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Let’s Change Business for GoodBainbridge Graduate Institute

The Change Agent’sOverview to the MBA in Sustainable Business

Table of Contents

Wanted: Change agents and leaders for the new economy................01Learning community....................................................................................02Learning that is islands apart ....................................................................04Hybrid learning delivery ............................................................................06Learning curriculum....................................................................................082008-2009 MBA program course descriptions ......................................102-Year MBA program schematic ..............................................................123-Year MBA program schematic ..............................................................13Learning from theory and practice ..........................................................14Learning from change agents ..................................................................16Action! Learning ..........................................................................................17Learning concentrated ..............................................................................18Career learning ............................................................................................20Financial aid ................................................................................................22Admissions ..................................................................................................24Calendar ........................................................................................................25

01B a i n b r i d g e G r a d u a t e I n s t i t u t e

Business is transforming itself from an institution focused purely on profit to a driv-ing force for saving people and the planet.

It is changing because there is no hope for the civilization and ecosystems onwhich human happiness and business depend unless business broadens its think-ing and the scope of its purpose and seeks out a new generation of values drivenchange agents and leaders to guide it.

It is changing because wise people know that the change is coming—like it or not.

This change is creating huge opportunities. Multinational corporations arecommitting to reducing their footprints and are asking tens of thousands of suppli-ers to submit sustainability plans. Who will write them? Manufacturers are plan-ning on doubling or tripling revenue from green machines. Who will develop them?Venture capitalists are pouring money into clean tech from windmills to solarcells.Who will do the research? Social entrepreneurs are lending money to launch sus-tainable businesses on fronts from housing to healthcare. Who are the changeagents? Every industry, every product and service can improve the planet, or peo-ple, or both.

Who are the people who will drive these changes?

May of them are found here at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute because ourmission is to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to build enterprises thatare financially successful, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.This is the place for people who are attracted by the idea and challenge of simul-taneously serving their values and succeeding in business. If you are committed tocontributing to the construction of a better world and have the courage to use busi-ness as a way to do so, you share much in common with our students.

Now is the time to shift from talking about building the new, more life affirmingways of meeting our needs and satisfying our desires to actually doing it. Business,for all of its shortcomings, has a great ability to solve tough problems. It is the mostcreative and dynamic force on the planet and it should be responsible for much ofthe work.

Our change agents and leaders are spreading out into positions of influence.They’ll play a big role in giving the business community the skills, creativity andleadership it needs to seize the opportunities and live up to the responsibilities of the21st century.

If you would like to be one of them, join us. Let’s change business forgood, together.

Wanted : Change agen ts and leaders fo rt he new economy

B a i n b r i d g e G r a d u a t e I n s t i t u t e

L e a r n i n g c ommun i t y

The learning community is one of the most loved and remarked upon qualities of the school. Each student brings hisor her personal goals, but it is the overarching goal of the community that makes it a powerful force for the future: acommitment shared by students, faculty, staff and guests to view environmental responsibility and social justicethrough the lens of business and our co-created capacity to change business for good. Bound together by our com-mon values the sum of our community is much more than the collection of its parts.

This is a gathering, growing, connected and symbiotic place with everyone sharing what they know and work-ing together to cross-pollinate and create new knowledge.

We consult each other widely to leverage the value of our diverse experiences. Everyone works to make every-one else and our enterprise successful. When someone is struggling in accounting, someone else will set aside timeto help. Two years ago, when the online community software we were using was not functioning well, our studentsformed a team of specialists from Microsoft, Real Networks, Amazon and HP to find a better solution. They spec-edout the software, helped select a vendor and trained the community on how to use the new system.

The learning community feeds and shapes the academic experience and continues to provide a framework forlifelong learning among alums and our extended community long after the classes end.

Actions Supporting Community

• Channel Rock A five-day orientation for incoming students at an eco-retreat center in British Columbia

• Opening CircleTime on Thursday afternoons for everyone to “check in” with each other at personal, professional and aca-demic levels

• Morning CircleA time set aside each morning for appreciations, announcements, puzzles, problems with solutions, and hopesand dreams

• Community Process TimeA student-run activity that mixes learning activities, group process experiments, community governance, andissue-oriented conversations

• Closing CircleSunday morning circle closes with appreciations, words of inspiration, and serves as a collective sendoff todo good work in each of our individual lives

03The Change Agent’s Overview to the MBA in Sustainable Business

“This is very much a one for all, all for one place.What brings us together holds us together.”


