MBA in the Media
News & Events
The journey continues for the ENPC MBA!
CEO Magazine, January 2012. Alexandra Skinner reports Tawfik Jelassi and Alon Rozen’s vision of the ENPC MBA Journey.
We invite you to discover all the destinations of this journey by reading this very interesting article by CEO magazine on the future of the ENPC MBA where the school’s new ventures and projects are brightly described.
Discover our two brand new academic offers: the MBA specialization in Enterprise RiskManagement launched in September 2011 in partnership with Ecole des Mines’ centre for Research on Risk and Crises; and ourExecutive MBA in Aviation Management in Beijing developed in partnership with Airbus, and the Ecole Nationale of Civil Aviation (ENAC)atTsinghua University.
In the words of our Assistant Dean: “we are quite excited about these programs … They are both part of our strategy to foster new corporate-academic partnerships for growth. ENPC has always had an entrepreneurial spirit of continually launching new ideas. There is always something in the works and that makes it an exciting place to work and be a part of. The education market is changing so quickly that if you don’t constantly have developments in the pipeline, you can become outdated very quickly. We feel that we have a responsibility to keep innovating.”
The article draws a very clear picture of ENPC MBA programs, curricula, partnership development, admissions as well as the human dimension that our candidates and participants encounter both on campus and via or new social media initiatives.
To learn more on these topics read the full article.
« Masters, mastères, MBA: Cap sur l’emploi?»
Le Parisien Economie, 12thDecember 2011. Dean Tawfik Jelassi is quoted in the article « Masters, mastères, MBA: La meilleure arme anti-crise?» written by the journalist Gilles Marchand. In this context of economic and financial crisis, the instability of the job market, the graduates and professionals still have a card to play, thanks to the best top Management Schools. Identifying business opportunities and taking risk are quite unavoidable when managing a company and trying to sustain its business in a rapidly changing world. As such, risk management has always been an integral part of a manager’s remit. In order to provide these skills to high potential professionals, the ENPC School of International Management has introduced in its MBA program a new specialization track in “Enterprise Risk Management”. “We have created this specialization – MBA in Enterprise Risk Management - as it really responds to an increasing demand from the companies, it has become a strategic issue” confirmed Dean Tawfik Jelassi.
Read the full article (in French)
« Les MBA cultivent leur niches »
L'Usine Nouvelle, 1st December 2011. In this article Cécile Maillard describes the latest trend in MBA world, i.e. the move from a generalist approach to a more specialized approach in order to better fit the requirements of employers and employees alike.
Dean Tawfik Jelassi, confirming this trend, declared "The offer must evolve towards specialized MBAs. The Ecole des Ponts launched its first MBA in 1987 as a generalist full-time MBA which fitted the needs of the market at that time. But in the early 2000s, the offer was so huge that MBA candidates were lost. In order to differentiate ourselves, we added specializations to target high potential candidates. We launched our MBA in Technology & Entrepreneurship in 2003, in which participants learn how to use and adapt their technical skills to business and management. As the market validated this trend, we later launched a Tri-Continent MBA and an Executive MBA".
Read the full Article (in French).
Management & MBA « Des MBA pour entreprendre »
Le Figaro Economie, 3rd October 2011. From Christine Lagoutte, Editor of the Education section of Le Figaro Economie. The article discusses a visit of the ENPC MBA Paris class to “Le Camping”, a 6-month accelerator program for dotcom and software startups based in the Palais Brongniart in the center of Paris. A very appropriate visit as MBA participants tend to create their own enterprise very soon after graduating. With its MBA in Technology & Entrepreneurship program, ENPC MBA Paris really shows its belief in entrepreneurs and interest for startups.
As Dean Tawfik Jelassi says “ the MBA helps meeting and networking with the 
Alumni. The participants can mature their ideas, do a business plan within the context of their professional project, profit from the advice of the faculty to ripen their project”. Read the full article (in French)
Le Nouvel Economiste says 3 magic letters: MBA
Le Nouvel Economiste -Universités et Grandes Ecoles, Avis d’ Experts- 22 Sept. 2011.
Dean Tawfik Jelassi is extensively quoted by Patrick Arnoux, senior editor at the weekly newspaper “Le Nouvel Economiste ” in his article entitled “MBA: Three magic letters”.
