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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Weatherhead School of Management

We are a name.Case Western Reserve University is a comprehensive academic institution and premier research university. Its history is ripe with programs of cross-disciplinary collaboration leading to groundbreaking discoveries across academic fields. The Weatherhead School of Management, named in honor of the Weatherhead family, is further example of this through it’s commitment to offer the very best in management education born from our internal challenge to explore and implement leading-edge management theory.

We are an icon.The distinctive look of our Frank Gehry-designed home reflects Weatherhead’s philosophy that business education must go beyond the ordinary to produce graduates who are prepared to tackle 21st century management issues.

We are people.1,327 students, 71 faculty, and 74 staff members working together create an environment that is collaborative, progressive, and open-minded.

We are innovation. Since the School awarded the region’s first business degree in 1930, Weatherhead’s spirit of innovation has been the driving force in elevating our programs to national prominence. Among these advances are the nation’s first Ph.D. programs in both Organizational Behavior and Operations Research. Weatherhead was also the first to create Appreciative Inquiry and use it as a strength-based approach to organizational development, social entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. Most recently, we are making news for spearheading Manage by Designing, a concept which fully incorporates design thinking, skills, and experiences into our MBA curriculum.

We are your future.Discover Weatherhead. Our school’s dynamic and interdisciplinary programs are the best first step toward securing your future.

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7 Academic Departments

71 Full-time Faculty

74 Full-time Staff

1,327 Students

3 Undergraduate Degree Programs

6 Masters Degree Programs

4 Doctoral Degree Programs

15 Endowed Chaired Professors

4 Editors of Academic Journals

#3 Organizational Behavior Department (Financial Times, 2008, Global)

#13 Undergraduate Accountancy Program (BusinessWeek, 2008, U.S.)

#24 Undergraduate Accountancy Program (Public Accounting Rankings, 2009, U.S.)

#30 Undergraduate Business Program (U.S. News & World Report, 2009, U.S.)

#39 Undergraduate Business Program (BusinessWeek, 2009, U.S.)

#50 Full-Time MBA (The Economist, 2008, U.S.)

#53 Full-Time MBA (Financial Times, 2009, U.S.)

#57 Full-Time MBA (Beyond Grey Pinstripes, 2007, Global)

Top 50 Part-Time MBA Program (BusinessWeek 2007-2008, U.S.)

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• To introduce leadership assessment and development into an MBA curriculum

• To incorporate Manage by Designing principles into an MBA curriculum

• To create Appreciative Inquiry and use it as a strength-base approach to organizational development, social entrepreneurship, and regional economic development

• To implement Ph.D. programs in Organizational Behavior and Operations Research

• To develop the Executive Doctor of Management program

• To create a Health Systems Management Center in collaboration with a medical school

• Four Weatherhead professors are editors of prestigious management journals; Design Issues, Journal of Corporate Citizenship, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, and Research in Accounting Regulation.

• The acclaimed international journal, Design Issues, has officially moved its productive headquarters to the Weatherhead School of Management.

• Weatherhead received a $7.5 million gift from Char and Chuck Fowler to fund a chaired professorship in Sustainable Enterprise, to support research, and to create teaching material.

• Exceptional faculty have won accolades ranging from the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, considered the world’s most prestigious award in entrepreneurship research, to Best Paper Awards by the Academy of Management.

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News

Our mission at the Weatherhead School of Management is to

prepare students for today’s complex and changing world.

As a result, we have rethought management education by

focusing on the distinctive themes of Sustainable Enterprise

and Manage by Designing, both of which are interlaced

throughout Weatherhead’s renowned programs.

Sustainable Enterprise is built on the concept that every pressing issue of our time is an opportunity for a business to create human and environmental benefit, while also being profitable. A business becomes sustainable if it adopts renewable resource practices and holds itself accountable for the impact of its activities. Weatherhead has embedded this overarching theme into its curriculum. Ongoing research includes Appreciative Inquiry, theory mapping, and whole-system design.

