Jack Welch Management Institute

Develop the Leadership Mindset That Drives Results

The Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI) at Strayer University prepares working professionals to become stronger leaders, build high performing teams, and help their organizations compete and win. Founded by legendary CEO Jack Welch, JWMI combines proven management principles with contemporary business practices and practical learning designed to be applied in the workplace.

Designed for working professionals and flexible learning formats, JWMI programs emphasize leadership, strategy, finance, operations, communication, people management, organizational change, and data informed decision making. As business continues to evolve, students also explore the impact of analytics and emerging business models on leadership and organizational performance.

Through its MBA and graduate certificate offerings, JWMI helps professionals develop the capabilities and strategic perspective needed to lead in complex and changing business environments.

Core Concepts

  • Apply leadership principles to contemporary business challenges
  • Analyze business strategy and organizational performance
  • Strengthen financial and operational decision making
  • Lead teams and navigate organizational change
  • Examine the impact of analytics on business leadership

Practical Competencies

  • Strategic leadership
  • Business strategy
  • People leadership
  • Financial decision making
  • Operational management
  • Organizational communication
  • Change leadership
  • Data informed decision making
  • Executive problem solving

The JWMI MBA, which includes the JWMI MBA Healthcare concentration, JWMI MBA Human Resources concentration, and the JWMI MBA Operations Management concentration are programmatically accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
11520 West 119th Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
913.339.9356

Degrees

Courses

JWI 505: Business Communications and Executive Presence

Credits 4.5
Your career and ability to lead depends on effective communication. Communication is a learned skill that everyone can improve. This course will teach you techniques, often reserved for high potential executives, to advance your leadership presence, strategic communication, professional relationships, presentation performance and workplace crisis management. You will sharpen your leadership communication with targeted learning, practice and coaching. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to optimize your online presence through strategic updates to your LinkedIn profile and peer feedback.

JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century

Credits 4.5
Leadership is different from management. Managers get predictable things done predictably. Leaders inspire action and adaptability in an unpredictable world. This course delves into the concepts, tools and skills leaders need today. It combines theory and practice to examine such topics as strengthening emotional intelligence, motivating people to achieve strong results, managing conflict, leading change, aligning teams and eliciting support from colleagues and bosses. In addition, this course lays out Jack Welch's time-tested techniques for high-performance team leadership.

JWI 515: Managerial Economics

Credits 4.5
This course examines how managers can use economic tools and techniques in solving problems and making business decisions. Managerial economics analyzes supply and demand, profit optimization, cost minimization and pricing practices. It also examines the impact of economic indicators on business performance. This course teaches managers how to analyze risk and apply the analysis in making prudent business decisions. Primary emphasis will be on understanding and applying concepts, and the implications of analysis on managerial decision-making.

JWI 518: Marketing in a Global Environment

Credits 4.5
Marketing is the process of turning wants and needs into decisions and actions. It involves a range of activities designed to convey a persuasive message to a target audience. The course covers marketing plans, qualitative and quantitative research, consumer psychology, product positioning and strategy, pricing, packaging, brand equity, advertising, the marketing mix, customer value and business-to-business global marketing. This course focuses on strategic marketing decision-making in a global environment. It reviews concepts of marketing theory, select analytic tools and the dynamics of the marketing mix. The primary focus is on developing skills to design and implement an effective marketing mix and to resolve marketing issues in a given situation. Course objectives are accomplished through case analysis and discussions reflecting a global perspective and assessed through the development and presentation of a marketing plan in a group setting.

JWI 519: The Business of AI: Navigating the Digital Economy

Credits 4.5
What do the emerging technologies of generative AI mean for the future of the economy, business and leadership? How can managers leverage these tools to improve performance and stay ahead of the competition in a global environment? This course approaches AI not as a replacement for core business knowledge, but as a multiplier of skills and capacity. We focus on understanding the managerial aspects of Al, such as aligning Al strategies with business goals, and managing risks associated with Al systems.

JWI 520: People Management

Credits 4.5
Early on in your career, professional success depends on your innate talents, how you develop those talents, and your initial career decisions. But once you become a manager, your ability to select, develop, promote and manage the right people becomes the most important determinant of success. In this course, students explore two general areas of people management: hiring and positioning the right players for organizational needs and managing people once the players are in place. Specific topics include sourcing and integrating new talent, managing strategic talent inventory, working with HR and organized labor, performance evaluations and reward systems.

JWI 521: Recruit, Develop, Assess, Reward, Retain

Credits 4.5
Learn to attract the best people, reward the right behaviors and develop better leaders within your organization and see how the principles of differentiation, trust and candor drive winning results. This course is an introduction to people management, with a focus on putting people before numbers, nurturing talent and practicing fair and balanced management. You will explore the concept of differentiation in employee management, examine ways to enhance the employee experience and determine the best metrics to track to achieve organizational goals.

