Yale School of Management is in the midst of an important period of expansion and opportunity, which the school plans to leverage with two new leadership appointments announced last week.

Anjani Jain will join Yale SOM as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA program on July 1, 2012; David Bach will join the school as senior associate dean for executive MBA and global programs on September 1, 2012. Jain has served in multiple leadership roles at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, including 10 years as vice dean of its full-time MBA program. Bach is currently dean of programs at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.

Poets & Quants called the appointments a “coup” for Yale SOM dean Edward Snyder. “Rarely if ever does a business school recruit and hire leadership talent of this caliber, particularly at the sub-dean level. Both Jain and Bach have played high profile roles at their schools for years and either of them could just as easily landed a full deanship at another business school,” editor John Byrne writes.

In his new role, Jain will focus on Yale’s flagship full-time MBA program, assuming lead responsibility for admissions, career development, and student and academic services. Jain has had an impactful career at Wharton over the last 26 years.

For the past two years, he has been the vice dean of the MBA program for executives, and before that, he spent ten years as vice dean of the MBA program. He will also contribute to the Yale SOM curriculum as a senior lecturer.

Bach, meanwhile, will assume lead responsibility for Yale SOM’s executive MBA program, the new Master of Advanced Management degree program, and global opportunities, including spearheading Yale SOM’s involvement with the Global Network for Advanced Management.

Currently dean of programs and professor of strategy and economic environment at IE Business School, Bach has driven innovation and ensured the academic rigor and operational excellence of IE’s numerous master’s programs. In this capacity, he also served as academic director of the IE Brown Executive MBA, a program that fuses Brown University‘s strength in liberal arts with IE’s expertise in management education.

“Both Anjani and David are highly motivated by Yale SOM’s mission to educate leaders for business and society, and I am confident they will make important contributions as the school continues to grow in scope and influence,” says Dean Snyder.

Yale SOM will significantly increase the number of students in it master’s degree programs after the move to Edward P. Evans Hall in late 2013.

“Yale SOM has the potential to become a truly global business school, resulting in more academic and professional opportunities for students and alumni,” Snyder adds. “Having Anjani and David join Yale SOM at this promising juncture is an exciting development.”

The Yale School  of Management has posted the deadlines for the 2012-2013 application cycle.

Round 1

Deadline: October 4, 2012

Notification: December 13, 2012

Round 2

Deadline: January 8, 2013

Notification: March 28, 2013

Round 3

Deadline: April 18, 2013

Notification: May 16, 2013

Applicants should note there is no difference between Rounds 1 and 2 in terms of selectivity, though Yale SOM states it may be more difficult to be admitted in Round 3, where space availability may become an issue.

Greater emphasis on global diversity is the cornerstone of changes the Yale School of Management recently announced to its Pre-MBA Leadership Program. Launched in 2009, the annual two-week-long program has focused on introducing the fundamentals of an MBA degree to U.S. students from underrepresented populations.

Last year, with support from Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised philanthropic fund,  the program expanded to include students from two Brazilian universities. Beginning in summer 2012, the renamed Global Pre-MBA Leadership Program will include undergraduate students from universities in Brazil, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Singapore.

Again partnering with Goldman Sachs Gives, this year the program will extend its international reach and draw on schools in the newly formed Global Network for Advanced Management.

“Focusing on global diversity will enrich the program, meaningfully exposing both under-represented students from the U.S. and students from an interesting set of countries to the complexities within and between societies,” says Yale SOM Dean Edward A. Snyder. “Providing students with an understanding of these complexities is critical in management education in today’s flatter, but non-convergent, world.”

The Global Pre-MBA Leadership Program is open to college sophomores, juniors, and seniors as well as recent graduates. Participating schools have been invited to select two high-potential undergraduates from their universities to attend the program, which will take place June 10–23, 2012.

In the latest Yale School of Management admissions newsletter, Director of Admissions Bruce DelMonico shares a few choice news updates for current applicants and anyone considering pursuing an MBA at Yale SOM in the future.

Round Two applicants still need to sit tight as admissions decisions continue to go out, and the majority will hear on March 22, 2012, by close of business. For those weighing the pros and cons of applying in Round Three, DelMonico notes that while there are fewer spaces available in the final application round, Yale SOM typically admits re-applicants at the same rate as first-time applicants, so there is little downside.

