Executive MBA Curriculum and Calendar
2008-2009 Academic Calendar
All Executive MBA classes are held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated below.
Pre-Module : Quanitative Intensive
1 unit (16 hours) : BNAD 515
- Topics: Quantitative Analysis and Microsoft Excel Basics
- Faculty: Pam Slaten, Price Fishback, Lisa Ordoñez, Tom Bates, Phillip Blanchard
- Dates: August 9-11, 2008
This session provides a refresher in calculations, statistics for decision-making, quantitative analysis, and Microsoft Excel to ensure that participants maximize their time in the Eller Executive MBA from day one.
Module 1 : Leadership and Teams
(one-week intensive) 4 units : BNAD 501
- Topics: Leadership and Teams
- Faculty: Russell Cropanzano, Lehman Benson
- Dates: August 11 – 15, 2008 (1/2 day on August 11: 1-5:30 pm; August 12-15, 8 am – 5:30 pm)
Success requires much more than expertise in your field. Leadership in the 21st century requires developing a vision and driving and organization to excel through clear strategic goal-setting and execution. Effective negotiation skills are a must for high performance leaders. This module provides an integrated leadership framework for organizational success, combining leadership and negotiation strategies to provide the participants with actionable ideas they can implement immediately.
Module 2 : Performance of the Firm
(4 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 502
- Topics: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting
- Faculty: Phillip Blanchard, Jeff Schatzberg
- Dates: Sept. 6, Sept. 19-20, Oct. 3-4, Oct. 17, 18 (1/2 day) 2008
This module examines financial statements within a conceptual framework of accounting with attention to the inherent strengths and limitations of reported financial information and its use as input to business decisions. Participants gain exposure to the fundamentals of capital structure alternatives, reporting and disclosure issues, liability identification, equity development and key measures for managing organizational performance as they relate to competitive strategy.
Module 3 : The Customer Value Proposition
(4 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 503
- Topics: Marketing
- Faculty: Bob Lusch, Shankar Ganesan
- Dates: Oct.31, Nov. 1, Nov. 14-15, Dec. 5, 2008
This module examines strategies and tactics for growing a profitable enterprise by focusing on customers, competitors, and market opportunities, and by fostering a company-wide, customer-centric approach. Executives review market-based management techniques for continually re-creating customer value and bringing new and improved products and services to market, therefore enhancing the value proposition between an organization and its various stakeholders.
Module 4 : Strategic Decision Making
(5 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 516
- Topics: Statistics and Managerial Decision Making
- Faculty: Lisa Ordoñez, Terry Connolly
- Dates: Dec. 6, Dec. 19, 2008; Jan. 9, Jan. 23, Feb. 6, 2009
Today’s increasingly competitive global marketplace requires that senior managers possess the practical analytical skills needed to manage the financial and tangible resources of a firm. This module introduces executives to the most current tools and frameworks for data analysis and decision making to lead organizational change.
Module 5 : Organizational Operations
(3 weekends) 3 units : BNAD 507A
- Topics: Operations Management
- Faculty: Pam Slaten, Jeff Schatzberg
- Dates: Dec. 20, 2008; Jan. 10, Jan. 24, 2009
Since work occurs within processes, this module takes an operational approach to understanding how work gets done in organizations and determining the costs of those efforts. This module exposes executives to a framework and analytical tools for systematically designing, examining, and improving processes, along with an understanding of the nature of tradeoffs that must be made in operations and IT to support the strategy of the firm.
Module 6 : Financial Structure and Valuation
(4 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 517
- Topics: Corporate Finance and Finance Valuation
- Faculty: Tom Bates, Malcolm Persen
- Dates: Feb. 7, Feb. 20-21, Mar. 6-7, Mar. 27, 2009
Value creation lies at the heart of every firm’s mission and serves as the goal toward which every manager strives. As agents serving owners and stakeholders, managers must implement strategies that maximize the value of an organization, a process that begins with understanding the best methods for calculating value. Participants gain exposure to the fundamental concepts and techniques associated with corporate financial management, asset valuation models and methods for assessing organizational performance.
Module 7 : The Competitive Landscape
(5 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 504
- Topics: Managerial Economics and Corporate Strategy
- Faculty: Price Fishback, Bob Unterberger
- Dates: Mar. 28, Apr. 10-11, Apr. 24, May 8, May 22, 2009
Modern businesses face a range of strategic imperatives: exploit evolving technologies, implement new combinations of virtual and physical activities, and optimize value chains. In this module, executives examine the critical strategic and economic issues inherent in today’s traditional and electronic marketplaces, identifying barriers to success, learning techniques for distilling complex business challenges, and exploring methods for combining economic principles with current research for sound corporate strategies.
