A selection of written and video cases provides participants an opportunity to confront real-life situations in the safety of a classroom environment. Evening sessions are devoted to integrating the day's learning and applying it to participants' respective organizational situations. We also organize attendees into work groups for both case analyses and the evening integration sessions. This offers a different opportunity for interactive learning. However, it is also appropriate for the functional manager who clearly is on a general management track.
Companies do gain by having multiple enrollments in a given session.
This expedites learning by enabling individuals from a company to work together in problem solving and in applying newfound skills to the unique challenges facing their respective organizations. Consequently, firms may want to enroll several individuals, ideally from divergent backgrounds. The interaction that then develops is enriched by a broad range of perspectives. Let me also add that smaller corporations stand to benefit as much or more than their larger counterparts who likely have had some experience in managing change and organizational renewal. As Professors Tushman and O'Reilly point out, leading an organization in an ongoing process of change and revitalization is necessarily complex.