Business leaders from Aon, Koch Inc. and more to teach K-State students this spring
Leanne Caret facilitating the Executive Perspectives in Management Class.
The CEO of Aon, top executives from Koch Inc. and an FBI informant-turned-bestselling author are among the business leaders who will teach K-State students this spring. They are part of Executive Perspectives in Management, a three-credit elective open to students in any major. Leanne Caret, K-State alumna and former president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, leads the course alongside Marcia Hornung, director of the Center for Principled Business.
Caret, the first woman to lead a major business unit at Boeing, now serves as an executive-in-residence for the College of Business Administration. Each Monday evening, she brings leaders from the highest levels of their fields into the classroom to teach alongside her. Students learn how these leaders made decisions and built their careers, with opportunities to ask questions.
This spring's group includes Greg Case, a K-State alumnus and CEO of global professional services firm Aon, and Tom Hardin, who wore a wire for the FBI in one of the largest insider trading investigations in a generation and wrote the bestselling book "Wired on Wall Street" about his experience. Students will also learn from top executives from Koch Inc., the CEO of Hutton, the former chairman and CEO of Meredith Corporation, and leaders who have held senior roles at Phillips 66, AT&T and KPMG, among others.
Scholarships are available for 20 students to cover nearly the full cost of the course. Applications are now open on the course website.
The class was first offered last spring and is returning following positive student feedback.
"When I think of my most memorable and impactful class at K-State, this will be the first that comes to mind," wrote one of the nearly 60 students who took the course.
Another student wrote, "Today I can say I feel more prepared to enter the workforce since taking this class."
The class meets at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays. Undergraduate students can enroll in MANGT 497, while graduate students can enroll in MANGT 897.
The scholarship application and the current list of participating executives, which continues to grow, are available on the Executive Perspectives in Management course website.
— Submitted by Marcia Hornung