Presidio MBA Program in Sustainable Management

It has been a lifelong goal of mine to get an MBA. However, for years I was busy starting and running four businesses so when I finally retired in 2005 and looked at the traditional MBA curriculum, there was not much there that I didn't already know. But then became intrigued by the idea of a green MBA and found the Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco.

The Presidio program is a "startup" and had its first class in 2004. Another aspect that attracted me is that sustainable issues are woven throughout all curricula, rather than being confined to a few extra classes. So for instance in economics, they teach standard economic theory, like how GDP counts a heart attack the same as installing solar panels, but then continue talking about ways of evaluating the benefits of these money flows differently. Also they cover the basic accounting principles, but then go on to teach how to account for the "three P's": profit, people and planet. Now this is something that sounds interesting!

I applied and was accepted to the Presidio MBA program in Sustainable Management and started in January 2009. The main benefit I thought I would get from the Presidio program was to be around people passionate about sustainability and find a team and idea to start a sustainable business. I didn't expect to learn much in class because I thought I knew everything about running a business. Boy was I wrong! I learned a ton in my classes and really enjoyed Micro Economics, Accounting, Communication and Sustainability. Now that I have graduated, I am ready to go out and make a real difference in the world!

 

Revised on May 25, 2011 15:12:18 by Max Dunn (69.226.223.101)