as we live in a world full of uncertainties the business environment is getting even more challenging keeping this in mind uc berkeleys haas school of business has launched a berkeley mba for executives program designed to help working professionals acquire the requisite skills and vision needed for the next stage of their career according to jon kaplan executive director of the new programme the berkeley mba for executives to begin in may 2013 is targeted at senior professionals who wish to round out their general management skills and expand their ability to bring fresh ideas to their businesses strategic planning process to drive their organisations forward we will do so by providing them with an innovative leader curriculum that is supported by a distinctive haas culture focused on four defining principles confidence without attitude question the status quo students always and beyond yourself he adds participants will earn a berkeley mba degree in a programme format that is designed for senior professionals who have on average about 12 years of professional experience and are working professionals the programme is structured in a businessfriendly format to accommodate executives onthego classes will meet every three weeks thursday through saturday classes will be taught primarily on the berkeleyhaas campus by the business schools faculty haas will handle the logistics textbooks hotel meals etc so that students can focus their time in school on learning with and from their classmates all students get ipads to facilitate managing their course materials and staying in touch with each other and their professors during and between class sessions says kaplan the programme contains a suite of courses that begins with the problem finding problem solving course that teaches students about the innovation and design processes and how to define frame and reframe a problem challenge or opportunity later on in the programme students participate in an applied innovation course in which they are organised in teams in which they apply the programme framing tools to address an actual company challenge or global issue such as providing safe drinking water faculty will coach and mentor students on working effectively in crossdisciplinary teams on the content area of the project and on experimenting with alternative solutions a weeklong international trip to asia will further deepen familiarity with problem framing tools and the innovation process applied to an international challenge application deadline for round 1 is december 10 2012 and for round 2 is february 11 2013 for more information visit mbaforexecshaas berkeleyedu