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MS IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES RUSSELL FELLOWS PROGRAM

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THE KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPS GROWTH-MINDED LEADERS WITH THE SKILLS EMPLOYERS WANT GROWTH IS A CHALLENGE EVERY LEADER AND ORGANIZATION CONFRONTS, AND ONE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR BUSINESS EDUCATION. AT KELLOGG, YOU WILL GAIN THE SKILLS, PERSPECTIVE AND CAREER SUPPORT NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN TODAY’S MARKETPLACE.

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WHY A KELLOGG MSMS? 2

MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS SKILLS TO ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER GROWTH College graduates are facing unprecedented competition when looking for full-time employment.

In less than a year, the Kellogg MSMS will help you develop the critical qualities to make you stand out.

The program will prepare you to solve complex business problems, evaluate and sell ideas, lead teams and succeed in a variety of industries and functions. What you will learn will empower you for a lifetime — not just in your first job but throughout your entire professional career.

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Employers are looking for well-rounded leaders with strong business and management fundamentals as well as deep critical thinking skills.

• The Kellogg MSMS builds upon a liberal arts education • Students learn to read case studies with a critical eye, motivate a team in group projects, and take intelligent risks during experiential opportunities • As part of an international business course, students travel abroad to experience the global marketplace

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BUILD A BALANCED AND DYNAMIC YOUR UNDERGRADUATE SKILL SET

CORE BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

LEVERAGE THE SKILLS GAINED IN YOUR UNDERGRADUATE WORK, SUCH AS: • ANALYSIS • COMMUNICATION

• CRITICAL THINKING • SYNTHESIS

THE MSMS DEVELOPS SKILLS IN THESE AREAS: • • • • •

ACCOUNTING ANALYTICS FINANCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MARKETING

• NEGOTIATIONS • OPERATIONS • ORGANIZATIONS & LEADERSHIP • STATISTICS • STRATEGY

A POWERFUL COMBINATION.

MEET SOME OF YOUR KELLOGG FACULTY MARTIN LARIVIERE JO H N L . A ND HELEN K ELLOGG PROFESSOR OF M A NAG E R I A L ECO N O MICS & DECISION SCIENCES; CHAIR, MA NAG E R I A L ECO N O MICS & DECISION SCIENCES DEPARTME NT

Professor Lariviere’s research has focused on applying economic analysis to operations management problems. Much of his work has focused on supply chain contracting, examining how contract terms can improve supply chain performance. He has also studied how the behavior of self-interested customers affects service operations. His research has appeared in leading academic journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Management Science, Operations Research and Marketing Science.

He has also written articles for Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.

“There are many trade-offs in how work is organized, so it is essential for a firm to align its operations with its marketplace goals.”

NICHOLAS A. PEARCE CL I NI CA L ASS I STA NT PRO F E SSO R O F M A NAG E M E NT & O RG A NI Z AT I O NS

Professor Pearce’s research examines institutional leadership and change, institutional complexity and organizational authenticity in diverse organizational contexts, including the boardrooms of Fortune 500 corporations, the halls of power in national governments and the pulpits of America’s megachurches. His teaching on values-driven leadership, collaboration, high-performance teams, organizational change and innovation and the power of diversity integrates world-class social science with rich organizational expertise and insightful people sense to create challenging and memorable learning experiences.

“Leadership is about being able to motivate, integrate and enable a collection of individuals toward realizing a common aspiration.”

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MEGHAN BUSSE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF STRATEGY

Professor Busse’s research focuses on market structure and competition, with a particular interest in pricing and price discrimination. She has studied these issues in a variety of industries, including cellular telephones, airlines and advertising. Her areas of current research interest are energy economics and the U.S. automobile industry; her study of the auto industry is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. With two co-authors she is investigating how gasoline prices affect people’s choices about what car to buy.

“Good strategy is never one-size-fits-all. This is what makes strategy hard — but also really fun — to do well.”

MARK FINN CL I NI CA L PRO F E SSO R O F ACCOU NT I NG I NFO R M AT I O N & M A NAG E M E NT

Professor Finn teaches core financial accounting and advanced classes in financial reporting, international accounting and sustainability reporting. He received the Chairs’ Core Course Teaching Award in 1999, 2005 and 2008. Within the Global Initiatives in Management program, he has been a faculty adviser to classes on China, Japan, India and South Africa. His primary research interests are related to the quality and credibility of financial disclosures, especially in non–U.S. settings. His research articles include “Market Rewards Associated with Patterns of Increasing Earnings,” published in the Journal of Accounting Research.