“It’s difficult to imagine moreidyllic settings for learning.”


Our learning centers are intentionally on islands in natural surroundings. Why? Because busy as we are—with email,instant messaging, families and kids, pressures of work deadlines—it can be difficult to find a space where focusedlearning can occur. Here, it’s easy to leave your daily life behind you. Here, viewing biological systems as a paradigmfor the creation of business systems is easy to see because the forest and water and all of their associated life areall around you.

Channel Rock, Cortes Island, British Columbia

Channel Rock is home for our 5-day orientation. It’s a 140-acre coastal retreat and conservancy nestled on the shoresof Cortes Island in British Columbia. The wilderness property offers comfort, intimacy and the spectacular abundanceof BC’s inner coast while getting to know your classmates and beginning the education that will transform your life.You’re treated to seasonal, organic meals by our chef using fresh food from our 100-year old garden and orchard,supplemented with locally procured salmon and seafood. You can hike, beachcomb, swim and kayak in your sparetime. Buildings have been handcrafted in the centuries-old traditions of cob, stackwall, and timber frame using ma-terials found within a few hundred yards and run almost entirely on solar energy. Students bunk in a variety of cab-ins, yurts, teepees, and tents. It is accessible only by hiking, boat or float plane and is entirely off the grid.

IslandWood, Bainbridge Island, Washington

For the remainder of the program, students and faculty meet for classroom intensives one long weekend per monthat IslandWood, our main learning center on Bainbridge Island. IslandWood is a stunning environmental education fa-cility nestled on 255 acres of second growth forest. IslandWood is LEED gold certified and a model of energy effi-ciency and sustainable design. Students stay in lodge-style guest accommodations. Amenities include classrooms withstate-of-the-art technology, delicious meals emphasizing the finest locally and sustainably raised foods, and plenty ofopen space with trails for stretching your legs.

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The MBA in Sustainable Business program is 60 credits and is offered over two years (6 quarters) or three years (9 quarters) in a hybrid format of online and in-person experiences designed to permit you to continue to work and applyyour learning in real time.

The first year begins with a 5-day orientation in August or September at Channel Rock, our eco-retreat centeron Cortes Island in British Columbia. Shortly afterwards, the fall quarter begins with a 1-2 week pre-reading period andthen the first in-person intensive occurs when you and faculty meet for 4-days—Thursday afternoon through Sundaymorning. Intensives are held nine times each year at IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, Washington, a short ferry ridefrom downtown Seattle. Between intensives structured distance learning activities are hosted on The Channel andthrough Elluminate, our collaborative learning platform.

This format optimizes a combination of personal relationships, teamwork and community, together with theflexibility, focus and self-paced engagement afforded by distance learning.

The learning material itself is delivered through three basic outlets.

1. Lecture/Directed Instruction

• In-person and distance faculty lecture/presentation• Faculty-moderated analyses, dialogue and exercises with debrief• Case studies, simulations and role playing• Web-based discussions, on-line conferences, computer-guided instruction• Guest speakers and panels of experts

2. Lab/Practicum

This includes team-related work and collaboration to address assigned structured problems, beyond individual timereading and writing.

3. Online Delivery

We utilize a variety of distance learning technologies including:

• The ChannelThe Channel is our online learning environment and the virtual hub of our learning community. It provides aspace for your coursework between intensives and for informal interaction among students and faculty aroundcommunity issues, shared interests, and opportunities in the wider world. The Channel also includes a virtuallibrary, giving you access to both required reading and a range of research databases.

• Elluminate Online Web ConferencingElluminate is a web collaboration environment that allows groups to hold real-time meetings with audio and websharing. This includes a shared whiteboard, application sharing, and even the ability to work directly on aclassmate’s computer. Conversations take place using Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) technology, allowing you to talkwithout incurring long distance fees.

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“We’re literally learning how to save the planet and the communities we love in nine week-ends a year.”


