Executive Management, M.B.A.

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Baldwin Wallace University’s Executive MBA (EMBA) program is designed for business executives who seek to obtain a formal graduate degree without interrupting their careers or interfering with weekday office or travel obligations. The program offers a value-based practical approach to developing a systematic understanding of management and strategy which is essential to the success of business executives in a rapidly changing global environment.

EMBA classes are offered on alternate weekends (except on occasions when avoiding holiday weekends forces sequential weekends) beginning at 2:00 P.M. on Friday and ending on Saturday at 3:30 P.M. This schedule, designed with a twofold purpose, allowing the intervening and holiday weekends unencumbered while solving the problems of executives whose full-time managerial responsibilities include heavy midweek commitments. The cohort-based, two-day schedule enhances the opportunities for sharing experiences and building camaraderie among students.

Class sizes are small to promote communication among executives and faculty. The executive takes all of the required courses over a two-year period in an integrated “single track” curriculum. The courses are offered in two nine-weekend semesters per year.

The schedule of classes for each alternate weekend is:

Friday
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Class
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Dinner
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Class
Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Class
12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.	Class

The Curriculum

Each academic year consists of two semesters with three courses in each semester. In the second year, BUS 765 and BUS 870 each meet for the entire year. The foundation and core courses are three semester hours each. The total requirement for completing the Executive M.B.A. is 36 semester hours - 12 three-hour courses. The sequence in which the core courses are scheduled is:

Semester I: Fall

Semester II: Spring

Semester III: Fall

Semester IV: Spring

Additional Information

During the second year, each EMBA team of usually 3-5 students conducts a live strategic consulting project with a northeast Ohio company. The teams have substantial involvement with the company’s executives, leading to the creation of a strategic business blueprint for that company, which is ultimately presented to company executives. This consulting project and strategic template is integrated into the classroom work of the second year curriculum.