Calendar

ALUMNI EVENTS

4th Annual Alumni Business Conference

March 26–27, 2009
The conference will feature “Hot Topics in Business” and will include presentations and facilitation by distinguished university and McCombs School professors. This is the first conference to take place at the new AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center.

50-Year Reunion: Class of 1959

April 30–May 1, 2009
Reconnect with old friends, network with fellow alumni, hear the latest developments at McCombs and reminisce about business school and fun times in Austin.

For more information visit www.mccombs.utexas.edu/alumni

Open Enrollment

Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers

March 3–4, 2009
Become proficient in the language of business. Learn how to identify relevant information, apply analytical skills to make better business decisions and take maximum advantage of business opportunities.

Leading High- Performance Teams

March 5–6, 2009
Acquire a comprehensive tool kit of the major functions effective leaders perform to generate group cohesiveness, mutual respect and support, and company loyalty.

Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others

March 12–13, 2009
Enhance your communication skills and convince others of the value of your ideas while generating personal loyalty.

Virtual Leadership: Leading Dispersed Teams

March 24–25, 2009
Create successful virtual teams by learning leading-edge skills essential to directing and motivating work teams that are geographically dispersed.

Strategic Management

March 26–27, 2009
Get acquainted with the basics of strategic thinking and analysis and understand the economic forces that underlie successful strategic moves.

Strategic Decision Making

April 2–3, 2009
Analyze methods for structuring and modeling decision problems and learn how to apply these methods to a variety of problems that involve risk and uncertainty.

Leading Change

April 7–8, 2009
Learn to recognize when change is needed and how to manage and lead change in a collaborative environment.

Building Engagement

April 16–17, 2009
Analyze what it takes to succeed as a leader and learn specific steps to enhance your interpersonal effectiveness and generate high levels of engagement among those who work with you.

Marketing Strategy

April 23–24, 2009
Understand the process of marketing strategy development and implementation and learn how to create customer value, identify unmet needs and balance listening to customers’ needs with helping to shape their preferences.

Practical Negotiation Skills

Learn a systematic approach to negotiation and identify specific strategies for success in complex negotiation challenges.

Marketing Driven Competitive Advantage

May 5–6, 2009
Acquire a foundation for designing market-based strategy and a set of tools useful in developing a path toward profitability that is synchronous with changes in the market.

Financial Analysis and Measuring Business Performance

May 7–8, 2009
Consider how management decisions translate into value for shareholders and learn a systematic approach for analyzing financial statements and evaluating the impact on profitability of a wide range of strategic decisions.

Managerial Accounting for Non-Financial Executives

May 12–13, 2009
Examine fundamental internal measurement and control systems and learn what you need to know about decision making and control without excessively constraining your organization.

For more information about all Texas Executive Education open enrollment programs, please visit www.mccombs.utexas.edu/execed or call 800-409-3932.