FT Executive Education Rankings 2020: methodology and key

This is the 22nd version of the Economical Occasions rankings of the world’s top vendors of customised and open-enrolment govt training programmes.

The customised position features the major eighty five enterprise educational facilities — these are classes personalized to the coaching requirements of the organisations that fee them. The second position contains the major seventy five educational facilities for open-enrolment programmes — classes on particular topics, this sort of as management, that are directed toward pros irrespective of their employer. A 3rd, put together position lists the major fifty educational facilities for govt training, calculated from the customised and open tables.

Educational institutions getting element ought to be internationally accredited by either Equis or AACSB and have attained revenues of at the very least $2m in 2019 from either their customised or open-enrolment non-diploma programmes. This year, a whole of 107 educational facilities took element in either or both of those rankings.

The position of customised class vendors is compiled working with facts from the enterprise educational facilities and their company purchasers in 2019. Every single school ought to nominate a least of 20 purchasers. At the very least 5 of them ought to total the FT study for a school to be eligible for the ultimate position.

The FT study was accomplished by 1,135 enterprise school purchasers this yr — a response rate of 56 for each cent. Every single rated their programme on a 10-issue scale according to a selection of indicators. Their solutions immediately tell the first 10 of the ranking’s criteria, from class style to comply with-up and foreseeable future use, which account for a put together 80 for each cent of the ranking’s bodyweight.

Client responses are weighted according to programme form. Purchasers choose one particular of 3 choices to categorise their programme: strategic (delivered to major administration and made to influence a company’s direction) basic (delivered to administration on operational features of a business) or purposeful (associated to a particular purpose, this sort of as promoting). Strategic programmes have the major weighting and hence the biggest influence on the position.

Responses are also weighted according to the seniority of the person dependable for specifying the class, the measurement of the shopper organisation and the amount of educational facilities with which that shopper has commissioned customised classes in the earlier 3 many years.

The previous 5 criteria are calculated from facts presented by educational facilities on global purchasers, abroad programmes, growth, lover educational facilities and college diversity.

The open-enrolment position is compiled working with facts from class vendors and men and women who accomplished their nominated administration programmes in 2019. Educational institutions post one or two basic classes of at the very least 3 days in length and one particular or two innovative classes of at the very least 5 days. At least 20 for each cent of these programmes’ contributors ought to total the FT study, with a least of 20 accomplished surveys, for a school to be viewed as in the ultimate position.

A whole of five,480 contributors answered this year’s open programme study — a response rate of 37 for each cent — score elements of their class on a 10-issue scale. Responses by innovative and basic-degree contributors are put together to estimate the first 10 position criteria.

These criteria, which include things like the quality of the contributors, of the teaching and the relevance of the competencies they received, tell 80 for each cent of the position. University facts are utilised to estimate the remaining criteria on woman and global contributors, growth, global spot and lover educational facilities.

For both of those rankings, facts collected in the preceding two many years is utilised, where by accessible, to estimate criteria informed by shopper and participant responses. If a school has participated for the earlier 3 many years, the weighting is 40:33:27, with 2020 facts counting for 40 for each cent. If two many years of facts is accessible, the weighting is fifty five:forty five, with 2020 facts accounting for fifty five for each cent.

The weightings accorded to the first 9 and 10 criteria in the customised and open rankings, respectively, are identified by the degree of worth purchasers and contributors attach to each in their surveys for the 2020 position. Weightings for these criteria hence range a bit from yr to yr.

Educational institutions that function in both of those rankings are eligible for the put together general position. The major fifty educational facilities are calculated according to an equivalent weighting of the whole scores reached in both of those rankings, relatively than an regular of position positions.

Judith Pizer of Pizer-MacMillan acted as the FT’s databases expert

Crucial: Customised-enrolment programme

(weights for position criteria are proven in brackets as a proportion of the general position)

The first 10 criteria, up to and like “Future use”, are based mostly on facts from the firms that commissioned govt classes.

The future 5 are based mostly on facts described by enterprise educational facilities. Educational institutions are rated for each of these criteria. The previous class, “Total responses‡”, is for facts only and does not tell the position.

Figures in brackets demonstrate the bodyweight each criterion contributes to the general position. The weighting accorded to the first 9 criteria, from preparation to price for cash, accounts for 80 for each cent of the whole ranking’s bodyweight. It is identified by the level of worth that purchasers attach to each.

