Tuition includes materials, meals and double occupancy accomodations.
This program includes three non-consecutive weeks in residence at Arden Homestead in Harriman, New York, and four days on the Columbia University Campus. The exploration of formal management systems, the analysis of human behavior as it affects organizational performance, and the development of personal and professional objectives for the individual manager. A consideration of the limits and usefulness of financial information for organizational decision-making as well as for reporting to executives, boards of directors, and external sponsors. The development of a comprehensive framework for choosing and achieving future institutional purposes and directions, consistent with the organization's mission and values. An intensive study of group dynamics and conflict as they appear in daily operations, and the skills necessary to negotiate and to enhance work group cohesion.