In September 2005, Ivey introduced a model for business education that recognizes and encompasses fundamental changes in the business world due to globalization and technological advances and their impact on the role of the ‘general manager’. Cross-Enterprise Leadership is an action-oriented approach that prepares high-performing Ivey graduates to look beyond the walls, org charts and silos and to approach issues from a perspective that spans the entire organization.
Cross-enterprise leaders need to be able to look beyond specific functions such as finance, marketing and operations to tackle issues of growth, innovation, productivity and globalization - and they must understand how every part of the business fits into a complex business environment. This, of course, is exactly how successful entrepreneurs have always worked, and it explains the role of the Entrepreneurship Research Centre within the Cross-Enterprise Leadership initiative.
For more information on recent publications visit our searchable Research Publications Database or contact Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Entrepreneurship Cross-Enterprise Leadership Centre Simon Parker.