Program Structure

To provide the kinds of skills and tools executives need, the Ross Executive MBA employs a results-oriented structure that address issues and solutions, rather than simple functional areas.  Courses in the Executive MBA Program are grouped around key topics, including analytical tools of business leadership, organizational excellence, the strategist's perspective, leadership development, and an action learning project:

Analytical Tools of Business Leadership

• Evaluating Financial Performance
• Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
• Managing Capital and Value
• Economics of Business
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Macroeconomics

Organizational Excellence

• Managing the Value Chain/Supply Chain Management
• Management of Costs

The Strategist's Perspective

• Competing Globally
• Competing on Resources
• Competing on Value
• Corporate Governance
• Management and Strategy in the Global Environment
• Strategic Marketing Planning
• Strategic R&D
• Strategies for Growth
• Legal Environment of Business
• Corporate Financial Strategy
• Advanced Competitive Analysis

Leadership Development

• Leadership
• Leading Organizational Change
• Negotiations

Action Learning

Team Project (options include within-company projects and global field projects)

(Course topics and sequencing may be subject to change)