MBA Executive CMB study plan

Map the 15% strategic management domain into a one-page framework linking vision, industry analysis (Porter's five forces, PESTEL), and competitive advantage sources

Draft a governance checklist covering board structure, fiduciary duties, shareholder rights, and executive compensation principles

Reconstruct the accounting cycle from journal entries through trial balance and identify the three core financial statements and how they articulate

Solve 20 practice problems on ratio analysis (liquidity, solvency, profitability, efficiency) and record error patterns

Compute cost of capital (WACC), NPV, IRR, and payback for three capital-budgeting scenarios and justify the accept/reject decision in writing

Distinguish managerial from financial accounting by building a contribution-margin income statement and a traditional absorption statement for the same data set

Evaluate two corporate-governance failure cases and attribute each breakdown to a specific control, disclosure, or incentive mechanism

Explain how agency problems shape capital-structure and dividend decisions

Segment a market using at least three bases, select a target segment, and write a positioning statement with a defensible value proposition

Build a customer lifetime value model and use it to rank two acquisition channels

Map a supply chain for a chosen product, identify the bullwhip effect risk points, and propose mitigation

Apply one quality framework (e.g., Six Sigma DMAIC or TQM principles) to a real process and list measurable defect-reduction steps

Diagnose motivation using at least two theories (e.g., expectancy, equity, self-determination) against a workplace scenario and prescribe interventions

Design a human-capital plan covering recruitment, development, retention, and performance measurement with concrete metrics

Analyze an ethical dilemma using a stakeholder map and at least two normative frameworks, then defend a chosen course of action

Draft a CSR initiative that ties to material business risk rather than reputational optics

Interpret elasticity, marginal analysis, and market-structure implications (perfect competition through oligopoly) for pricing decisions

Assess how monetary and fiscal policy shifts affect a firm's demand, cost of capital, and input prices

Evaluate a digital transformation initiative using a build-buy-partner lens and identify the data and platform capabilities required

Apply an innovation framework (e.g., disruptive innovation or lean startup) to test a venture idea's key assumptions

Outline the legal foundations of contract formation, breach, and remedies and apply them to a commercial dispute scenario

Distinguish the main business forms (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, corporation) by liability, taxation, and governance

Identify core regulatory compliance areas relevant to a firm (antitrust, consumer protection, employment, data privacy) and map them to internal controls

Connect legal risk exposure to the board's oversight and disclosure duties

Integrate strategy, marketing, and finance into a single investment recommendation for one company or business unit

Stress-test the recommendation against two downside scenarios and quantify the financial impact

Revisit earlier error-pattern logs and re-solve the five weakest problem types until accuracy exceeds 80%

Practice timed mixed-domain question sets and record pacing and accuracy by domain

Consolidate the five lighter domains into condensed one-page review sheets with the three most testable concepts each

Complete two full-length timed mock exams and log every miss with its root cause

Re-drill all missed concepts from the mock exams until each is explained from memory

Finalize a one-page exam-day strategy covering time allocation, question triage, and calculation shortcuts