UCLA GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

The UCLA Anderson GMP is designed for high potential business leaders and emerging stars with several years of management experience, who direct specific functional areas of a dynamic enterprise. Global enterprises use the program to prepare candidates for senior level general management positions. Established entrepreneurs and other professionals rely on the program to expand their ability to take their businesses to the next level of success.

Program is suitable for professionals with:

• High-quality experience with significant responsibilities and a demonstrated career progression in a corporate or entrepreneurial environment.
• Experience in leading teams and managing projects/ products/ people, preferred (but not required).
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience.
• An undergraduate degree with a strong academic track record.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Providing Thought Leadership in the Classroom and Workplace

The mainstay of UCLA Anderson’s high-quality management education programs is its esteemed, international faculty. Each year, UCLA Anderson faculty members publish papers in leading scholarly journals, receive recognition for research excellence, provide leadership in and beyond UCLA, and serve as inspirational teachers and mentors.

Faculty Director

The program curriculum design ensures that participants develop a broad general management perspective as well as extensive functional knowledge of management essentials from a local and global perspective. Participants will also hone analytical problem-solving skills directly relevant to the most critical global business and organizational issues.

Intense work, led by world-class faculty and fueled by peer synergy, challenges your potential and shows you how to reach it in the UCLA GMP. The focus of the Program is your development as a leader with strong interpersonal skills, capable of envisioning, communicating and implementing positive change in your business.

Various experiential learning techniques that drive home the applicability of the program sessions and develop vital skills as a team builder, leader, and member, include:

• Hands-on simulations, taken from the current business world, force you to adapt to multiple team roles, excel at problem-solving, and swiftly master complexity, as you generate and stress-test ideas.
• Case competition that draws upon the application of all your acquired knowledge and enhanced leadership abilities. Your team skills will be put to the test as your group takes on a real business, marshals fact-based decision-making and devises a unique, practical solution to its challenges for review by an elite panel of judges.

The program structure outlined below is subject to periodic curriculum reviews and the modules taught are subject to change in content and coverage.

Once you have joined UCLA GMP, it is important to start planning for the next step in your career growth roadmap. Early planning and disciplined execution is key to continued professional success. The career support you require would vary based on your industry, organization, function, and level of seniority, to ensure that you are able to reach your desired goals. Northwest aims to add value through several focused resources, providing the requisite support as you develop your plans and execute them.

As a UCLA GMP participant you will have access to select components of Northwest Career Services Advantage.

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The Program fee for UCLA Anderson GMP is inclusive of all taxes. It covers teaching fee, all academic materials, lunches, and select dinners. The Fee does not include travel expenses, accommodation expenses, and any associated visa fee etc. It also does not cover any other expenses that are not expressly mentioned above.