Strategic Leadership and Management Capstone

Overview

The capstone is a strategic leadership and management plan where you’ll apply what you will learn to an actual business situation with participation by one or more focal companies. The deliverable will be designed to create value from the perspective of potential employers while achieving pedagogical and experiential goals for learners. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.

Syllabus

Module 1: Capstone Course Overview and Case Introduction

In this module you will become familiar with the Capstone course, your instructor, your classmates, and our learning environment. This Capstone course is based on an extended case study; through the module assignments you will have the opportunity to demonstrate learning gains from the courses that make up the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization.

Module 2: Building a Leadership Team

In this module you will analyze performance and situational data to create the systems and processes used to lead a senior management team, applying what you have learned during completion of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization in two assignments.

Module 3: Identifying Opportunities

In this module you will analyze planning data to identify potential in-unit and division level opportunities and planning priorities, applying what you have learned during completion of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization in two assignments.

Module 4: Optimizing Support

In this module you will analyze planning data to identify modifications to support function organization and services, applying what you have learned during completion of the Strategic Leadership and Management Specialization in an assignment.

Module 5: Planning for Growth

In this module you will analyze planning data to identify modifications to goals, organization structure, metrics and division value propositions applying what you have learned during completion of the Strategic Leadership and Management specialization in an assignment.

Module 6: Leadership Development

In this module you will consider the opportunities and needs for leadership development within the Digital Dental division and your personal continued development applying what you have learned during completion of the Strategic Leadership and Management specialization in an assignment.