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At the Frontier of Management Education
by Dean Dennis J. Weidenaar
Yesterday
Forty years ago, the Krannert School began as the Graduate School of Indus¬ trial Management, building on the his¬ toric strengths of Purdue University in engineering and science.
Today
Krannert is a full-service business school poised at the start of a new millennium. Our students continue to embody the characteristics that define Krannert: analytically ad¬ vanced, technology focused, and hard working.
Students
Management educa¬ tion has become a 24-hour-a-day job for our students, who are involved with coursework, extracurricular activities, internships, and more.
There are 2,300 students enrolled in undergraduate programs in accounting, management, industrial management, and economics. We have .1^0 students in our professional master's programs and 260 in our executive master's programs. More than 100 students are enrolled in our PhD programs.
Alumni
The 24,000 School of Management and Krannert Graduate School of Manage¬ ment alumni are active and involved. Our graduates are recruited by top com¬ panies, especially Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, United Technologies, AlliedSignal, Andersen Consulting, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter &
Gamble, and Intemational Paper Al¬ though many alumni start their careers in such firms, in many instances they branch out into entrepreneurial endeav¬ ors or opportunities at smaller fimis.
Our Dean's Advisory Council consists of high ranking executives from around the world who believe in and support the educational value provided by Krannert.
Centers
Our centers have increased our outreach and research projects exponentially The Center for International Business Educa¬ tion and Research (CIBER) is a federally funded center that promotes global business education and research through course design, travel awards, and research grants. The Center for the Manage¬ ment of Manufacturing Enterprises (CMME), supported by our partner corporations, has created manufacturing manage¬ ment options at the un¬ dergraduate and graduate level, as well as promoting research and service to the manufacturing industry. Several new initiatives, in technology transfer and entrepreneurial activities, illustrate the importance we've placed on these issues.
Tomorrow
Fast forward to the year 2038 — where will business and technology ineet? As we look to the future, we expect our graduates to be:
• Analytical problem solvers
• Infomiation-lechnology focused decision makers
• Total enterprise thinkers equipped with crossfunctional knowledge
• Change agents and motivators
• Innovators and entrepreneurs within large and small businesses
• Globally aware, team oriented, and community minded
• Confident in dealing with the ambigu¬ ity and change certain to characterize the 21st century business environment
How will Krannert keep pace — no, outpace — the demands of the new millennium? We'll invest in our:
• People — to attract and retain top students and faculty through scholar¬ ships and faculty awards
• Infrastructure — to maintain a leading edge in information technol¬ ogy and provide facilities that promote team inter¬ action and professional exchange
• Distance learning capabilities — to con¬ tinue our pioneering executive education pro¬ grams and expand other offerings
• Entrepreneurial outreach activities — to encourage success for businesses and provide our students and researchers with learning exi^eriences
• International emphasis — to seize the opportunities of a global economy
Stay tuned. Taking Krannert to the frontier — defining where business and technology meet — will he an exciting journey 1\ini to the next page for infor¬ mation about the executives who will lead us! •