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The L’Oréal, the cosmetics and beauty group and HEC Paris management school in France, are creating a centre which will promote innovation in management science and also gather together the school’s activities related to leadership.

The Visions of Leadership Center will examine dimensions of leadership - including corporate, political and social and will give students the opportunity to explore their own concepts of leadership through discussions with executives and experts in the subject.

Jean-Paul Agon, chief executive officer of L’Oréal, says the success of the company is tied to the leadership qualities of its managers. » Read more after the jump →

Automaker says sales in Europe and South America countered downturn in U.S. market. Early retirement and buyout offers fall short.

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. surprised Wall Street on Thursday with a $100 million profit in the first quarter as strong results from Europe and South America helped offset the impact of a slumping U.S. economy that cut car and truck sales in its main market.

The company also said Thursday its latest round of early retirement and buyout offers netted 4,200 hourly workers, fewer than Ford had targeted.

Ford says it earned 5 cents per share in the January-March period. The No. 2 U.S.-based automaker lost $282 million, or 15 cents a share, in the same period last year.

Excluding special items, the company said it made $525 million after taxes, or 20 cents per share. That beat Wall Street’s expectations. Thirteen analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had predicted a loss of 16 cents per share. » Read more after the jump →

Do you think you need to acquire more knowledge in Business Administration? Are you unsure whether studying for an MBA might fit within your busy life schedule? Do you think you can’t afford or can’t commit to studying an MBA programme?

If so, the University of Wales Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration what you’re looking for. It’s a mini MBA comprising of four modules of the MBA programme.

Additionally, this innovative mini MBA gives you the chance, after completing the four required courses, to decide between receiving an internationally recognised Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or continue with the regular University of Wales MBA at Robert Kennedy College.
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The marketing consultants hired to evaluate Longview from the eyes of a visitor needed a GPS to find downtown. They never did find the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds, the Chamber of Commerce or Lower Columbia College during their two-day visit earlier this month.

“This is the age of convenience, and if people cannot find what you have to offer … they say, ‘Next!’ and they’re gone,” Roger Brooks, CEO of Seattle-based marketing firm Destination Development, told local leaders and community members gathered Monday night at the Expo Center.

The cities of Longview and Kelso paid Destination Development $10,000 each to assess the cities with a critical, honest eye and suggest strategies for creating a distinctive, positive image. Brooks will present his findings about Kelso at a workshop in mid-April.

Improving the area’s way-finding signs should be local cities’ No. 1 priority, Brooks said. The second priority should be building a better Tourist and Volcano Information Center to replace the beat up, single-wide trailer along Interstate 5 at Exit 39, he said. » Read more after the jump →

The Washington State Community College online program is poised to be offered nationally and possibly even internationally, broadening the scope of the college far beyond the Mid-Ohio Valley.

College officials announced Monday they would be partnering with the World Engineering Xchange (WEX) for a national marketing strategy for Washington State’s chemical operator online program.

“This program was developed for the chemical industry here, but because our chemical industry is shrinking, we looked for a new market,” said Washington State President Charlotte Hatfield. “There’s an opportunity here for us to … export our knowledge and abilities and join the world economy.”

A successful marketing program could mean nearly $2 million in gross revenue in 18 months for the program. There is no initial cost for the college to work with WEX, which will be paid a portion of the sales. » Read more after the jump →

Srini Saripalli (PRWEB) - The a professional information marketer who is often referred to as a business strategy expert and success engineer, is Launching “List Building 360″, a list-building online training program/home study course, beginning Saturday April 12, 2008.

List building and email marketing methods that were in vogue when the World Wide Web was a young thing still remain in vogue today. Internet marketers have abused email marketing to such an extent that people are junking even genuine emails - now, it has become impossible to generate sales using these Jurassic Web 1.0 strategies. The result is that many infopreneurs are failing in their Internet marketing business and are losing their entrepreneurial steam rapidly.

List Building 360 promises to change all that. The course stays clear from unsuccessful, corny and age-old email marketing and list-building tactics, and focuses on practical and workable Internet marketing strategies based on a combination of savvy online and offline tactics. The course is geared towards existing internet marketers who are desperately looking for new, in-depth, expert list-building information that will enhance and revitalize their business model and deliver them the profits they always dreamed about. Aspiring internet marketers are also » Read more after the jump →

The small business owners can now access a free online course that teaches them how to win federal contracts.

Offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the course is specifically designed to help women entrepreneurs and small firms in underserved areas tap into the $400 billion federal contracting market.

One of more than 24 online tutorials offered by the SBA, the course can be accessed at www.sba.gov/training.

The course uses both script and audio to teach business owners where to find contract opportunities and how to sell their services. The course also provides information on contract rules and has more than 40 links highlighting contracting resources. » Read more after the jump →