Military MBA

Contact Information

Michigan State University, Executive MBA
Broad College of Business
The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
3535 Forest Road, Suite D020, Lansing, MI 48910-3831
East Lansing: 517.355.7603
Troy: 248.879.2725

Email: emba@broad.msu.edu
Website: http://executivemba.broad.msu.edu/learn-more/

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Broad Executive MBA
The Michigan State University Executive MBA program at the Broad Graduate School of Management is an intensive 20-month program that incorporates the rigor of a full-time MBA program with the integrative management curriculum and weekend schedule of an executive program. The program is designed for mid-career professionals looking to take their career to the next level, whether that is the C-suite or a new career. The Broad Executive MBA is a smart investment that transforms high potential into high performance.

The program actively selects students from diverse educational backgrounds, functional specialties and industries to create a well-rounded education setting that encourages cross-functional learning. Students join a powerful network of exceptional professionals in a program that is intensely challenging but produces life-long rewards.

The face-to-face collaborative classes meet every other weekend on Friday evenings and all-day Saturday. Students begin their program with a weeklong intensive residency and also gain an international perspective with the optional global residency. With campuses in East Lansing and Troy, Mich., the Broad Executive MBA is an easy commute from anywhere in the Great Lakes region.

Key Facts
- Class Size: 140 (3 cohorts)
- Entry Date: One class per year in July
- Location: Weekend classes held at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in East Lansing, Mich. and the Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. Orientation and one week residency are hosted in East Lansing, Mich.
- Length of Program: 20 months (including breaks)
- Degree Awarded: Master of Business Administration from Michigan State University
- Accreditation by AACSB (http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/)
- Comprehensive Tuition: $67,000

About the Broad Executive MBA Program Class of 2016
- Class Size: 128
- Average Years of Work Experience: 11
- Average Years of Management Experience: 6
- Average Age: 35
- Women: 25%
- Minority: 30%
- Advanced Degrees: 18%

Program Format
The Broad Executive MBA program is divided into semesters beginning with a weeklong intensive residency in East Lansing, Mich. at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development. Following the residency week, classes meet on every other Friday evening and Saturday all day at either the East Lansing or Troy, Mich. campuses. Graduates earn an internationally recognized Michigan State University MBA degree in 20 months.

Curriculum
The Broad Executive MBA’s rigorous curriculum is designed to sharpen business expertise and provide students a competitive edge in their careers. Throughout these dynamic Executive MBA courses, students obtain the essential business knowledge, real-world skills, and insights needed to excel in the workplace and contribute to a company’s bottom line.
The diverse curriculum focuses on the following core competencies:
- Strategy
- Management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Finance
- Supply Chain Management
- Accounting Information Systems
- Business Law
- Global Initiatives

Enhancing managerial skills
These Executive MBA courses build a solid foundation in managerial skills, financial accounting, and data analysis, as well as provide insight into personal leadership and communication styles that help professionals improve performance.

Analyzing the organization
These Executive MBA courses examine the fabric of an organization, including:
- How it is organized and managed
- How it uses accounting data
- How it processes information
- How it markets products or services
- How its operating processes work

Students then apply this knowledge to their real-world organizations by preparing an integrated paper that connects theory and practice.

Analyzing the organization’s environment
These Executive MBA courses link the organization to its external environment, examining influences including customers, competitors, financial markets, and legal issues.

Managing change and innovation
Today’s organizations face constant change and innovation. These Executive MBA courses focus on how businesses manage re-engineering, entrepreneurship, downsizing, technological advances, short product life cycles, and similar challenges. Students gain insight into making decisions with incomplete data and an uncertain future.

Developing strategy in a global environment
An increasing number of organizations are going global. These courses cover how firms build and execute strategic plans in a global marketplace using tools such as macroeconomics, logistics, strategy, policy development, and process controls.

Current issues in business
These Executive MBA courses delve into modern-day management issues, providing program flexibility to focus on those course topics that are most critical to success.

Faculty
The Broad Executive MBA’s world-class faculty is nothing short of exceptional. Consisting primarily of full-time, tenured Broad College faculty, these first-rate professors are leading experts in their fields, with vast experience in executive development and education. Most are also leading researchers in their fields.

Armed with years of experience, Executive MBA professors offer in-depth knowledge about a wide range of business topics. They specialize in teaching students not only business theory, but also how to apply this education to their unique careers.

The faculty has dedicated their careers to teaching, consulting, and research. And yet those who teach in the Executive MBA program also are masters at leveraging the experiences of the working professionals in the classroom. It’s this dynamic that brings out the best of the teaching and learning experience.

Career Management

Broad Executive MBA students have access to the Broad MBA Career Management experts who will partner with each individual to bridge the gap between a student’s current career and future goals. The team helps students leverage their professional work experience and MBA, supporting efforts to source new opportunities or maximizing opportunities with their current employer.

Whether a student is a mid-level manager or a seasoned professional, Career Management Services provides tools to proactively manage career and professional networks to mitigate economic risk.

Since 2001, the MBA Career Services Center has been consistently ranked among the top four schools in the world for career services by Financial Times. Resources and insight available to students include:
- Designing your ideal career path
- Leveraging professional networks
- Moving up in your organization
- Résumé review/critique
- Interview techniques
- Successful negotiations
- Working with third-party recruiters
- On-campus recruiting opportunities
- MBA career fairs

For more information: Please contact our team listed below. Questions can be emailed to emba@broad.msu.edu or call 517-355-7603.

Cheri DeClercq
Director, Broad Executive MBA program
Email: declercq@broad.msu.edu

Greg Janicki
Director, Broad Executive MBA, Troy campus
Email: janicki@broad.msu.edu

Jeremy Davis
Associate Director, Broad Executive MBA program
Email: davisj@broad.msu.edu

Tami Muethel, CMP
Admissions & Academic Services Coordinator, Broad Executive MBA program
Email: muethel@broad.msu.edu

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