Under the umbrella of Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable Business and Social Entrepreneurship are emerging as the most important business opportunities of the 21st century. Sustainable Business involves capturing new opportunities to integrate world betterment into industry supply chains and effective business strategy development. Social Entrepreneurship seeks to improve societal conditions by solving problems through entrepreneurship and other business models. While corporations surge ahead with plans to become more socially conscious, Weatherhead is at the forefront of teaching methods for achieving measurable results that positively affect our society, the environment, and a company’s bottom line.

Weatherhead continues to help organizations implement long-term strategy change and work toward achieving a sustainable earth. Through this approach, Weatherhead has helped put more than 20 large businesses on the sustainability map while providing better living conditions for workers and suppliers. In addition, our students are involved in outstanding pursuits including researching turning harmful byproducts – such as the waste from processing cassava; the origin of tapioca and a major source of carbohydrates – into a sustainable source of energy.


Weatherhead is spearheading the concept Manage by Designing—the integration of design thinking, skills, and experiences—into its MBA curriculum. Our students learn to sketch new alternatives, see through problem situations, overcome traditional boundaries, and prototype ideas.

Design skills and methods enable managers to respond to complex situations creatively, holistically, and productively. Weatherhead graduates approach problems with the belief that they can do better than what has been done before. We teach that “best practices” are not good enough, and that it is possible to improve on familiar solutions in surprising and valuable ways. Our graduates blend critical and creative skills. They are able to recognize and avoid default solutions, and replace the trap of “either...or” thinking with the possibility of “both...and” thinking. It is this unique design attitude that distinguishes Weatherhead graduates, enabling them to create value.

Weatherhead is in the heart of Cleveland’s art and cultural district, a collaborative environment for design learning. Within one square mile, you can interact with colleagues at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and Case Western Reserve University’s schools and colleges. These world-class assets have helped influence the decision to implement Manage by Designing into Weatherhead’s culture, curricula, and research. We bring drawing instructors, theatrical directors, and others with skills in the art and design disciplines into our classrooms to offer distinct perspectives that can be applied to business life.

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Weatherhead continues to receive acclaim as one of the most innovative management schools in the world, earning a rank in the top 10 percent. One of the reasons behind this success is our faculty. Of 71 dynamic individuals, 92 percent are Ph.D.s, and more than 30 percent come from overseas, giving the program global reach and perspective.

Our faculty members are not only leaders in the classroom, they are also leading cutting-edge research. Currently, Weatherhead has 16 named professorships with focuses ranging from entrepreneurial studies to management design and industrial economics. Because of their continued efforts, we pride ourselves on being a school of firsts (see By the Numbers).

Weatherhead faculty uphold our mission to develop transformational ideas and outstanding leaders for the advancement of business and society. Their commitment to the School and our students has helped create today’s global thinkers and tomorrow’s world leaders.

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AccountancyIn 2008, Weatherhead’s undergraduate accountancy program was ranked 13th in the nation by BusinessWeek. The program’s status has helped the Department attract prospective students and maintain the strength of its current class of accounting majors.

The Accountancy Department’s mission is to provide a superior learning environment to achieve full academic and professional potential, to pursue discovery through innovative research, and to participate in service activities enhancing our school, our university, and our global community.

Our faculty provide a collaborative learning environment which fosters an appreciation of the full potential of the roles of accountancy in a world characterized by continuous change.

Banking and FinanceThe Banking and Finance Department is comprised of internationally-noted faculty who excel in research and innovative teaching methodologies. Their research encompasses the complex areas of risk management, corporate finance, banking, and asset pricing. Specific investigations involve derivatives, price formation, microstructure of stock markets, liquidity risk, equity offerings, and market efficiency.

Courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are recognized as among the best in the United States. Our faculty members are sought by major financial institutions and corporations, and regularly appear in the media.

EconomicsThe Economics Department is a center for sophisticated teaching and research in applied microeconomics, management, and public policy. Our portfolio ranges from core micro- and macroeconomics to international economics, health economics, negotiation and conflict resolution, and the economics of technological change.

