Students will be required to participate in student-led Darden Executive Fund management and related activities and learning to include creating and evaluating stock pitches, participate as part of a team in managing a fund, and provide regular updates on fund activities, goals, etc. to the Board of Trustees and other stakeholders.

The course applies financial methods and practices to the evaluation of early-stage companies. The goal of the class is to help managers make better investment and financing decisions in an entrepreneurial setting. The course covers the stages of a venture's life from raising startup financing to arranging an exit and provides an overview of the private equity industry and the institutional structure for raising venture capital financing.

In today's rapidly evolving world, business leaders face unprecedented levels of uncertainty. From geopolitical tensions and supply chain interruptions to climate change and fluctuating policy landscapes, navigating uncertainty requires agility, Bayesian thinking, and effective strategies. This course will equip students with the analytical tools and strategic frameworks necessary to transform uncertainty into a competitive edge.

This course will introduce students to alternate paradigms of thought regarding the nature and meaning of economics, work, and organizing. Adopting a feminist lens on the study of business will encourage students to consider how gender, race, class, and other categories of social difference work to structure power and privilege in economic contexts, as well as to imagine alternative possibilities.

Provide an opportunity for students to describe a specific business problem clearly, succinctly, and in a manner that fosters reflection, discussion, and learning. Challenge students to analyze and resolve an unstructured managerial problem and offer them an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member. Produce a case study of quality, focus suitable for inclusion in the MBA curriculum, together with a written analysis.

Provide an opportunity for students to describe a specific business problem clearly, succinctly, and in a manner that fosters reflection, discussion, and learning. Challenge students to analyze and resolve an unstructured managerial problem and offer them an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member. Produce a case study of quality, focus suitable for inclusion in the MBA curriculum, together with a written analysis.

Provide an opportunity for students to describe a specific business problem clearly, succinctly, and in a manner that fosters reflection, discussion, and learning. Challenge students to analyze and resolve an unstructured managerial problem and offer them an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member. Produce a case study of quality, focus suitable for inclusion in the MBA curriculum, together with a written analysis.

This course focuses on the leadership qualities that are necessary to successfully design and implement strategic change and how being involved in the active leadership process requires individuals to be willing to define and declare themselves in strategic ways. The course is an elective and follows the format of the Leading Strategic Change course. It puts its emphasis on the need for students to think on personal, professional, and enterprise levels and to apply this thinking to the critical issues of leading and managing individual and organizational change. It is essential that students studying for an MBA develop a rich appreciation for the implications of personal and organizational change. Leadership is a personal declaration and as such is the essence of change. The principal modes of instruction are cases, lectures, and readings.

The course consists of a case and text-based learning experience that focuses on the leadership challenges involved in leveraging diversity. Students will learn how leaders must have the basic skills and the ability and willingness to recognize diversity and then leverage it through invitation, inclusion, and inspiration.

Today's leaders not only experience change, but are called upon to change themselves and the organizations in which they work. Leading through individual and organizational change can be challenging, but leaders do not have to face these challenges alone. In this course, you are invited to engage with a leadership coach in a creative and thought-provoking process that inspires you to reach your full potential.