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Workshop Outline Program history, start-up phase, structure & format – Jim S. The role of program residencies - George Lessons learned from the synchronous format – Jim L. CMU – the process of joining the program - Craig Challenges and Opportunities Questions/Discussion

Start-up Phrase Development of the model - MBA Structure Oversight committee Program Director Individual school program directors Marketing/Admissions Committee CFO’s Oversight committee Annual budget General Policy Oversees program director Program Director Manage the day-to-day program Individual school program directors Curriculum Residencies Professors Marketing/Admissions Committee Develop annual marketing and admissions plans CFO’s Review annual budgets

Start-up Phase Additional systems Information Technology Financial Aid Registrar Library Instructional Design & Technology Business Offices

Revenue Split - MBA 60% to teaching school 30% to overhead 10% to admitting school Financial reconciliation each semester Financial reconciliation each semester Core courses are split up evenly for revenue sharing Concentration courses are offered by each school and compensated by demand

Two courses in residency – one North American, one international Flexible cohort model 9 core courses 3 concentration courses Cohort model but flexible. We have other students in core and concentration courses

The Opening Residency By George Lehman, Bluffton University

Goals Create a learning community that can function at a distance for the next year. 2nd residency is an international trip the next summer. Position the Collaborative MBA program in the context of Leadership for the Common Good. Re-introduce anxious adult learners to disciplined academic inquiry and provide graded feedback to reinforce this discipline. Practice using Zoom video conference technology. Orient students to the processes of a four-institution program. Meet program faculty in person or in live video.

Structure Do lots of preparatory reading and writing. Live in the same hotel. Participate in class sessions (including orientation and such) essentially all day for four and half days. Extensive discussion time. Eat noon and evening meals together. Noon on campus. Evening in a range of fun settings. More, but not too much, reading and writing. Planning for preparation and presentation of final course paper on Zoom in three weeks.

Books (substantial sections of each) Sun Tzu, The Art of War (!) Frederick Taylor, Principles of Scientific Management Pauline Graham, ed., Mary Parker Follett, Prophet of Management Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership Robert Goleman, Emotional Intelligence Howard Gardner, Leading Minds an Anatomy of Leadership

Writing Projects Pre-residency: summary and reaction paper During the residency: Discussion of servant leadership Post-residency: Extended case study of a particular leader through the lens of the course content.

My Assessment Student energy, anxiety and shared work experience carries the week. Great way to start. Intense, stimulating, fun and exhausting.

Overall Program Challenges The cumbersome academy X four? High trust levels needed! Who is in charge? Adjusting to an online world Online vs. face-to-face differences and quality Need new models for faculty incentives, expectations, accountability, and training. Simultaneous centralization and decentralization e.g. Academic advising varies Differing institutional cultures and practices.

Opportunities Current New educational models in the future? Goshen/EMU DNP EMU undergrads taking course at CMU Upper-level under-enrolled courses New educational models – increase accessibility, lower cost. EMU GA’s take Bluffton MBA courses New educational models in the future? Augmenting majors at other schools Sharing professors in specialized areas Back-of-the-house efficiencies Collaborative For-profits?