The Department is committed to maintaining a stimulating intellectual environment for students and faculty. Each semester, top scholars from around the country present new research in our Markets, Organizations, and Public Policy Seminar Series. The seminars are part of the collaborative research environment that sustains our innovative teaching and research.

Information SystemsThe Information Systems Department (IS) is first worldwide in its strategic priority of Manage by Designing. Regarded internationally for its research, the Department has been a regular recipient of National Science Foundation awards, and has received recognition from the Academy of Management for its studies of distributed innovation in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries.

IS faculty members hold important editorships for the leading journals Design Issues, A Journal of History, Theory, Criticism, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. The Department is also recognized for the creation of new visual representations for management, including Theory Garden and Business Animator.


Marketing and Policy StudiesThe Marketing and Policy Studies Department (MAPS) includes three divisions: Labor and Human Resource Policy, Management Policy, and Marketing.

The Labor and Human Resource Policy division provides training in negotiation skills for managers across the broad spectrum of management. Management Policy provides the opportunity to participate in executive leadership dialogues and individual mentoring relationships. Markets, Consumers, and Exchanges are the three broad themes that define the focus of the Marketing division.

MAPS faculty continue to make substantial research contributions to the topics shaping emerging management practices such as corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, technology transfer, and customer relationships.

OperationsWeatherhead’s Department of Operations has a long and rich history as a center of education and scholarship–it was here that the world’s first doctorate in Operations Research was granted.

The goal of the Department is to teach the unique combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer-modeling to assist in decision-making for complex organizational problems. The Department focuses specifically on Supply Chain Management and the interface of Operations and Finance, but also has several clusters of interest that include mathematical programming, stochastic

optimization, computational finance, and scheduling.

Our hallmark programs–the MS-Operations Research and the MS-Supply Chain Management– attract a diverse group of students from around the globe. The teacher-student ratio is small in all of our classes, allowing for one-on-one interaction with Department faculty who are among the very best researchers and instructors in the field.

Organizational BehaviorWeatherhead is one of the world’s highest ranked schools in Organizational Behavior and Change Leadership. Our Department is home to internationally-recognized thought leaders in Emotional Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry, transformational leadership, and positive organization development and change.

The Department played a major role in defining the discipline by creating the field’s first doctoral program in 1964. Today, Weatherhead continues to maintain the nation’s largest Ph.D. program in Organizational Behavior with alumni and students from around the world. A pioneer, the department prides itself on its past and maintains a spirit of inquiry that continues to inspire new directions.

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Weatherhead’s undergraduate program is ranked 30th in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 America’s Best Colleges, and 14th among private institutions. Undergraduate specialty programs at Weatherhead include Accounting (13th nationally in BusinessWeek’s Undergraduate Specialty Program Rankings), Economics, Finance, and Marketing.

Our close-knit community of 500 students enables small classes, ranging in size from fifteen to forty-five, that are taught and mentored by internationally distinguished faculty and industry leaders. Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to communicate ideas effectively set our students apart.

Outstanding career opportunities and global learning are also hallmarks of the undergraduate experience at Weatherhead. Recent interns and graduates have obtained positions with Accenture, American Greetings, GE, IBM, Intel, Merrill Lynch, Sherwin Williams, Big Four accounting firms, and other Fortune 500 companies. Our many study abroad options range from year-long and semester programs from Singapore to Spain—and points in between—to intensive short programs such as our two-week International Management Institute in Frankfurt, Germany.

Weatherhead undergraduates will start out ahead in the job race. The University’s affiliations with hundreds of companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies in Cleveland and around the world make it easy to gain work experience. Summer internships and semester-long co-op opportunities abound, and our Action Learning course for seniors provides another distinctive experience. This course is a semester-long management consulting assignment that features an intense “consulting boot camp” during the first week. This is followed by ongoing research, analysis, and regular meetings with local clients (large and small companies, as well as nonprofits). End products of Action Learning engagements may take many forms, such as a customized marketing plan or a set of strategic recommendations having lasting impact for client organizations.

