CURRICULUM

CONCEPTS FOR AN EVER-CHANGING BUSINESS CLIMATE

In the Villanova Executive MBA curriculum, we look at core business concepts and how they interact to inform cross-functional decision making. We examine business challenges from an interdependency perspective and promote emerging technologies and strategies that create value. Most importantly, our curriculum emphasizes self-awareness and constant development that fosters curiosity and a desire for lifelong learning.

At the foundation of the Executive MBA curriculum is the concept of systems thinking. Systems thinking equips leaders to think about the totality of the organization and its myriad internal interdependencies, as well as the dynamic external environment in which the organization operates. Systems thinking will challenge you to question basic assumptions about your organization and industry and, by doing so, you will begin to think differently about how to drive transformational change.

 

Executive MBA Curriculum

Executives move through this specially designed curriculum as a cohort.

Leadership Through Systems Thinking
Gerald Suarez, PhD

Financial Reporting And Analysis
Jim Sebra

Economic Analysis
Peter Zaleski, PhD

Marketing Essentials
Julie Pirsch, PhD

Executive Communication I
William Cowen, EdD

Managing Yourself And Your Career
Al Chiaradonna

Cultivating High-performing Teams
Jeffrey D. Kudisch, PhD

Systems & Design Thinking For Innovation
Gerald Suarez, PhD

Financial Analysis
John Sedunov, PhD

Applied Analytics
Alicia Strandberg, PhD

Global Management & International Engagement
Manuel Nuñez

Managing Yourself And Your Career
Al Chiaradonna

Supply Chains In The 21st Century
Katie Iacocca, PhD

Leadership Mastery And Executive Coaching

Systems Thinking For Decision-Making
Gerald Suarez, PhD

Leading the Changing Workplace
Al Chiaradonna
 

Strategic Management
Hun Lee, PhD

Executive Communication II
William Cowen, EdD

Leadership Mastery And Executive Coaching

 

Business Ethics for Executives
Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD


Capstone Action Learning Project

Gerald Suarez, PhD

Jennifer Wiess

 

Corporate Risk Management
Michael Pagano, PhD

Negotiation
Jeffrey D. Kudisch, PhD

Value Creation Through Technology
Russ Kliman

Leadership Mastery And Executive Coaching

Capstone Action Learning Project
Gerald Suarez, PhD

Jennifer Wiess

 

Executive Communication III
William Cowen, EdD

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Russ Kliman

Performance Measurement
Lucy Chen, PhD

Leadership Mastery And Executive Coaching

 

PLEASE NOTE: Curriculum is subject to change.

 

 

 

 

  

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Kara Snyder
Associate Director, Executive MBA Admissions

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