Executive MBA – Strategic Leadership Program Overview
Achieve the next level of leadership in your company, community and beyond when you cultivate an agile and advanced business perspective through the Executive MBA – Strategic Leadership (EMBA-SL) at the Haslam College of Business. Our one-year program is designed to empower leaders to create positive change and organizational agility through:
An integrated curriculum design that allows you to apply advanced leadership and business principles in the context of each course
An experiential and applied learning approach that uses your workplace as a significant part of the educational process
A supportive and engaged community of Haslam faculty, mentors and alumni industry leaders who invest in your education and leadership growth
Rankings
#1
Most Relevant Program Worldwide
The Economist, 2018
#6
Quality of Program Faculty Worldwide
The Economist, 2018
#17
Public Graduate Business School in the U.S.
U.S. News & World Report, 2021
Who Should Attend?
We designed the Executive MBA – Strategic Leadership for established leaders who want to accelerate their professional growth and revolutionize their industry and organization. The average EMBA-SL participant has around 20 years of professional experience and over 10 years of leadership experience.
Each cohort consists of an average of just 30 students, creating a close-knit environment in which EMBA-SL participants can form lasting connections with their peers and professors. Program participants and alumni represent organizations including Collins Aerospace, Ernst & Young, Google, Honeywell, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and more.
Program Benefits
Integrated Approach
We don’t teach you financial acumen for the sake of teaching you financial acumen. We provide instruction in this business function as it relates to other areas like human resources, marketing and supply chain management. This holds true across our entire program structure. We take an interdisciplinary approach in our instruction—reflective of actual business operations—to prepare leaders to make more strategic and holistic business decisions.
Immediate Impact
Central to your experience as a student in the program is the execution of an Organizational Action Project designed to increase your immediate impact with real organizational returns. This applied learning approach prepares you to not only gain traction in your role in the short term, but also build momentum in your career for the long term.
Accelerated Change
Strategic leaders in top-tier organizations push boundaries to drive transformational change, whether it’s in the form of company dividends, employee satisfaction or organizational agility. As an EMBA-SL student, we provide you with the tools to make changes like this possible on an efficient and effective scale through a practical learning format.
*Total time to degree completion may vary based on the number of credit hours taken each semester.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Executive MBA – Strategic Leadership takes less than one year to complete,* starting in January and ending in December.
*Total time to degree completion may vary based on the number of credit hours taken each semester.
The Executive MBA – Strategic Leadership is an in-person/online program. This is centered around four, nine-day residencies, roughly one per quarter. These residencies are tied together by both synchronous and asynchronous distance learning.
You will receive a Master of Business Administration.
Yes, however, GMAT waivers are available for program candidates with relevant work experience. Contact our team via email or at 865-357-8957 for further information on waiver eligibility.
Yes. There are federal student loans and other need-based financial aid available for graduate students at One Stop Express Student Services along with employer sponsorship opportunities and Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.