Vesti.Ru (Site news), June 17, 2010

RZD WILL CONTINUE TRAINING OF TOP MANAGERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Russian Railways will continue strategic interaction with Stockholm School of Economics in training of top managers in accordance with the standards of business educational recognized all over the world. On Thursday President of RZD Vladimir Yakunin will participate in the ceremony of signing of official documents of the corporate educational program of the company in modular format SSE MBA Executive of this educational institution in St. Petersburg. President of the School Lars Bergman signed the document on behalf of the Swedish party. The company and the school plan to sign a memorandum on continuation of cooperation and strategic interaction. According to the information received in the directorate of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, division of RZD, the corporate educational program of RZD holding in modular format Executive MBA corresponds to the first year of education in Stockholm School of Economics. It is intended for education of high-class specialists who strive for further development, acquisition of new knowledge, improvement of competences and broadening of the horizons of thinking. ITAR-TASS reports that candidates for the role of students of the program are selected in accordance with requirements of Stockholm Scholl of Economics, all candidates should have such qualities as availability of managerial experience and leadership potential, career progress, motivation for education and teamwork skills.