JWI 522: Strategic Partnering with the C-Suite

Credits 4.5
Human resources encompasses much more than benefits and birthdays. Leaders must find ways to navigate past this perception and position themselves with not only a seat at the table, but as an independent confidant to the CEO. Students will explore how to align the competencies and behaviors of the workforce with the strategic goals of the organization. In addition, human resource leaders need to develop themselves as the in-house experts on dealing with complex ethical and legal issues facing employers today. Students will examine the various regulatory agencies, policies and guidelines impacting the workforce, and identify ways to ensure compliance while driving results. Students will learn about the impact of federal and state regulations as they pertain to employee relations, compensation, hiring and terminations.

JWI 530: Financial Management I

Credits 4.5
Financial accounting is the language of business. Leaders must develop fluency in financial concepts, principles and tools in order to understand and drive effective organizational decisions. In this course, you will learn to read, understand and analyze financial data as well as apply managerial accounting concepts such as costing, variance analysis, forecasting and capital budgeting. Maximize the impact of your financial decisions by learning to speak with numbers.

JWI 531: Financial Management II

Credits 4.5
A continued exploration of corporate finance, this course focuses on the advanced financial management skills required to evaluate assets and manage risk in a global market. Students learn such analytical approaches as capital budgeting and the weighted average cost of capital, and then apply them to resource decisions involving domestic and international projects. They also gain a deeper understanding of the movement of exchange rates, interest rates and other factors that influence capital markets. In today's competitive business environment, companies must find innovative and creative ways to facilitate quick and sustainable growth. This course has been designed to develop skills to achieve this goal. The course covers such topics as managing relationships between stakeholders and evaluating mergers and acquisitions bids and the companies behind them. The course focuses on the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to succeed in today's fast-paced business world.

JWI 533: Saving Money, Saving Lives

Credits 4.5
There is a cost to saving lives. Deciding where to invest in technology is critical, whether you are choosing between technology to protect patient records or technology that will save more lives. Business leaders need to stay ahead of the game and balance the risks associated with these costly decisions. You will explore the role of information technology in the success of the delivery system and other important healthcare processes and understand what it means to manage information technology to accomplish delivery system objectives.

JWI 540: Strategy

Credits 4.5
This course focuses on the skills needed by leaders and managers to understand and develop business strategies. A primary emphasis of the course is Jack Welch's approach to developing and evaluating a strategy compared and contrasted with traditional and theoretical approaches. The course describes the various stages in the strategic planning process, including an analysis of the external environment and internal organizational capabilities. The course explores criteria for, and the impact of, mergers and acquisitions and analyzes organic growth strategies to achieve a competitive advantage. The overriding goal of the course is to enable students to effectively use strategy to develop an overall plan of action designed to achieve the higher-level goals of an organization.

JWI 548: Applying AI Strategies to Win in Business

Credits 4.5
Jack Welch said, “If the rate of change outside the organization is faster than the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” In a global marketplace, organizations that once firmly held significant defensible shares of the market are being continuously threatened by new innovations from their competitors. This course explores how AI can promote new ways of thinking and improve strategic decision-making. Students will learn about AI-enabled innovation processes, such as generative design, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and advanced analytics. Students will work on real-world projects to apply AI techniques to solve strategic business challenges.

JWI 550: Operational Excellence

Credits 4.5
The focus of this course is on the pursuit of operational excellence as a means for increasing competitive strength. The goal is to provide students with the understanding and tools necessary to identify areas of opportunity for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of processes. This course includes topics such as value stream mapping, process mapping, process analysis, customer-focused design, Six Sigma and Lean.

JWI 551: It's All About the Patient – Improve the Patient Experience

Credits 4.5
Learn to improve the patient experience, reduce costs and build better leaders within the healthcare landscape. See how the principles of Six Sigma and Differentiation permeate throughout healthcare. This course will be an introduction into the healthcare sector, with a focus on comprehending the core concepts of service delivery, payment, insurance and business models within the healthcare sector. You will explore the concept of defining quality in patient care and examine ways to enhance the patient experience and improve processes against the need to streamline costs in the sector.

JWI 552: Getting Your Customers What They Need

Credits 4.5
This course provides students with an understanding of the strategies, planning and analytical tools needed for meeting customer demand and for managing supply chains. It equips students to understand the complexities of the movement of goods and services and the handoff from one owner/organization to the next. The course covers the topics of forecasting, capacity planning, operations planning and scheduling, inventory management, Lean systems, supply chain management and logistics and the movement of goods and services across international borders, including the regulations and requirements associated with managing a global supply chain.

JWI 553: Harnessing AI for Performance Optimization

Credits 4.5
Artificial Intelligence can be a powerful tool to uncover and address operational inefficiencies that lead to underperformance. This course is not just for operations managers – it's for any leader committed to finding a better way every day. The course explores the use of AI tools to improve performance in the areas of workflow, productivity, and quality. By focusing on the planning and implementation of Al-supported initiatives, students will learn how to develop more effective and efficient operational practices that are aligned with business goals and overcome common challenges associated with Al adoption.