“Accounting is the language of business. A first course in accounting provides a young business leader with an indispensable bird’s-eye view of real-world business processes and institutions.”

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SHAPE YOUR CAREER FOR A LIFETIME MSMS GRADUATES ARE MEMBERS OF THE KELLOGG ALUMNI NETWORK, A RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY OF MORE THAN 58,000 ALUMNI WHO SHARE A COMMON BOND: THEIR PASSION FOR KELLOGG. GRADUATES GO ON TO SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN ALL TYPES OF INDUSTRIES AND ENDEAVORS AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEY CREDIT KELLOGG WITH HELPING THEM GET TO WHERE THEY ARE PROFESSIONALLY.

KELLOGG’S CAREER MANAGEMENT CENTER (CMC) IS CONSISTENTLY TOP RATED AMONG BUSINESS SCHOOL CAREER CENTERS. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS THE PERSONALIZED APPROACH WE TAKE TO PREPARING YOU FOR YOUR CAREER. WORKING WITH YOUR DEDICATED CMC ADVISER, YOU WILL: • CREATE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN • DEVELOP A TARGETED JOB SEARCH STRATEGY • CONNECT TO ESTABLISHED KELLOGG RECRUITING PARTNERS

EXAMPLES OF MSMS ALUMNI EMPLOYERS

ACCENTURE • ALLSTATE • BURGER KING • DELOITTE • DROPBOX FTI CONSULTING • GOOGLE • IBM • INTERACTIVE BROKERS JOHNSON & JOHNSON • MGP RETAIL CONSULTING • THE MIND COMPANY ROLAND BERGER • UNIQLO • WELLS FARGO 8

GLOBAL PRESENCE OF KELLOGG ALUMNI

GLOBAL PRESENCE OF KELLOGG ALUMNI

58,000

GLOBAL ALUMNI

NOTEABLE KELLOGG ALUMNI ALI BABACAN ’92

BOB ECKERT ’77

PROMOD HAQUE ’83

CESAR PURISIMA ’83

Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Turkey

Former CEO, Mattel Inc.

Senior Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Secretary of Finance, The Philippines

JULIE HARRIS ’95

JAMES SCHERR ’89

Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Former CEO, United States Olympic Committee

CINDI BIGELOW ’86

TOD FRANCIS ’83

CEO, Bigelow Tea

Managing Director, Shasta Ventures

GARY BRIGGS ’89

BON FRENCH ’76

CMO, Facebook

CEO, Adams Street Partners LLC

ELLEN KULLMAN ’83

GORDON SEGAL ’60

CEO, Dupont

Co-Founder, Crate and Barrel

JONATHAN GREENBLATT ’99

JENNY LEE ’01

Co-Founder, Ethos Water; Special Assistant to the President

Managing Director, GGV Capital; Forbes

ROSLYN M. BROCK ’99 Chairman of the Board, NAACP

DAVID CHEN ’84 CEO and Founder, Equilibrium Capital Group

CASSIAN CHEUNG ’78 CEO, Next Media

DOUG CONANT ’76 Chairman, Board of Directors, Avon

JOE DEPINTO ’99 President and CEO, 7-Eleven

YUNG-KU HA ’81 President, Chairman and CEO, Citibank Korea

STEVE HAFNER ’97 Co-Founder and CEO, Kayak

ANN HAND ’99 CEO, Project Frog

MATT LEVATICH ’94

JEFF UBBEN ’87 Founder, CEO and CIO, ValueAct Capital

President and COO, Harley-Davidson

TONY VERNON ’82

CESARE MAINARDI ’86

RICK WADDELL ’79

CEO, Strategy&

CEO and President, Northern Trust Corp.

IVAN MENEZES ’85 CEO, Diageo

TED PHILLIPS ’83 President and CEO, Chicago Bears

CEO, Kraft Foods Inc.