Dean Jelassi highlights that “it is the visibility of the brand which makes a difference. Leading companies are looking for high potential managers. The world crisis has significantly modified the economic environment, creating demand for well-defined skill sets in management, with a good understanding of change management issues and solutions. That is why we offer our cohorts (of around 50 international students) both fundamentals and advanced skills in management including the increasingly important notions of technology and innovation management as well as entrepreneurship…..” Within this context, Dean Jelassi further highlights the key role of our international visiting faculty in teaching these skills with a multicultural perspective.
- Read the full article (in French).
Dean Jelassi appointed Chairman of the Board of Tunisiana, the leading mobile telecom operator in Tunisia
On February 20th 2011, Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Dean of the School of International Management at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris) and Professor of Information Technology & e-Business, was appointed Chairman of the Board of Tunisiana S.A. With more than 5.7 million subscribers and a market share over 52% , Tunisiana has been shaping the mobile telecom market in Tunisia since its inception in 2002. The company is today majority owned by Qatar Telecom (Qtel).
Dr. Tawfik Jelassi is an internationally-renowned scholar and researcher in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). Over the last 25 years, he has extensively lectured on the strategic management and competitive use of ICT and has been a top-rated Professor in MBA, Executive MBA and corporate education programs. He is also well-known for his field-based publications on e-business and electronic commerce and is the recipient of several research excellence awards in Europe and the USA. His latest book, entitled “Strategies for e-business: Creating value through electronic and mobile commerce" (published in 2008 by Financial Times/Prentice Hall), has been distributed worldwide and translated into Chinese and Korean languages.
- Business News, February 25th 2011
SMBG Eduniversal ranking: ENPC MBA amongst the 4 Schools ranked Top 10 in France for both their Full Time and Executive MBA!
Recently published in French business publications "La Tribune" and "Capital", The SMBG Eduniversal ranking is notably based on interviews with more than 1,000 Human Resources Managers and 3,000 Academic officials who were asked to assess program excellence, salary increase following the MBA and participant satisfaction.
To learn more, please refer to the following web articles in French:
L'Economiste Maghrébin
"Je suis optimiste pour l'avenir"
February 2011
Dean Tawfik Jelassi, who was born in Tunisia, reflected in an interview to the “L’Economiste Maghrébin” (published in February 2011) on the current, political and economic situation in Tunisia and their prospects post-revolution. He expressed his personal views on the subject.
- Please click here to read the full interview in French, by Mr Imen Grab
Le Monde Etudiant - Tout le monde cherche son MBA - January 2011
Dean Tawfik Jelassi is quoted in this introspective article entitled “Tout le monde cherche son MBA ”, written by Marine Relinger and published in Le Monde Etudiant - Le Guide des Masters & MBA - January 2011
In this article Marine Relinger talks on how people search for MBA programs and, due to the wide choice of existing international MBA programs today, their difficulty in identifying the MBA which fits their own profile and plans. Tawfik Jelassi explains in the article how "at the ENPC MBA PARIS we respect the rule of "three thirds", typical in the MBA world - 1/3 engineers, 1/3 businessmen and women, 1/3 from multiple disciplines (doctors, lawyers, journalists, ...) looking to increase their managerial skills. Moreover, two-thirds of participants are international and come to study in Paris from abroad…."
Read the full article in French here.
MBA & Masters : The French Assets on the World Scene - Le Parisien Economie - 13 Dec 2010
Dean Jelassi and the ENPC MBA are extensively quoted by Gilles Marchand, journalist at the daily newspaper “Le Parisien” in his article entitled « MBA & Masters - Les atouts français sur la scène mondiale - Les filières préférées des étudiants et des entreprises ».In this article on the assets of internationally leading French Business Schools, Dr Tawfik Jelassi points out that “all businesses, regardless of sector of activity, must now leverage modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to be competitive. The life of a start-up depends on the management of innovation and technology. Students have well understood the growing importance of ICT in the modern business world. These last two years, e-commerce has shown annual growth rates of 25%, a fact that is not overlooked by today's students”.
- To read the article in French, Dr Tawfik Jelassi's words on ITC, and enjoy the beautiful photo of our Full-Time MBA intake (class 2009-2010) at the Graduation ceremony on July 2nd 2010, please follow this link.
Success Story - Leaders - Tawfik Jelassi
An interesting article in French by Anissa Ben Hassine, in which this Tunisian journalist retraces the education, upbringing and career of Tawfik Jelassi. For those who read French, a great way to get to know our Dean a bit better...
