more information see
http://www.ait.edu.gr
The Kokkalis Leadership Network
Managing and Shaping Change in the 21st Century is part of a
series of executive training programs jointly sponsored by
the Kennedy School of Government and the Kokkalis
Foundation. These programs were developed to address the
growing need to deepen and consolidate political and
economic reforms in Southeast Europe and beyond, reinvent
traditional approaches to governance, and to promote
communication and collaboration in this region and between
it and the rest of the world.
Participants who complete the Managing and Shaping Change in
the 21st Century executive training program become members
of the Kokkalis Leadership Network (KLN), the alumni
association of the Kokkalis Program. KLN members are
expected to be actively engaged in long-term, cross-regional
communication and sustained collaboration with their fellow
KLN colleagues for the benefit of their nations and the
region as a whole. KLN alumni are informed of all Kennedy
School and Kokkalis Foundation initiatives such as
educational refreshers, symposia and special events at
Harvard and in the region.
For more information, please contact:
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Athens
Information Technology
P.O. Box 68, Markopoulou Ave.,
190 02 Peania, Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 210 6682728, +30 210 6682700
Fax: +30 210 6682729
Email:
aron@ait.edu.gr
http://www.ait.edu.gr
Program Schedule
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