You need 54 credits to earn an Olin MBA in the Professional MBA program. I stress independent judgment and critical thinking skills, which are essential in the business world. At the end of a term, when both students and teacher have completed a mutual learning process, students develop a strong sense of achievement as they realize how much knowledge they have mastered. Olin's required finance courses focus on the concept of creating value for a firm's shareholders. As managers, you must understand the firm's financial objectives and know how to evaluate your decisions relative to these objectives.
Good managers find projects that create value and avoid projects that destroy it.
At the end of each mini-term, I use cases to solidify the concepts and to teach the importance of filtering the available information to determine what is relevant to the financial decision. See Expenses and Financial Aid for information about payment plans. PhD, University of Pennsylvania Marketing is a management process through which individuals determine the wants and needs of others and satisfy those wants and needs by creating, offering, and exchanging products of value. Marketing is central to management, regardless of your industry or position. To be successful, all managers must develop and utilize marketing tools every day.