Education
Harvard Business School. University of Paris; Harvard University. University of London.
Kalamazoo College.
Harvard Business School. University of Paris; Harvard University. University of London.
Kalamazoo College.
She is also chairperson and director of the European Leadership Centre (ELC), established with the aim of assessing and promoting European leadership through the organization of forums, workshops and research. Purg is professor of leadership and effective management at the IEDC-Bled School of Management. Her special field of interest is looking for inspirations for managers from art and other professions.
She authored and co-authored several books and numerous articles on technological and organizational change, comparative Human resource management practices, team building, economic reforms and management development in Central and Eastern Europe (published in Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain and United States of America).
In 2003 Purg edited and co-authored the book Leaders and Teams – The Winning Partnership. Purg is Fellow of the International Academy of Management, Doctor Honoris Causa at Moscow State University of Management and Estonian Business School, and honorary professor at Moscow International Higher Business School (MIRBIS).
After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science in Ljubljana, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade"s Faculty of Political Science, and extensively studied at Harvard Business School, Institute for Management Development Lausanne, European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) Fontainebleau, Technological University Delft, the University of London, Sorbonne and at Kalamazoo College, Michigan.
Purg is also member of several advisory boards, among them of the Advisory Board of Women's Forum for the Economy and Society, Advisory Board of BAWB (Business as an Agent of World Benefit Global Forum)and Advisory Board of the newly established Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. Purg is also Member of the exclusive European Cultural Parliament (ECP) - a forum for outstanding artists, thinkers and other cultural personalities from all Europe. Recently she was invited to become a member of the United Nations Global Compact Taskforce to develop the principles for Responsible Business Education and in 2007 she became President of United Nations Global Compact Slovenia.