Calendar

ALUMNI EVENTS

MBA Alumni Awards Celebration

Sept. 19, 2008
This signature MMA Network event is a great opportunity to celebrate alumni successes and brings students and alumni together to recognize a rising star and an outstanding chapter event.

MBA Reunion 2008 (Classes of ’98 and ’03)

Sept. 19–21, 2008
Reconnect with old friends, network with fellow alumni, hear the latest developments at McCombs and reminisce about business school and fun times in Austin.

Open Enrollment

Strategic Management

Sept. 4–5, 2008
Get acquainted with the basics of strategic thinking and analysis, and understand the economic forces that underlie successful strategic moves.

Virtual Leadership: Leading Dispersed Teams

Sept. 8–9, 2008
Create successful virtual teams by learning leading-edge skills essential to direct and motivate work teams that are geographically dispersed.

Leading High Performance Teams

Sept. 16–17, 2008
Acquire a comprehensive tool kit of the major functions effective leaders perform to generate group cohesiveness, mutual respect and support, and company loyalty.

New Strategies for Creating and Managing Customer Loyalty

Sept. 22–23, 2008
Examine what customer focus means, why customer retention is vital to the firm and how to achieve customer loyalty and trust.

Strategic Decision Making

Sept. 25–26, 2008
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

Oct. 7–8, 2008
Learn to recognize when change is needed and how to manage and lead change in a collaborative environment.

Financial Analysis and Measuring Business Performance

Oct. 8–9, 2008
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.

Building Engagement

Oct. 15–16, 2008
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

Oct. 21–22, 2008
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.

Advocacy: Championing Ideas and Influencing Others

Nov. 4–5, 2008
Enhance your communication skills and convince others of the value of your ideas while generating personal loyalty.

Practical Negotiation Skills

Nov. 6–7, 2008

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

Marketing Driven Competitive Advantage

Nov. 11–12, 2008
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.

Managerial Accounting for Non-Financial Executives

Nov. 17–18, 2008
Examine fundamental internal measurement and control systems and learn what you need to know about decision making and control without excessively constraining your organization.

Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Dec. 4–5, 2008
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.

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