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MBAThe Weatherhead School has a long history of innovation in the design of our full-time MBA program. We bring to you our most ambitious redesign yet. If we had to capture it in one word, it would have to be “Transform.” Our objective in the redesign is to create an experience that is transformational to the candidate going through it, and to help our graduates transform the organizations that they will work in and with.

We start with the premise that rigorous, analytical and integrative thinking is a critical foundation for your learning here, and for continued effectiveness in later years. The first year of our program aims to do just that. All the basic areas of management are taught to be rigorous and relevant with an eye toward how all the pieces fit together in the broader organizational context. In addition, we have retained our widely heralded, and much copied Management Assessment and Development sequence. We have also added an Executive Dialogues Seminar Series. This series brings senior executives into the first-year classrooms to present and discuss particularly challenging issues that they currently face. In reviewing the first-year curriculum, one of our faculty members mused that it was not a program for the faint of heart. We wholeheartedly agree.

The second year provides opportunity for more in-depth work in an area(s) of the student’s choosing. We have coupled this opportunity for specialization with unique, year-long courses that speak to special strength of the Weatherhead School and faculty. The courses currently offered in this year-long format include Manage by Designing, Social Entrepreneurship and Business Sustainability, Commercialization of Intellectual Property Assets, and Business Planning. These year-long courses afford the flexibility to bring multiple faculty into the classroom and the opportunity to work on live projects over the course of the entire second year.

We are excited about our re-designed program and welcome your interest and participation in the transformation.

Part-Time Evening and Saturday MBA Weatherhead’s part-time MBA program is ranked in the top 50 by BusinessWeek. In the evening program, classes meet once a week to accommodate the constraints of working individuals. The degree can be started in any semester depending on prior business education. In the Saturday program, technology-enhanced learning and workshops are combined with traditional classroom education. Classes meet every other Saturday enabling completion of the entire 48-credit/16-course curriculum within two years regardless of undergraduate coursework. Students in either program may also complete courses at a slower pace, as long as the MBA program requirements are met within six years of first enrollment.


Accelerated MBAThis program provides all of the advantages of the traditional MBA in half the time. An 11-month commitment, the accelerated MBA is designed for students with an undergraduate degree in business and practical work experience. Classes begin in May and run through the following April.

Executive MBAThe Weatherhead Executive MBA program attracts the best and brightest individuals from organizations throughout the world. Students have ample opportunity to engage in experiential learning with renowned faculty known for their ability to integrate cutting-edge research with real-world business applications.

The EMBA is a 21-month program specifically designed to prepare experienced managers with the knowledge, skills, and perspective required for expanded general manager and executive responsibility. A qualified applicant must have a minimum of 10 years experience, with five of those in a management capacity, and must have his or her company endorsement.

The program is delivered in five integrated semesters through a unique format which provides flexibility for a comfortable learning/work/life balance. Each semester starts with a four-day residency followed by sessions one contiguous Friday and Saturday each month. These residencies are combined with technology enhanced learning elements that enable participants to remain engaged and connected while working both individually and within a supportive team environment. Action learning projects throughout the program allow the participants to work on real issues that affect their sponsoring organizations and provide instant ROI.

MS– FinanceWhile many Master of Science in Management-Finance degrees focus simply on quantitative math, Weatherhead is one of a select few schools in the country to offer an intensive MS-Finance program that prepares students to make immediate and skilled contributions to employers in corporate finance, financial modeling, valuation, derivatives, risk management, and financial econometrics.

Our small class sizes provide an opportunity to learn from and work with world-class, award-winning faculty who possess a breadth of knowledge in research. Weatherhead’s location in Cleveland also plays a prominent role in student experience. Home to a regional federal reserve bank, the city is one of the largest banking centers in the United States. Internship opportunities are available on a competitive basis. This program can be completed in 9-12 months.

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MS – Operations ResearchThe Master of Science in Management-Operations Research degree is designed to prepare students on how to use quantitative methods to make organizations more efficient and competitive in today’s marketplace. The curriculum is centered on education in the methods and concepts needed to solve business challenges in financial investments, manufacturing, logistics, and transportation.

