Weatherhead School of Management

The Weatherhead School of Management has been widely recognized for our innovative approach to management education. Our mission — developing transformational ideas and outstanding leaders for the advancement of business and society — ensures our graduates are leaders who: innovate using DESIGN PRACTICES, create SUSTAINABLE VALUE, are good GLOBAL CITIZENS.

The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We've enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations, and societies. Our graduates are ready to add immediate value to their organizations, their communities, and the world.

 

Mission

Developing transformational ideas and outstanding leaders for the advancement of business and society.

We develop leaders who innovate using design practices to create sustainable value and are global citizens.- Dean Robert Widing

We Develop Leaders Who ...

Innovate using design practices. Faculty, students and alumni contribute to our innovative endeavors through:

• The first Design & Innovation Department in a management school
• Our yearlong MBA elective called Design in Management: Concepts and Practices
• Partnerships with university iniatives like ThinkBox and Blackstone Launchpad

Create sustainable value through intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, and social entrepreneurship. We bring this to our community through:

• The yearlong MBA elective, Institute for Sustainable Value and Social Entrepreneurship
• Fowler Center for Sustainable Value
• Partnerships with ThinkBox and Blackstone Launchpad

Are good global citizens. The global mindset of our community is reflected in:

• Our adherence to the Principles for Responsible Manageent Education (PRME) based on the United Nations Global Compact
• Global Forum
• Global MBA

Values

• We believe that management is a noble profession committed to the advancement of human life.
• We value our strong ethical foundation and strive to promote a culture rich in ideas and reflection. We are committed to increasing individual creative and critical capacities, nurturing new and expansive patterns of thought.
• We value research of enduring consequence and judge its significance by the impact it has on management thought, management action, and public policy.
• We value learning that is active and collaborative. Students, faculty and staff together engage important management problems with an innovative, knowledge-creating attitude.
• We are responsive to the needs of our students.
• We consider alumni our important partners and strive to add value to their personal and professional lives.
• We value partnerships with the business community and other organizations. We value meaningful service to society and strive for outcomes that influence and positively change the way people and organizations conduct themselves.
• We are a cohesive learning organization with an international outlook. We value diversity, characterized by open dialogue and mutual respect among individuals of different specializations, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
• We are results-oriented and judge our contributions by actions taken and outcomes achieved.

Vision

Weatherhead is respected, locally and globally for research of enduring consequence. We are recognized for attracting and educating managers to design novel solutions to the most complex issues facing business and society. Our learning environment is a hub of creative thinking, innovative teaching, and trans-disciplinary research, filled with excitement and a strong sense of community.

Strategic Goals

• Foster a research climate that supports and rewards excellence in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research
• Redesign and align all graduate programs to link to our distinguishing themes to build programmatic synergies.
• Build on the currently exceptional undergraduate experience by leveraging the resources of the school, the university, University Circle and the Cleveland community.
• Nurture relations with our external constituents to create a value-added experience.
• Serve as a model of a well-managed, sustainable academic organization.