IPADE Faculty
IPADE was founded with a profound humanistic vocation. For over 50 years, it has been dedicated to the transformation of top business leaders, with special emphasis on improving their management skills, instilling in them a human vision of business conducted with social and ethical responsibility.
The IPADE faculty consists of professors with top academic qualifications, professional business experience, ongoing interaction with the business world, and a dedication to staying up to date on global trends in leadership and management. IPADE’s commitment to teaching, consulting, research and management ensures that the faculty is at the vanguard of top management science.
IPADE is part of a select group of global institutions that simultaneously hold the three most relevant accreditations in the academic field: EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. In a special way, the EQUIS accreditation recognized the potential of its Academic Faculty, always attentive to the research of topics that empower the top management person.
IPADE professors have a unique profile which requires an outstanding performance in the classroom, closeness to participants, managerial practice and engagement with the business sector, along with the ability to enhance relevant managerial knowledge, and the alignment of their personal behavior with our institutional values.
Because of our institution’s Christian inspiration, which gave rise to its humanistic approach, we aim to create an ideal environment for our professors, personnel, and participants to develop their virtues, human qualities, and professional capabilities while working or studying at IPADE.
IPADE’s first humanistic hallmark lies in the methodology it uses to teach management. The Case method relies on a deep understanding of the nature of management. Discussing business situations guided by experienced professors, effectively enhances the management skills of participants in its Programs.
IPADE Faculty
Profile description by entry group
There are five admission groups to join the IPADE faculty:
Group 0 They are young recent university graduates with high potential and academic performance, who enter IPADE not as professors, but as Academic Collaborators to a working and training program with the aim of being admitted to a full-time PhD program.
With this program, IPADE is making a long-term commitment: it first invests in the training of talented young people hoping that at the end of their doctoral studies, they will return with the status of full-time professors and will become a solid academic and research support, as well as in the management work of the Institute itself.
They are young recent university graduates with high potential and academic performance, who enter IPADE not as professors, but as Academic Collaborators to a working and training program with the aim of being admitted to a full-time PhD program.
With this program, IPADE is making a long-term commitment: it first invests in the training of talented young people hoping that at the end of their doctoral studies, they will return with the status of full-time professors and will become a solid academic and research support, as well as in the management work of the Institute itself.
Group 1 They are professionals with executive experience who have a master’s degree and show interest in pursuing a doctorate and continuing their professional development in the teaching field. They join the Institute as assistant professors.
They are professionals with executive experience who have a master’s degree and show interest in pursuing a doctorate and continuing their professional development in the teaching field. They join the Institute as assistant professors.
Group 2 They are executives with managerial experience in positions reporting to general management and who are interested in continuing their professional career in academia, as well as studying for an executive doctorate. They join IPADE as assistant professors.
They are executives with managerial experience in positions reporting to general management and who are interested in continuing their professional career in academia, as well as studying for an executive doctorate. They join IPADE as assistant professors.
Group 3 They are executives with experience in senior management, either as CEOs or company owners, who are willing to share their experience and continue their professional development through teaching. They join the Institute as professors of management practices.
They are executives with experience in senior management, either as CEOs or company owners, who are willing to share their experience and continue their professional development through teaching. They join the Institute as professors of management practices.
Group 4 They are academics with doctoral training and who have experience and/or willingness to carry out rigorous academic research. They join the Institute as assistant professors.
They are academics with doctoral training and who have experience and/or willingness to carry out rigorous academic research. They join the Institute as assistant professors.
Academic Departments
According to professional experience and academic background, all IPADE professors are affiliated from the moment of their incorporation to one of our 10 academic departments.
