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Management to launch new EMBA format
Organizational leaders and senior managers now will find it more convenient to earn an Executive MBA, thanks to a new format at the School of Management.
Beginning in fall 2012, classes will be held all day Friday and Saturday every third weekend (with some exceptions for holidays) and participants will be able to complete the program in 20 months.
“Executives are working longer hours and have more demands on their personal time,” says Courtney J. Walsh, assistant dean for executive education at the School of Management. “But they want a program that offers a reasonable schedule without sacrificing world-class content.”
The new schedule retains all the content, but packages it in a way that reduces the amount of time away from the office during the regular workweek by 25 percent.
Walsh says the new format also will accommodate those with rigorous travel schedules, as well as the increasing numbers of executives from Toronto, the Southern Tier and Central New York.
In between class weeks, tutoring in quantitative courses will continue to be offered live at UB or over the Web.
The UB Executive MBA program develops leaders who can initiate change and drive business strategy within their organizations. Participants receive one-on-one training through a leadership assessment center and executive coaching program. Program cost includes tuition, fees, books and materials, tutoring for quantitative courses and the international residency.
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