Practical glimpse into the global and competitive nature of business. From product ideation to product development, this course introduces students to business's role in society in promoting sustainability as the only successful business model for delivering value to customers and stakeholders of all kinds. Key business activities such as marketing, finance and accounting, working in team, and product/service innovation and creativity are introduced. No prerequisites.
Practical glimpse into the global and competitive nature of business. From product ideation to product development, this course introduces students to business's role in society in promoting sustainability as the only successful business model for delivering value to customers and stakeholders of all kinds. Key business activities such as marketing, finance and accounting, working in team, and product/service innovation and creativity are introduced. No prerequisites.
Leadership competencies and communication skills critical to organizational performance and career success.
The objective of this course is to provide an international experience for our students who are interested in international business. This will be achieved through field trips, academic and professional presentations, journaling and cultural immersion. Students will reflect on similarities and differences in business practices and broader cultural issues that exist between the U.S. and Scandinavian countries.
The objective of this course is to expose students to issues of international business and cultural diversity through field trips and academic and professional presentations in four Scandinavian countries. Topics to be covered include managing production and operations, international marketing, the European Union, personnel development, cross-cultural aspects of international management and the role of government. The course will include office visits and plant tours of both large and small production facilities and presentations by industry management. The course is intended also to be an interesting and informative cultural experience with visits to a Viking museum, a ship museum and several castles, and with time for individualized travel in Europe after the course is over. A research project of 15-20 pages will be required and due at the end of the summer quarter.
The course focuses on providing students appropriate business communication and presentation skills related to interviewing, networking and business presentations. Prerequisite: degree checkpoint 2.
The Capstone Project enables the practical application of organizational leadership and management competencies necessary to demonstrate mastery of the core content of the Professional MBA program and provide students with a material edge in the development of their professional capabilities. The capstone Project effectively integrates Daniels' desired learning outcomes and professional work experiences and applies them to "real-world" business challenges, problems and dilemmas, to support the development and presentation of proposed solutions for the client enterprise.
Today's business environment is increasing characterized by complex questions without clear black and white answers that span well beyond the historically narrow focus on the enterprise. Managers of tomorrow must be equipped with analytical and conceptual skills that allow them to see connections between social and environmental challenges and opportunities from local to global levels and how they interact and influence enterprise level value creation and innovation in a responsible manner. This course provides a perspective - i.e. worldview - that appropriately places the enterprise in the context of an interconnected world where success, organizationally and personally, is determined by how well one applies the necessary functional skills and organizational understanding to opportunities and challenges framed by globalization, both shared and disparate values, and the need for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. This course draws on the history of business practice and leadership to provide a foundation for personal self-discovery and professional direction.
Connects values, globalization, and innovation through a mix of classroom and outdoor experiential learning formats. The course is a two credit hour complement to The Essence of Enterprise course. Using the metaphor of the 10th Mountain Division, the course builds a foundation for learning at Daniels through introductory looks at leadership, team building, and creative problem solving. Through metaphor and experience, the course will bond the cohorts to each other and enhance self confidence to succeed under difficult and changing conditions. The 10th Mountain Division was created out of a global crisis and trained at Camp Hale Colorado, located between Leadville and Vail, during the 1940s. This experience resulted in fourteen patents, including predecessors to the snow cat, snowmobile, and various other forms of outdoor equipment. Following WWII, members of the 10th were responsible for building the country's most famous ski resorts, such as Aspen and Vail, along with the 10th Mountain Hut System. Individual members became successful businessmen, social entrepreneurs, and civil servants forming companies such as NIKE, leading organizations like the Sierra Club, and founding the Colorado Outdoor Education Center (where training for this course takes place). The group is renowned for exemplary leadership, passion, team dynamics, innovation, and ethics within a global environment.
A fundamental purpose is to engage students in ongoing reflection and dialogue about their responsibilities as managers and leaders. Of particular emphasis are the ethical, professional and social responsibilities of managers and leaders, especially as it relates to numerous stakeholders and communities. This course focuses on the idea of "community" and the social relationships of managers and business organizations in their communities. Roles and responsibilities of managers and business firms will be examined by analyzing a variety of issues that managers will face during their careers. These specific issues will be examined in terms of their legal, public policy, and ethical dimensions. The goal is to provide students with generalized understanding and skills that can be employed in dealing with other issues that may emerge in their business careers.
A sustainable enterprise is defined as any human endeavor with integrity in three interconnected dimensions - environmental, cultural, and economic - and whose collective actions meet the needs of the enterprise and its stakeholders today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The fundamental purpose of this course is to help prepare students for careers in which success requires a worldview that extends beyond the enterprise level in order for managers to create sustainable cultural, social, and financial value for the organization and society in a responsible manner.
As students complete the integration of material from the Compass sequence, this class will provide an opportunity for the students to extensively apply the material through: case analysis, presentation, critique of other presentations, and integration of MBA Compass material and first year MBA Core material as appropriate.
In the last century, the technologies of the industrial age - telegraph, railroads, electricity, radio, telephone, television, automobiles, airplanes, computers - have dramatically altered not only the way business is conducted, but the way we live and learn. These technologies have also enabled undesirable and unintended consequences - urban sprawl, global warming, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, stress, obesity. Where is technology taking us? In this course, we will look at innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and design, and the role each can play in creating a better business world, a business world less driven by science fiction than inspired by social fiction, a business world which begins to shift from an industrial age of ever more encompassing technology to a creative economic environment based less on stuff and more on people and their needs.
This course is the second course in a three-part required series. Pre-requisite: Must be a Lockheed employee.
The People Leadership course is part of the Leadership Edge program designed specifically for the Kaiser Permanente Colorado organization. The program will grow the internal leadership capacity necessary to reach their goal of becoming the best solution in health care. By exploring topics and cases from multiple perspectives and across business areas, participants will develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that Kaiser faces. Signature needed to register. Must be a Kaiser employee to register.
The Financial Acumen course is part of the Leadership Edge program designed specifically for the Kaiser Permanente Colorado organization. The program will grow the internal leadership capacity necessary to reach their goal of becoming the best solution in health care. By exploring topics and cases from multiple perspectives and across business areas, participants will develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that Kaiser faces. Signature required to register. Must be a Kaiser employee to register.
The Strategy, Innovation and Execution course is part of the Leadership Edge program designed specifically for the Kaiser Permanente Colorado organization. The program will grow the internal leadership capacity necessary to reach their goal of becoming the best solution in health care. By exploring topics and cases from multiple perspectives and across business areas, participants will develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that Kaiser faces. Signature required to register. Must be a Kaiser employee to register.
Faculty supervised Internship.