MBA Roundtable members have the opportunity to participate in virtual educational seminars related to MBA curriculum and programmatic innovation.  These events seek to further idea sharing and collaboration among member institutions.

Webinars are typically free-of-charge to members and are recorded and posted for viewing via the member portal.

Recently Recorded Webinars

LeaderCORE:  2012 Innovator Award Winner:  University at Buffalo:  February 2013

University at Buffalo’s LeaderCORE Program assesses, develops, and certifies students’ competencies in ten areas judged by employers to be at the core of leadership success.  Assessed at the start of their full-time MBA program, students use an Individual Development Action Plan to identify courses and co-curricular activities throughout their MBA program that meet their development needs.

Learn more about LeaderCORE Program including its strategic positioning, evolution, and lessons learned throughout its development.  This webinar is ideally suited for MBA faculty or directors seeking to infuse more professional development in their MBA programs.

2012 Insights into Curricular Innovation:  July 2012

The MBA Roundtable presented an in-depth look at the results from the 2012 Curricular Innovation Study, a survey conducted in spring 2012 with more than 250 respondent MBA programs.  Attendees gained insights into recent changes to core and elective delivery and course offerings; the latest hot topics, specializations, and co-curricular initiatives; and best practices in managing the curricular change process.   View the recording to learn about important trends by program type and find relevant, practical data to inform and support your curricular change efforts.

Members may log-in to the portal to view the recording of this session.

MBA Roundtable Innovator Award Webinar Series: Spring 2012

Three offerings highlighting the winners and finalists of the 2011 MBA Roundtable Innovator Award Program

Visit the member portal to view recordings of this exciting series!

Critical Thinking@Olin:  Innovator Award Winner 

Critical Thinking@Olin is a programmatic initiative that fundamentally changes the way business students formulate challenges so that they solve the right problem the first time.  This novel approach to teaching critical thinking was launched in 2007 at Washington University in St. Louis and has been integrated across the curriculum, including two new courses as well as peer and self-assessments; training of faculty and staff on the tools and techniques; and incorporating expectations of critical thinking into all courses throughout the curriculum.

Innovation in Action:  Innovator Award Finalists 

Join representatives from two of our Innovator Award finalist schools – Babson College and Dalhousie University—in a conversation about their award-winning initiatives. 

Babson College was recognized for its fast-track development of a common core curriculum and signature learning experiences for its four MBA programs.  The goal of the redesign was to provide a standardized experience for students regardless of the program in which they enrolled; improve institutional efficiency; and strengthen the integration of ethics, communication, globalization, and technology. 

Dalhousie University was selected for creating Canada’s only Corporate Residency MBA.  Designed for direct-entry students and those with limited business experience, the program features an 8-month paid work experience as its action-based learning component.  Other unique program features include a 22-month leadership and career management program, and multiple integrative sessions.

MBA@UNC:  2011 MBA Roundtable Innovator Award Finalist

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School was recognized as a 2011 MBA Roundtable Innovator Award finalist for its development of a unique online MBA program. The new program was designed to match the quality and content of UNC-Chapel Hill's traditional MBA while using the latest in online interactive technology to deliver the content, administrative and student services, and faculty interfaces, including interactive tools for critiquing students and assessing their engagement in real time.  The school also is using materials developed for the online program to strengthen its traditional program.

Past Webinars

The New MBA Curriculum – A Personalized Marshall MBA Experience Diane Badame and Arvind Bhambri from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business present the School's new personalized Full-time MBA Program.

Leveraging Student Networks to Enhance MBA Education MBA students build networks—of both formal and informal relationships—to enhance their own learning and advance their career opportunities while at business school. Join Rob Cross, founder and research director of The Network Roundtable, in a discussion on student networks. Rob shares specific examples of how the University of Virginia is using network analysis to help faculty and program directors better visualize and improve student learning inside and outside of the classroom.

Leading Curricular Change: Leadership, Strategy, and Faculty Organization James Danko shares advice on how to successfully lead change within a business school environment, with particular focus on how certain organizational improvements support curricular re-design.