Any fine business school will give you a strong base of core competencies, but no other school will give you such astrong base in sustainability. While you may receive some exposure to social or environmental issues in electives ata traditional school, here you will practice the skill of finding triple-bottom-line solutions in all topics from finance andoperations to marketing and entrepreneurship. This is far more effective in preparing you to transform the industriesin which you will work because every business decision has an impact on profit, the environment and human rela-tionships. It's one of the reasons why we were named one of the top 60 design and innovation schools in the worldby BusinessWeek and why our Net Impact students rate us as the finest graduate sustainable business program inthe country.

The MBA course offerings fall into four categories that cover the program goals of the academic program.

1. The MBA Core covers specific, traditional MBA topics, with an infusion of environmental responsibility and so-cial justice in every course.

2. Business & Sustainability is taught more explicitly in the Foundations, Systems Thinking, Social Justice, andDal LaMagna Series courses.

3. Management and Leadership courses cover the human side of business from the individual level to the orga-nizational and societal levels, with an emphasis on methods and capacity for productive change.

4. Innovation & Entrepreneurship covers the process of developing a business from the creative vision of the in-dividual through team-building and maturation into a business plan presented to potential investors.

The matrix to the right illustrates how each of these program goals is integrated within our MBA courses.

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Understand/apply strategy, accounting, finance, marketing, management, operations.Use w/sustainability for business advantage/service to community/nature.

Articulate assumptions, global consequences of prevailing economic sys-tem/worldview. Advance alternative modelsmore aligned with needs of people/planet.

Understand role of business in society and foundational concepts, principles and practical approaches of sustainability.

See opportunity in major problems, ways touse business to address problems creatingvalue for enterprise and common good.

Design/build successful sustainable ventures. Create value for all stakeholders.Enable life systems to flourish.

Foster breakthrough innovation in valuestream by applying innovation and sustainability through out organization.

Develop the self-knowledge/personal capacity to lead ethically, effectively and with integrity.

Apply systems thinking, creativity and critical analysis to addressing problems and opportunities.

Leverage theory, technology and collaboration strategies to foster learning and drive change at all levels.

Apply cross-cultural competence to foster diversity & to work with people with different backgrounds.

Communicate clearly & persuasively in writing, speaking, & interpersonal relations.

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MGT 551 Foundations of Sustainable BusinessThe business case for sustainability. Current conceptual frameworks, sustainability assessments and reporting ini-tiatives. Sustainability as a driver of strategy, innovation and profit. Beginning of a year-long action-learning project.............................................................................................................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 552 Systems Thinking in ActionUse of systems thinking to understand the ecological, economic, and social dynamics of business sustainability. Em-phasizes causal loop diagrams, feedback loop stories/analysis, and the basics of stock and flow models. ..(3 credits)

MGT 553 Finance, Accounting & the Triple Bottom Line IClassical financial accounting. Reading financial statements. Triple bottom line accounting. Financial ratios and theirimplications. The inherent difficulties of environmental accounting. Issues in social and environmental reporting. ............................................................................................................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 554 Finance, Accounting & the Triple Bottom Line IIRaising funds. Different capital sources and their investment criteria. Sustainability and investor expectations. Capi-tal structures. Alternative ownership structures. Corporate finance, cost-benefit analysis, managerial accounting.............................................................................................................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 555 Economics I: Neoclassical & Ecological EconomicsHistory of economic systems. Basic micro- and ecological economics. Market dynamics. The effect and managementof externalities. Economic thinking and business decisions. ..................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 556 Economics II: Capitalism & Political EconomyBasic macro, with a focus on issues at both the firm and societal levels. Market dynamics and externalities; GNP andalternative measures of wellbeing; globalization and structural inequality. ........................................................(3 credits)

MGT 557 Management I: People & TeamsAssessment and development of student’s managerial competencies. Theory and practice of learning organizationsand high performance teams. Uses Action Learning Project teams as a learning lab for these concepts. ....(3 credits)