Professors do not teach subjects, but rather give sessions in the different programs of the Institute from the particular focus of the 10 academic departments listed and described below:
Decision Analysis
This academic department focuses on enhancing the mental structure of participants to help them be more capable of accurately analyzing and diagnosing situations that arise in business. It also provides them with the right methodology to be able to manage the uncertainty with which managers are faced in decision-making.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Data analysis focused on decision-making processes
- Data-driven decision making
- Negotiation and cognitive biases
- Data visualization
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence methodologies
- Information technology (cloud, systems, data analytics)
- Statistics and quantitative methods
- Business intelligence
Marketing Management
Marketing Management focuses on the integrated study of the marketing function as a continuous value-creation process for the client, which is a key success factor in business for contemporary organizations and companies. It encourages the analysis of explicit and implicit activities in customer acquisition and retention, placing special emphasis on supply and demand, the competitive environment, international trade, market research, product development and pricing policies.
- Product development
- Branding
- Channel strategy
Desirable experience and knowledge
- E-commerce
- Marketing
- Branding
- Trademarks
- Commercial and digital strategy
- Growth strategy
- Value creation for the customer and the company
- Data analysis
- New technologies
- Innovation
- B2B and B2C
- Retail
- Distribution
- Digital transformation
- Impact of new technologies on business processes
- Sales management
- Consumer behavior
- Creativity
- Pricing
- Artificial intelligence
- Industrial goods
Managerial Information and Control
The Control and Managerial Information department at IPADE seeks to be a leading reference in the study, course development, and teaching of how top management uses behavioral steering systems, both in relation to strategy and managerial reporting, with the aim of:
- Communicating with external investors and ensuring that corporate decisions are based on solid data.
- Measuring and evaluating organizational performance and aligning employee behaviors with the strategy.
- Improving resource allocation and strategy implementation within companies.
- Building accountability for performance through effective internal and external governance.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Financial accounting
- Cost accounting
- Operational and tactical control
- Strategic control
- Budgeting
- Financial responsibility centers
- Transfer pricing
- Levers of strategic control
- Risk and fraud
- Behavioral design
- Cybersecurity
- Strategic information analysis
- Trust
Operations Management
Operations Management analyzes from the strategic point of view the company’s operation, management, control, and operating systems design with the aim of meeting the customer’s needs. Furthermore, it integrates the study of operating processes based on comparative advantages with a logistical coupling that can generate value through competitive technologies for products and processes.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Manufacturing
- Lean Manufacturing
- Continuous improvement
- Supply Chain
- Process reengineering
- Logistics
- Six sigma
- Service operations
- Process digitalization
- Technological innovation
- Industry 4.0
- Information technologies
- Digital transformation
- Technology adoption
- Data-driven organizations
Human Resources Management
It focuses on analyzing (with a human and business approach) the challenge of attracting, developing, retaining and promoting people in the various kinds of organizations and particular circumstances. It also addresses the human resource problems in business, offering alternatives to ensure that the staff get more satisfaction and increase their productivity, including aspects of human resources planning and development policies, management styles, organization, and management by objectives.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Human Resources
- Talent Management
- Generalist or Business Partner
- Compensation
- Organizational Development
- Employment issues
- Attraction and Recruiting
Financial Management
This academic department focuses on developing the ability to accurately interpret essential financial information by analyzing the investment structures that form operating assets, identifying financial needs and solutions, optimizing cash flows and profitability, exploring strategies to enhance corporate value, and evaluating investment projects to design financial strategies aligned with organizational goals.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Corporate, operational, structural, and international finance
- Financial statements and projections
- Sources of financing, debt financing, capital structure
- Project and business valuation
- Private equity and venture capital
- Family business finance
- Personal finance, portfolio management, investment portfolios
- Risk management, derivatives
- Value creation
- Restructuring
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Family office
- Fintech
- Sustainable finance
Economic Environment
It focuses on a systematic study of the environment in which the company operates and analyzes the impacts and challenges of open and global economies. It contributes with experiences on taking advantage of opportunities arising in various contexts with the aim of helping business managers in defining strategies in changing environments.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Industrial organization
- Pricing theory
- Games theory
- Digital economy
- Economic growth
- Monetary policy
- Tax policy
- Trade policy
- Foreign exchange policy
- Employment policy
Social and Political Environment
It analyzes the social meaning and justification of business, defining its rights, obligations and purposes. It conceives of the manager’s activity as an endeavor of political nature in the sense of art that promotes making things in organizations and their environment fair. This area conceives future scenarios that, based on the everyday political and social reality, lead business leaders to achieve a healthy balance in the interplay between the environment and business.