You can read the article here or from our News section
Le programme de l’ENPC ouvert sur l’international – Le Figaro Economie – October 2010
An interesting article by Gaëlle Ginibrière, journalist at the leading French daily newspaper “Le Figaro”, on how engineers who start in technical positions may need over time management competencies to lead a unit, manage teams, negotiate a contract, formulate a budget, etc. But an international MBA program which provides such competencies is not exclusively open to engineers…
The ENPC MBA in the 2010 ranking of The Economist
In the latest full-time MBA ranking published by The Economist on September 17th 2010, the ENPC MBA program was ranked 20th in Continental Europe and was the only Paris-based MBA listed in the ranking.
Plus d'éthique dans les MBA ? - Le Figaro Formation - April 2010
Gaëlle Ginibrière, journalist at French leading newspaper Le Figaro, reports that the financial crisis has led Top Business Schools worldwide to "muscle up" their courses on business ethics and Corporate Citizenship. Something ENPC MBA Paris has been doing for 17 years! Prof. Gilbert Lenssen, who teaches Global Strategy & Global Governance at the ENPC School of International Management stresses the virtues required of a good manager today: wisdom, prudence, judgment, balance, even modesty and being a role model.
3ès cycles, ils accélèrent votre carrière - L'Usine Nouvelle - April 2010
An article on the career accelerating effect of MBAs and specialized master's programs in and around France. Dean Tawfik Jelassi is cited as well as one of our current Executive MBA participants, David Lacote. The latter explains how an MBA is key to changing career paths and gaining access to higher levels of international management, as well as diffrentiating yourself from others aiming for similar positions.
"The Pursuit of Happiness" International Business Times - Education - March 2010
An article on Executive MBAs entitled The Pursuit of Happiness appeared in the March 12 edition of the International Business Times in which Mayalène Crossley, Business Development Director is quoted, "whereas many Executive MBA graduates were interested in the increased earning potential of an MBA degree, they are now increasingly motivated by a desire to evolve both personally and professionally, and often to change professions slightly or even significantly. The EMBA does help many graduates break through glass ceilings, but it also helps many graduates to capitalize on professional and life experiences and open the door to new opportunities in their local markets or internationally."
Article in the Nouvel Economiste March 2010
A wonderful article by Patrick Arnoux, Senior Editor of the Nouvel Economiste in the Grandes Ecoles section entitled "MBA un levier stratégique international"; or how an MBA can be leveraged to increase international mobility.
Dean Tawfik Jelassi was interviewed for this article and is quoted amply. Check it out!
Article in Entreprendre Feb 2010 on MBA's
An article in Entreprendre magazine which appeared February 2010 on the ABC's of MBA's (MBA les B-A Ba) in which Assistant Dean Alon Rozen discusses the situation of MBAs in France.
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Where engineers learn to build management bridges
The Financial Times - Oct 2009
Ross Tieman, a business news and corporate communication specialist and regular contributor to the Financial Times, analyzes what makes ENPC MBA special. The popularity of SIMBA, ENPC MBA's sister program in Shanghai highlights the outstanding international exposure of the School, favored by a visiting faculty from around the world. The article also hints at ENPC's deep understanding of how innovation and technology drive business, and at the unique value-for-money of our MBA Programs.
Article in the Independent (online) June 2009
An article in the online edition of the British newspaper The Independent
Ils viennent d'Afrique, ils ont réussi ailleurs : Tawfik Jelassi - Jeune Afrique - May 2009
A portrait of Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Dean of the ENPC School of International Management written by Julien Clémençot, journalist at “Jeune Afrique”. “Jeune Afrique” is the first site of information and international communication specialized in the African Continent, a weekly magazine first published in 1960. You will enjoy browsing through Tawfik’s path from Monastir in Tunisia, dreamy fine sandy beaches and turquoise waters, to the ENPC School of International Management in Paris. The perfect “globe-trotter” profile….
Article in the Nouvel Economiste Feb 2009
An article in the renowned French business and industry weekly newspaper.
Article in Les Echos Feb 2009
An article in the French daily Les Echo on MBA's as a strategy in a time of crisis.
Article in Les Echos Feb 2009
An article in the French daily Les Echos about the flexibility of our MBA programs.
Article in Le Post Feb 2009
An article in Le Post discussing the QS World MBA Tour in Paris.
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