Since the demand for individuals with this expertise usually far exceeds the supply, our students are heavily recruited by top national and international employers as analysts in research and development groups. Our graduates have the opportunity to improve the efficiency of an organization and become an agent of positive change within the first few years of work. A part-time program option exists for those currently working to allow students to balance both work and education.

MS – Supply ChainBusinesses today depend on sophisticated supply chains that distribute products and services quickly and economically to global markets. To meet this need, Weatherhead’s Master of Science in Management-Supply Chain program produces managers who can develop creative ways to make supply chains more efficient.

The MS-Supply Chain program caters to students who aspire to work for manufacturing, service, or consulting firms that are part of national and global supply chains. Students have the ability to interact with all parts of an organization, to become agents of positive change, and to assume significant management responsibilities early in their career.

MS – Positive Organization Development and ChangeThe Master of Science in Positive Organization Development and Change (MPOD) program prepares students to create a better world by developing human potential with strength-based methods of inquiry, design, and change management.

The program’s world-renowned faculty and innovative curriculum build new capabilities in strategic-level change management for value creation with customers and communities. MPOD students broaden their knowledge of leading-edge theory and practice in Appreciative Inquiry, strength-based human resource development, and positive organizational change & research.

The MPOD program helps develop the competency and the emotional intelligence to coach and foster leadership skills and personal character. In addition, it prepares students to form sustainable enterprises that enable human flourishing and engage in lifelong experiential learning to realize, develop, and model one as an agent for change.


Master of AccountancyWeatherhead’s Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program builds on the basics of an undergraduate accounting degree while providing you with a foundation of technical knowledge for long-term professional success in the field. With most states adopting a 150-hour requirement for taking the CPA examination, a master’s degree has become the industry standard. Graduates will demonstrate enhanced critical thinking ability, leadership potential, and improved communication skills.

MAcc students have the advantage of diverse career paths in public accounting, financial management, consulting, and corporate accounting. Today, more than 300 Weatherhead MAcc alumni are employed in professional positions in 23 countries on five continents.

Master of Nonprofit OrganizationsThis unique and highly specialized degree for individuals interested in the business side of 501(c)(3) organizations is jointly offered by Weatherhead, the Case School of Law, and the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.

In order to successfully address the wide range of issues confronting many of these groups, the program explores the following four thematic areas: nonprofit purposes, traditions, and contexts; analytical thinking for nonprofit leaders; generating and managing resources; and leading nonprofit organizations.

Master of Engineering and ManagementEngineering and business management do not happen independently in industry. As a result, Weatherhead and the Institute for Management and Engineering have brought together their resources to offer a fully-integrated program that can be completed in only three semesters. Case Western Reserve is the only university with a program of this kind.

The Master of Engineering and Management (MEM) degree is designed to teach graduate engineers critical skills needed to be successful in a leadership role in engineering. Our graduates require less management training, possess advanced communication expertise, and are effective contributors within their first year on the job.

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Weatherhead offers four doctoral degrees, including three Ph.D. programs and an Executive Doctor of Management. These programs are specialized for candidates seeking a career dedicated to research and teaching. Many of our degrees are the first of their kind. This pioneering mentality makes our doctoral programs highly competitive. Admission as a Ph.D. student guarantees direct collaboration with our dynamic faculty through advanced independent study courses and research projects.

Ph.D. in ManagementA Ph.D. in Management focuses on the role of corporate managers as creators of value in organizations and society. This involves topics including corporate development and diversification, general management behavior, mergers and acquisitions, comparative management and technology policies, strategic planning, and corporate entrepreneurship. Weatherhead offers the following tracks for specialization within the Ph.D in Management Program:

AccountancyA specialization in Accountancy is designed to prepare students for an academic career at a top university by focusing on the fundamentals of research theories and applications, foundation disciplines, and theories of knowledge. The goal of the program is to relate the research process and outcomes to business practice.

Information SystemsFor students who love ideas, enjoy debating, and consider themselves thought-leaders, a specialization in Information Systems may be an appropriate career path. Our doctoral program emphasizes the design and operation of information environments with the goal of learning how these systems may become humanly satisfying and socially beneficial.

