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University of Chicago
Chicago Graduate School of Business
1999 Executive Education Profile
Address: Graduate School of Business
450 North City Front Plaza Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Website: http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/programs/exec-ed/


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Statistics

ITEM 1998-99 1993-94 % change

Number of executive nondegree programs
(excluding multiple sessions of the same program)
18 N/A N/A

Number of executives attending above programs
(not including EMBA or part-time degree programs)
1329 N/A N/A

Percent of attending executives
who live within 45 miles of the school
30% N/A N/A

Percent of attending executives
who live or work overseas
21% N/A N/A

Total participant days
(total participants x total length of programs)
5665 N/A N/A

Percent of professors with at least 5 years full-time corporate experience 34% N/A N/A

Total revenues generated by "nondegree" executive education programs
(including open enrollment and custom programs)
$4,319,007 N/A N/A

Total budget for nondegree executive education N/A N/A N/A

Percent of overall executive education revenue that comes from custom programs to a single company 16% N/A N/A

Percent of total revenues coming from custom programs to a specific group of companies or a consortium N/A N/A N/A

Number of custom programs run 4 N/A N/A

Total revenues generated from custom programs $672,500 N/A N/A

Percent of participants from organizations with whom school has done business for three or more years 60% N/A N/A


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Primary Programs

Full course title Finance for Executives Type of course Functional - Finance & General Management
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This program goes beyond introducing financial information. It focuses on how to use that information in decision making and how to successfully link business strategy with financial strategy.

Full course title Director's College: Concepts, Methods, and Applications Type of course General Management
Course length 2 days Class times N/A

Description This program is designed to meet the needs of new board directors. It focuses on developing skills and insight necessary to be an informed contributing board director. The curriculum combines the wisdom of experienced business executives, including current and former directors and CEO's with the conceptual framework of Chicago's business school.

Full course title Enhancing Leadership Performance: The Leader as Teacher Type of course Leadership
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This program helps leaders build collaborative enterprises where colleagues regularly teach and learn from each other. Participants learn to master the teaching aspects of their leadership role by using tools and metaphors from the theater.

Full course title The Executive Program in Corporate Strategy Type of course Strategy
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This seminar focuses on the formulation and implementation of a company's strategy. Participants learn techniques to understand the competitive structure of an industry and a company's position in the industry. Entry, positioning, processing new ventures, technology, diversification, and vertical integration decisions are studied. The course incorporates an introduction to game theory and develops a tool to apply it to strategic decision making.

Full course title Negotiation and Decision Making Strategies for Man Type of course Leadership & Organizational Behavior
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This highly interactive seminar introduces participants to recent psychological and economic research on how to sharpen skills in decision making and negotiation.

Full course title The Executive Development Program in Barcelona, Spain Type of course General Management
Course length 11 days Class times N/A

Description This program is designed to help functional managers transition to general management.

Full course title Strategic Marketing Management Type of course Marketing
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This seminar is designed to help participants formulate a framework for analyzing competitve strategies and understanding how industry structure impacts strategic leverage.

Full course title Strategic Sales Management Type of course Sales & Marketing
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This seminar is especially designed to meet the needs of sales managers and others responsible for directing the sales force. It links sales structure design and implemenation of the firm marketing strategy to improve sales force productivity.

Full course title Financial Analysis for Non-financial Managers Type of course Finance
Course length 5 days Class times 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description This program is designed to assist non-financial managers in understanding, interpreting, and using internal and external financial reports to make better decisions.

Full course title Basics of Options, Futures and Derivatives Type of course Finance
Course length 2 days Class times 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Description During this seminar participants will achieve a practical understanding of what financial derivatives are, how they work, how they are used, and how to measure the risk and rewards associated with them.


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New Open-Enrollment Programs

New courses launched within past 2 years The Director's College: Concepts, Methods and Applications
The Transition from Functional to General Managers
Enhancing Leadership Performance: The Leader as Teacher
Negotiation and Decision Making Strategies for Managers
The Executive Program in Corporate Strategy
Financial Analysis for Non Financial Managers
Advanced Option Pricing
Basics of Options, Futures, and Other Financial Derivatives
Strategic Sales Compensation
Marketing for Non Marketing Managers


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Overseas Programs / Partners

Program The Executive Development Program:The Transition from Functional to General Management Country Barcelona, Spain
Partner N/A Year established 1999


Program Enhancing Leadership Performance: The Leader as Teacher Country Barcelona, Spain
Partner N/A Year established 1999


Program Strategic Sales Management Country Barcelona, Spain
Partner N/A Year established 1999


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Non-University Partnerships

Program The Director's College: Concepts, Methods and App Partner Spencer Stuart Year established N/A


Program Corporate Governance for Institutional Investors Partner Instituto Cutturalde Year established N/A


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Distance Learning

Distance courses offered or planned Chicago is considering some pilot projects in the distance learning area.


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Top Corporate Customers

Nondegree functional
programs
BP Amoco
Navistar International
Ameritech
Baxter
Motorola


Nondegree general
programs
Andersen Consulting
William Blair & Company
Abbott Laboratories
Securities Industry Association
General Electric Company


Custom programs to a single company or consortium N/A






Organizations school has done business with for three or more years For custom programs only:
Andersen Consulting
General Electric


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Facilities

Date of
construction
1994 Number of classrooms 15 Cost $44,000,000

Comments Chicago is developing 11 new open enrollment programs to be introduced in the 1999-2000 school year. The school is also working on an Advanced Management Program for August of 2000. Also in 2000 the school will offer open enrollment executive education in Singapore.



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