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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Northwestern University

Kellogg School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Kellogg School of Management
      • 2169 N Campus Dr
      • IL
      • Evanston, 60208, Illinois
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 59
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 64
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 6,289
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1979
      • Number of classrooms: 36
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 3
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 0
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 44

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Corporate Governance: Effectiveness and Accountability
      • Partner(s): Ernst and Young
      • Title: Women's Foodservice Forum
      • Partner(s): Women's Foodservice Forum
      • Title: Aon Consulting Leadership Event
      • Partner(s): Aon Consulting
      • Title: Chicago Innovation Awards Executive Program
      • Partner(s): Chicago Innovation Awards
      • Title: NMSDC Advanced Management Education Program
      • Partner(s): National Minority Supplier Development Council
      • Title: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
      • Partner(s): American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 2,606
      • Full-Time MBA: 1,115
      • Part-Time MBA: 961
      • Executive MBA: 389
      • PhD Program: 141

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $4,300.00
      • High: $50,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 18 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 34 %

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

      • Female: 41 %
      • International : 34 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Advanced Executive Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 28 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $41,000.00
      • Comments: Ideal for senior executives in general management roles with 15-25 years of experience looking to think more strategically.
      • Title: Executive Development Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 21 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $28,500.00
      • Comments: For middle managers with 10+ years of experience preparing for general management roles.
      • Title: Business Marketing Strategy
      • Type of Course: Marketing
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,700.00
      • Comments: Accelerated core marketing course focusing on developing well-defined marketing strategies and identifying attractive targets.
      • Title: Corporate Governance: Effectiveness and Accountability in the Boardroom
      • Type of Course: Governance
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $7,400.00
      • Comments: In this course you will gain insight into committee functions, compensation issues, accounting problems, and boardroom dynamics.
      • Title: Operations Management Week
      • Type of Course: Technology and Operations
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $8,460.00
      • Comments: Combines the Science of Lean Six Sigma Operations and Supply Chain Management: Strategy and Planning for Effective Operations.
      • Title: Product Week
      • Type of Course: Marketing
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,700.00
      • Comments: Includes both Pricing Strategies and Tactics and Managing New Products and Services for Strategic Competitive Advantage
      • Title: Kellogg on Branding: Creating, Building, and Rejuvenating Your Brand
      • Type of Course: Marketing
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,700.00
      • Comments: Instructs on how to develop a brand management strategy that will leverage your brand for increased customer loyalty, competitive advantage, and profitability.
      • Title: Reinventing Leadership: A Breakthrough Approach
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,500.00
      • Comments: Acquire a model for understanding your purpose in life, business, and leadership.
      • Title: Finance For Executives
      • Type of Course: Finance
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,500.00
      • Comments: An accelerated course teaching executives how to interpret financial reports, and learn the language and techniques of finance.
      • Title: Insight and Analytics Week
      • Type of Course: marketing
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $9,700.00
      • Comments: Includes both Strategic Data-Driven Marketing and Customer Insight Tools: Turning Insight into Effective Marketing Strategy.

    • International programs:

      • Title: Kellogg on Marketing Tour
      • Type of Course: Open Enrollment
      • Partner(s): Seminarium
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: CEO Perspectives, Skills, Tools, and Competencies (STC)
      • Type of Course: Open Enrollment
      • Country: Brazil
      • Partner(s): Corporate Leadership Center (CLC), Fundacao Dom Cabral
      • Year Established: 1976
      • Title: Kellogg AUC Executive Development Program
      • Type of Course: Open Enrollment
      • Country: Egypt
      • Partner(s): American University of Cairo
      • Year Established: 2009

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 290

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 106
      • Non-Tenured: 116

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 84

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 64

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 106
      • Non-Tenured: 99

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 55 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 24 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 10 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 26 %
      • International: 23 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Computing devices upgraded.Provision of laptop loaner pool/managed hardware repair provided to all FT students.MS 2010 Collaboration Suite deployed.Admissions and career systems upgraded.Online career resources expanded.Social networking presence created;online student club environment launched; student-wide internal wiki launched.Video conferencing and capture upgraded.Central research server and computing cluster upgraded.Virtualization infrastructure for servers expanded.
      • Amount spent: $17,000,000.00

  • COMMENTS

      • Central to the Kellogg School’s recently launched “Think Bravely” brand, is a commitment to rigorous, team-based approaches to building strong organizations, a profound understanding of the role of markets, and the ability to lead. Each of these elements is reflected in the Kellogg School’s open enrollment and custom executive education programs.

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