A world-class integrated MBA curriculum

Our world-class MBA curriculum offers the same traditional MBA curriculum offered at top business schools world-wide from an executive's point of view. Topical areas are integrated throughout the program and include graduate level finance, marketing, decision science, global business, operations, marketing, management, entrepreneurship, strategy, economics and accounting.

On Solving Real Business Problems & Custom Case Studies
The real life, integrated case studies are something you
cannot get in a traditional MBA. Learning business insights and
strategy from live businesses makes the Coles Executive MBA superior.

Ravi Devulapalli, Class of 2006
Manager, AT&T (formerly BellSouth Customer Technologies)

Curriculum benefits of the faculty team

Because the Coles Executive MBA has a dedicated faculty team that meets every other week to discuss your class progress, time spent on a particular module may be sped up or slowed down depending on your class' needs. In addition, individuals within the class that are having difficulty with materials may elect to be tutored at no additional fee by a core faculty member. This is another benefit of the dedicated faculty team.

If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.

Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants

Modules and course titles

GBA 7211 Business Acumen Foundations

Key Topics include:

• Fundamentals of business acumen

• Foundations of managerial economics and its impact on business behaviors

• Introduction to managerial accounting for executive decision-making

• Financial analysis techniques

• Applications of business forecasting and modeling

GBA 7212 Principles of Leadership

Key Topics include:

• Foundations and application of the Authentic Leadership model

• Building and managing functional teams

• Principles for coaching individuals and teams

GBA 7221 Business Strategy & Analysis
for Exec Decision Making

Key Topics include:

• Principles and Application of Strategic Management

• Market Analysis and Execution

• Technology Management

• Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management for Executives

• Operations Management

• Activity Based Costing

GBA 7222 The Business of Teaming
& Coaching

Key Topics include:

• High Impact Communications

• Understanding Executive Coaching

• Building your Coaching Relationship

• Interpersonal Transactional Analysis

• Situational Leadership

• Understanding and applying assessments for Personal and Professional Development

GBA 7231 The Enterprise Value Chain

Key Topics include:

• Understanding the Value Chain

• Business Marketing

• Supply Chain Management

• Business Process Management

• Commercial Law Overview

GBA 7232 Managing Human Capital

Key Topics include:

• Understanding the role of the Human Resources function

• Attracting, retaining, and developing human capital

• Behavioral techniques applied to employee acquisition

• Post-merger workforce integration

• Overview of employment law

GBA 7233 Personal and Professional Development Planning

Key Topics include:

• Using Reflection as Personal and Professional Development tool

• Understanding your unique strengths, talents, and vulnerabilities

• Personal and Professional Development Planning

GBA 7251 Application of Business Acumen and Leadership

Key Topics include:

• Integration of business acumen theories into real applications

• Developing and executing an executive-level business plan

• Merger, acquisition, and divestiture strategies and tactics

• Executive compensation practices overview

• Applied leadership

• Managing conflict

• Developing executive presence

GBA 7253 Managing Your Career

Key Topics include:

• Career Exploration: Assessing your personal skills, talents, and interests

• Career Paths: Discovering “best fit” career opportunities

• Creating a Personal Career Development Plan

• Preparing a personal resume and interpreting the resumes of others

• Personal marketing and networking

GBA 7241 Experiencing Business in
a Global Environment

Key Topics include:

• Global economic strategies for executives

• Understanding cultural, political. economic, and legal systems from a global perspective

• International and multinational finance and marketing strategies

• Virtual teaming and collaboration (with students from partner EMBA program in Bucharest, Romania)

• International student visitations in the both the United States and Romania

GBA 7242 International Leadership
and Collaboration

Key Topics include:

• Understanding multinational and regional workplace cultures

• Virtual teaming and international communications and decision-making

• Understanding the influence of national cultures on business ethics

• International leadership models

GBA 7314 Telecommunications Public Policy (AT&T EMBA specific)

Key Topics include:

• History and future of the global telecommunications industry

• The role of public policy in shaping the telecommunications industry

• Advocacy and lobbying techniques

• Creating an effective public policy campaign

• Strategies for influencing regulations and legislation