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BEP is designed to provide NASA leaders with a basic knowledge of business strategy, finance and alliance management and a familiarity with NASA’s business environment. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on instruction, participants are presented fundamental business concepts and the opportunity to apply these concepts to NASA related issues. Business School Professors provide the basic principles and other speakers apply these principles to NASA and the Government environment. Extensive use of case studies, group activities and the Class Project give participants an active learning experience.
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Who Should Attend
NASA employees and managers at all levels. Greater benefit is gained when an individual attends with one or more colleagues from their work unit, or employees from different organizational units who work together on a NASA
Length of Course
5.5 days.
The primary instructors are faculty from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. They assure that the Program's material is grounded in accepted business principles and that it is academically rigorous. To adapt business school material to the government, the Darden faculty is augmented with instructors from government organizations and with case studies drawn from NASA. The Program includes a discussion of articles to be read before the Program commences, lecture, in-class casework, and exercises to apply the material to the NASA environment. Four major areas are emphasized:Location
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Travel information
Meals and lodging provided; travel cost paid for by your Center.
Who is Eligible
NASA leaders at