Kellogg School of Management

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Kellogg School of Management
Established 1908
Type Graduate Business School
Dean Dipak C. Jain
Faculty 149
Undergraduates No
Postgraduates 1162
Location Evanston, Illinois, USA
Campus Lakeshore
Endowment $580.3 million

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, also known as The Kellogg School or Kellogg, is one of the world's leading graduate business schools, consistently ranked in the top echelon by various publications, including BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report, and The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Founded in 1908 in downtown Chicago as a part-time evening program, the school was chartered to educate business leaders with "good moral character." Kellogg pioneered the use of group projects and group evaluations as a means of educating future executives. As a result, the school has been widely credited with popularizing the importance of "teamwork" and "team leadership" within the business world, as other business schools have followed suit in using group projects as educational tools.

Kellogg differentiates itself from other business schools by virtue of: its teaching method, which places equal emphasis on theory and practice; its entrepreneurial culture, which involves students in every facet of the school's decision-making process; its partnerships with other schools in China, India, Hong Kong, Israel, Germany, Canada, and Thailand; and its constantly evolving curriculum, which introduces new courses based on changing market demands, while retaining its core curriculum of analytical and behavioral disciplines.

Kellogg School graduates hold leadership positions in for-profit, nonprofit, governmental, and academic institutions around the world.

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[edit] History

The school, originally founded in 1908 as Northwestern University's School of Commerce, a part-time evening program, was one of 16 founding members of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, the organization that sets accreditation standards for business schools. As one of the organization's original members, the school later played a major role in helping to establish the Graduate Management Admission Test, the standardized test that is use to assess the intellectual prowess of MBA applicants. In addition, faculty associated with the school have made landmark contributions to fields such as marketing and decisions sciences. For instance, Walter Dill Scott, a pioneer in applied psychology, helped establish some of the earliest advertising and marketing courses in the first decade of the twentieth century. He went on to serve as president of Northwestern University from 1920-1939. More recently, Philip Kotler and Sidney J. Levy's groundbreaking 1969 Journal of Marketing article, "Broadening the Conception of Marketing," laid the foundations for a greatly expanded understanding of marketing. Similarly, Kotler's Marketing Management text has played a key role in deepening the field's scholarship.

In 1951, Kellogg began offering executive education courses. The Institute for Management was a four-week summer program based in Evanston, expanded the following year to two sections. The program's success eventually led to it being expanded in Europe in 1965 with a similar program offered in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. In 1976, the school expanding its executive education offerings in Evanston, including introducing a degree-granting program known as the Executive Management Program (EMP, today known as the Executive MBA Program). A watershed event in the school's history was the opening of the James L. Allen Center, home of the Kellogg executive education programs. The vision of legendary dean Donald P. Jacobs (deanship 1975-2001; on faculty in Finance Department since 1957), the Allen Center enlisted the help of significant business figures in the Chicago-area, most notably James L. Allen, a Kellogg alumnus and cofounder of consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton. The Allen Center's cornerstone was laid in 1978 while the facility officially opened Oct. 31, 1979. It remains a state-of-the-art management education facility.

In 1956, the school was renamed as the School of Business; little more than a decade later, in 1969, the school once again changed its name--to the Graduate School of Management, a designation that reflected the demand among the business community for sophisticated managers trained in both analytical and behavioral skills. In addition, this training was oriented toward general management, rather than narrowly functional skills, as had largely been the case in many business schools for much of the 20th century. The training was designed to provide management skills suitable for leadership roles whether in the corporate, public, or nonprofit sectors - rather than careers focused solely on traditional business. To reflect this change, the school in 1969 stopped issuing the MBA credential in favor of the MM, or master of management degree. A point of differentiation for nearly three decades, the school more recently returned to the traditional MBA.

These dramatic changes were predicated upon a key change under Dean John Barr (1965-1975): In 1966, Northwestern elected to discontinue its highly respected undergraduate program (the School of Business) so as to focus its energies solely on graduate education. In so doing, the school decided to pursue a research-based faculty, quickly attracting a number of world-class quantitative experts, many in the field of game theory, to build the school's renowned Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, founded in 1967 and initially led by Professor Stanley Reiter.

In 1979, in honor of a $10 million gift made to the school on behalf of John L. Kellogg, the former president of the Kellogg Company, the school was renamed as the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. The funds allowed the school to significantly expand its research and teaching mission by establishing three endowed professorships; two major centers of interdisciplinary research; four research professorships; and a large student rooming facility designed as a living-learning center. Even prior to the Kellogg gift, the school had been bolstering its research-based faculty: In 1978 alone the school added six additional "named" professorships and two new research professorships. In 2001, in an effort to solidify the school's brand, the name was shortened to the Kellogg School of Management."

While Kellogg is distinguished overall for its graduate business programs, its reputation is particularly notable in marketing. It has been consistently ranked as the leading program in marketing among graduate schools of business by Business Week and the Wall Street Journal, among others.

[edit] Students and culture

Kellogg offers Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA, and Part-Time MBA programs. The Kellogg School's Full-Time MBA programs include the traditional Two-Year MBA program (known as the 2Y Program); the accelerated One-Year MBA program (known as the 1Y Program); the Master of Management and Manufacturing (MMM) program, a joint program with Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; and the JD-MBA program, taught in conjunction with Northwestern University Law School.

