Program Toolkit

Print this material
Download a brochure
Email Email to a friend
Contact Program Director
Apply Now!

Managing Talent for Strategic Advantage

Program Dates: September 12-17, 2010
Application Deadline: August 2, 2010
Program Tuition: $9,700 USD

In a business environment where the only constant is change, all firms face a profound challenge: How do you leverage your human capital to gain competitive advantage? This program examines the strategic impact of human resources and delivers dynamic frameworks that enable your organization to quickly adapt to changing conditions and seize new opportunities as they emerge.

Professor O'Reilly discusses MTSA

Content Overview

Managers today must be effective at simultaneously monitoring current
performance, managing incremental innovation, and leading more
revolutionary or discontinuous change efforts. The Managing Talent
for Strategic Advantage program explores how to manage this delicate
balancing act by emphasizing methods to align HR strategy with the
overall business strategy.

Led by the top professors and authors in the field, the program
teaches participants how to strategically utilize human resource levers
— such as culture, compensation, and performance management
— to build competitive advantage and drive success.

 

Curriculum Preview

Building Market Focused
Organizations

a 50-minute Web seminar
hosted by Faculty Director
Professor Hayagreeva Rao

Key Takeaways

  • Concepts and frameworks that help you directly link human resources with your organization's vision and competitive strategy
  • Sophisticated understanding of how to manage human resource policies and practices in ways that add the most value to your organization
  • Knowledge of how to implement change and manage organizational transition as your firm adapts to new market conditions


This course was conceptually outstanding and presented with power and energy. It brought HR to the very point where it starts to add value to the business — by creating competitive advantage.

Thomas Foery
Head Manager, Human Resources
Landis & Gyr (Europe) Corporation


Program dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change. If a program is cancelled, Stanford will refund the program tuition in full but is not responsible for travel, accommodations or other expenses incurred by the participant.

SU Seal Aimee Slobin
Assistant Director, Programs and Marketing
Office of Executive Education
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Phone: 650.724.4336
Toll Free: 866.542.2205 (US and Canada)
Fax: 650.723.3950
Email: slobin_aimee@gsb.stanford.edu