The courses for this 21-month Executive MBA program in Kansas City focus on building business skills and knowledge as well as personal and professional development. In addition to the Core Curriculum listed in the catalog and Leader Formation courses, Executive MBAs take an elective course.
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Leader Formation
Leading Change
Building on the leadership curriculum from the first year, focused on self-awareness and team management, students in the second year focus on practical applications for leading change. Students will learn the essential skills – communication, cooperation, and direction – for making change happen on projects and within organizational units. These are essential skills for managerial and executive action.
Strategic Management
Management development is closely connected to leadership outcomes. Students will learn skills for planning, thinking strategically to exploit opportunities, and working through others. The Executive MBA program has partnered with third-party firms that bring focused expertise on management and leadership competence and development. In addition, students will take part in both live case projects and case study analysis to hone the critical thinking required of general managers.
Executive Projects
Each second-year student will identify, plan, and begin implementing a strategic/change project. These projects will allow students to apply management tools involving analysis, but are significant projects tied to the leading change and general management framework taught in the second year. Students are provided with coaching and other resources to focus and extend their effort, resulting in significant outcomes that improve the firm's results and lead to growth for the student.
Personal Reflection
A strong pillar of Jesuit education and a bedrock principle in learning, students are required to reflect on their experiences to gain lasting insight and understanding. To help facilitate this, students will create their own worldviews that guide them to ethical leadership behaviors. In addition, our students gain reflection skills they can apply in their professional lives. The motto here is to “reflect and learn” during and after your academic program.