University to bring new program to Cincinnati's downtown
Miami University is offering graduate-level courses in business education in a new location—downtown Cincinnati.
The ‘Mini-MBA’ program offered by the university is a shortened version of its MBA program, and is 14 weeks in length. Classes meet weekly, and will be held in the offices of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, located at 3 East Fourth Street.
The university's director of its MBA program, Brad Bays, explains that the mini-program came about when he was asked to find a way for the university to increase its footprint using an executive-level educational program. Bays studied several similar programs at various universities, and in addition, relied on experience he had garnered when working with the law firm of Frost Brown Todd.
Officials from that firm wanted to give new employees the opportunity to gain experience via a short business education course. To meet that need, Miami University designed a program of five sessions, each three hours long, that ended in a business case. The effort showed Miami that there was a demand for such training, which could appeal to a number of working professionals. The university is looking for 25-30 students for its first mini-MBA class.
University officials obviously want to spread the word about the new program, so they could work with brochure printers to create a booklet for distribution, perhaps via the Chamber, describing the program.
The ‘Mini-MBA’ program offered by the university is a shortened version of its MBA program, and is 14 weeks in length. Classes meet weekly, and will be held in the offices of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, located at 3 East Fourth Street.
The university's director of its MBA program, Brad Bays, explains that the mini-program came about when he was asked to find a way for the university to increase its footprint using an executive-level educational program. Bays studied several similar programs at various universities, and in addition, relied on experience he had garnered when working with the law firm of Frost Brown Todd.
Officials from that firm wanted to give new employees the opportunity to gain experience via a short business education course. To meet that need, Miami University designed a program of five sessions, each three hours long, that ended in a business case. The effort showed Miami that there was a demand for such training, which could appeal to a number of working professionals. The university is looking for 25-30 students for its first mini-MBA class.
University officials obviously want to spread the word about the new program, so they could work with brochure printers to create a booklet for distribution, perhaps via the Chamber, describing the program.