The Foundations phase of the MBA program marks the beginning of the graduate-level journey and helps prepare students from a wide range of diverse academic and professional backgrounds to succeed at Emory & Henry and in the workplace. During Foundations, students will get to know more about graduate-level concepts, methods of instruction (e.g. Case Method), and expectations while acquiring valuable skills and tools that they will use repeatedly during the yearlong MBA program. This course is consistent with the Executive Education Rising Manager Program offered in 2022.
In particular, the Advanced Management Concepts course takes the first steps towards building requisite student capabilities. The course lays a firm foundation for the completion of the MBA program and beyond. The brief course is fundamentally diagnostic and demonstrates graduate-level business analysis, first through an introduction to business cases, and next through an introduction to business cases, and next through an introduction to business decision-making and strategy. The centerpiece of the course is a final team assignment that will reveal student strengths and development needs as business leaders.