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Case Western Reserve University
Weatherhead School of Management


1999 Profile Update
School Statistics
Graduates' Comments


CURRICULUM
  Electives available in 1998: 124
New electives in past three years: 20%
The core curriculum was last revised in: 1996
Accelerated MBA program offered? Yes

New Courses in Past Three Years
Developing High Performance Work Teams, Business And Nonprofit Entrepreneurship, Japanese For Managers, International Operations Management, Regression Models In Business, Managerial Coaching And Facilitation, Economics Of Organizations, Economics Of Negotiations And Conflict Resolution, Advanced Principles Of Entrepreneurship, Leadership And The Global Agenda, The Chief Executive Officer, Health Care Economics, The World's Regions And Strategic Advantage, Alternatives To Dispute Resolution, Investment Banking, International Human Resource Management, Process Improvement Consulting, Managing In An Emerging Market Economy (Budapest, Hungary), International Management In South Africa (Johannesburg), International Business And Culture, New Venture Management, New Venture Creation, Proximal Decision Analysis, Business, Government And Society, Financing International Trade, Leadership In The Multinational Organization, Project Management, Perspectives On American Management From Eastern Europe, Creating Human Value By Managing Individual Change

Most Popular Electives
Financial Management II, International Finance, Industrial New Tech Marketing, Corporate Restructuring, Executive Leadership, Chief Executive Officer

Most Popular Professors
Sam Thomas, Mohan Reddy, Richard Osborne, Julia Grant, Jonlee Andrews, Ranga Naryaran, Richard Boyatzis, Harvey Salkin, Betty Vandenbosch

Majors or Concentrations Added in Past Three Years
Technology Management, International management

Teaching Methods
Lecture: 30%
Case Study: 30%
Field Projects, Simulations: 40%

Full-time faculty members:   92
Adjunct or visiting faculty: 17
Average core class size: 45
Average elective class size: 30

Laptop computer required? Yes

Grading System
Grades are based on a 4.0 scale.

Exchange Programs or International Campuses
Manchester Business School (United Kingdom); Rotterdam School of Management (The Netherlands); Copenhagen Business School (Denmark); Norwegian School of Management (Norway); Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management (Koblenz, Germany); International Management Center (Budapest, Hungary); Tel Aviv University (Israel) Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico) Instituto Technolgico Autonomo de Mexico; Instituto Centroamerico de Administracion de Empresas (Alajuela, Costa Rica) La Fundacion para el desarrollo de la Formacion Empresarial (Madrid, Spain) Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Vienna, Austria)

Best Areas of Study
Finance, Health Systems Management, International Management, Nonprofit Management, Technology Management, MIS, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

Areas School Would Like to Improve
Marketing, Strategic Planning, Electronic Commerce

1998 PLACEMENT
  On-campus recruiters for graduates: 115
On-campus recruiters for first-year internships: 65
On-campus student full-time job interviews: approx. 755
On-campus student internship interviews: 247
Job opportunities posted via the Internet or E-mail: 714

Top Employers/Number of 1998 Hires
Ernst & Young   9
Citibank 6
McDonald & Co. 6
Oracle 5
SAP America 4
Key Bank 3
Andersen Consulting 3
GE 3
Avery Dennison 2
American Greetings 1

ALUMNI NETWORK
  Number of living alumni: 5,775
Alums who gave to the school during the 1997/98 academic year: 17%
Median alumni gift: N/A
Number of alumni clubs: 1
Number of dues-paying members: N/A
Number of staffers devoted to MBA alumni relations: 2
Placement services offered for alumni? Yes

Description of Alumni Placement Services
Alumni receive access to networking, resume postings, position information.

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  Key Contacts
School Web Site

E-Mail:
erm3@po.cwru.edu

Address:
Weatherhead School of Management
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7235

Dean:
Kim S. Cameron
(216) 368-2046

Director of MBA Programs:
Frances B. Cort
(216) 368-3315

Director of Admissions:
Linda S. Gaston
(216) 368-6208

Director of Alumni Relations:
Patricia A. Gerber
(216) 368-1520

Director of Financial Aid:
Marian J. Hogue
(216) 368-8907

Director of Career Services:
Dori M. Coffey
(216) 368-2731

Application Deadlines:
U.S.
mid-April, 1999

International
mid-February, 1999





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