MGT 558 Management II: Organizational SystemsOrganization structure, design, and interdependencies. Impacts on employee effectiveness, creativity, process sta-bilization and improvement. Consideration of power, authority and participation, governance, knowledge and sus-tainability. Optimization of business processes. ........................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 559 Management III: Organizational ChangeLeading sustainable organization change as a manager, stakeholder or entrepreneur. Theories of change management:cultural implications, personal resistance to change and enablers for change, interventions, cosmetic vs. enduringchange, stages of change, tools, unique challenges for sustainability. ................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 560 Research & Quantitative MethodsAn introduction to quantitative business research methods and tools, including explorations of elementary statistics,optimization theory (linear programming) and decision theory (under conditions of uncertainty or risk). ......(3 credits)

MGT 561 Marketing & SalesMarketing strategy frameworks and tactics. Marketing and competitive research. Business environmental scanning.Green marketing, social and cause-related marketing. Word-of-mouth strategies and Internet-based approaches. In-troduction to selling and sales management. ............................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 563 Strategy & ImplementationAnalytical and non-analytical approaches to strategy development. Evaluation of strategic alternatives. Implementa-tion issues. The Balanced Scorecard. Incorporating sustainability into business strategy. ..............................(3 credits)

MGT 564 Sustainable OperationsSustainable operations and supply chain management. The Toyota Production System. Lean manufacturing. Opera-tion management thinking and design. Quality and worker participation. Natural Living Systems. Local and regionaleconomies. Innovation. Lifecycle analysis. Industrial ecology. ..............................................................................(3 credits)

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MGT 566 Dal LaMagna Series on Responsible CapitalismA special course that pushes the frontiers of knowledge in some aspect of sustainable business. Developed andtaught each year by special guest faculty. Past years have featured: Radical Sustainability, Local Living Economies,Sustainable Community Economic Development and Alternative Economic Structures. ..................................(3 credits)

MGT 567 Social Justice & BusinessRole of business in community and society. The use of business to create wealth and reduce poverty. Globalization.Stakeholder engagement. Community economic development. Public-private partnerships. Microcredit. Social en-trepreneurship. ................................................................................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 568 Creativity & Right LivelihoodPrinciples and practices of creativity. Individual and group creativity. Generating and screening ideas. Translatingpersonal values into career and vocation. ..................................................................................................................(3 credits)

MGT 569 Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship IIntroduction to entrepreneuring and intrapreneuring. The character, personality and role of the entrepreneur. Explo-ration of entrepreneurial opportunities in the shift to sustainability. Generating and screening ideas and business mod-els. Business plan development. Lessons applied to real/mock business ventures. ........................................(3 credits)

MGT 570 Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship IIKey startup and growth issues, focused on the first 3-5 years of a venture. Creating an organizational climate conduciveto entrepreneurship and innovation. Creating a sound operational infrastructure. Continued business plan develop-ment. Selection of market entry point. Presentation of students’ plans to investors with feedback. ............(3 credits)

MGT 576 Leadership & Personal DevelopmentA series of six one-unit courses that meet in small groups throughout the two years. Ongoing interpersonal develop-ment processes to support the personal awareness and leadership capacity required to be effective and creativechange agents for sustainability. ....................................................................................................................(1 credit per term)

MGT 599 Independent StudyResearch and readings conducted one-on-one with a core faculty member. Variable credits as contracted with fac-ulty member and approved by the Dean of the MBA program.


Year OneBusiness Basicspreparatory work & Orientation

Foundations of Sustainable Business

Year Two

Summer Fall Winter Spring

Social Justice & Business

Systems Thinking in Action

Capstone Action Learning Project

Finance, Accounting & theTriple Bottom Line

Finance, Accounting & theTriple Bottom Line

Research & Quantitative Methods

Management: People & Teams

Neoclassical & Ecological Economics

Capitalism & Political Economy

Leadership and Personal Development



Marketing & Sales

Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship

Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship

Capstone Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship Project

Creativity & RightLivelihood

Management: Organizational Systems

Management: OrganizationalChange

Dal LaMagna Serieson Responsible Capitalism

Sustainable Operations

Strategy & Implementation




2 - y e a r MBA p r o g r am s c h ema t i c

Most students find that the 2-year MBA requires 24-30 hours of coursework per week.


