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Our one-year M.B.A. program grounds students in the advanced concepts of business management while giving them hands-on leadership opportunities.
Coursework begins with function-level analysis, creating an understanding of how each management function contributes to the firm as a whole. Students learn to integrate the various functions into firm-level analyses, problem solving, and decision making. Within this framework, they examine the management of companies with operations and markets in multiple countries, helping them learn to view the firm as a network of subsidiaries and strategic options. This approach provides perspective on managing in a global economy.
Building on those skills, the M.B.A. curriculum extends the focus of analysis from firms to entire industries. In a culminating project, students analyze an industry of their choice and evaluate individual firms within that industry in terms of their competitive positions.
Required courses routinely blend formal study of management theory with real-world management practice. Through case studies, class projects, and experience in the school's trading room and e-commerce room, students ultimately discover how theoretical knowledge is employed in practical situations.
