Times are changing fast and new business challenges are the result. Today's business world demands a fresh approach in preparing the business leaders of tomorrow. Simply put: yesterday's MBA doesn't meet today's business challenges, and it certainly won't meet tomorrow's.
Whether on Wall Street or in the global marketplace, today's business leaders must execute with an eye toward constant innovation and they need to be business experts yet appreciate that multiple disciplines work together to drive constant economic growth. The leaders of tomorrow must command the practical and intellectual shifts necessary to invent the future, with technology as a key piece of their toolkits.
At the Lally School of Management & Technology, you'll learn to face tomorrow's challenges and become the type of leader who anticipates opportunities by using technology to create significant value. You'll gain the flexibility to not only adjust to changing times but to predict future business challenges and implications.
Beyond shaping the business leaders of tomorrow, the Lally School prepares a very special breed of business manager. More than understanding technology's promise, our graduates transform technical possibilities into viable business opportunities.
If you have a passion for technology, and have a keen interest in learning about how business truly works, the Lally MBA is perfect for you. Lally’s innovative curriculum provides graduates not only with relevant business skills, but with critical expertise in launching, running, and growing a successful business through ground-breaking teaching methods and industry-based projects. Rensselaer’s long history and global reputation in engineering and technology create the perfect platform for the Lally MBA programs’ unique educational experience.
The Lally MBA curriculum is organized to mirror the operational structure of a business. Unlike most MBA programs that fill you with individual topics in the context of the classroom without relation to the day-to-day world of business and technology, the Lally curriculum is built upon streams of knowledge. These streams immerse you in an integrative coursework where faculty-teams deliver courses that reflect how businesses manage their innovation processes. This new knowledge is then applied to industry-focused classroom projects in courses such as:
- Creating and Managing an Enterprise
- Business Implications of Emerging Technologies
- Networks, Innovation, and Value Creation
- Design, Manufacturing, and Marketing
- Strategy, Technology, and Competition
Graduates of the Lally MBA program emerge as creative strategic-thinkers who are ready to make their contribution to the world of business and technology. Lally graduates are sought-after throughout the industry. Many alumni are part of world-class, international enterprises like IBM, Deloitte, EMC Corporation, and American Express, working in areas such as consulting, marketing, new product development, finance, and IT management. Other graduates have opted for the entrepreneurial route and have founded (and some have sold) successful new ventures including: Float-Tech and Celery, LLC. Whatever you choose to do, Lally will provide you with the knowledge, experience, and connections to get you there.
"The Lally School has brought together management and technology in a way that allows students to turn innovation into commercialization. The Lally difference is its all encompassing commitment to innovation in business; it is that very commitment that separates the Lally School from all other MBA programs. And it's not simply a matter of a single course. It's the program's unique focus and approach to "innovation" that makes this program distinct from all others."
- Brian Zuercher '08
If you are a next-generation leader who is seeking a truly unique MBA experience, then check out the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer. The degree you receive from the Lally School will open doors in ways that would not otherwise be possible.