Executive Leader Program
RIT’s executive program, a favorite of industry professionals, allows you to pursue a master’s degree with minimal interruption to existing commitments. This program gives you the opportunity to update your skills and credentials quickly – usually in just 15 months or less. This can be accomplished through a combination of summer sessions at RIT, online learning, independent study, transfer credit and credit for selected work experiences and personal accomplishments. If you have a bachelor’s degree and five years of professional experience, RIT’s executive leader option may be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
This executive program is normally offered over two 2-week summer sessions (these sessions are two weeks long each) in June and August, however, flexible options to accommodate diverse work schedules are available.
The program consists of eight courses (32 credits), a themed industry project or thesis (4 credits), and 12 credits for experience. The courses are:
0625-750 Elements of Service Management
0624-825 Strategic Process of Service Firms
0625-791 Foundations of Applied & Managerial Research
0625-844 Breakthrough Thinking
0625-842 Customer Relationship Management
0625-846 Service Leadership Futures
0625-849 Service Performance Metrics
0624-770 Service Leadership
(See course descriptions in the graduate bulletin)
The Executive Leader program has been in existence for nearly 14 years. It’s ability to produce profound new beliefs and practices in service industry professionals is its forte.
Professionals from a huge variety of service sector organizations including banking, hospitality, health care, and education, has driven its unique popularity. Have you thought about how your organization will evolve its service practices, implement those practices, and sustain that change? Join this program to help you achieve learning and thinking skills needed for tomorrow’s leaders and managers.
Benefits
- Access to RIT’s service experts and faculty through RIT’s nationally renowned programs and courses
- Comprehensive knowledge of the service industry’s current business practices
- Enhancement of problem-solving and analytical skills through practical exercises and experiences
- Examination of business and economic factors that influence decision-making
- Improvement of services offered in appropriate service technologies, understanding to develop and sustain human capital.
- Gaining an understanding of the importance of global service standards.
- Develop a commitment to providing the highest quality service and highest quality leadership.
- Thinking in future terms about tomorrow’s service system needs.
August 29, 2008