Free Executive MBA
A next generation executive MBA
course, can be at your or someone of your
choice fingertips right now!
Business leaders, managers, employees and consultants can complete this entire
10-module, online program from anywhere in the world at any time! All materials
are available on the World Wide Web.
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along with access to all the tools and templates on this site, you will be able
to register and complete the next generation executive MBA courses at NO
ADDITIONAL COST. The annual subscription membership fee is for the tools and
templates on this site only...the MBA course is an additional free gift and
therefore not a part of the subscription membership fee. If you can't take
advantage of this offer, then register it for an immediate family member,
relative, friend, or colleague.
Program Syllabus
The program provides understanding and skills about the following topic in a
self-directed learning and self management program:
- Feasibility analysis during considerations to start a business
- Common structures, systems, cultures and life cycles
- Roles and functions of chief executive officer and board of directors
- Building and operating a board of directors (in the case of corporations)
- Basic, critical skills in management and leadership in order to plan, organize, lead and coordinate activities in an organization
- Strategic analysis, planning and implementation
- Marketing, including market research and analysis, pricing, competitive analysis, production, distribution, sales and customer service
- Financial management, including basics of bookkeeping, cash management, financial reporting and analysis
- Staffing and supervising employees, including job definition, recruiting, hiring, performance management and personnel policies
- Business ethics, including practical guidelines for managing ethics, roles and responsibilities, codes of ethics, codes of conduct, policies, resolving ethical dilemmas and training of employees
Program Outputs
Learners in the program should be equipped to produce the following results:- Job of chief executive officer
- Management and leadership training plans
- Complete resources to equip board members
- Training plan and materials to train the board
- Strategic plan
- Operating budgets
- Product marketing analysis
- Public and media relations plan
- Sales plan
- Advertising and promotions plan
- Financial reports and analysis
- Customer service plan
- Policies for staffing and supervising employees
- Policies and codes to guide toward highly ethical behavior in the workplace
- Substantial cost savings from continued access to free, complete, online materials for personal, professional and organizational development
Program is Non-Degree-Granting -- It's Entirely For Your Learning
To grant degrees or certificates, we would need to evaluate or "grade" the results of your studies. To do that, we'd have to pay ourselves or other evaluators. To get those funds for those payments, we'd have to charge fees. Thus, the program no longer would be free.
Learning Modules
Various modules include optional sections about boards of directors. This applies primarily to business organizations that are formed as corporations. These sections can be skipped by learners who are not interested specifically in boards of directors. You access the modules via download links on the course website.
Module 1: Program Orientation -- Getting Most from This Program· Guidelines for You to Get Most from Program· Tips to Improve Your Reading and Studying Skills · Extensive Free, Online Resources About Business · Designing Your Best Approach to Completing the Program Module 2: Starting and Understanding Your Business Organization· Conduct Feasibility Analysis About Starting an Organization· Key Roles in Your Organization · Basic Structures in Your Organization · Life Cycles of Your Organization · Culture of Your Organization Module 3: Understanding Role of Chief Executive· What is a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?· Major Functions of CEO · Core Knowledge and Skills for CEO Role · Early Preparation for Building Board · Early Preparation for Strong Board-Staff Relationships · Avoiding "Founder's Syndrome" Module 4: Developing Your Basic Management & Leadership Skills· Basic Skills in:· · · Problem Solving/Decision Making · · · Planning · · · Delegation · · · Internal Communications · · · Meeting Management · · · Managing Yourself · Optional -- Advanced Topics in Management and Leadership · Optional -- Designing Your Management and Leadership Development Plans Module 5: Building and Training Your Board of Directors· Understanding Board Roles and Responsibilities· Building Policies and Committees · Building Committees · Recruiting New Members · Ensuring Strong Participation · Board and CEO Evaluations · Board Calendar and Operations · Organizing Board Manual · Training Board Members |
Module 6: Developing Your Strategic Plan· Understanding Strategic Planning· Writing Your Mission, Vision and Values Statements · Conducting Strategic Analysis · Setting Strategic Direction · Conducting Action Planning · Developing Operating Budgets · Writing and Communicating Your Plan · Monitoring and Evaluating Your Plan Module 7: Marketing Your Products/Services and Promoting Your Organization· Conducting Market Analysis for Each Product/Service· Developing Your Public and Media Relations Plan · Developing Your Sales Plan · Developing Your Advertising and Promotions Plan · Organizing Your Marketing and Promotions Plans Module 8: Managing Your Accounting and Finances· Basics of Bookkeeping· Budgeting · Cash Management · Financial Statements · Financial Analysis Module 9: Staffing and Supervising Your Employees· Defining New Job Roles· Recruiting Job Candidates · Screening Applicants · Orienting New Employees · Delegating to Employees · Ensuring Strong Performance · Firing Employees · Personnel Policies and Handbooks Module 10: Practical Guide to Managing Ethics in the Workplace· What is Business Ethics?· Myths About Business Ethics · 10 Benefits of Managing Ethics · Ethics Management System · 8 Guidelines for Managing Ethics · 6 Key Roles and Responsibilities · Ethics Tools: Codes of Ethics · Ethics Tools: Codes of Conduct · Ethics Tools: Policies · Ethics Tools: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas · Ethics Tools: Training |
Format of Each Learning Module
Learning modules (other than the first and last) have the following format:- Introduction -- explains how the module fits into the program and the overall process of business and organization development
- Specific Materials for Review -- references specific and free materials for review and study; these are needed to respond to all suggested topics for discussion and reflection and to the learning activities required to build basic systems and practices
- Specific Topics and Questions for Reflection and Discussion -- highlights key concepts to understand about the overall topic of the learning module
- Specific Activities to Build Systems and Practices -- guides the learner to develop the basic systems and practices to successfully build and manage the organization
- Assessments -- helps the learner measure and / or evaluate extent of application of that topic to the learner's organization
- Tracking Open Action Items -- guides the learner throughout the program to consistently record and track any incomplete action items remaining from the current and previous learning modules
- Reminders to Learners -- poses miscellaneous reminders for learners to ensure they're using information and skills from previous learning modules
Time to Complete Program
Learners can go through all of the modules in the program or they can choose their own set of modules and how those modules will be completed. Consequently, the amount of time to complete the program depends very much on how the learner chooses to go through the program. The more time and energy that learners invest in in the program, the more they will learn and accomplish for their organizations and careers. As a very rough estimate, learners can spend anywhere from 10-40 hours in each module -- again this amount of time depends very much on how thorough learners are in reviewing learning materials and conducting activities to deepen and enrich that learning.
