Executive Education: Kelley School of Business: IUPUI Indianapolis

The Kelley Advantage

“We have worked with Kelley Executive Partners for more than five years on the design and delivery of a range of our internal management development programs. Throughout that time they have been responsive, flexible, imaginative, and thoroughly professional.”

Tim Hornblow, Director of Management Education Programmes, Rolls-Royce

Executive Education

Faculty Spotlight

Roger W. Schmenner Professor of Operations Management, Randall L. Tobias Chair, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor

“Good research contributes significantly to good teaching. I would argue with those who say if you're an exceptional research institution then you aren't a good teaching school. I reject that notion. One strengthens the other. A business school can be both – and at Kelley, we are.”

Custom Programs

Custom programs are designed, developed, and delivered in a way that best suits each company’s needs. Some examples of current program areas include leadership development, sales and marketing, corporate innovation, supply chain logistics, finance, data analysis and modeling, corporate governance, and strategy.

Mainstreet Institute

Many top-ranked business schools focus on preparing their students for jobs on Wall Street. At the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, we're also supporting our business community closer to home, on the Main Streets of Central Indiana.

The Kelley Indianapolis Main Street initiative is our effort to help the region's small and mid-sized businesses grow. Kelley's nationally-recognized faculty will be focusing on the key business issues for these companies, providing insight and analysis based on cutting-edge research. We've partnered with the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to provide educational seminars and workshops to these companies through the Main Street Institute. And we're working to match our promising graduate and undergraduate students with opportunities in smaller companies – more than half of Kelley Indianapolis MBA students already work in businesses with 100 or fewer employees.

Small and mid-sized firms are the foundation of Central Indiana's economy; more than 90% of the region's businesses have 50 or fewer employees. By helping these companies succeed, the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis is helping Central Indiana thrive.

Kelley Business Education Network (KBEN)

KBEN is a partnership of companies working with Kelley to design, deliver, and manage executive education programs for middle and upper-level managers. These programs are currently offered in the following metro areas: Chicago, Cincinnati, Evansville, Indianapolis, and Louisville.

Kelley Direct (Online Programs)

In addition to on-site executive programs, Kelley Direct, the distance learning unit within the Kelley School of Business, offers a variety of nationally recognized graduate and undergraduate degree and certificate courses and programs. Kelley Direct programs enable managers to earn an MBA, specialized master’s degree, or certificate from the Kelley School, while offering them the flexibility they need to maintain current job responsibilities. Firms are also using Kelley Direct as a cost-effective, blended solution to deliver executive education programs to employees throughout their organization.