Leadership MBA

Leadership MBA

The UW Bothell Leadership MBA is a one-of-a-kind MBA program that focuses on leadership development throughout the curriculum.  LMBA students:
  • Make lasting professional connections in their close-knit cohort,
  • Learn to strategically lead diverse organizations,
  • Develop analytical competence and social and emotional intelligence to effectively lead people,
  • Enhance business, team and communication skills, and, 
  • Work with future industry leaders from diverse professional and academic backgrounds.
Above all, LMBA students learn to motivate, inspire and lead.  All students attend a Leadership Practicum that includes regular breakfast meetings with business leaders in the first year and a mentorship program in the second year.
Our LMBA students come from a wide variety of industries such as banking, healthcare, insurance, law, manufacturing, gaming, online services, and software.
 

Program Highlights
 

  • 22 month program designed for working professionals
  • Begins annually in September with a three-day team-building and leadership retreat
  • Classes meet on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6 pm-9:50pm and on occasional Saturdays
  • Students take all their academic year classes with the same dynamic professional cohort.
  • 93% of all MBA entrants finish the program in 5 years; 88% finish in 2 years or less.
  • 95% of all MBA courses are taught by full-time and tenure track faculty who are nationally recognized scholars and practitioners in their fields

Bellevue Location
 

The Leadership MBA program is offered at a convenient Eastside location - the UW Bothell Eastside Leadership Center at 2515 140th Ave NE Suite E-100, Bellevue, WA 98005.  (Click here for a map and directions)
 

LMBA Curriculum
 

The LMBA program starts in September and can be completed in seven quarters including one summer quarter. Some students elect to take an extra summer quarter to fulfill the requirements and graduate in two years. The typical LMBA schedule is:
 
Autumn Quarter, 1st year
Leadership, Team Process, & Decision-Making
Business Strategy
Quantitative Methods & Business Statistics
 
Winter Quarter, 1st year
Financial & Managerial Accounting
Economics for Business Leaders
 
Spring Quarter, 1st year
Financial Management
Marketing Management
 
Summer Quarter, 1st year
Choice of any two electives from:
  • Enterprise IT Management
  • Global Economic Issues
  • Interactive Marketing
  • Investments Management
  • Negotiations
  • Customer Satisfaction Models
  • Independent Study
  • Other UW graduate courses
 
Autumn Quarter, 2nd year
Leadership & Managerial Effectiveness
Business Law & Ethics
Marketing Research
 
Winter Quarter, 2nd year
Operations & Project Management
Creativity & Innovation
 
Spring Quarter, 2nd year
Organizational Theory & Knowledge Management
Global Business
 
For detailed course descriptions, please click here. 
 

Learning Outcomes
 

In the course of the LMBA program, our students learn to:
  • Lead diverse organizations in a wide range of industries
  • Analyze & solve business problems using the latest insights from business theory and practice
  • Communicate effectively across different cultures and countries
  • Work effectively in small teams as well as large, globally distributed teams
  • Work with peers and business mentors in developing their business and leadership skills

 

 

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MBA Information Sessions at Microsoft

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