Year OneBusiness Basicspreparatory work & Orientation

Foundations of Sustainable Business

Year Two

Summer Fall Winter Spring

Social Justice & Business

Systems Thinking in Action

Capstone Action Learning Project

Management: People & Teams

Neoclassical & Ecological Economics

Capitalism & Political Economy




Year Three

Accounting, Finance, & theTriple Bottom Line

Accounting, Finance, & theTriple Bottom Line

Research & Quantitative Methods

Creativity & RightLivelihood

Management: Organizational Systems

Management: OrganizationalTransformation




Marketing & Sales

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Capstone Entrepreneurship/Intrapreneurship Project

Dal LaMagna Serieson ResponsibleCapitalism

Sustainable Operations

Strategy & Strategic Management

3 - y e a r MBA p r o g r am s c h ema t i c

Most students find that the 3-year MBA requires 16-20 hours of coursework per week.


“This is not a band-aid on top of a traditional curriculum...Everything is viewed through the lens of sustainability.”


Our teaching model centers on marrying theory with practice. You benefit from the expertise of top academics whoare researching and integrating sustainability into management practices and at the same time you engage with sea-soned professionals who are implementing sustainability in their daily lives.

The Faculty Academy consists of:

• Leading academic specialists in business sustainability from some of North America’s most prestigious schoolsincluding Darden, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Tufts, and others. These lead faculty oversee curriculumdesign, delivery and grading and assume overall responsibility for the class.

• Expert practitioners and professionals who provide real-world authority and examples – especially importantin an MBA professional degree program – based on years of applied management experience.

• Administrative faculty: members of the school administration who teach courses in addition to their academicprogram administrative responsibilities

• Distinguished consulting faculty, internationally known “Emeritus-Level” senior faculty who teach occasion-ally and participate in overall program design, curriculum evolution, pedagogy, and faculty development. (Seebelow.)

And classes frequently benefit from guest lecturers who bring additional expertise and business experienceinto the classroom. Recent guests have included everyone from Nobel Laureate, Dr. Joseph Stiglitz to U.S. Con-gressman, Jay Inslee to Indigenous Activist Winona LaDuke.

Distinguished Consulting Faculty

John Ehrenfeld, DScEhrenfeld is Executive Director of the International Society for Industrial Ecology and former director of the Technol-ogy, Business and Environment Program at MIT and senior researcher at the MIT Center for Technology, Policy andIndustrial Development. He is author or co-author of over 70 papers, reports, and other publications and is the co-Founder and Associate Editor of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. Ehrenfeld is considered the mentor of the environ-mental management movement in U.S.

H. Thomas Johnson, PhDJohnson was named one of 200 leading management thinkers living today by Harvard Business School Press in 2003.Author of seven books and over 100 articles and reviews, Johnson has received many honors, including Harvard Busi-ness School's Newcomen Award in Business History and the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research.Johnson's current attention focuses on the intersection of systems thinking, modern physics, and sustainable oper-ations management.

Elisabet Sahtouris, MS, PhDSahtouris is an evolutionary biologist, futurist, author, speaker, and consultant on Living Systems Design. She lecturesin Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and North, Central, and South America. Dr. Sahtouris shows the relevanceof biological systems to organizational design in businesses, government and global trade, and she is a fellow of theWorld Business Academy. Her books include A Walk Through Time: from Stardust to Us; Biology Revisioned andEarthDance: Living Systems in Evolution.

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We host Change Agents in Residence (CAIRs) at every intensive: an Entrepreneur in Residence, an Executive in Res-idence or an Activist in Residence. Friday nights feature a Fireside Chat with the three guests sharing their personalstories and talking about their current interests and projects. It's easy to rub elbows and form connections as CAIRSstay on campus, join us for meals, participate in classes, review work, and offer presentations on their projects.