Labor and Human Resource PolicyIn today’s economy, the demand to understand the processes of human resource development and outcomes for both organizations and employees is becoming increasingly important. A specialization in Labor and Human Resource Policy involves inquiry into the employment relationship and the effective use of human assets at the level of work groups, organizations, market, and societies. After completion, Ph.D.s will be prepared for scholarly careers in research and teaching at major academic and research institutions.

MarketingWeatherhead’s specialization in Marketing provides a basis in the fundamentals of research theories and applications. Topics cover a broad spectrum and include strategic planning, understanding buyer behavior, business-to-business marketing, planning and managing field sales efforts, concepts and strategies of developing new products, and principles of marketing across national and cultural boundaries.


Ph.D. in Operations ResearchThe Department of Operations is known for offering the first Ph.D. in its field. Students will learn a unique combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer-modeling to assist managers in making decisions about complex organizational problems. The ability to do independent research through a dissertation that makes a significant contribution to this area of study must be demonstrated.

Ph.D. in Organizational BehaviorWeatherhead’s Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior is an internationally-recognized degree that has set the standard for universities worldwide. Since 1964, 300 doctoral students have shaped the future of the field through research, scholarly writing and teaching, and professional leadership. Our mission is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct the finest quality research and teaching, and become scholars at the highest level of specialization. Whether our graduates pursue academia or professional practice positions, a common denominator exists for those choosing this path: sharing a passion for generating new knowledge of consequence through inquiry, writing and research, and deeply reflective practice.

Executive Doctor of Management (EDM) Weatherhead’s EDM program is available to a select group of experienced executives who possess graduate degrees and are committed to pursuing formal, rigorous study as practitioner-scholars. An EDM degree integrates concept and practice within the context of today’s emerging global issues, enabling professionals to explore new horizons of executive management within their organizations and beyond.

Students have numerous opportunities to focus their learning experiences and design their dissertation topics. Participants direct their dissertation inquiries on an applied problem and seek to make policy and intellectual contributions to institutional problems in a global context.

The program is an interdisciplinary three-year pursuit delivered in intensive weekend residencies. For those who have achieved substantial leadership responsibilities in their careers, the EDM program will stimulate intellectual growth allowing a student to gain a doctoral degree while continuing full-time employment.

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What You Learn in a Single Day Can Change EverythingFor over 30 years, Weatherhead Executive Education has brought together the latest in academic thinking, real-world expertise, and solution-focused curricula to help organizations boost learning capacity, build human capital, and improve performance. We design world-class learning experiences that enhance the management and leadership capabilities of individuals and organizations in sustainable ways. Our offerings include three types of courses: open-enrollment programs and certificates, custom solutions designed to fit an organization’s unique needs, and our signature Executive MBA for accomplished professionals.

Our open enrollment portfolio boasts of more than 70 different programs and certificates on topics ranging from Leadership and Change to Finance and Operations. Participants may take programs individually or combine several to earn a certificate. Flagship certificate programs include Developing Leadership through Emotional Intelligence and the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate in Positive Business and Society Change. More than 3,000 executives and managers attend open enrollment programs each year.

With Weatherhead’s Custom Solution approach, we invite organizations to select a program from our list of open enrollment offerings “off the shelf” to be delivered on an exclusive basis. Alternatively, our program development team works with companies to develop a program tailored to fit specific needs. We take a client-driven approach to program design while understanding the strategic and developmental issues faced by businesses, and the context in which they occur. We link learning needs with the dynamic specialties of our world-renowned faculty and presenters. Above all, we work to ensure that participants in the classroom take away knowledge and strategies that will have immediate application in the workplace.

Visit weatherhead.case.edu/executive-education or call 216.368.6413/800.736.6403 for more information.

Visit us at weatherhead.case.edu or contact us at:Case Western Reserve UniversityWeatherhead School of Management10900 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106-7235

phone: 216.368.2030e-mail: [email protected]

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