Part-Time Business Leader Faculty: Graduate Level Programs in Accounting & Finance
SUMMARY
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) is looking for highly engaging part-time Business Leader Faculty™ members who can teach in our virtual MBA degree program. All LFGSM MBA classes are held via videoconference technology one night per week over an eight week term.
LFGSM faculty members are senior leaders, directors and C-suite executives who represent a wide variety of organizations and industries and have extensive practical experience in the subject areas they teach. The LFGSM teaching philosophy incorporates meaningful student engagement through faculty-guided experiences, discussions, simulations, and exercises. The ideal LFGSM instructor has a strong desire to share their knowledge, facilitate learning, and help students achieve measurable success, and approaches the virtual classroom as a practice field for students’ new skills. Faculty members are expected to participate in the LFGSM community beyond teaching hours through attending faculty meetings, pursuing continuing education, preparing course materials and reviewing curriculum.
Our current area of need is part-time instructor for MBA level accounting courses:
Course Description:
Students gain an understanding of how financial and managerial accounting provide information critical to internal and external stakeholders in achieving stated organizational goals. Using a variety of financial tools and analyses, students learn to evaluate the financial viability of a service or manufacturing organization and calculate what an organization needs to do to reach its strategic objectives. This course provides students with a set of tools and models to approach difficult decisions faced by business leaders each day.
LFGSM MBAs provide a broad base of knowledge in areas critical for the successful business leaders of today and tomorrow. MBA courses are offered virtually, in the evenings, one night per week for 8 consecutive weeks. Classes are held via Zoom.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Preferred candidates will hold a Doctoral degree and have extensive practical high-level experience in the subject area they wish to teach. All candidates must hold at least a Master level or professional degree in the field they wish to teach. Professional certifications that require extensive professional qualifications and practical high-level leadership experience in the subject matter field are also considered. Candidates who wish to teach Accounting for Decision Making must possess a CPA license.
LFGSM looks for current business practitioners who have significant work experience and function at the senior leader, director or C-suite executive level. All faculty candidates must be able to clearly convey concepts and insights through business analysis, discussion, and experiential (action-based/activity-oriented) learning techniques. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to present material in a manner that stimulates substantive discussion and encourages peer interaction. Candidates must be dynamic and able to deliver content in a way that is engaging and relevant in a virtual environment.
ABOUT LAKE FOREST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) is a leading not-for-profit graduate business school in the Chicago area. At Lake Forest, our mission is to bring the real world to business education through the extensive business experience of our Business Leader Faculty™, the shared understandings of adult student peers, the immediate application of new learnings to current workplace challenges, and our 80 years of successfully providing graduate business education. With small, dynamic classes, students get practical knowledge they can use right away.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Business Leader Faculty are considered part-time, at will employees of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and are not eligible for benefits. Compensation starts at $3000 per course per term.
– An Equal Opportunity Employer –
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Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) is looking for highly engaging part-time Business Leader Faculty™ members who can teach in our virtual MBA degree program. All LFGSM MBA classes are held via videoconference technology one night per week over an eight week term.
LFGSM faculty members are senior leaders, directors and C-suite executives who represent a wide variety of organizations and industries and have extensive practical experience in the subject areas they teach. The LFGSM teaching philosophy incorporates meaningful student engagement through faculty-guided experiences, discussions, simulations, and exercises. The ideal LFGSM instructor has a strong desire to share their knowledge, facilitate learning, and help students achieve measurable success, and approaches the virtual classroom as a practice field for students’ new skills. Faculty members are expected to participate in the LFGSM community beyond teaching hours through attending faculty meetings, pursuing continuing education, preparing course materials and reviewing curriculum.
Our current area of need is part-time instructor for MBA level accounting courses:
Course Description:
Students gain an understanding of how financial and managerial accounting provide information critical to internal and external stakeholders in achieving stated organizational goals. Using a variety of financial tools and analyses, students learn to evaluate the financial viability of a service or manufacturing organization and calculate what an organization needs to do to reach its strategic objectives. This course provides students with a set of tools and models to approach difficult decisions faced by business leaders each day.
LFGSM MBAs provide a broad base of knowledge in areas critical for the successful business leaders of today and tomorrow. MBA courses are offered virtually, in the evenings, one night per week for 8 consecutive weeks. Classes are held via Zoom.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Preferred candidates will hold a Doctoral degree and have extensive practical high-level experience in the subject area they wish to teach. All candidates must hold at least a Master level or professional degree in the field they wish to teach. Professional certifications that require extensive professional qualifications and practical high-level leadership experience in the subject matter field are also considered. Candidates who wish to teach Accounting for Decision Making must possess a CPA license.
LFGSM looks for current business practitioners who have significant work experience and function at the senior leader, director or C-suite executive level. All faculty candidates must be able to clearly convey concepts and insights through business analysis, discussion, and experiential (action-based/activity-oriented) learning techniques. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to present material in a manner that stimulates substantive discussion and encourages peer interaction. Candidates must be dynamic and able to deliver content in a way that is engaging and relevant in a virtual environment.
ABOUT LAKE FOREST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (LFGSM) is a leading not-for-profit graduate business school in the Chicago area. At Lake Forest, our mission is to bring the real world to business education through the extensive business experience of our Business Leader Faculty™, the shared understandings of adult student peers, the immediate application of new learnings to current workplace challenges, and our 80 years of successfully providing graduate business education. With small, dynamic classes, students get practical knowledge they can use right away.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Business Leader Faculty are considered part-time, at will employees of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and are not eligible for benefits. Compensation starts at $3000 per course per term.
– An Equal Opportunity Employer –
Apply Now
Apply Now