During admissions Q&A sessions, many visitors have asked about the state of the school under its new dean, Edward Snyder, as well as what changes to the curriculum and class size are in store going forward.  DelMonico notes that two of Dean Synder’s priorities are particularly meaningful for MBA students, and they center on the connection between Yale SOM and the greater university, and plans to expand Yale SOM’s global footprint. Dean Snyder, previously dean of the Chicago Booth School of Business, has said that the close relationship between Yale SOM and its home university is a big part of what attracted him to the school.

Through the newly launched Global Network for Advanced Management, Yale SOM will create sustainable interactions among member schools to define global management issues and set an intellectual agenda to address them. Snyder’s new network differs from the traditional bilateral partnership model in that it includes several schools from developing countries. DelMonico explains that Yale SOM will leverage the network through the establishment of a new degree program, the Master of Advanced Management, modeled after the Yale World Fellows Program.

Dean Snyder has also been busy working with the Yale SOM faculty to enhance aspects of the integrated curriculum, such as the Leadership Development Program (LDP), DelMonico notes. The program, in place for the 2012-2013 academic year, will broaden its scope to ensure that every MBA student understands the demands of leadership.

During the admissions Q&As, many visitors expressed interest in the progress of construction on the new campus and wondered how it might affect class size.  DelMonico predicts Yale SOM’s new home, Edward P. Evans Hall, will be completed in late 2013, with the Class of 2014 the first graduating class to experience it.

When Yale SOM moves to its new campus, class size will increase to about 300 students from the current 235 students. “This increase will help in a number of areas, such as making the school even more attractive to recruiters and expanding your future network,” he says. “But it is small enough to preserve the culture and connectivity that make the Yale MBA experience distinctive.”

Under the stewardship of Dean Edward Snyder, the Yale School of Management is finally ready to begin forging partnerships with international business schools. According to an article published Tuesday in the Yale Daily News, Snyder’s new network differs from the traditional bilateral partnership model in that it includes several schools from developing countries.

“It’s important for us to think about developing leaders in an innovative way,” Snyder tells Yale Daily News, adding that SOM must not “neglect emerging economic powers.”

The network thus far includes elite European business school INSEAD, the National University of Singapore, and five other schools Snyder did not name at this time, though the dean indicated several other schools are considering membership.

MBA students from participating partner schools will be pre-screened for admission into the degree program by their respective institutions, Yale Daily News reveals. The program will have flexible academic requirements based heavily on electives not typically available at international business schools, and Snyder notes that students will be able to take electives outside the SOM.

Though the SOM is creating the new network, compared to other top business schools it remains a novice in the realm of global partnerships, Yale Daily News reports. Snyder tells the college paper that while SOM students can take part in several exchange programs, administrators in previous years have focused primarily on developing internal aspects of the school, such as its integrated curriculum.

Dean Snyder plans to unveil the full details of the network in April.

The Yale School of Management, which welcomed its newest dean Edward Snyder on July 1st, has posted the essay questions for the 2011-2012 application season.  The questions are:

Short Answers

Please answer each of the four (4) questions below with a short paragraph of no more than 150 words. This is an opportunity to distill your core ideas, values, goals and motivations into a set of snapshots that help tell us who you are, where you are going professionally, and why. (600 words total)

1. What are your professional goals immediately after you receive your MBA?

2. What are your long‐term career aspirations?

3. Why are you choosing to pursue an MBA? (If you plan to use your Yale MBA to make a significant change in the nature of your career, please tell us what you have done to prepare for this transition.)

4. The intentions of our students to engage in a broad-minded business school community and to connect to an eminent and purposeful university greatly influences the Yale MBA experience. How do you plan to be involved in the Yale SOM and greater Yale communities?

Personal Statements

Choose two (2) of the following topics and answer them in essay form. Please indicate the topic number at the beginning of your essay. (500 words maximum)

1. At the Yale School of Management, we believe the world needs leaders who:

• Understand organizations, teams, networks and the complex nature of leadership;
• Understand markets and competition in different contexts; and
• Understand the diversity of economies throughout the world and the relationships between business and society.

What experiences have you had that demonstrate your strength in one or more of these areas?

2. What is the most difficult feedback you have received from another person or the most significant weakness you perceive in yourself? What steps have you taken to address it and how will business school contribute to this process?

3. Imagine yourself meeting your learning team members for the first time in Orientation.  What is the most important thing your teammates should know about you?

4.  Required for reapplicants: What steps have you taken to improve your candidacy since your last application?

Follow this link for this season’s application deadlines.