Recent CAIR Program Guests

Entrepreneurs in Residence

Alvin Duskin, Co-founder, US Windpower Corp., Chairman, FireTradeArran Stephens, President & Co-founder, Nature's Path FoodsAtul Desmone, Founder & President, Whole Energy Fuels Corporation Corey Rosen, National Center for Employee OwnershipLisa Lorimer, Former President & Majority Owner, Vermont Bread Co.Peter Bladin, Vice President, Grameen Foundation Robert Jeffrey, Jr. , Publisher/CEO, ColorsNW Magazine

Activists in Residence

Bill Grace, Founder & ED, Center for Ethical Leadership, Founder, Deep Hope InstituteCraig Nagakawa, President, VillageReachDavid Korten, Author, Great Turning, Empire to Earth CommunityKevin Danaher, Founder, Green FestivalsSharif Abdullah, Author, Founder & Director of Commonway InstituteVan Jones, Founder & ED, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsWinona LaDuke, White Earth Recovery Project

Executives in Residence

Ben Packard, Dir. of Environmental Affairs, Starbucks Coffee CompanyCheryl Scott, COO, Gates Family Foundation Gene Kahn, Founder, Cascadian Farms, VP General Mills John Frey, Dir., Corporate Environmental Strategies, Hewlett-Packard Co.Kim Jordan, Co-founder, CEO & President, New Belgium Brewing CompanySally Jewell, President & CEO, REIWilliam Morani, VP, Environmental Management Systems, Holland America Line

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In conjunction with our focus on marrying theory with practice, we immerse you in the real world. This learning in-cludes role-playing, industry and business tours at companies from Starbucks to Nucor Steel to Fish Brewing Co.,case studies, short-term projects, and the completion of two capstone year-long efforts:

1. A real-life Action Learning Project (ALP) for a company or organization

2. The year-long development of a business plan and presentation to venture capitalists

ALP’s: Mountains of Learning

Action Learning Projects (ALPs) are a defining element of the first-year MBA curriculum. They provide importantlearning in three of the core courses in our sustainability sequence: Foundations of Sustainable Business (fall), So-cial Justice and Business (winter), and Systems Thinking in Action (spring). ALPs enhance your learning in an expe-riential context giving you an idea of the challenges businesses face every day as they try to implement sustainabilitypractices; open up doors for networking and future career opportunities; and contribute real value and tangible re-sults to companies and organizations while improving the well-being of people and the planet.

Teams of MBA students have worked with companies and organizations like Alaska Airlines, BC Hydro, BrooksSports, Chaco, Charlottesville Community Design Center, Cliff Bar, Environmental Home Center, Genie Industries, Na-ture¹s Path, NIKE, Novex Couriers, Pangea Organics, Precor Inc., Progressive Investment Management , REI, SeattleClimate Partnership and Teragren. You may conduct enterprise-level assessments of sustainability into core businessstructures, collect data on eco and social footprints including carbon footprint analysis, and systems analysis forshort and long-term recommendations.

Learning About the Entrepreneur Within You

Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs—a term coined by our Co-founder, Gifford Pinchot, to describe entrepreneurshipwithin an existing enterprise—are literally the change agents of capitalism, simultaneously causing destruction andcreation.

Since turning ideas into opportunities is such a critical activity of business, the pivotal element of your final yearinvolves bringing out and using your creativity; generating and exploring options for your own personal “right liveli-hood;” identifying a business opportunity that moves the world towards sustainability and justice; researching themarket opportunity; forming a team around a sustainable business idea and working together to develop both the ideaand the business plan; and finally, presenting the business plan to experts and venture capitalists. This is the capstoneproject in our entrerprenurship/intrapreneurship sequence: Marketing (fall), Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship I(winter), and Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship II (spring).

Teams of MBA students have launched businesses from a new biodiesel production facility to a company thatowns and operates anaerobic manure digesters to an ethical and sustainable gift distributor.

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“Grounding in theory is important because sometimes theory proves practical, but the best learning here is messy.”


We offer five Industry Concentrations within the standard MBA program coursework:

• Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems• Sustainable Building• Sustainable Community Economic Development• Sustainable Energy Solutions• Sustainable Outdoor Industry

Joining an Industry concentration is optional. They offer focused learning and potential for greater impact inthe selected industry for certain students. The Concentrations feature industry-specific discussions, networking op-portunities, mentoring and advising from industry leaders, possible internships and post-graduate appointments or jobs,and chances to write articles or conduct research.

You work with faculty and a committed Industry Advisory Council (see below) on projects related to your con-centration choice. You analyze challenges and implement on-the-ground solutions for sustainability within your in-dustry. And you prepare and present a portfolio of your industry-related work, including summary observations onthe state of sustainability within the industry.

