MBA at SDA Bocconi: best choice based on return of investment.

Nov. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- The European Council has recently officially named the German national Jörg Asmussen, SDA Bocconi Full-Time MBA - http://mba.sdabocconi.it/home/fulltime_eng.php -  alumnus, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), substituting the resigning Jürgen Stark.

Asmussen will take office on 1st January 2012. Jörg Asmussen attended the English version of the SDA Bocconi MBA ( http://mba.sdabocconi.it/home/index_eng.php ) during the 1991-1992 academic year.Asmussen headshot Jörg Asmussen "During those years, SDA Bocconi was starting to internationalize its MBA", says the former Director of the program, Luigi Tava. "And a German student choosing to do an MBA in Italy represented a significant openness towards credibility, in addition to demonstrating a particularly open attitude". Another faculty member during his MBA, Severino Salvemini, remembers Asmussen as "a very diligent student who was particularly fond of Italy".

The adjectives used the most by his classmates were "serious" and "intelligent". Outside the classroom, he was interested in art, theater, cinema and volleyball. Asmussen said he wanted to attend the MBA with the specific objective of learning management skills which, paired with the macroeconomic knowledge he gained during his university studies in Bonn, would allow him to be comfortable in the role of public official he aspired to.

The Executive Board of the ECB, made up of the President and Vice President of the Bank and 4 other members, has the responsibility of "preparing Governing Council meetings", says the ECB website, in addition to "implementing monetary policy for the euro area in accordance with the guidelines specified and decisions taken by the Governing Council and giving the necessary instructions to the euro area NCBs, managing the day-to-day business of the ECB and exercising certain powers delegated to it by the Governing Council".

SDA Bocconi is Italy's number one School of Management and now, according to the Financial Times' Global MBA Rankings 2011, the only Italian School in the European top 10 and the world's top 30: in fact, its MBA ( http://mba.sdabocconi.it/home/index_eng.php ) gains four places in Europe, rising to the 10th position, and ten in the world, reaching 28th place. SDA Bocconi is also the only Italian School on the top of the charts of all main International Rankings. SDA Bocconi has started 2011 by placing first in the world in the Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking for Full-Time MBA Return On Investment, and ended 2010 reaching the 17th position in the Financial Times’ Best European Business Rankings, gaining seven positions, as well as entering the top 20 in the general Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking (18th position in the world, United States excluded). In addition, SDA Bocconi reached 5th position in Europe in the QS Top MBA Ranking based on the assessments of Recruiters.

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