Module 8 : Special Topics in Business and Leadership
(4 1/2 days) 3 units : BNAD 596A
- Topics: IT and Special Topics
- Faculty: Paulo Goes, Barry Goldman, Trina Callie
- Dates:
- Topic A, Team Effectiveness, Apr. 25 (1/2 day), 2009
- Topic B, IT: May 9 (1/2 day), May 23, June 4 (1/2 day)
- Topic C, Negotiations: June 4 (1/2 day), June 5, June 6 (1/2 day), 2009
Module 8 introduces participants to advanced topics in management and organizational leadership as well as current, relevant research from a range of disciplines and domains. Guest experts share information, answer questions, and moderate class discussions in two- to four-hour seminars.
Module 9 : Managing Human Capital in Changing Organizations
(3 weekends) 3 units : BNAD 512
- Topics: Strategic HR, Organizational Development
- Faculty: Jerel Slaughter, Joe Broschak
- Dates: June 19-20, July 10-11, July 24, 2009
An organization’s success relies on continually assessing current capabilities and identifying gaps in key areas. This module covers methods for managing people in an organization during times of organizational change to create a high-performance work system and sustained culture of innovation. Additionally, executives explore means for developing people, leveraging diversity, managing talent, and aligning the organization.
Module 10 : Business Law, Governance, and Corporate Ethics
(3 weekends) 3 units : BNAD 509A
- Topics: Corporate Law and Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Ethics
- Faculty: Stephen Gilliland, Suzanne Cummins, Paul Portney
- Dates: July 25, Aug 7-8, Aug 22, 2009
Organizational leaders must be able to navigate the complex legal environment and fully understand the role of corporate governance in stakeholder relationships, strategic planning, and corporate performance. At the same time, today’s attention to the social impact of business has made ethics more important to organizational success than at any time in recent history. Module 11 combines these topics to explore the interplay of law, stakeholder interests, corporate ethics, financial performance, and social return on investment.
Module 11 : Strategic Innovation
(4 weekends) 4 units : BNAD 505
- Topics: Innovation and New Product Development
- Faculty: Ken Smith, Shyam Jha
- Dates: Aug 21, Sept 18, Oct. 23, Nov 6-7, 2009
As agents serving owners and stakeholders, managers must implement strategies that maximize the value of an organization. Throughout this module, executives explore innovation, a process designed to transform knowledge or ideas into commercial success. The result of the innovation could be a new company, a new product, a new market, or a new process. Taught in concert with Modules 5 and 6, this module examines the innovation process including the development of the business case necessary for success in the market.
Module 12 : Global Business Perspectives (includes International Trip)
(3 weekends + 11-day trip) 6 units : BNAD 511
- Topics: International Business and Global Finance
- Faculty: Brent Chrite, Arvind Singh
- International Trip: Trina Callie
- Dates: Sept 4-5, Sept. 19, Oct 1-11 (trip), Oct. 24, 2009
The permeability of geographic boundaries, migration of labor and capital, and unprecedented access to information has created a global market that is increasingly competitive. Today’s leaders face a multitude of opportunities and challenges in the international landscape: fluctuating exchange rates, evolving demands in new markets, and consumer trends in transitioning economies around the globe. Combining an international trip to a dynamic part of the world with varied class activities, this module delivers immediate skills for leadership in international markets.
Module 13 : Project Management and Innovation Project
(3 days) : BNAD 520 (2 units) and BNAD 597A (3 units)
- Topics: Project Management Skills + Innovation Project
- Faculty: Lori Dunlap, Steve Taylor
- Dates: Sept 5, 2008; Oct. 18 (1/2 day), 2008; Apr. 25 (1/2 day); May 9 (1/2 day), June 6 (1/2 day), 2009 (plus monthly meetings); Sept. 17, 2009; Sept. 18, 2009 (6-10 pm)
This module spans nearly the entire EMBA program. Participants deepen their project management abilities by integrating coursework for Module 13 with other modules. At the same time, participants use their developing project management knowledge in real-time by applying skill to manage their required Executive Projects.
Graduation
- November 14, 2009
Occasional Dinner Sessions
- Sept. 5: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, What is Innovation?
- December 5: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Business Communications Workshop
- February 6: 6 – 10 pm, Business Writing and Presentations
- March 27: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Career Planning Workshop
- May 22: 6:30 – 8:30 pm, International Trip Presentation
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