Institute for Managerial Leadership

In today’s challenging business environment, the pace is fast and the competition is intense. Professionals from technology to service are being called upon to assume key managerial roles without the knowledge or experience necessary to carry out these additional demands.

The Institute for Managerial Leadership (IML) develops the skills required to excel as a manager so you can increase your organization’s efficiency and profitability. Through a comprehensive program structure, you will learn how to create and sustain a competitive advantage by developing innovative business plans, understand financial statements and the reality behind the numbers, manage teams for optimum performance, and implement aggressive marketing, production and distribution strategies.

This innovative, interdisciplinary program is nationally recognized for its application-oriented business curriculum.

What they say

“The IML is an outstanding program. The curriculum integrates all facets of business and the professors expertly translate theory into real-world applications. The IML also provides an invaluable opportunity to network with peers at a local, national and international level.”

Terry Knighton (Class of 2005), Director AMO Etch Operations, Applied Materials

Key Benefits

• Learn to manage new trends and market demands in a complex business environment
• Increase team performance with leadership skills that motivate professionals
• Make better business decisions by identifying critical variables and using sophisticated analytical models
• Gain a broad understanding of financial and accounting principles
• Examine issues of strategic significance in a global marketplace
• Forecast, evaluate, and integrate new technology from a strategic business perspective
• Learn from world-renowned UT faculty
• Interact with business professionals from a wide range of leading companies

IML Program Curriculum

The Institute is offered in a set format of programs and designed as an executive portfolio of classes that compliment each other. The program curriculum consists of six two-day modules with classes being held on the UT Austin campus. The IML may be started with the program date of your choice yet please select all dates at the time of registration. If at any time a specific program date conflicts with your schedule you may transfer the session to the next offering at no additional fee with 3 weeks advance notice. To transfer a program date you must notify this office at 800-409-3932 or by email execed@mccombs.utexas.edu for processing

Strategic Management

• Learn to conduct industry analysis and comprehend its context
• Understand the traditional economic factors and examine generic strategies
• Assess the economic drivers that affect strategy in technology organizations
• Identify the evolution of market structures
• Enhance strategic capabilities of staff and line managers

Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others

• Create persuasive strategies
• Build and nourish alliances and networks
• Present ideas with impact and conviction
• Develop and implement an internal marketing plan

Leading Change

• Become an efficient and effective manager
• Learn how to recognize when changes are needed
• Capitalize on your leadership skills to implement changes
• Articulate your new vision to your employees to generate cooperation
• Incorporate temporary employees into your permanent workforce effectively

Strategic Decision Making

• Identify and quantify risks affecting project execution while defining alternatives
• Manage product and project risks through risk mitigation
• Understand the tools for structuring problems involving risk and uncertainty
• Analyze problems related to commercialization of new technologies

Marketing Strategy

• Evaluate and generate customer value
• Create and follow through on segmentation and positioning strategies
• Examine consumer behavior
• Manage new product development

Financial Analysis & Measuring Business Performance

• Evaluate performance using financial ratio analysis
• Understand how investors view your company and calculate free cash flow
• Asses the risk/return relationship
• Examine the value levers of the firm within the context of a Value Based Management system
• Calculate the firm's sustainable growth rate and capital requirements

Upon completion of the certificate, you will receive a framed Certificate from Texas Executive Education, McCombs School of Business, and a one-year complimentary membership in the Texas Exes. Texas Exes is a great way of making and keeping connections as well as receiving deals and discounts that are only available to members.

Program Fees

Spring 2009: $11,950. Fall 2009: $12,400. The cost for the Institute for Managerial Leadership (IML) Certificate program includes program materials, lunches, and breaks.  Please call 800-409-EXEC (3932) or contact us by email execed@mccombs.utexas.edu for additional information.

Continuing Education Units

Participants earn 8.40 continuing education units (CEUs). 

To enroll online please click on this link and select the appropriate Certificate program and choose at least 1 program date to start your certificate series. An email confirmation will be sent once received and processed.