What sets our Online MBA program apart from other MBA programs is UD’s Marianist and Catholic identity, which is embodied through the concept of servant leadership. As you expand your understanding of key business terms, you will also learn how to use your knowledge and talents to improve the world around you. One of the MBA immersions will delve into how servant leadership merges with business knowledge to help you succeed on a personal and professional level.

Organizations that practice servant leadership are more successful, as proven by research. Online MBA embodies the model of “Head” (business acumen), “Heart” (humanity), and “Hands” (service). In this immersion, you will explore the tradition of, latest research and best practices on servant leadership by participating in: 

Today’s workforce demands a mindset of possibility that disrupts the world through 21st-century citizenship. University of Dayton’s Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation believes in creative change-making with a sustainable, humanity-centered focus that blends educational and vocational frameworks for the transformation of both one’s professional and personal journey.

In this one-of-a-kind immersion, you will integrate the three pillars of applied creative learning — ambiguity, empathy, and humanity — to animate these approaches within your discipline of study and professional experience. You will strengthen your transdisciplinary learning and research through the collaborative creation of new conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and translational innovations that integrate and move beyond discipline-specific approaches to address a grand challenge faced in today’s local, regional, and global business sectors.

During this immersion, you will discover how new technologies impact firms. Through a series of presentations by executives, case discussions, plant tours, and group projects, you will consider the process of innovation and how it internally and externally influences operational processes and general business practices.

By the end of this immersion, participants will have an understanding of:

You may at some point work for a nonprofit, volunteer for a nonprofit, donate to a nonprofit or even serve on the board of a nonprofit. No matter where your career takes you, you will likely engage with nonprofit organizations.
 
The primary objective of this immersion is to provide you with information on the various business models used by different nonprofit organizations with an emphasis on how these organizations operate and add value to the business world and the community at large.