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2005 EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROFILE
University of Virginia
Darden Graduate School of Business

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Address: P.O. Box 7186
100 Darden Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA 22906-7186
E-Mail: Darden_Exed@darden.virginia.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
Directions to school


EXECUTIVE & COMPANY INTEREST

Popular open-enrollment subjects:
Finance
International business
Leadership
Managing innovation
Organizational effectiveness


Popular custom program subjects:
Leadership
Organizational effectiveness
Strategy
Other
Corporate Learning Center Development -educating across the entire enterprise, and translating visions into action.



BEST OPEN-ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS

Creating the Future: The Challenge of Transformational Leadership
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:4 days
Program start date(s):Oct. 16, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$7,300
Comments: Participants are coached in a new approach to crystallizing a unifying vision and in providing the leadership, teamwork, and commitment necesssary to translate their vision into action.

The Executive Program
Type of course:Advanced Management
Course length:26 days
Program start date(s):June 4, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$29,400
Comments: The Executive Program is a challenging four-week advanced management program designed for executives ready and eager to make a breakthrough in their professional and personal lives.

Leadership for Extraordinary Performance
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:4 days
Program start date(s):Mar. 27, 2006
June 5, 2006
Sept. 11, 2006
Dec. 4, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$7,300
Comments: An action-oriented program designed to nurture the clarity of vision and personal leadership which inspires others to extraordinary performance and to enhance skills at gaining commitment from key people in the organization.

Management Development Program: Driving Vision, Action, and Results
Type of course:
Course length:11 days
Program start date(s):Feb. 27, 2006
June 5, 2006
Oct. 9, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$15,750
Comments: The Management Development Program examines key business issues and solutions that are necessary for success in today's dynamic business environment. Studies include broad understanding of the enterprise and the connectivity of business activities.

Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
Type of course:
Course length:5 days
Program start date(s):Feb. 19, 2006
May 7, 2006
Oct. 22, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$7,300
Comments: Provides non-financial managers a familiarity with essential financial terminology, concepts, and applications. With this knowledge, participants will be able to analyze and interpret commonly used financial information.

Creating and Sustaining the High-Performing Organization
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:5 days
Program start date(s):Apr. 30, 2006
Oct. 1, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$7,300
Comments: Challenges participants to think and act in ways that will contribute to establishing and sustaining high performance. Building on the three "P's"--people, process, and perspective--the program's activities incorporate systems thinking.

Managing Individual and Organizational Change
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:3 days
Program start date(s):Apr. 4, 2006
Sept. 5, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$5,900
Comments: Initially, focus is on individuals in managerial roles who are trying to lead, manage, and deal with the change process. The focus then shifts to groups and the total organization. Emphasis is placed on the individual as manager and model of change.

Power and Leadership
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:4 days
Program start date(s):May 22, 2006
Sept. 25, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$6,900
Comments: Explore the differences between coercive power-based leadership and deeper level-three leadership. Participants engage a leadership model that includes personal characteristics, strategic thinking, influencing others, and creating org. designs.

Bargaining and Negotiating: A Learning Laboratory
Type of course:Individual and Organizational capability development
Course length:3 days
Program start date(s):Apr. 25, 2006
Sept. 26, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$5,200
Comments: This program helps participants develop core skills for assessing a negotiation, developing a strategy, and executing it to create better outcomes, more lasting relationships, and more comfortable processes.

Implementing Change From the Middle
Type of course:Leadership and Change
Course length:3 days
Program start date(s):May 2, 2006
Oct. 3, 2006
Estimated cost (excluding travel and book fees):$5,200
Comments: Participants will actively explore the unique challenges faced by those managers who are tasked with implementing important change initiatives. They bring a current business challenge to the program and apply learnings from in real time.


NEW OPEN-ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS

Leading Organic Growth: Building a Business From Within
Type of course:Innovation and Operations Excellence. Participants will explore practical steps and actions for organizational expansion purely from within internal business structures. Participants will discover how to create successful business environments.

Sustainability and Beyond: The Emerging Triple Bottom Line of The New Economy
Type of course:Innovation and Operations Excellence. The program examines how leading corporations and government organizations are responding to challenging issues in the new economy, utilizing a systems-based triple bottom line approach.



COURSES/PROGRAMS RUN IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Gulf Executive Development Program
Type of course:Establishing a country in global markets
Country:Bahrain
Partner(s):Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
Year established:1999

Bacardi Leadership Development Programme
Type of course:GM and functional and strategic skill development
Country:Spain
Partner(s):IESE
Year established:2005


 
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