WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Executive Program in Strategy and OrganizationDates: August 16 28, 2015Application Deadline: July 10, 2015

Tuition: $ 23,000 USD

Price subject to change. Program tuition includes private accommodations, all meals, and course materials.

OVERVIEW

Strategic Management. Organizational Theory. Design Thinking. The Executive Program in Strategy and Organization focuses on all three. Through pioneering multidisciplinary research from pre-eminent Graduate School of Business faculty, youll learn how to think strategically for your organization, culture, and the environment in which you compete. Its two academically rigorous weeks packed with lectures, exercises, case studies, discussion groups, talks with Silicon Valley executives, and other notable guest speakers.

At Stanford, we focus on frameworks that help you think in new ways about the strategic challenges and opportunities you face. Rather than getting a checklist of best practices, youll come away with the skills necessary to design and build powerful, winning action plans. Youll gain insight into why certain strategies work and others fail. And, youll explore cutting-edge research on human motivation and economic incentives, game theory, and the role of power and influence. Its a unique opportunity to learn things you wont find in the news or business books, and to see how researchers and other executives look at business to spark new ideas.

KEY BENEFITS

The Executive Program in Strategy and Organization will help you:

Explore how your organizations competencies and shortcomings translate into strategic challenges and opportunities

Develop skills to build appropriate action plans

Gain alignment between your firms strategy, the way in which its organized, and the environment in which it competes

Use analytical tools to identify and evaluate a firms strategy and its position in the industry

Develop effective frameworks for executing change management initiatives

HIGHLIGHTED SESSIONS

INDUSTRY AND COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

One of the most important determinants of firm performance is the attractiveness of the industry in which it competes. This session will provide practical tools for conducting an industry analysis and for evaluating a firms position in its industry.

DISCOVERING SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODELS

While successful business models are often discussed and examined for their value as a preplanned approach to business, the fact is that most successful business models are actually discovered as the result of an iterative process conducted over time. We will review the three essential ways in which successful business models are discovered: through exploration into new possibilities, through improved exploitation of what we already know, and by harnessing competition as a source of continued innovation.

DECISION POWER AND OWNERSHIP: ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FIRM

We will study the economic principles governing optimal allocation of decision power within a firm as well as outsourcing activities and vertical integration issues. We will discuss a variety of ways in which incentives, monitoring, and asymmetric information interact and which organizational method is optimal for each setting.

The Executive Program in Strategy and Organization is ideal for anyone who has, or is about to take on, responsibility for the strategic direction of their organization. Its specifically designed for:

Senior executives with 10 to 15 years of experience

Senior functional leaders transitioning into general management

Division-level managers who will soon assume corporate-level positions

Larger global organizations from any industry

SAMPLE DAILY SCHEDULE

Early Morning Optional early morning exercise session

Breakfast Full breakfast at Schwab Residential Center Study Group Discussions

Morning Session I Perspective on Strategic Leadership

Morning Session II Strategy Identification and Competitor Analysis

Lunch Buffet lunch with patio dining

Afternoon Session I Organizing for Improved Performance

Afternoon Session II Strategy Implementation and Organizational Power

Late Afternoon Personal study and reflection

Dinner Cocktail reception followed by dinner speaker

Evening Networking with participants

gsb.stanford.edu/exed/epso EXECUTIVE EDUCATION / ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

TYPICAL PARTICIPANT MIX

Management Function9% Corporate Development2% Finance/Accounting67% General Management4% Information Technology2% Logistics2% Operations/Production7% Research/Development7% Sales/Marketing

Industry4% Broadcasting13% Computer/Electronics/Software2% Education6% Entertainment/Leisure/Food Service/

Lodging35% Financial Services/Insurance/Real

Estate2% Government16% Manufacturing2% Military7% Mining/Metal Processing/Petroleum/

Oil/Gas7% Pharmaceuticals/Medical Devices4% Retail/Wholesale2% Telecommunications/Information

Services

Region15% Africa10% Asia10% Australia/New Zealand23% Europe4% Middle East25% North America13% South America

TAKE THE NEXT STEP

For more information, or to apply to the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization, please visit gsb.stanford.edu/exed/epso.

LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT

What should management do when a crisis focuses the harsh spotlight of public opinion on their organization? Whether it results from a firms own missteps (think BP) or from strategic activism or media action (think Greenpeace), crisis is increasingly on the agenda for todays executives. In this session we will explore the skills and organizational structures required to prepare for, and productively manage, a crisis to avoid bringing lasting damage to a firms reputation.

FACULTY DIRECTORS

William P. Barnett, the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations, Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Affiliated Faculty, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, focuses on competition within and among corporations and how competition affects the founding, growth, performance, survival, and innovativeness of organizations.

Andrzej Skrzypacz, the Theodore J. Kreps Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business; and Professor of Economics (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences, is known for his research is in the area of microeconomic theory. His focus is on the areas of information economics, market design, and dynamic games. His recent papers consider auction design, bargaining theory, repeated games, and collusion in markets.

OTHER STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS FACULTYLanier BenkardGregor G. Peterson Professor of Economics

Steven CallanderProfessor of Political Economy

Deborah GruenfeldMoghadam Family Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior

David M. KrepsAdams Distinguished Professor of Management; Professor of Economics (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences

Paul Oyer Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics

Jeffrey PfefferThomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior

Hayagreeva RaoAtholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences; Academic Director, Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate

Condoleezza RiceDenning Professor in Global Business and the Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Hoover Institution; Professor of Political Science, School of Humanities and Sciences; Denning Director of the Center for Global Business and the Economy

Kenneth W. ShottsDavid and Ann Barlow Professor of Political Economy; Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences

Jesper B. SrensenRobert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Professor of Organizational Behavior; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences; Faculty Director, Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies

Sarah A. SouleMorgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences

EXPERIENCE THE STANFORD DIFFERENCE

Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education programs offer executives from around the globe an extraordinary opportunity to immerse themselves in an intensive, collaborative learning environment where the focus is continually on the future. Taught by Stanfords world-renowned faculty and supplemented by guest speakers, participants acquire the knowledge, vision, and skill to bring innovative leadership to their organizations while advancing their personal and professional growth.gsb.stanford.edu/exed/epso

A very beneficial course. I have no doubt that I have received a lot from this experience, new

ideas, new ways of thinking about things, new frameworks to think about things within, new

academic contacts and a bunch of new experienced and capable friends to call on if/when I

need some assistance. Great stuff. I whole heartedly recommend it.

Anthony Johnston | Chief Operating Officer | Tenon Limited | EPSO 2013