I discovered an interesting school yesterday, l’Ecole de Guerre Economique, or The School of Economic Warfare in Paris, France. “A curious educational institution,” I thought. And as I perused their course offerings I found myself wanting to attend this institution, but alas I am bound to my office here in the U.S.
Although I did not find it stated as such on their website, it seems that the objective of this school is to produce managers who will be adept at furthering the interests of French business. Click through to this post for a similar opinion. From a review of the school’s website, one can conclude that through an interdisciplinary approach which is based in economics, geopolitics, military policy, and national cultures, the school is well-able to produce managers who could carry out that objective. Their approach is wholistic, which arouses the ever-latent student in my brain.
A complete review of their offerings and educational philosophy is, of course, beyond the scope of this post, but as I read over this list of course offerings, and the list of their research studies available for immediate download, I couldn’t help but think of that sneezing butterfly in Thailand. You know, a butterfly sneezes in Thailand, which moves a blade grass, which attracts the attention of a tiger, which informs the hunter of the tiger’s location, ad infinitum until the final result is something seemingly unrelated like a woman in Duluth, Minnesota writing a blog post about how much she dislikes her SUV.
Instead of that mythical butterfly, do the tactics of economic warfare among nations actually drive the winds of change? Does economic warfare among nations cause the Minnesotan to talk trash about her SUV on some blog? And does economic warfare affect your business? Check out the School’s website and decide for yourself. (Here is a link to the English-translated version of the website.)
Bon Lirant!
a school like this might be a good idea for corporations too