Category: Curriculum

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January 7, 2020

The Classes that Change Your Life

They say that MBA’s change you: that you will see things differently, that you will question things you didn’t before, that you will grow in ways you didn’t think were possible. To be honest, it’s true! In particular, one of those classes at Goizueta that has changed me was Alternative Investments with Professor Klaas Baks. This elective has been one I’ve been looking forward to the most because it’s such a “hot topic” that I felt I knew very little about. However, what I gained was not just knowledge about private equity, venture capital, and deal structuring, but it gave...

Curriculum / Evening MBA Blog / Topics

October 5, 2018

Goizueta workshops help improve business skills

If you are a Tableau expert, who cranks out beautiful, useful data visualizations on a regular basis, this article is likely not for you. If, however, you have heard of Tableau, maybe you understand the power of distilling big datasets into digestible visualizations but you haven’t yet downloaded it for free to play with it, keep reading.

Curriculum / Evening MBA Blog / Featured / Topics

July 26, 2018

Going beyond classroom walls can bring academics to life

When I was in high school, I had a love/hate relationship with math. I passed algebra with flying colors and found nerdy joy in the challenge of solving for an “x” variable in an equation.

Curriculum / Evening MBA Blog / Featured / Topics

April 2, 2018

Electives Insights: Becoming a ‘good’ negotiator

At the beginning of the spring semester, I entered my Negotiations class with a defeatist attitude. I’m going to be awful at this. I hate conflict, I don’t like being aggressive, I don’t like when people are upset with me. I just want to get through these negotiations as quickly as possible without letting others take advantage of me.

Curriculum / Executive MBA Blog / Featured / Leadership / Topics / WEMBA

January 23, 2018

ACE classes provide low-risk setting to test newly learned business skills

Part of being a successful leader is learning what individual leadership styles are effective in your environment and applying them. Experimenting with new and different styles is key, but this can be a delicate matter in the workplace.

Curriculum / Evening MBA Blog / Featured / Topics

January 2, 2018

Nonprofit management class is ‘more than meets the eye’

If I told you that I had taken nonprofit management this fall, you might think, “Oh, that’s nice — a class about philanthropy. Good for you.”

Curriculum / Executive MBA Blog / Featured / Topics / WEMBA

December 7, 2017

MBA Executives explore government, business relationship during Washington, D.C. trip

The trip started with a bang, as we stepped out from our Uber and into the terrific accommodations at the Mayflower, quite the insider hotel. President Harry S. Truman called it “Washington’s second best address.” The location within the city was amazing, and I jogged to the White House before classes each morning, bonding with classmates.

Curriculum / Evening MBA Blog / Featured / Topics

October 25, 2017

Elective Reflections: Product and brand management

It’s 8 p.m. on a Tuesday — time to get some homework done before falling asleep to Netflix. But tonight, I’m not studying in the library or in my home office. Instead, I’m in aisle two of my local Kroger, staring at the mustard selections.

Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone on making the ultimate (career) match October 30, 2020
Early in 2020, Jim Lanzone 98JD/MBA was taking a bit of a break. After more than eight years serving as the President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and four of those years as the company’s first Chief Digital Officer, Lanzone left CBS after it merged with Viacom at the end of 2019. He was acting […]
“Companies Scramble to Define the Future of Work as COVID-19 Lingers,” Nasdaq October 29, 2020
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“India have all ingredients to become superpower but needs recipe: Prof Sheth,” United News of India October 29, 2020
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Slaying the wolf of economic insecurity October 29, 2020
Michael Graetz 66BBA knows firsthand how to work hard to achieve a goal. As an Emory University student, he lived at home and worked up to 30 hours a week to pay for his undergraduate education. “Along with the important understanding of business issues and economics, which have stood me in good stead, a college […]
“In this time of comfort-at-home fashion, Crocs are having a moment,” Marketplace October 28, 2020
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