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FIT Custom Executive Programs provide your management team with a flexible resource for executive learning. We harness the experts – from both FIT and leading business colleges – to help your managers gain the insight and knowledge to transform their business units.
Our Custom Executive Programs are developed in collaboration with your company’s leadership and human resources professionals in order to meet specific organizational goals. As the premiere provider of executive education in fashion and retailing, FIT has the expertise to provide industry-specific solutions – and to engage your managers in real-world scenarios which mirror their day-to-day workplace experience.
We have designed a flexible array of "core custom programs" in highly efficient one- and two-day formats. Each of these sessions can be customized to meet the specific learning objectives and goals of your company. Featured topics include:
- Leading and Managing Creative People
- Finance for Non-Financial Executives
- Coaching and Feedback
- Risk Management in Fashion and Retail
- Managing Change in Turbulent Times
- Fashion on Steroids: How Fast Can it Get?
- Overview of the Fashion Industry
- Transition to Management in Fashion and Retailing
In addition, we can build a customized program tailored to the specific issues and challenges within your organization. For additional information on FIT Custom Executive Programs, please click on the brochure at left – or contact Marjorie Phillips of Executive Education, at 212 217.4307 / marjorie_phillips@fitnyc.edu
Executive Women in Fashion Program
Executive Women in Fashion is an educational and networking program for managers in retailing, fashion and related industries. The program provides women executives with the access, information and connections needed to advance their careers.
For additional information, please see http://www3.fitnyc.edu/executivewomen.
Certified Intimate Apparel Professional Program
The 2009-2010 Certified Intimate Apparel Professional Program is designed to provide managers and associates in the intimate apparel industry with a tailored educational program to further their knowledge, improve their skills and provide a recognized and respected credential to advance their careers.
The program will be offered in four one-day sessions, scheduled on Thursday of market weeks to facilitate participation by out-of-town executives. Each session will focus on a particular "domain" — i.e., a primary body of knowledge necessary for success.Module 1: The Dynamics of Retailing
August 6, 2009
Module 2: Design and Merchandising
November 5, 2009
Module 3: Manufacturing and Sourcing
February 4, 2010
Module 4: Sales/Branding/Marketing
May 6, 2010
How Can I Find Out More?
Please contact:
Marjorie Phillips
Center for Executive Education
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York City, NY 10001-5992
Phone: 212 217.4307
Fax: 212 217.4301
Email: marjorie_phillips@fitnyc.edu
Who Will Teach The Courses?
The program's distinguished faculty includes outstanding business professors from the Fashion Institute of Technology, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
These educators provide exceptional insight into crucial issues shaping the fashion-retailing sector, and offer creative solutions that enable participants to envision entirely new strategies for success.
The faculty includes successful industry executives who not only participate in panel discussions, but also present case studies based upon their own businesses. In addition, guest lecturers include some of the industry's top consultants and analysts, as well as designers who blend extraordinary business acumen with their creative insights.
Why FIT?
Executives recognize the Fashion Institute of Technology as a world renowned college of art and design, business and technology, and a vital resource for their professions. Through six decades of shaping programs that respond to the needs of the global fashion and related sectors, FIT has forged unparalleled ties with those businesses. The Center for Executive Education draws upon the vast resources and knowledge bank that FIT and its faculty have to offer, providing a comprehensive, industry-specific learning experience for today’s senior and mid-level executives.
Who Should Attend?
Executive Education programs are designed for senior and midlevel executives with at least five to ten years of experience in fashion retailing, marketing, manufacturing, and related fields.
What Businesses Will Be Represented?
Executive Education programs are directed at any business with a style component. Industries include fashion and fashion related businesses such as apparel, accessories, beauty products, footwear, home products, jewelry, retailing, and textiles.
Where Will The Program Be Held?
Programs are held in the Conference Center at FIT, a state-of-the-art facility located at Seventh Avenue and 28th Street in New York City. Designed throughout for optimal comfort, lighting, and audiovisual capabilities, the center offers the ideal environment for an outstanding executive education experience. High-quality food and beverage service is included in all Executive Education programming, together with access to computer terminals, internet, telephone, and fax.