Executive Immersion
Held for four days before the academic year begins, this orientation session includes an overview of the program, an introduction to the basics of business education, alumni presentations, and team-building activities. These intensive four days provide a foundation for the program and accelerate the formation of a supportive, positive learning environment and cohort.
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Global Study Trip
Because business crosses borders, we expect our MBAs to do the same. This is why an international experience is a required step toward earning a degree. In their second year, students will travel abroad to visit companies, meet with executives and industry leaders, and learn the intricacies of doing business in a global environment while extending their skills by applying them in new contexts. Past trips have included destinations such as Hong Kong, Vietnam, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Singapore, Portugal, Spain, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Capstone Project
The Capstone Project completes the Oregon Executive MBA coursework. Students individually develop, research, and analyze a new business opportunity for themselves or their organization in an integrative, hands-on learning experience that can take the form of a business plan or a feasibility study. The Capstone Project covers both strategy formulation and strategic implementation issues and serves as an important return on investment opportunity.
Sample Projects
- Business plan for a new startup venture or product
- Evaluating the feasibility of establishing an international consultancy
- Strategic analysis of ways to combat reduced market share
- Reorganization plan after large-scale corporate downsizing
- Analysis of point-of-service HMO plan for health care
- Analysis of emergency room care for local hospital
- Short- and long-term business plan for hospital's urgent care walk-in unit
- Analysis of emerging technology threat to core business
- Business plan for a model LAN-based computing environment
- Business plan for developing and implementing a new strategic business unit
- Plan for the development and implementation of a direct-marketing customer database
- Development of a strategic, financial, and information system for an existing small business
- Analysis of the feasibility and implementation issues of an advanced engineering training program
- Proposal to create a NW regional high-voltage energy transmission grid
- Analysis of whether a company should go public
- Development of a plan for analyzing outsourcing decisions
- Feasibility and market analysis for a web-based cell phone application.