"If your passion is to lead teams and organizations that change the world, we want to hear from you."
DEAN'S WELCOME
Your Calling
Leadership is a noble calling.
Managed institutions support every imaginable area of human endeavor—private, nonprofit, and government—delivering nearly all of the world's goods and services.
Regardless of the type of organization, its leaders must take responsibility for achieving the organization's mission today, while changing to do it even better tomorrow. They must execute strategies, allocate resources, organize people, invest wisely, and manage daily operational and human issues.
When organizations perform well, everyone benefits; quality of life and standard of living improve. And when they perform poorly, people get hurt; they lose jobs, savings, and opportunity.
That's why effective organizational leadership plays a vital role in shaping our world.
Your Potential
As a management school graduate, you ultimately will have opportunities to play a leadership role within an organization.
As a graduate of the Stanford MBA Program, you will be well prepared for this responsibility. You will understand the general management principles that create an enduring foundation for leadership.
You will learn from the leading scholars who comprise our faculty and be exposed to innovative research that influences management theory and practice.
Your Preparation
At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, however, fundamentals are only the beginning.
Leadership skills are developed by experience as much as they are acquired in the classroom, which is why you will have many opportunities to interact with and learn from some of the most successful business and social-sector leaders in the world.
You will learn what's involved in communicating a vision, aligning all stakeholders, and motivating colleagues to achieve exceptional results.
You will be challenged to approach management problems with creativity and disciplined thought. You will benefit from the diverse perspectives of students who hail from around the globe.
In short, you will learn about the art of leadership as well as its science.
Your Opportunity
Organizational leadership is a noble pursuit.
Effective leaders have a greater potential for influence than ever before in human history.
If your passion is to lead teams and organizations that change the world, we want to hear from you.
I welcome your interest in graduate management education and thank you for considering the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Robert L. Joss
Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford MBA 1967, PhD 1970