Management Development Program
Gain the knowledge, insight, and confidence to drive better business results
Cultivate a Management Mindset
Organizations need multifaceted managers with the skill set to consider the financial, operational, strategic, and human implications of their business decisions. In Wharton’s online Management Development Program, you’ll gain the hard and soft skills to become a more effective and well-rounded leader.
Whether you’re a senior business leader looking to enhance your skills, a mid-level manager who wants to advance to the next level, or someone from a non-business discipline currently in a business management role, this program will help you attain the confidence, agility, and insights to succeed.
Key Takeaways
In the Management Development Program, you will learn to:
Acquire a range of hard and soft skills to improve your operational and strategic decision-making abilities, build trust, and create effective communication
Make more educated decisions through a better understanding of financial, accounting, marketing, and operational topics, including return on investment, financial statements, brand positioning, and customer analytics
Plan for organizational growth by improving work processes, decision trees, and organizational architecture
Build and leverage your network of other successful, high-performing professionals in the cohort
Program Curriculum
The program’s comprehensive curriculum provides you with a full range of managerial insights, including how to effectively use your managerial power to build trust and motivate people; enhance your financial and accounting acumen; boost your marketing and communications impact; and improve your operational and strategic decision-making abilities.
Program Highlights
Flexible
Recorded lectures and online learning to help you achieve work-life balance
Interactive Learning
Engage your thinking with live webinars, office hours, discussion boards, and fireside chats with Wharton MBA alumni
World-Renowned Faculty
Learn from the same faculty who teach in Wharton's MBA program
Career Enhancement
Personal assessment helps you chart your own path
Well-Rounded Curriculum
A blend of hard and soft skills that prepares you to become an effective leader
Peer Learning
Network with and learn from high-achieving peers around the globe
Real-World Application
Immediately apply relevant program learnings in your workplace
Hands-On Application Exercises
Use experiential learning activities to reinforce new skills
Our Participants
Geography
North America – 73%
Asia – 13%
Europe – 5%
Africa – 5%
South America – 4%
Experience
0-9 years – 17%
10-14 years – 25%
15-19 years – 26%
20+ years – 32%
Job Function
General management – 21%
Sales and business development – 19%
Information technology – 9%
Engineering – 7%
Project management – 7%
Marketing/PR – 6%
Other – 30%
Testimonials
About Wharton Executive Education
Wharton Executive Education delivers best-in-class, integrated learning experiences that are innovative, evidence-based, results-focused, and practical. With the goal of advancing leaders at every level, our programs are rooted in the latest research, enhance business acumen, and encourage new ways of thinking to solve the global business and leadership challenges of today and tomorrow.
Program Faculty
The same faculty who teach in Wharton’s top-ranked MBA program also teach in the online Management Development Program: Develop Your Managerial Mindset, complete with live sessions that include Q&A.
Simon and Midge Palley Professor; Professor of Management, The Wharton School
The K. P. Chao Professor; Professor of Marketing; Vice Dean, Analytics at Wharton; Chairperson, Wharton Marketing Department; Professor of Economics; Professor of Education; Professor of Statistics, The Wharton School
George W. Taylor Professor of Management; Director, Center for Human Resources, The Wharton School
Frances and Pei-Yuan Chia Professor; Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School
Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor; Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School
Ira A. Lipman Associate Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School
Miller-Sherrerd Professor; Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School
Practice Professor, Operations, Information and Decisions, The Wharton School
Cecilia Yen Koo Professor; Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions; Professor of Management, The Wharton School
Thomas Gerrity Professor; Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics; Professor of Management; Chairperson, Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department, The Wharton School
David M. Knott Professor; Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, The Wharton School
William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management; Professor of Management; Director, Center for Leadership and Change Management; Editor, Wharton Leadership Digest
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the program, you will earn a digital certificate of completion from the Wharton School.
Note:
After successful completion of the online program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you in the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the Wharton School.
This online certificate program does not grant academic credit or a degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
FAQs
Please note that our team is away from December 23, 2024 to January 2, 2025 for the year-end holidays. We look forward to addressing your queries when we resume operations in the new year.
Have Questions?
Email: enterprise.clientsuccess@emeritus.org. We attempt to respond to queries in 24 hours or less. However, over weekends and holidays, our responses may take up to 72 hours.