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Deming Scholars MBA

The Deming Cooperative - Deming Scholars Program

School is a recognized leader in Quality Management, both in its teaching and in its practice. Consistent with that focus, in 1992 a special intensive program of study to examine Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge was designed for students interested in concentrating in Management Systems.

Deming Scholars MBA Program is an 18-month, full-time honors curriculum that integrates Fordham’s MBA business courses with Deming’s theories and practical business experience. It culminates in an MBA in Management Systems with an International Business designation.
Program Features

Deming Scholars learn in a group, alternating five eight-week sessions of classroom lectures, research and study with four seven-week practica at participating companies where they can put theory into practice.
Sample courses include:

* Anatomy of Decisions—Theory of Knowledge
* Business Policy
* Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation
* Design of Experiments
* Design of Statistical Studies
* Information Systems
* International Business
* Leadership and Change
* Managerial Economics
* Mathematical Methods for Business
* Operations Management
* Process Controls
* Psychology of Learning
* Statistical Reasoning
* Studies in Quality Management
* System Dynamics
* Team Dynamics

Students also engage in analysis of actual statistical studies used in legal testimony; work on six group projects; and complete an 18-month research project that ties management practice and issues into academic literature.
Participating Companies

The following list includes only a sample of the many respected companies that have sponsored Deming Scholar Interns:

* American Express
* American National Standards Institute
* Applied Biosystems
* Citigroup Inc.
* Coach Leather
* Deutsche Bank
* J.P. Morgan Chase
* Johnson & Johnson
* Marsh USA, Inc.
* Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc.
* MetLife
* North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
* Port Authority of NY and NJ
* Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
* US Trust
* Verizon

For more information, contact:

Joyce N. Orsini, Ph.D.
Director, Deming Scholars MBA Program
Fordham University Graduate School of Business
33 West 60th Street
New York, NY 10023
Telephone: (212) 636-6219
Fax: (212) 636-7303
Email:
Web: The Deming Cooperative - Deming Scholars Program