With completion of the required elements for the selected industry, a statement is included on your transcriptverifying the concentration.

Sample Industry Advisory Council Members

Sustainable Agriculture & Food SystemsJyoti Stephens, Nature's Path Food Inc., Sustainability & Stewardship Manager Gene Kahn, General Mills, VP Sustainable Development Greg Steltenpohl, Adina, CEO Joe Cloud, True & Essential Meats, Owner

Sustainable Community Economic Development Jonathan Kevles, Clinton Climate Initiative, Clinton Foundation Mark Anielski, Anielski.com, Founder & Author Ron Sher, Metrovation, PrincipalMichael Shuman, Vice President Enterprise Development for Training & Development Corporation, Economist, Attor-ney, Author and Entrepreneur

Sustainable Energy SolutionsAlvin Dunskin, Direct Carbon Technologies, LLC, Chairman, FireTrade CEO Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Author Susan Ruth, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Senior Director, Global Oil GroupSabrina Watkins, USBCSD, Chairman

Sustainable BuildingGary Lawrence, Global Leader for Sustainable Urban Development ARUP Principal Tim Taylor, Ecohaus, President and CEO Tom Nelson, Mithun, PrincipalKathleen O’Brien, O’Brien & Company, PresidentLucia Athens, CollinsWoerman, Senior Sustainable Futures Strategist

Sustainable Outdoor IndustrySteve Rendle, The North Face, President, AmericasKevin Hagen, REI, Director of Corporate Social ResponsibilityKim Coupounas, GoLite, Co-Founder

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“It’s great to be able to work onwork for school that is 100% work for work.”


Supporting you in defining and achieving your career aspirations is an integral dimension of the MBA program. Ourgoal of transforming business practice will only be achieved to the extent that you and your fellow alums are em-ployed, contributing to organizations and building new ventures.

There is a purposeful integration of career work into the curriculum. This takes on numerous forms in courseslike Creativity and Right Livelihood and Leadership and Personal Development both of which help you reveal your nat-ural compentencies and values. Then there's our heavy focus on action learning, applied projects and industry con-centrations all of which build your experience base and help you form new relationships. And finally, there's oursupportive network of faculty, administration, students, alums, and guests.

Career and Placement Support Services

• Monthly Career Laboratories (See details below.)• Counseling during intensives and telephone and email consultation in between • Consultation on the design of professional profiles and portfolios to provide you with the tools to build resumes

and demonstrate your life-long learning, skills, and development over time• Collaboration with Leadership and personal development faculty • A strong database of job and internship opportunities

Career Labs

Designing Your FutureThe myths and realities of job hunting e.g. Why is the “job market” not a market at all? What has more impact thanyour resume? Balance—what is it? Is it possible?

Your Personal AssessmentIndentifying the themes, skills, traits, values and knowledge demonstrated in your experiences.

Your ResumeHow to create an effective document that integrates your unique perspective.

Your Marketing PlanGood marketing increases your search effectiveness and delivers the best job faster.

Your RelationshipsDeveloping and maintaining relationships as your most important career initiative.

Your ResearchKnowledge that connects you with the right people in the right organizations and sets you apart.

Your LettersHow writing an engaging letter can open doors and set you apart.

Your InterviewRole playing and coaching to “think and act like a consultant” in interviews and meetings.

Your NegotiatingRole playing and coaching on the four steps in effective job negotiations.

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Please visit our website for more details: www.bgiedu.org and direct all questions to [email protected] or call206-855-9559.

Our goal is to select students with the highest potential to lead successful enterprises that build a better world.

Admission

Evaluation for admission is based on your verbal and written communication skills, reasoning and analytical ability,leadership potential, intellectual ability, and fit with our mission and learning pedagogy as demonstrated through yourpersonal statement, essay, faculty interview, work experience, academic experience and performance, GMAT re-sults, letters of recommendation, community activities, and proficiency with technology and software.

Visiting

We hope you’ll visit one of our information sessions held regularly in Seattle and Portland and/or Sustainable Satur-days at IslandWood during an intensive when you can sit in on classes and visit with students.

