Immediate and sustainable For you. Learn it Saturday. Use it Monday.
Built into our core curriculum are apply-it-now experiences that reinforce the new knowledge you gain by putting it to work right away. As a result, you (and your employer) begin to enjoy an immediate return on your MBA investment. In fact, it’s not unusual for students to earn promotions, with greater responsibilities and higher salaries, while they’re still in the program. Meanwhile, the knowledge you gain and peer network you build will serve you throughout your career. And, after you graduate, your company can be among those that a future C-Team serves for its Capstone Strategy Project, extending your ROI even further.
ROI for you.
ROI for your organization.
Immediate solutions to pressing issues From Day One, Vanderbilt Executive MBA students are able and encouraged to apply classroom and project learning to realtime issues and opportunities at the office. Along with their own insights, they bring to their offices the best practices of their accomplished peers and distinguished Vanderbilt faculty.
Organizational credibility Vanderbilt Executive MBA students find that they earn higher standing in the workplace, resulting in frequent invitations to contribute to organizational initiatives in new, meaningful ways. Recognition by those at the top The program is designed to give all students—even those who are not sponsored—stretch assignments that will catch the attention of the executive team and benefit the company in new ways. And successes from the Capstone Strategy Project will encourage dialogue with executives at work.
An increase in the bottom line Critical theories coupled with practical and provocative discussions prompt students to question “business as usual.” This questioning—when focused on a company’s cost structure, sales and marketing strategies and manufacturing processes—often results in million-dollar benefits to the bottom line.
Career and salary growth Even during a slow economic recovery, only one year into the program 26 percent of our graduates in the Executive MBA Class of 2014 reported a salary increase, well above the standard cost-of-living adjustment for their companies. And, even more impressive, 58 percent of the class acquired greater budget or management responsibility or a promotion before graduation.
Greater bench strength Vanderbilt Executive MBA students offer employers new ideas and perspectives, new talents and vast resources in the way of access to Vanderbilt faculty, a strong alumni base and the databases and support services of a world-class business library.
Self-awareness and confidence Graduates cite dramatic improvements in their time management skills as well as their self-confidence and the knowledge that they have the capabilities to set and achieve aggressive personal and organizational goals.
Jeff Williams
Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2011 Chief Financial Officer, TriStar Energy, LLC
Long-term loyalty of prized employees Studies have shown that graduates of the Vanderbilt MBA program for executives remain loyal to their current employers, regardless of level of sponsorship. If not through tuition, companies tend to reward these employees—who produce valuable work and insight—at a level that motivates loyalty.
Rahul Mehta
Vanderbilt Americas MBA 2013 Business Development Manager, Schneider Electric, Singapore
The program prepared me to transfer to new functions The Vanderbilt Executive MBA program is hugely relevant. I experienced tremendous returns for my company, even after by broadening my skills in areas where I had gaps and broadening my perspective in general. I also built confidence only one semester at Owen. I have decided that the program that I could take on tough, new challenges and succeed. is not expensive, but engaging in business without it is. The Americas MBA was a good investment for my company and a great one for me. 28
benefits. For your company. Courtney Damon
Vanderbilt Executive MBA 2014 Vice President Human Resources, Schneider Electric “I returned to school for three main reasons. The first is that I have always wanted to go back and get my MBA. My family has always valued education. I have looked into going back several times but I kept moving! The second is that, from an HR Business Partner perspective, I am able to add additional value beyond HR to the organizations I support. Finally, my MBA makes me more marketable within my current organization and externally.” Courtney’s company agreed. One year into the program, senior management promoted her from Director of Human Resources to Vice President of Human Resources.
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Past companies of Executive students. Procter & Gamble HCA Autozone Morgan Keegan Bridgestone Johnson & Johnson Ford Motor Credit General Motors Nissan Gibson Guitar DuPont Humana Dollar General Home Depot Mapco Dell BlueCrossBlueShield of TN Mars FedEx Tractor Supply Company TVA Gaylord Entertainment Harrah’s Allstate Pharm M.D. SunTrust Bank Unum Provident Allergan Bristol-Myers Squibb Cisco Cardinal Health GlaxoSmithKline International Paper Smith & Nephew Vanderbilt Medical Center Carrier GE Appliances Schneider Electric Whirlpool Ozburn-Hessey Logistics AOL Asurion Oracle Motorola United Technologies U.S. Army Medtronic Mead Johnson Amgen Wackenhut Services KPMG
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