The Exectutive MBA program consitently ranks as one of the worlds top EMBA programs and offers a joint degree with the Schulich School of Business at York University which is ranked as the top business school in Canada (The Economist 2006). In addition to its highly-successful MBA programs, the school also offers a PhD program.

Regardless of which program they enroll in, the school's students are part of a culture that is famous for its emphasis on teamwork and leadership skills. Much of this reputation is driven by the School's operational model, which provides a plethora of opportunities for students to lead initiatives on behalf of the school. Many aspects of the school, from admissions decisions, to admitted students weekend, to orientation week, to the annual conferences and events that the school hosts, are organized and led by students.

Because student leadership is such an integral part of the school, Kellogg was the first business school in the world to insist that all applicants be interviewed to assess their leadership potential and suitability for the Kellogg School's cooperative environment. As a result, in addition to grades, GMAT scores, professional achievement, and demonstrated leadership, 'fit' is an important part of the admissions equation at Kellogg. Admitted students are expected to be high-achievers as well as team players, and to embrace the concept of 'co-opetition' (cooperation and competition). Kellogg graduates are reputed to be exceptional team leaders, and the school is particularly regarded for its spirited and collaborative culture that emphasizes business rigor and relevance, while also affording students a wide range of educational and social experiences designed to develop leadership and professional skill.

[edit] Research and academics

Some of the Kellogg School's most prominent scholars and professors, past and present, include:


Kellogg's research centers include:

  • The Accounting Research Center
  • The Center for Biotechnology
  • The Center for Business, Government and Society
  • The Center for Executive Women
  • The Center for Family Enterprises
  • The Center for Financial Institutions and Markets
  • The Center for Health Industry Market Economics
  • The Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics & Mathematical Science
  • The Center for Nonprofit Management
  • The Center for Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • The Center for Retail Management
  • The Center for Research on Strategic Alliances
  • The Center for Strategic Decision-Making
  • The Center for Research in Technology & Innovation
  • The Dispute Resolution Research Center
  • The Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship
  • The General Motors Research Center for Strategy in Management
  • The Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research
  • The Heizer Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
  • The International Business Research Center
  • The Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice
  • The Kellogg Team & Group Research Center
  • The Zell Center for Risk Research.

All of Kellogg's professors perform both teaching and research. The school takes feedback from executives participating in Executive MBA and Part-time MBA programs into account in defining the curriculum of its Full-time MBA program. Most classes combine lectures on theory, discussion of case studies, as well as student group projects.

[edit] Global partnerships

Kellogg has built a network of partner schools around the world to increase collaboration across regions, create a global dialogue on important management topics, and provide an integrated global network for executive education. Partner schools include:

[edit] Alumni

Kellogg has over 50,000 alumni. Prominent alumni include:

Private Equity

Professional Services

Financial Services

Venture Capital

Technology

Consumer Goods

Retail

Healthcare / Biotech

Media / Entertainment / Information Services

Industrials

Government

Academia

[edit] Rankings

Kellogg is consistently ranked among the top five business schools in the world. Recent historical rankings of the Kellogg School's MBA, Executive MBA, and Part-Time MBA in BusinessWeek, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, US News & World Report, and Wall Street Journal are:

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
BusinessWeek (MBA) 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
BusinessWeek (EMBA) 1 1 1 1 1 1
Economist (MBA) 6 2 1 1 1
Financial Times (MBA) 17 11 11 13 10 12 10 11 13 11 9 8 11 8
Financial Times (EMBA*) 8 2 7
Forbes (MBA) 10 9 11 8 8 7 8 9
US News (MBA) 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 4
US News (EMBA) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
US News (Part-time) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
WSJ (MBA) 6 4 7 4 4 5
  • Two of the Kellogg School's other executive MBA programs are also highly ranked by the Financial Times. The School's Kellogg-HKUST program at the Hong Kong UST Business School is ranked No. 2 in the world, while the school's Kellogg-WHU program at WHU Business School in Germany is ranked No. 12 in the world.

[edit] Location and facilities

The Kellogg School's Full-Time and Executive MBA facilities are situated along the shores of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois on Chicago's North Shore, while the school's Part-Time MBA program is housed on Northwestern's Downtown Chicago campus in Wiebolt Hall. Full-time and Executive students of the Kellogg School enjoy access to a private beach, extensive sports and aquatic facilities, bike paths, playing fields and a sailing and windsurfing center. In 2006, Kellogg opened a new campus for its EMBA program for Latin American executives in Miami. Kellogg-Miami EMBA Program Executives fly in from all over Latin America for weekend courses.

In January 2006, Kellogg opened a new campus In Miami for its EMBA program for U.S.-Based and Latin American-based executives. Kellogg-Miami EMBA Program executives fly in from all over the United States, Latin American and even European countries for weekend courses.

Regardless of location, the Kellogg School EMBA programs deliver the same exemplary content and traditional leadership and teamwork approach that had kept Kellogg consistently in the No. 1 position within EMBA rankings.


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Academics

Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences • School of Communication • School of Music • J. L. Kellogg School of Management • Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science • Medill School of Journalism • School of Education and Social Policy • Feinberg School of Medicine • School of Law

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