PAT YARRINGTON ’79 Vice President and CFO, Chevron Corporation

DANIELLE DAVID Â’14 HOMETOWN:

bloomfield hills, michigan

UNDERGRAD MAJOR:

learning & organizational change; school of education

INDUSTRY:

technology

GROW YOUR SKILL SET

“ YOU WILL COME OUT SMARTER, MORE CONFIDENT IN YOUR SKILLS, AND TOTALLY PREPARED TO STAND OUT IN ANY INDUSTRY YOU CHOOSE.” In a senior-year startup project, the entrepreneurial

I took all my classes with the 24 students in my cohort.

bug bit me. I knew then that I wanted a career in the

We came from very diverse backgrounds, so when we

high-energy technology field — in an environment that

worked in teams on cases we were able to leverage our

was conducive to creativity and innovative thinking.

different perspectives. I would go about the problem in one way, while the economics major, the engineer and

I also knew I would have to complement the skills I had

the theatre major would work from different angles. I

gained as an undergraduate with more quantitative

learned so much from them.

skills and rigorous business discipline. The Kellogg

When it came time for my job search, the Kellogg Career

MSMS program offered the ideal solution.

Management Center (CMC) was exceptional. CMC gave

The program’s curriculum met every expectation. It

me every tool in the book, and my career coach was so

parallels the Kellogg MBA core classes in many ways,

invested in helping me find my ideal job and celebrated

so I gained a solid foundation in general management.

with me when I did.

The legendary Kellogg faculty lived up to its reputation — knowledgeable, dedicated, passionate, accessible teachers willing to tailor the classes to our needs.

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COREY MOSS Â’14 HOMETOWN:

great neck, new york

UNDERGRAD MAJOR:

theatre; minors in sociology and business institutions

INDUSTRY:

consulting

GAIN A COMPETITIVE EDGE

“ KELLOGG HAS EXCELLENT CAREER SERVICES, AND MY CAREER COACH WAS VERY INVESTED IN MY FUTURE.” As a theatre major and a singer, I know you can’t put

I feel so utterly prepared for my consulting job next

on a show without a team. But when I started working

year — a job I wouldn’t have had the confidence to

in groups at Kellogg, I realized I still had much to learn

pursue without the help of my Kellogg career coach.

about collaboration. Working with my classmates inside

Kellogg has excellent career services, and my coach was

and outside the classroom taught me so much about

very invested in my future.

communicating authentically, playing off the strengths

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that you really

of others and being a great team member. It also made

can get better at something by devoting significant

me better at solving problems because it forced me to consider various situations from multiple perspectives.

amounts of time and energy to it, and it’s extremely

Kellogg professors are truly top-notch. They’re so

education helped me realize that, and I can’t wait to see

committed to making sure we understand the material.

what comes next.

gratifying when hard work pays off. My Kellogg

Even in subjects I thought would be dry, like accounting, my professors showed me that the discipline was more than just numbers and formulas. It was a way of thinking about real-world challenges and rising to them.

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ELIZABETH VELAZQUEZ 14 HOMETOWN:

miami, florida

UNDERGRAD MAJOR:

environmental engineering

INDUSTRY:

consulting

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EXPAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE

“ THE KELLOGG FACULTY GAVE ME A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS.” As an undergraduate engineering student, I spent

be happier in another. They had discovered what they

a summer in Chile, working to bring clean water

were truly passionate about and used the skills they

to a small village. The project was challenging and

developed at Kellogg to build a career around it.

rewarding, but I realized that what I liked most about

The Kellogg faculty members are incredible. They

it wasn’t the engineering part — it was the project

really challenged us and gave me a new perspective

management and interacting with the villagers. I liked

on solving complex problems. In engineering, there

going into the community, working with the people

is often a single way to view a problem, but Kellogg

and helping them improve their lives. At the end of my

demanded a more holistic view.

senior year, I realized that I wasn’t sure I necessarily wanted to be an engineer, but something greater, with a

The collaborative focus of the MSMS also made me

much larger social impact.

much better at working with other people. As I prepare to start my new job in consulting, I know that what I

I was looking for focus when I finished my degree.

learned at Kellogg will assist me in helping my clients

The MSMS helped me find it.

achieve their goals and reach their full potential.

Early in the program, I talked to a lot of Kellogg alumni about their career paths. Like me, many of them had started out in one field, but figured out later that they’d

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