JWI 554: Delivering Quality

Credits 4.5
This course provides a foundation for understanding and applying quality principles, tools and statistical methods for quality and performance excellence from an enterprise perspective. It covers the topics of quality planning in the development of new products and services, quality improvement methods such as Six Sigma to minimize variation and improve quality, and quality control to ensure quality is achieved on a sustainable basis.

JWI 555: Organizational Change and Culture

Credits 4.5
From the rapid advance of technology to the steady march of globalization, powerful forces of change are shaping today's business landscape. As leaders grapple with these forces, they also face enormous resistance to change. In this course, students learn a powerful framework for understanding and marshalling change. They also hear real stories and concrete strategies from the trenches at major organizations like GE—including Work-Out, Rapid Results, and Six Sigma—and learn when to use each tool. Ultimately, you will understand the importance of a leader's ability to drive change through persuasive communication, simplifying structures, performance management and cultural alignment.

JWI 556: Leading Change by Putting People First

Credits 4.5
As Jack Welch states, "Every time you talk about changing, you have to put together the rationale for the change. You have to answer the question of what's in it for the people who are forced to do something different than they are used to doing." Business leaders need to stay ahead of the game and help people within their organization understand that change is constant and effective change management is needed to win. Students will explore the role of human resources in executing successful change management initiatives within an organization.

JWI 557: Leading Operational Change

Credits 4.5
This course focuses on the role of senior leadership in driving change initiatives to implement operational improvements. It covers the topics of operations strategy, process strategy, and the Baldrige framework for performance excellence. We examine how operational leaders must learn to communicate using data in ways that non-specialists can understand in order to get the workforce aligned. It also examines how to leverage the frameworks of operational excellence to strengthen the connection among performance objectives, performance reviews and team management practices.

JWI 570: Leading through the Bureaucracy in Healthcare

Credits 4.5
Healthcare is complex and bureaucratic. Leaders find ways to navigate through the bureaucracy and use it to their advantage. You will understand the various regulatory agencies, policies and guidelines within the healthcare industry and identify ways to maneuver through it and drive results. You will learn about the impact of the Affordable Care Act and attempts to reform the U.S. healthcare system from a federal and state perspective. This course will explore various laws governing healthcare institutions and dilemmas faced by managers in the industry.

JWI 575: New Business Ventures and Entrepreneurship

Credits 4.5
Anyone can display an entrepreneurial streak, but not everyone can be an entrepreneur. In this course, students learn what makes an entrepreneur tick, and then walk through the stages of planning, financing and launching a new business. The course covers business plan development, market analysis, competitive positioning, business models, funding sources, company formation, intellectual property, sales, marketing and hiring. The insights gained will also give learners a leg-up in launching new projects or new ventures within existing businesses.

JWI 581: Healthcare Informatics

Credits 2.25
Learn how healthcare information can drive improvements in the quality and safety of patient care. Explore how data relates to population health management. Take on quantitative concepts and use tools to solve and analyze complex data sets to drive decisions in healthcare.

JWI 595: Healthcare Informatics and Capstone

Credits 4.5

This course integrates the knowledge students have acquired throughout their graduate program and healthcare concentration. Students will examine how healthcare information can drive improvements in the quality and safety of patient care and explore the relationship between data and population health management. Through the application of quantitative concepts and analytical tools, students will analyze and interpret complex data sets to inform healthcare decision-making. As part of the course, students will select a healthcare organization facing a real-world leadership challenge and develop a strategic leadership plan. Successful completion of this capstone experience demonstrates a student’s ability to analyze, interpret, synthesize, and communicate with a CEO-level mindset.

JWI 596: Operations Capstone

Credits 4.5
The final course in the MBA program for the Operations Management concentration is a capstone course in which a real-world project will be undertaken to develop an operations strategy supported by a detailed operations plan to improve a mission-critical process in the student’s chosen organization. The course will require the use of data analysis and business analytics for evaluating the business and financial impact of the proposed improvement(s), and the development of an implementation plan that includes the means to measure outcomes using KPIs and other quantifiable metrics.

JWI 597: Graduate Healthcare Capstone

Credits 2.25
This course ties together everything students have learned in their graduate program and healthcare concentration. They will choose a healthcare organization with a real-world leadership challenge and create a strategic leadership plan. Successfully completing this final course will demonstrate a student's ability to analyze, interpret, synthesize and communicate with a CEO mindset firmly in place.

JWI 599: Business Analytics and Capstone

Credits 4.5
This course is where it all comes together. Students will synthesize and apply all they have learned during their JWMI MBA program. They will complete a Capstone Project in which they will prepare and present a well-researched strategic plan to take their organization to a more profitable and sustainable position of market leadership. Because business leaders, especially CEOs, cannot just act on hunches, the first half of this course will be focused on business analytics. This will include an overview of powerful quantitative strategies and techniques used to analyze business data in any organization and improve decision outcomes across all business functions. Students will use these same techniques to identify, collect and analyze the data needed to support their strategic plan.