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Today's global business environment is complex. Executives face challenges that defy simple solutions. The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program will prepare you to respond to these challenges, to adapt to new markets and to lead in a constantly changing environment. The experience is dynamic and comprehensive, blending theory with experience and knowledge with application. The curriculum provides a solid grounding in management fundamentals, international business, strategic thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, and leadership. Because these themes are woven throughout the curriculum, you will leave the program with the ability to approach issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. The way the world works.
The Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program is a highly integrated series of courses that provides a solid grounding in the fundamentals of management and a thorough understanding of advanced management topics. The courses are sequenced so that each course builds on the content of the previous courses, allowing ample opportunity to apply your learning to real-world business situations. Throughout the program your course work will be augmented by guest speakers and other highly relevant hands-on experiences in both the U.S. and Canada.
Throughout the program, courses will provide you opportunities with individual assignments to apply course concepts and techniques. This means you can use your own organization as the context for much of this work, providing additional value to your organization and accelerating the payback for any sponsorship you may have received. You will have the opportunity to further customize your MBA experience through two major projects: an individual project and a team project.
Understanding and practicing entrepreneurship is important in today's business environment. Our program provides the opportunity to develop and hone skills in this critical area. During the second residential session, you will focus on new ventures, including evaluating ideas, formulating a plan, finding sources of venture capital, and building an organization capable of sustained growth. These skills are applied and reinforced through the Business Venture Project. The objective of the Business Venture Project is to provide you with an opportunity to use the management concepts and tools you have acquired in the program to create a business case and comprehensive business plan for a new venture. You will identify market opportunities, investigate business potential, consider financing options, and create a business plan.
The Global Business Project is a team project that provides real-world international business experience. Your team will complete a comprehensive analysis of a real international business issue or opportunity anywhere in the world outside of the U.S. and Canada. To complete this "live case," your team will travel to the international location to interview business managers and conduct field research prior to writing your final report. This provides an outstanding opportunity to put all that you have learned into practice.
In business, what separates success from failure is the ability to develop effective strategies, to innovate and think like an entrepreneur, and to manage in a socially responsible manner. An effective leader must be able to rally the resources of an organization around a vision and create high-performance teams that are committed to achieving their goals. A Cornell MBA instills these skills - enabling our graduates to maximize their impact.
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