Bainbridge Graduate Institute Changing Business for Good Bainbridge Graduate Institute Changing Business for Good Sustainable Business Education for the New Economy
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Sustainable Business
Education for the New Economy
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
What Makes BGI Unique?
People
Programs
Process
Purpose
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Purpose
Mission: To prepare students from diverse
backgrounds to build enterprises that arefinancially successful, socially responsibleand environmentally sustainable.
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Programs
MBA in Sustainable Business• Hybrid format at Islandwood, Bainbridge Island• Evening format in downtown Seattle
Certificates• Sustainable Business• Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
Designed to provide youwith a wide range of skills
and perspectives.
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
CurriculumCore Business Functions
• Accounting, Finance, and the Triple-Bottom Line• Economics: Neoclassical, Political, Ecological, and a study of Capitalism• Research and Quantitative Methods• Marketing and Sales• Strategy and Implementation• Sustainable Operations
Business and Sustainability• Foundations of Sustainable Business I: Principles• Foundations of Sustainable Business II: Tools• Foundations of Sustainable Business III: Implementation• Topics in Sustainable Business
Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship• Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship I & II• Creativity and Right Livelihood
Leadership and Management• Management: People and Teams• Management: Organizational Systems• Management: Organizational Change• Leadership and Personal Development
All courses aretaught through thelens of sustainability
→→→
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→ Certificate in Sustainable Business
> Certificate in Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Process
Hybrid Program DeliveryCombination of face-to-face residencies once per month on
campus and online coursework• MBA in Sustainable Business• Certificate Programs
Evening Program DeliveryWeekly face-to-face classes in the evening
• MBA in Sustainable Business• Certificate in Sustainable Business
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Process, continued
• Co-creative Learning Community• Action Learning• Team Projects• Industry Concentrations:
• Agriculture & Food Systems• Building• Community Economic Development• Energy Solutions• Outdoor Industry
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
People
FacultyTeaching Model used in most courses:
• Lead Faculty, PhD/JD/MBA, etc.• Expert Practitioner from the field• Teaching Assistants, graduates of BGI• Guest Lecturers
Change Agents in Residence (CAIR)Executives, entrepreneurs, activists, and authors spend time
with students, in and out of class time.
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
People, continuedStudents• Degrees for Success: Our degrees help you achieve your
goals.• Powerful Professional Network:
Join a community that will help yougrow as an individual and as a leader.
• Knowledge: You are able to learn how to use
business to build a more sustainablefuture.
Alumni• Our graduates represent a diverse
& well-positioned group of changeagents affecting business for goodin local to global arenas.
For Profit
Entrepreneurs
Non-ProfitGovernment
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
What are alumni doing?
92% of graduates placed in or related field to sustainable business.
Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good
Admission and Financial Aid
MBA Early Decision Applications due by January 4, 2010
Standard Admission:• Evening MBA program Applications due by January 29, 2010
• Late applications accepted until March 5thSpring term start
• Hybrid MBA program Applications due by May 17, 2010
• Late applications accepted until July 12thFall term start
Certificate Program applications accepted on a rolling basis until August 9
Financial Aid available for those who qualify.
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