A Master of Business Administration is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounting,applied statistics,human resources,business communication,business ethics,business law,strategic management,business strategy,finance,managerial economics,management,entrepreneurship,marketing,supply-chain management,and operations management in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy. It originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized and companies sought scientific management.
Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles,California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School,which is located in downtown Los Angeles.
The Congregation of the Mission abbreviated CM and commonly called the Vincentians or Lazarists. is a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded by Vincent de Paul. It is associated with the Vincentian Family,a loose federation of organizations who look to St Vincent de Paul as their founder or Patron.
Niagara University (NU) is a private Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition in Lewiston in Niagara County,New York. It is run by the Congregation of the Mission and has 3,300 undergraduate students in 50 academic programs. Approximately half of the students are residents while the other half commute from the surrounding area. It was listed as a census-designated place in 2020.
DePaul University is a private,Catholic research university in Chicago,Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898,the university takes its name from the 17th-century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1998,it became the largest Catholic university in terms of enrollment in North America. Following in the footsteps of its founders,DePaul places special emphasis on recruiting first-generation students and others from disadvantaged backgrounds.
All Hallows College was a college of higher education in Dublin. It was founded in 1842 and was run by the Vincentians from 1892 until 2016. On 23 May 2014,it was announced that it was closing down,due to decreasing student numbers. The sale of the campus in Drumcondra to Dublin City University was announced on 19 June 2015 and completed on 8 April 2016. The college closed on 30 November 2016,becoming the All Hallows Campus of Dublin City University.
The Tuck School of Business is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College,a private research university in Hanover,New Hampshire.
The American College of Greece (ACG) is a private college and high school in Agia Paraskevi,Greece. It was founded by United Church of Christ American missionaries in 1875. It was originally a primary and secondary school for girls. As of 2020,it has 5,774 students enrolled in all three of its divisions.
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada and the equivalent of a deputy vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom,Ireland,and Australia. Additionally,the heads of certain colleges of universities in the UK and Ireland are called provosts;the term is,used in this sense,the equivalent of a Master or Principal at other colleges.
Executive education refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives,business leaders and functional managers globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting,but sometimes lead to certificates and some offer continuing education units accepted by professional bodies and institutes. Estimates by Business Week magazine suggest that executive education in the United States is approximately an $800 million annual business with approximately 80% provided by university-based business schools. Key players in university-based executive education span elite universities,as well as many regional and mid-sized universities and business schools around the world.
Bernard Joseph White is president emeritus of the University of Illinois and professor emeritus of business at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is dean emeritus of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and professor emeritus of business administration at the University of Michigan,where he also served as interim president,and Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Leadership in Management Education. He is the author of The Nature of Leadership and Boards That Excel:Candid Insights and Practical Advice for Directors. Boards That Excel was named Governance Book of the Year for 2014 by Directors and Boards.
Shih Choon Fong is a Singaporean college administrator and fracture mechanics expert who served as the founding president of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) between 2008 and 2013. Prior joining KAUST as its founding president,he was the president of the National University of Singapore (NUS) for nine years and has been widely acknowledged for creating the university's research-intensive focus with an entrepreneurial dimension,as well as for NUS' elevated global reputation. Drawing from his experiences abroad,Shih institutionalised a performance- and market-based evaluation and compensation system for academics.
Kevin W. Sharer,is an American businessman who was chairman/CEO of the biotechnology company Amgen from 2000 to 2012. He later joined the faculty of Harvard Business School teaching RC Strategy and General Management.
Rajendra K. Srivastava is Novartis Professor of Marketing Strategy and Innovation at the Indian School of Business. He has been a tenured professor and an academic administrator and has worked in the United States,Singapore,and India. He has been listed in the Forbes's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018. He is also a member of the board of directors of Happiest Minds,a publicly listed company in India.
James T. Harris III is the fourth president of the University of San Diego. Previously,he served as president of Widener University (2002-2015) and Defiance College (1994-2002),where he was named one of the top 50 character-building presidents in the United States by the John Templeton Foundation.
Christopher B. Howard is the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Arizona State University Public Enterprise in Tempe,Arizona where he started on February 7,2022. Previously,he served as the 8th president of Robert Morris University in Moon Township,Pennsylvania. He is a former college football running back and former United States Air Force officer.
Henry Johnson Eyring is an American academic administrator who has been the 17th president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) since April 10,2017. Since April 2019,he has also served as an area seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He previously served as both the Academic and Advancement vice president at BYU-Idaho,as well as director of the Marriott School of Business (MSB) MBA program at Brigham Young University (BYU).
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business,also known as Michigan Ross,is the business school of the University of Michigan,a public research university in Ann Arbor,Michigan. Founded in 1924,the school is ranked among the best business schools in the world by The Economist,Financial Times,QS World University Rankings,U.S. News &World Report,and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Wallace E. Boston Jr. is an American academic administrator and businessman,currently serving as President Emeritus of the American Public University System. Dr. Boston had previously served as president from 2004 to 2016,and from September 2017 through August 2020.
Barry F. Sullivan was an American investment banker and politician who served as chairman and CEO of First Chicago Corporation from 1980 to 1991,and deputy mayor of New York City under David Dinkins.
