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Core Executive MBA Courses

Accounting Information for Management Planning and Control covers the use of financial information in management decision making. Topics include profitability and performance measurement issues and activity-based management and decision support.

Analytical Approach to Uncertainty introduces elementary probability theory as a tool for modeling uncertainty in business, with illustrations from decision theory and statistics.

Capstone Course brings together disciplines students have encountered in Kellogg’s EMBA Program curriculum. The objective is to help the student develop an integrated understanding of business planning and strategy, using a computer-based management simulation (Capstone® Business Simulation) to plan and test alternative business strategies in a competitive environment. The course examines the critical factors involved in the strategic management process.

Competing in a Networked Economy examines the critical linkage between an organization’s business, cultural and information technology strategies. The course provides conceptual fluency at the information-technology strategy level for general managers and a framework for understanding the core competencies of managing technology-based organizational change and continuous organizational learning.

Corporate Governance defines the duties and responsibilities of those who serve as members of boards of directors. This course describes the way corporate governance operates in today’s rapidly changing and challenging business environment, as well as what it means to be an effective board member in such a climate. It also analyzes the way boards are being altered as a consequence and how they will look in the future.

Economics of Competition studies the economics of competition within individual industries. The emphasis is on diagnosing the determinants of an industry’s structure and formulating a rational, competitive strategy for coping with that structure. Special attention is given to problems of entry, exit and pricing.

Ethics and Leadership examines the anatomy of leadership in modern organizations, highlighting the ethical challenges facing corporate leaders in the rapidly changing business environment.

Financial Reporting Systems introduces generally accepted accounting principles and concepts, along with the preparation and analysis of financial statements.

Foundations of Strategy develops economic principles essential for the formulation and evaluation of strategy. Topics include industry analysis, strategic positioning and the boundaries of the firm.

Leadership and Organizations focuses on the efficient use of information and resources for making decisions in organizations. Topics include getting the best from teams, using information efficiently and creating fair and just workplaces.

Law and the Corporate Manager studies the legal environment in which American business organizations operate. Topics include the rights of shareholders; director’s and officer’s liability and fiduciary responsibility; mergers, acquisitions and takeovers; and securities regulation. Both federal and state law will be considered.

Law and the Corporate Manager studies the legal environment in which American business organizations operate. Topics include the rights of shareholders; director’s and officer’s liability and fiduciary responsibility; mergers, acquisitions and takeovers; and securities regulation. Both federal and state law will be considered.

Macroeconomics studies national and global economic activity. The course focuses on the interaction of fiscal and monetary policies with private sector and international forces, and their effects on GNP, interest rates, unemployment and inflation.

Management of Organizational Change provides the knowledge and insights to better diagnose and implement organizational change.

Managerial Economics explores the nature and determinants (including market forces) of decisions about profitmaximizing production and pricing.

Managerial Finance I develops the basic techniques of finance. Topics include discounting techniques and applications, the evaluation of capital expenditures, estimating cost of capital and bond and stock valuation.

Managerial Finance II analyzes corporate financial decisions. Topics include market efficiency, capital structure decisions, dividend and stock repurchase policy and firms’ use of options and convertible securities.

Marketing Management addresses the importance of companies being marketdriven and customer-focused and presents current theories and practices of marketing management.

Marketing Strategy examines strategies over the product life cycle including growth strategies, strategies for mature and declining markets and defensive strategies.

Negotiations teaches the art and science of achieving your objectives in interdependent relationships, both within and outside your company. The class is experientially taught and students are given feedback about their negotiation skills. Topics include cross-cultural negotiation, dispute resolution, coalition formation and multiparty negotiations, extremely competitive negotiations and negotiating via information technology.

Operations Management examines the basic principles of managing the production and distribution of goods and services. The course positions operations as a managerial integration function and provides frameworks and tools to target and implement improvements in business processes.

Operating Strategies for the General Manager explores economic principles of business strategy and develops an analytic framework for identifying and evaluating alternative strategies.

Statistical Decision Analysis explores the use of sample data for purposes of estimating, predicting, forecasting and decision making.

Strategic Crisis Management provides managers with conceptual tools to successfully master high-pressure, complex crisis scenarios. Topics include managing issues and media, dealing with activists and interest groups, and surviving legal, legislative and regulatory challenges.

Strategic Financial Management examines important concepts and principles of financial management using both theory and cases. The course emphasizes valuation skills as a means to bring together the cost of capital, financing and operating issues faced by the firm.