Executive Management

(909) 607-7812
Contact: emp@cgu.edu

Academic Program

The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito (Drucker School) Executive Management Program offers executives (mid-career and beyond) programs in strategy, leadership, core business management, and non-profit management. Applicants must demonstrate professional experience and the potential for contribution to the program’s participative learning environment.

The Drucker School offers several Executive Management options:

Certificates in General Management, Strategy, or Leadership.
Executive Management, M.A.M
Executive Master of Business Administration, E.M.B.A.
Advanced Management (Executive), M.S.A.M.

The modular format of the Executive Management curriculum provides participants with a
flexible,highly individualized educational experience. The curriculum, generally offered in 2-unit, seven-week evening and Saturday sessions, covers the concepts, concerns, functions, and processes essential to the practice of management.

Admission Requirements. Admission to the Executive Management Program is possible at the beginning of any of the six seven-week modules offered each year.

The Executive Management admission process involves careful examination of each applicant’s managerial experience, academic background, and professional and educational goals.
Applicants must demonstrate, except in cases of unusually rapid advancement, at least five years of mid-to-senior-level management or professional experience.

Applicants must submit an application, a current résumé, a statement of career goals, three letters of recommendation, and official copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, including a transcript indicating completion of a bachelor’s degree granted by an accredited college or university. Applicants to the executive program are also required to participate in an interview with a member of the admissions team. For international applicants, scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are required.

Enrollment Policies. The Drucker School welcomes experienced executives from other CGU departments to take Executive Management classes. To enroll in EMP classes,CGU students must meet the program’s admission requirements and must obtain the approval of both their program advisor and the director of the Executive Management Program.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

General Management (12 units)
Leadership (8 units)
Strategy (8 units)

Executive Management certificates provide managers with the opportunity to do advanced study in selected management topics. For some participants, certificates provide an introduction to graduate management education, and for others they prove to be valuable in updating past graduate degree work and exploring the latest advances relevant to their practice of management.

Three certificate programs are currently available, focusing on General Management (12 units), Leadership (8 units), and Strategy (8 units). Participants in certificate programs may apply for admission to a degree program. All certificate work completed for graded credit applies toward the total units required for a degree upon admission to that degree program.

Students enrolled in other CGU degree programs wishing to earn a certificate in the Executive Management Program may apply. Certificate courses must meet the distribution requirements outlined in the department brochure. Units from other departments do not count toward the Executive Management certificate series.

All CGU students from other schools or departments must meet the management experience requirement.