Our EMBA program is based on 100+ years of proven success developing and delivering
programs for working professionals, and was designed to leverage the real-world professional
experience and knowledge of the EMBA participants with GGU's renowned active and practice-based
learning methods.
As you complete GGU's 16-month Executive MBA program, you will gain confidence not
only from advancing your knowledge of business and leadership concepts, but also from
mastering and applying what you learn to boost your professional performance.
From day one, you will have the opportunity to connect with a peer group of accomplished,
high-energy professionals, in the heart of San Francisco's thriving business district.
You will join an active alumni community that is 68,000-strong, and you will benefit
from a network of corporate partnerships and entrepreneurs that GGU has forged during
its 115-year history in the center of this world-changing business hub.
As a participant in the EMBA program, you will collaborate with and learn from executive
coaches and instructors who are influential business leaders and who transform GGU
classes into dynamic learning laboratories. More than 80% of our EMBA faculty members
are scholar-practitioners, and they will constantly challenge you to enhance your
business knowledge and hone your leadership skills by solving real, meaningful and
practical business problems.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to this cohort program is limited to individuals with managerial and practical
experience from a variety of industries. Applicants are encouraged to submit all application
materials simultaneously to ensure an admissions decision can be made before the start
of the cohort. To be considered for the program, students must complete and submit
the following, in addition to the admission materials for all degree programs:
- A written statement of purpose that explains the applicant’s interests in how the
executive MBA program will benefit his/her career
- A writing sample
- A detailed resume showing at least five years of full-time work experience with three
years at the managerial or professional level
- A letter of recommendation from an officer of the applicant’s employing organization
Candidates will be contacted by the program director to schedule an interview upon
receipt of all applications documents.
PROGRAM FORMATS
GGU's EMBA program is designed for busy professionals who recognize the value of applying
their learning from day one. The program is delivered in a 16-month, accelerated cohort
format, specifically designed to leverage the professional experience of EMBA students.
During the program's four, 16-week trimesters, the cohort meets on GGU's campus every
other Saturday, where students are immersed in GGU's renowned activity-based learning
methodology. In between these on-campus sessions, EMBA students use GGU's innovative
eLearning platform to perform course work, connect and collaborate in teams and engage
in groundbreaking discussions with classmates and faculty members.
Throughout the program, EMBA students also have access to a wide range of on-campus
and online learning events — speakers, panels and workshops — that address current
management and leadership topics, cases and challenges.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Graduates of the executive MBA program will be able to:
- Work effectively in teams
- Sell their ideas
- Apply theory to understand real practical situations
- Think “outside the box” and develop novel solutions
- Integrate the functional department issues into a coherent strategic whole
- Analyze and synthesize problems
- Manage the development of their own careers
Graduates will be knowledgeable about:
- Current international and global issues
- Ethical and diversity issues
- Current technology and environmental issues
- Leading change in an organization
- Current management trends
MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
- Kathy Bell, Adjunct Professor
- Tandra Bell, Adjunct Professor
- Rick Berry, Sr. Adjunct Professor
- Joe Black, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- Mary Anne R. Brady, Adjunct Professor
- P. Marcia Brown, Adjunct Faculty
- Katherine Chen, Adjunct Professor
- Mike Cheng, Adjunct Professor
- Brian Chiaramonte, Adjunct Professor
- Christine Chojnacki, Adjunct Professor
- Daniel Popkin Clurman, Senior Adjunct Professor
- LouAnn Conner, Adjunct Professor
- Heather Cowan, Adjunct Professor
- Terry Curl, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Thomas Cushing, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Lydia Daniels, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Rose Davis, Adjunct Professor
- Vincent Deluard, Adjunct Professor
- Ronald Demerin, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Carol Dixon, Adjunct Professor
- Sylvia Doss, Adjunct Faculty
- Lawrence Ebert, Adjunct Professor
- David Fickbohm, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
- Paul Fouts, Professor
- Peter C. Freeman, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Philip Friedman, Professor
- Gwendolyn Giblin, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Robert Gigliotti, Adjunct Professor
- Steven Gilman, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Reem Gohar, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Donetta Gunnells, Adjunct Professor
- John L. Hansen, Adjunct Professor
- Wanda Harmon, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Felicia Harris-Foster, Adjunct Professor
- John Hawes, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Aben Hill, Adjunct Professor
- Pamela Hopkins, Adjunct Professor
- Robert Hughes, Adjunct Professor
- S. Phillip Dillard II, Adjunct Professor
- Tina Jackson, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Manvinder "Mini" Khroad, Adjunct Professor
- Marianne Koch, Interim Dean of Operations, Ageno School of Business
- Aisha Leach, Adjunct Professor
- Steven Lee, Adjunct Professor
- Judith Lee, Associate Professor & Department Chair, Business Innovation & Technology
- Christopher Lynch, Adjunct Professor
- Roldan Mallorca, Adjunct Professor
- Robin Miles, Adjunct Professor
- Marion Moreno, Adjunct Professor
- Tommy L. Moreno, Adjunct Professor
- Deborah Morton-Padilla, Adjunct Professor
- Sharon Mulgrew, Adjunct Professor
- Maureen O'Keefe, Adjunct Professor
- Ly Huong T. Pham, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Gianna Phillips, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Peter Rocha, Adjunct Professor
- George Romanko, Adjunct Professor
- Alan R. Roper, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Marcia Ruben, Chair, Graduate Management Program
- Patrick Schmidt, Adjunct Professor
- Henry Siegel, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Yvette L. Smith-Smith, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Walter Stevenson, Professor
- Tom Taylor, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Dana Waldman, Adjunct Professor
- Bruce M. Wasserman, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Jeremy Welland, Adjunct Professor
- Constance Williams, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Jan Wilson, Senior Adjunct Professor
- Harry Wittenberg, Adjunct Professor
- Jeffrey D. Yergler, Associate Professor, Management & Department Chair, Management
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