Strategic Thinking Training
From mergers and acquisitions to innovative expansions, businesses and industries are constantly evolving. A Graduate Certificate in Strategic Growth from St. Thomas can help you develop the strategic planning skills you need to lead your company on a path of sustained growth. Hone your business model expertise, financial analysis and strategic thinking to drive business development, manage a product line, or expand a small company.
This certificate is designed for MBA graduates, and current St. Thomas MBA students. Our advanced, intensive curriculum builds financial acumen, strategic thinking and professional effectiveness in a flexible format convenient for working professionals. And since the program was developed with input from industry experts and employers, you can bring what you learned immediately back to the office.
Complete the program at your own pace by taking evening courses on our downtown Minneapolis campus. Convenient for working professionals, our flexible program can be completed in a year or longer – based on your individual needs and schedule. If you are currently enrolled in a St. Thomas MBA program, you may complete the designated courses as program electives to earn a graduate certificate on your transcript.
The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Growth program has both required and elective courses that you can complete at your own pace. Take one or more evening courses per term to earn your certificate while you work. You can also earn the certificate as you pursue an MBA from St. Thomas.
Students are required to earn 15 – 16.5 credits:
Complete the program in as few as 12 months, or go at a slower pace to earn your certificate.
Are you planning to earn your St. Thomas MBA and this certificate at the same time? Explore our Part-time Flex MBA program to learn more.
To survive and thrive in a competitive landscape, businesses must grow and evolve. By earning a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Growth, you position yourself as a valuable player in today’s environment of constant change and disruption.
The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Growth program has both required and elective courses that you can complete at your own pace. Take one or more evening courses per term to earn your certificate while you work. You can also earn the certificate as you pursue an MBA from St. Thomas.
Students are required to earn 15 – 16.5 credits:
Complete the program in as few as 12 months, or go at a slower pace to earn your certificate.
Are you planning to earn your St. Thomas MBA and this certificate at the same time? Explore our Part-time Flex MBA program to learn more.
To survive and thrive in a competitive landscape, businesses must grow and evolve. By earning a Graduate Certificate in Strategic Growth, you position yourself as a valuable player in today’s environment of constant change and disruption.
Get an introduction to managerial accounting concepts. Learn how financial data—including cost information—is used in planning, controlling and decision-making. Topics include, but are not limited to, cost classification, profit planning, cost allocation, contribution margin analysis, cost-volume profit analysis, and the ethical aspects of decision making.
This course focuses on interpersonal and inter-group conflict and its resolution. Through the analysis of bargaining and conflict situations, students will be able to learn their own individual negotiating styles. The course includes distributive (win-lose) negotiations, integrative (win-win) negotiations, the use of power in negotiations and negotiation ethics. Negotiation cases will be used extensively in the course to allow students to improve their negotiation skills progressing through simple to complex hands-on scenarios.
Dr. Pattit teaches courses in competitive, corporate and collaborative strategy, and in the Health Care MBA program. His research interests inter-firm relationships, and the use of contracts to achieve a competitive edge. Jason Pattit received his Ph.D. in business administration, with a focus on strategic management. His publications in Research Policy and the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management examine the impact of institutions, strategic factors and transaction characteristics on the evolving boundaries of corporate R&D.
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