Why Ross Executive Education?
We go beyond connecting theory to practice. We connect theory to your practice so you can connect ideas to your business. We deliver open-enrollment programs that develop individuals while strengthening the organizations in which they work. We also design and deliver custom programs tailored to your business needs.
Ross Faculty
Lynn Perry Wooten studies how changes in workforce demographics and the knowledge economy influence the implementation of strategic human resource management practices.
Wally Hopp is an operations and engineering expert. He studies the design, control, and management of manufacturing systems. His latest research explores new product innovation and healthcare management.
Raymond Reilly applies a unique blend of finance, economics, accounting, and strategy to business situations. His research intersects value-based decisions and corporate performance measurement.
Kim Cameron is a pioneer in the groundbreaking field of Positive Organizational Scholarship. His research focuses on organizational dynamics that cultivate creativity and resilience.
Renowned expert, author, and consultant Dave Ulrich studies how organizations build capabilities of speed, collaboration, and leadership through human resources.
M.S. Krishnan is an expert on corporate IT strategy. He has delivered several custom programs for top global firms and is faculty director of the Global Program for Management Development.
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Stay in our Executive Residence, a full-service hotel on the Ross campus. Enjoy our onsite fitness center, 24-hour business center, and meals by a certified Master Chef.
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Positive Leadership Faculty Honored by Academy of Management
Six Ross School faculty who founded the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship recently received the Joanne Martin Trailblazer Award from the Academy of Management. Professors Wayne Baker, Kim Cameron, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Gretchen Spreitzer, and Lynn Wooten established the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship in 2002 to help energize and transform organizations through research on the theory and practice of positive organizing and leadership. They will deliver their groundbreaking Executive Education program Positive Leadership, in Ann Arbor Oct. 31 - Nov. 5. The program delivers frameworks, tools, and applications proven to save time and money, elevate employee motivation, and enhance creativity.
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Putting the Why in Work
HR expert and professor Dave Ulrich has seen executives develop and invest in winning strategies and processes only to ignore the heart and soul that give work meaning. In his new book The Why of Work (McGraw-Hill, 2010), Ulrich outlines ways business leaders can build meaning into jobs – both for themselves and their employees – to create better organizations. He co-authored the guide with his wife, Wendy, a clinical psychologist. Dave Ulrich is co-faculty director of the Ross School’s Advanced Human Resource Executive Program, offered Oct. 4-15, 2010.
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