Program Overview

The security risks facing your organization are greater than ever, yet these rising challenges may not be reflected in your budget. How do you present a security strategy to corporate officers and the C-suite? How do you effectively communicate a clear business case for investments in security? How do you balance security and business processes within your organization?

The Wharton/ASIS Program for Security Executives offers core business knowledge from one of the world's leading business schools. The Wharton/ASIS Program covers the core concepts of business to broaden your managerial and strategic perspectives, enhance your business instincts, and sharpen your ability to tackle management challenges. It will help you work more effectively with other leaders in your organization and communicate the bottom-line impact of security decisions.

The Wharton Approach: Impact Through Education™

While the program draws upon the insights and current research of Wharton faculty, the discussions and cases are centered on the distinctive challenges of security executives. The program design is a result of the close collaboration of Wharton faculty with industry experts from ASIS International. This will ensure that business knowledge is presented in a way that is directly applicable to your work.

The design of the program emphasizes application of ideas learned in the classroom. The first week-long segment is followed by a 2-month interim period. During this time, participants continue to interact with each other and with the faculty through a secure website. This allows participants to deepen their learning by testing and applying new knowledge at work before returning to the classroom for the second week.

Upon completion of this program, you will:

• Develop a business vocabulary that will enable you to present a strategic business case for security to the C-suite and across organizational boundaries.
• Build knowledge in core business areas such as finance, marketing, management, and strategy based on current research and best practices.
• Understand how operational and financial decisions impact strategic and marketing efforts.
• Know how to approach different managerial problems using value-driven decision making.
• Understand how organizational culture impacts strategy implementation.
• Learn how to manage change and conflict effectively.

Who Should Attend

The program is designed for chief security officers as well as managers next in line for future leadership. Senior managers with responsibility for presenting a business case for security will benefit from the program.

Key Session Topics

Strategic Thinking

The Strategic Framework

Thinking Organizations

Implementing Strategy

Leadership

Decision Making and Leadership

Managing People

The Strategic Perspective

Human Influence

Negotiation

Executive Negotiation Workshop

Essentials of Finance

The Relationship Between Finance and Strategy

Financial Measures of Business Performance

Value-Driven Decision Making

Fundamentals of Marketing

Market Segmentation

Developing a Marketing Plan

Faculty

The program is delivered by a diverse and talented team of senior faculty members in management, finance, operations, marketing, and other disciplines. Our faculty are active researchers and consultants, who are able to bridge theory and practice.

Mario Moussa, PhD, Academic Director
Principal, CFAR (Center for Applied Research, Inc.)
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Care Economics
University of Pennsylvania

Mario Moussa led the team that developed the curriculum for the Wharton/ASIS Program. He has taught at Wharton Executive Education since 1995, specializing in leadership, teamwork, negotiation, and organizational change. In 1999, he was made co-director of the Essentials of Management program and later was named senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute. His consulting clients include major corporations, as well as leading universities and foundations. He has published widely in the field of social theory and is a regular contributor to Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Higher Education.

Dates, Location, and Tuition

A 2-WEEK PROGRAM

November 30-December 4, 2009

and

February 8-12, 2010

Registration: $13,900 (Member) $14,500 (Non-member)

Philadelphia, PA

*Both sessions are required for program completion, after which a certificate signifying leadership as a security executive will be awarded.

For Information and Application

800.255.3932 (U.S./Canada)
215.898.1776 (worldwide)
215.898.2064 (fax)
execed@wharton.upenn.edu, subject asis0831
http://www.whartonasisprogram.com