Curriculum Overview

How often in your career do you tackle a challenge with a single factor to consider? Imagine re-structuring operations without considering information management, or marketing a new service without considering competitive position in your industry.

The Eller Executive MBA program was designed from the ground up with the understanding that real management tasks integrate elements from multiple business domains. In lieu of 18 separate courses in accounting, statistics, MIS, and other discrete topics, the program links 13 modules, each one integrating multiple elements of business and management aligned with the way you need and use information in the real world.

In this distinctive structure, the Eller Executive MBA delivers 49 academic units addressing critical business and leadership constructs inherent in the value chain of organizational activities, including process analysis and cost management, intellectual property and innovation, business law, and global competitiveness.

Advanced Education

Because admission to the Eller EMBA is reserved for senior-level managers and accomplished professionals, the curriculum bypasses some of the more basic knowledge sets of a typical MBA program. Much of the curriculum specifically addresses the leadership knowledge critical for success in today's markets driven by technology, information, and innovation.

Real-Time Knowledge Transfer

The Executive Project forms a cornerstone of the Eller Executive MBA experience. Early in the program, participants identify a challenge or initiative they face in their work. They then address that challenge systematically, applying knowledge from each module to resolve the challenge step by step. By the end of the program, the completed Executive Project stands as tangible return on investment, having simultaneously increased both personal and organizational capacity.

2008-2009 Academic Calendar at a Glance

All classes are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated.

Pre-Module (1 unit)
BNAD 515 Quantitative Intensive
Topics: Quantitative Analysis and Microsoft Excel Basics
Faculty: Pam Slaten, Price Fishback, Lisa Ordóñez, Tom Bates, Phillip Blanchard
Dates: August 9-11, 2008

Module 1 (one-week intensive) 4 units
BNAD 501 Leadership and Teams
Topics: Leadership and Teams
Faculty: Russell Corpanzano, Lehman Benson
Dates: August 11-15, 2008

Module 2 (4 weekends) 4 units
BAD 502 Performance of the Firm
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

Module 3 (4 weekends) 4 units
BNAD 503 The Customer Value Proposition
Topics: Marketing
Faculty: Bob Lusch, Shankar Ganesan
Dates: Oct 31, Nov 1, Nov 14-15, Dec 5, 2008

Module 4 (5 weekends) 4 units
BNAD 516 Strategic Decision Making
Topics: Statistics and Managerial Decision Making
Faculty: Lisa Ordóñez, Terry Connolly
Dates: Dec 6, Dec 19, 2008; Jan 9, Jan 23, Feb 6, 2009

Module 5 (3 weekends) 3 units
BNAD 507A Organizational Operations
Topics: Operations Management
Faculty: Pam Slaten, Jeff Schatzberg
Dates: Dec 20, 2008; Jan 10, Jan 24, 2009

Module 6 (4 weekends) 4 units
BNAD 517 Financial Structure and Valuation
Topics: Marketing
Faculty: Tom Bates, TBA
Dates: Feb 7, Feb 20-21, Mar 6-7, Mar 27, 2009

Module 7 (5 weekends) 4 units
BNAD 504 The Competitive Landscape
Topics: Managerial Economics and Corporate Strategy
Faculty: Price Fishback, Bob Unterberger
Dates: Mar 28, Apr 10-11, Apr 24, May 8, May 22, 2009

Module 8 (4 ½ days) 3 units
BNAD 596A Special Topics in Business and Leadership
Topics: Advanced Research and Topics in Business
Faculty: Dave Pingry, Barry Goldman, Trina Callie
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), 2009
Topic C: Negotiations, June 4 (1/2 day), June 5, June 6 (1/2 day), 2009

Module 9 (3 weekends) 3 units
BNAD 512 Managing Human Capital in Changing Organizations
Topics: Strategic HR, Organizational Development
Faculty: Jerel Slaughter, Joe Broschak
Dates: June 19-20, July 10-11, July 24, 2009

Module 10 (3 weekends) 3 units
BNAD 509A Business Law, Governance, and Corporate Ethics
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

Module 11 (5 weekends) 4 units
BNAD 505 Strategic Innovation
Topics: Innovation and New Product Development
Faculty: Ken Smith, Shyam Jha
Dates: Aug 21, Sept 18, Oct 23, Nov 6-7, 2009

Module 12 (2 weekends+11 day international trip) 6 units
BNAD 511 Global Business Perspectives (includes international trip)
Topics: International Business and Global Finance
Faculty: Brent Chrite, Arvind Singh
International Trip: Trina Callie, Bob Rieger
Dates: Sept 4-5, Sept 19, Oct 1-11 (trip), Oct 24, 2009

Module 13 (5) 5 units
BNAD 520 Project Management
BNAD 597A Executive Project
Topics: Project Management Skills, Executive Project
Faculty: Lori Dunlap, Steve Taylor
Dates: Sept 5, Oct 18 (1/2 day), 2008; Apr 25 (1/2 day), May 9 (1/2 day), June 6 (1/2 day), Sept 17, Sept 18 (6-10pm), 2009

Graduation
TBD

Occasional Dinner Sessions
Sept 5, 2008, 6:30-8:30pm: What is Innovation?
Dec 5, 2008, 6:30-8:30pm: Business Communications Workshop
Feb 6, 2009, 6:00-10:00pm: Business Writing and Presentations
Mar 27, 6:30-8:30pm: Career Planning Workshop
May 22, 6:30-8:30pm: International Trip Presentation

  
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