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About Weatherhead

At a Glance

Mission

To develop transformational ideas and outstanding leaders for the advancement of business and society

Timeline

• 1939 - School of Business Administration established
• 1953 - Cleveland College relocates to University Circle with their School of Business recognized by Western Reserve University
• 1959 - Case Institute of Technology’s Engineering Administration Department named Department of Management Science
• 1967 - Federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University formed Case Western Reserve University
• 1970 - Department of Management created
• 1976 - Creation of Full-Time MBA
• 1980 - School dedicated as Weatherhead School of Management
• 1988 - Enterprise Hall completed, Weatherhead’s first facility
• 1994 - George S. Dively Building completed, home of Executive Education
• 2002 - Peter B. Lewis Building completed, main home of Weatherhead

Weatherhead Firsts

• First PhD in Organizational Behavior & Operations Research
• First networked computer lab in the U.S.
• First competency-based MBA program in U.S. for Emotional Intelligence
• First Executive Doctor of Management (EDM) program in the nation
• First to explore Managing as Designing
• First business school to introduce leadership assessment in its MBA curriculum
• First graduate disciplines in Organization Behavior and Operations Research
• First Executive Doctor of Management program in the U.S.
• First Health Systems Management Center in collaboration with a medical school
• First to create Appreciative Inquiry
• First to implement Managing as Designing as a philosophy of teaching
• Founder of the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit

Degrees

• 18 professional degree programs
• EDM, EMBA, MPOD, MEM, MBA (Full-time, Accelerated, Part-time: Eve, Sat.)
• Specialized masters: Finance, SC, OR, MAcc, MNO
• Joint: Medicine, Law, Nursing, International Management
• 3 undergraduate business majors: Accounting, Economics, Management

People

Faculty: 71 (59% tenured, 23% non); 93% PhD, 24% women, 31% international
Staff: 64
Alumni: 15,000 active

Geographic Distribution (all graduate students/2006-2007)

80.5% U.S.
OH (85.5%), NY (1.7%), CA (1.6%), MI (1.4%), IL (1.2%)

19.5% International
China (29.6%), India (24.0%), Japan (5.6%), So. Korea (2.6%), Saudi Arabia (2.0%), Canada, Mexico, Thailand (1.5%)

Rankings and Distinctions

U.S. News & World Report
#19 Executive MBA (2007)
#20 Informations Systems Program (2007)
#33 Undergraduate Business Program (2007)
Top 10 nonprofit program in U.S. (2005-2007)

Business Week
#13 Undergraduate Accountancy Program (2008)
#41 Undergraduate Business Program (2008)

Financial Times
#1 Management school in Ohio (2007)
#2 Organizational Behavior Department (2007)

Endowment Funds

Carry Value: $85,579,197.35
Market Value: $102,236,227.84