MBA Philosophy

• Managerial Emphasis
• Decision Making Focus
• Global Perspective
• Creative Problem Solving
• Ethical Management

The philosophy of the MBA program at Lenoir-Rhyne is focused upon five core beliefs which constitute the program’s educational direction. First, the program maintains a managerial emphasis. That is, the program focuses upon providing its students those lessons and applications that help them manage people and resources to achieve results. Second, the program has a decision making orientation. It is the belief that analysis can never be an end in itself. In an environment of imperfect and incomplete information, students must be prepared to understand the risks and rewards of decision making and to be responsible for the consequences that ensue. The third cornerstone of the program’s philosophy is to nurture creative problem solving. Not only does the program seek growth in individual creativity, but more importantly to train managers who can develop the creative abilities of those in their employ. A fourth aspect of the L-R MBA philosophy is that today’s manager must have a global perspective. As the world’s economies grow evermore closely linked, thinking globally is as much about opportunity as it is about competitive realities. Finally, and most importantly, our program is about management which behaves ethically. We believe that quality decision making requires that managers consider what is "good" and "right" for all stakeholders, from a well-thought-out set of principles.

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