ALTIS - Postgraduate School Business & Society, Milan:
ALTIS, the Postgraduate School Business & Society of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, is an international research and education centre for the study and promotion of a responsible and competitive business culture. We offer a range of high quality training courses that include a one-year international MBA degree program which is taught in English.
ALTIS offers high quality training courses in strong connections with the business world:
- One-Year International MBA in Global Business and Sustainability. New Markets and Euromed (in English)
- Executive Master SMEs and Competitiveness (in Italian)
- Summer course in Business
- Executive courses and Intensive courses
- Seminars, carried on in partnership with companies or important institutions.
ALTIS' principal areas of interest are:
- Corporate social and environmental responsibility
- Business globalization, with particular attention paid to emerging and developing countries
- International promotion of the business model of "Industrial districts"
- Corporate governance
- Partnerships between private companies, non-profit organisations and the public sector
- Management of non-profit organizations
ALTIS dedicates special attention to those geographical areas which are also of particular interest to the growth of Italian business: Latin America, China, India, Africa and the Mediterranean Region.
The mission of ALTIS is to foster:
- the synthesis of competitiveness and social responsibility
- the development of entrepreneurs and managers, both experienced and young, to become - the protagonists in international sustainable business initiatives
- the good governance of both for profit and non profit enterprises
- the collaboration between for profit and non profit initiatives as a tool for economic development
Divisions of ALTIS:
The activities of ALTIS are vertically structured in 6 thematic divisions:
- Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
- Globalization & New Markets
- SMEs and Industrial Districts
- Not for Profit Management
- Finance & Development
- Public Management
Each of these divisions are involved in the design and implementation of:
- Postgraduate education (Masters and executive formation)
- Basic and Applied Research
- Observatories and Professional Forums
- Publications
- Events
- Awards
ALTIS is a full member of the European Foundation for Management DIPLOMA Development EFMD.