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Academic background in political philosophy, international relations, political science, social responsibility and sustainability.
- International academic or professional experience.
- Research emphasis on comparative politics, sustainable development, social responsibility, democracy, structural problems of Latin America and the world.
- Contemporary geo-political, ideological, and social models and trends at national and international level.
- Ideologies that have shaped the world and that give rise to environmental situations
- Global vision and corporate social responsibility
- Sustainable and inclusive development
- Interaction between the public and private sectors, organized civil society and individuals
- Electoral processes and political and social perspectives
Organizational Behavior
The Organizational Behavior department promotes the holistic development of managerial talent from its deepest foundation: the person. We believe that leading is, above all, leading people, and that the greatness of an organization depends on the human and moral quality of those who make it up.
We study the principles that explain individual and collective behavior within organizations, with the purpose of forming leaders capable of inspiring, integrating, and transforming the people and teams they lead.
We focus on the being of the entrepreneur and the executive, helping them to know themselves, understand others, and exercise authentic, human, and virtuous leadership. We aspire to inspire our participants to become better people and leaders in all areas of their lives, cultivating managerial virtues such as objectivity, humility, prudence, magnanimity, and the strength to take risks with confidence.
Desirable experience and knowledge
Through the following topics, we explore the human dimensions that enable us to understand, lead, and transform organizations from a comprehensive leadership perspective:
The Person and their development
- The structure of the person: A holistic understanding of the human person—how they are, decide, and act—to identify the foundations of their behavior inside and outside the organization.
- Habits: What they are, how they are formed, and how they shape our character and performance. This topic examines how to build habits that strengthen personal maturity and leadership.
Leadership and Human Relations
- Leadership: How to lead people with a human-centered approach, inspire trust, foster responsibility, and motivate with purpose.
- Emotional leadership: Developing self-mastery and empathy as pillars of mature leadership; learning to positively influence others through understanding and emotional balance.
- High-performance teams: How to build, develop, and consolidate teams that reach their full potential through trust, communication, and collaboration.
Organization and Change
- Change management and organizational transformation: Diagnosing the human and cultural dynamics that accompany change processes and identifying strategies to lead sustainable transformations.
Strategy and General Management
It develops in participants the all-embracing perspective of the general manager, which involves a comprehensive vision of the organization. Some of the aspects analyzed are the organization’s strategy, mission, sense of direction and vision of the future, considering the organization as an entity formed primarily by people.
Its aims are:
Desirable experience and knowledge
- Corporate Governance
- Strategic planning
- Organizational structure
- Organizational culture
- Business Strategy
- Business models
- Role and responsibility of the CEO
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Change and uncertainty management
- Continuity and assets of the company
- Succession and institutionalization of family businesses
- Management boards
Faculty main responsibilities
Candidates should have excellent communication skills and a clear vocation for academia. The candidates should be able to teach in English and ideally in Spanish in graduate and executive programs.
Given that the primary teaching method used at IPADE is the case method, candidates should feel comfortable with it while having the ability to use other teaching techniques such as simulations, workshops, and other hands-on and practical exercises.
Main responsibilities:
Teaching through the Case Method
Teaching assigned courses in our graduate-level programs (full-time and executive MBA) and executive programs on our three campuses (Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara) and other temporary locations throughout Mexico and Latin America.
Research
Conducting high-quality research aimed at peer-reviewed research journals and publishing cases and articles in general circulation and specialized periodicals. Participate in specialized global conferences and forums.
Administrative responsibility
Depending on the Institute’s needs and priorities, each professor will be assigned a managerial position and will be required to participate in the meetings and initiatives of the academic department in which he/she is incorporated.
What is the Case Method and why do we use it at IPADE?
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