Preparing (eight.3): degree of conversation involving shopper and school, the extent to which clients’ suggestions were built-in into the programme, and the usefulness of the school in integrating its most recent research.

Programme style (eight.four): versatility of the class and the willingness of educational facilities to complement their college with external experts.

Educating methods and materials (7.9): extent to which teaching methods and elements were contemporary and suitable, and involved a suitable mix of academic rigour and functional relevance.

College (eight.four): high quality of teaching and the extent to which teaching employees labored with each other to present a coherent programme.

New competencies and understanding (eight.3): relevance of competencies received to the place of work, the relieve with which they were applied, and the extent to which the course encouraged new methods of thinking.

Stick to-up (7.3): extent and usefulness of comply with-up presented right after the class contributors returned to their workplaces.

Aims reached (eight.four): extent to which academic and enterprise anticipations were fulfilled, and the high quality of opinions from person contributors to class commissioners.

Facilities (7.four): score of the understanding environment’s high quality and usefulness, and of supporting sources and facilities.

Worth for cash (7.7): clients’ score of the programme’s style, teaching and elements in terms of price for cash.

Long term use (eight.): chance that purchasers would reuse the same school for other customised programmes in the foreseeable future, and no matter if they would recommission the same programme.

International purchasers (five.): based mostly on the proportion of purchasers with headquarters outdoors the enterprise school’s foundation region and area.

Abroad programmes (2.): global attain of the school’s customised programme teaching.

Expansion (five.): based mostly on the general growth in revenues from customised programmes as very well as the growth in revenues from repeat enterprise.

Husband or wife educational facilities (3.): amount and high quality of programmes developed or taught in conjunction with other Equis or Association to Progress Collegiate Educational institutions of Business (AACSB) accredited enterprise educational facilities.

College diversity (five.): diversity of school college according to citizenship and gender.

Total responses: amount of person surveys accomplished by the school’s purchasers. Figures in brackets point out the amount of many years of study facts counted toward the position.

Crucial: Open-enrolment programme

(weights for position criteria are proven in brackets as a proportion of the general position)

The first 10 criteria are based mostly on facts from programme contributors the future 6 are based mostly on facts submitted by the enterprise educational facilities. Ranks are proven for each of these criteria, apart from “Female participants”, which demonstrates the proportion. Figures in brackets demonstrate the bodyweight each criterion contributes to the general position. The weighting accorded to the first 10 criteria, from preparation to facilities, accounts for 80 for each cent of the whole ranking’s bodyweight. It is identified by the degree of worth that contributors attach to each.

Preparing (7.7): provision of innovative facts on programme content material, and the participant range procedure.

Course style (eight.six): versatility of the class and appropriateness of course measurement, construction and style.

Educating methods and elements (eight.3): extent to which teaching methods and elements were contemporary and suitable, and involved a suitable mix of academic rigour and functional relevance.

College (eight.7): high quality of the teaching and the extent to which teaching employees labored with each other to present a coherent programme.

High quality of contributors (7.9): extent to which other contributors were of the suitable managerial and academic regular, the global diversity of contributors and the high quality of conversation amid friends.

New competencies and understanding (eight.7): relevance of competencies received to the place of work, the relieve with which they were applied, and the extent to which the class inspired new methods of thinking.

Stick to-up (7.3): degree of comply with-up presented right after contributors returned to their workplaces, and networking chances with fellow contributors.

Aims reached (eight.four): extent to which private and experienced anticipations were fulfilled, and the chance that contributors would advocate the programme.

Foodstuff and lodging (six.eight): score of the high quality of food and lodging.

Facilities (7.six): score of the understanding environment’s high quality and usefulness, and of supporting sources and facilities.

Feminine contributors (2.): proportion of woman class contributors.

International contributors (3.): based mostly on the proportion of contributors from outdoors the enterprise school’s foundation region and area.

International spot (2.): extent to which programmes are operate outdoors the school’s foundation region and area.

Expansion (five.): based mostly on the general growth in revenues from open programmes as very well as the growth in revenues from repeat enterprise.

Husband or wife educational facilities (3.): amount and high quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other Equis or AACSB accredited enterprise educational facilities.

College diversity (five.): diversity of school college according to citizenship and gender.