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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Case Western Reserve University

Weatherhead School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Weatherhead Executive Education
      • Weatherhead School of Management
      • 11240 Bellflower Road
      • OH
      • Cleveland, 44106, Ohio
      • United States of America
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 66
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 24
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 3,891
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1994
      • Number of classrooms: 7
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: No

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 4
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 28

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Systems Thinking
      • Partner(s): Young Presidents Organization

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 874
      • Full-Time MBA: 141
      • Part-Time MBA: 228
      • Executive MBA: 41
      • PhD Program: 50
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 226
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Other

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $420.00
      • High: $14,500.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $4,100.00
      • High: $424,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 89 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 3 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 48 %
      • International : 3 %
      • Business owners: 1 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 95 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Leadership Deep Dive
      • Type of Course: Leadership development program for senior executives
      • Course Length: 9 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $14,500.00
      • Comments: Includes one year of personal executive coaching
      • Title: Weatherhead Executive Coaching Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $6,810.00
      • Comments: Executives trained in the Weatherhead Executive Coaching approach learn how to leveage the intentional change process to authentically and effectively support others in achieving their leadership and performance aspirations.
      • Title: Appreciative Inquiry Certificate in Positive Business and Society Change
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,850.00
      • Comments: Led by Appreciative Inquiry co-creators Dr.David Cooperrider and Dr. Ronald Fry
      • Title: Emotionally Intelligent Leader Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 6 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,580.00
      • Comments: Focus on leadership through specific competency development
      • Title: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 8 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,900.00
      • Comments: Provides participants with enhanced problem-solving skills.We emphasize the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process. Our certification helps the employee serve as a trained operational excellence team member
      • Title: Sustainable Value Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,580.00
      • Comments: Focus on creating real and immediate economic impact for your business.
      • Title: Mindfulness for Enhanced Performance
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,580.00
      • Comments: Mindfulness offers proven approaches to improve focus, creativity, and health; decrease stress; transform tension into opportunity; break automatic habits; and live more fulfilled lives.
      • Title: Designing Solutions for Innovation and Strategy
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,580.00
      • Comments: These programs provide managers with the latest concepts and tools for flexible, innovative thinking that achieves optimal results.
      • Title: Women in Leadership
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,580.00
      • Comments: Provides women aspiring to leadership positions with the skills, concepts, and new perspectives that will help them achieve their career potential, make significant contributions to their organizations, and maximize work-life balance.
      • Title: Healthcare Excellence Certificate
      • Type of Course: Certificate
      • Course Length: 4 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $1,680.00
      • Comments: Designed by Dr. J.B. Silvers, expert on healthcare finance, to provide insight on providing patient-centered care that is cost-effective.

    • International programs:

      • Title: Leadership Deep Dive
      • Partner(s): New Zealand Public Sector
      • Year Established: 2009

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 91

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 37

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 1 %
      • Experiential Learning: 29 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 38 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 19 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 6 %
      • Other: 37 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 11 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: HD video cameras to produce HD quality content; LED light kit to provide better lighting for productions; Portable Polycom videoconference unit to provide higher bandwidth videoconferences; DVD cameras and recorders for Case-style interviews; class audience response systems for immediate feedback; increased number of technology enhanced classrooms; increased analytical software packages for faculty and students; Qualtrics for robust surveys; Identity Finder.
      • Amount spent: $3,734,147.00

  • COMMENTS

      • Weatherhead has received international acclaim for developing transformational ideas that redefine the way management education is taught. Our teaching approach delivers a unique blend of functional competencies and interpersonal skills that organizations increasingly need. As a result, the people we teach are ready to add immediate value to their organizations, their communities, and the world.

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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