Applying

Applications should be completed online. Applicants who do not have online access are asked to call the AdmissionOffice so that alternative provisions can be made.

Admission Consideration Requirements:

• Completed BGI Application for Admission• Application fee• BA or BS from an accredited institution• Official transcripts from each undergraduate and graduate institution attended• GMAT scores• Two letters of recommendation• Personal statement• Analytical Essay• Resume (at least two years of work experience is recommended)• Admission interview• English Language Proficiency

Application Deadlines, Interviews & Decision Notifications

Applicants for fall 2008 admission are considered for admission on a rolling basis until June 19th. Late applications aresubject to the approval of the Dean. Please see our website for details.

MBA Preparation Classes

We place great importance on attracting students from all walks of life. This leads to wide variations in the businessskills, language and knowledge of entering students. To help solve this dilemma and ensure the best possible learn-ing experience, we require that all entering students take two diagnostic evaluations to assess their understandingof accounting and economics (Note: these are not exams for entrance.) Anyone who does not achieve 80% or better,is encouraged to study a bit more and then retake the evaluation until they succeed. To help, we offer:

Adm i s s i o n s


• A variety of self-study options in accounting and economics that allow you to work at these at your own pace.• Faculty-led options using these CDs, and other technologies. This option combines self-study with weekly help

from faculty using our online learning platform.• Recordings of the online sessions for those students who enter late or had scheduling difficulties.

To enroll in accounting and economics, students must pass the evaluation at 80% or better. Almost everyonewho takes advantage of the studying tools passes the evaluation with no difficulty.

2009-2010 Academic Year Costs

Costs are approximate, for the 2009-2010 academic year only, and do not include books and one or two course spe-cific fees (estimated at $50-200 dependent upon instructor requests), incidental fees, travel, supplies etc.

2-Year MBA in Sustainable Business

Application ....................................................................................................................................................................................$95Tuition (30 credits year) ........................................................................................................................................................$25,000Orientation ..................................................................................................................................................................................$960Administration & Materials ..............................................................................................................................included in tuitionTechnology & Distance Support ......................................................................................................................included in tuitionIslandWood Residency Room & Board, Triple lodging......................................................................................................$4,244Total ........................................................................................................................................................................................$30,299

3-Year MBA in Sustainable Business

Application ....................................................................................................................................................................................$95Tuition (21 credits for 2 years 18 credits for 1 year) ........................................................................................................$18,000Orientation ..................................................................................................................................................................................$960Administration & Materials ..............................................................................................................................included in tuitionTechnology & Distance Support ......................................................................................................................included in tuitionIslandWood Residency Room & Board, Triple lodging......................................................................................................$4,244

Total ........................................................................................................................................................................................$23,299


We believe that no student with demonstrated financial need should be forced to borrow an unreasonable amount ofmoney to meet that need.

To assist students with the cost of tuition, BGI offers a comprehensive institutional financial aid program. Eli-gibility for institutional aid is determined based on a student’s estimated family contribution (EFC) and their financialneed.

For the 2009-2010 academic year, students who qualify may receive an institutional grant to cover up to half oftheir tuition. Students may also apply for the BGI Institutional Loan, which can be awarded up to $8,500 for the year.

For those students who need more than institutional financial aid, BGI maintains a partnership with Sallie MaeLending to offer students the option of applying for a Career Training Loan. Institutional Diversity Scholarships arealso available to those students who qualify.

For more information about Financial Aid at BGI, please visit our website at www.bgiedu.org. You may alsocontact the Financial Aid Office through e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (206) 855 – 9559.

Authorization

Bainbridge Graduate Institute is authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) andmeets the requirements and minimum educational standards established for degree-granting institutions under the De-gree Authorization Act.

This authorization is valid until November 5, 2010, and authorizes Bainbridge Graduate Institute to offer the fol-lowing program: Master of Business Administration. Any person desiring information about the requirements of theAct or the applicability of those requirements to the institution may contact the HECB office at P.O. Box 43430, Olympia,WA 98504-3430.

Washington State authorization must be renewed every two years. Bainbridge Graduate Institute intends toapply for re-authorization during the fall quarter of 2010.

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