Economics for Operational Excellence
Economics not as abstract theory but as the practical toolkit you run real operating decisions through: Act, Learn, Adjust.
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MBA Principles
The mental models of leadership
02Organizational Behavior
The Human Side of the Three-Legged Stool
Economics for Operational Excellence
The Economic Models a Leader Actually Runs On
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A live, in-person capstone experience
*Through Southeastern University's Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) process. Qualification is not guaranteed and is determined through the University's established review process.
Built for people who run the operation
An applied, executive-level course on the economic models a leader runs an operation on, from material balance and cost behavior to feedback loops, supply chains, scale, risk, and capital. Built end to end around one company, so every model lands on a real operating decision.
- Operators and managers who own capacity, cost, and delivery
- Aspiring MBA students who want a head start and a way in
- Leaders scaling a business that has to stay profitable and resilient
Eight modules, one running company
Follow Citrus Grove Provisions through a continuous case study that helps you connect each framework to your own organization.
Material Balance and the Physics of Value Creation
Value is recovered, not created from nothing; find the leverage points where it leaks and recapture it.
Foundations of Operational Economics
Read your operation as a micro-economy: fixed, variable, and fluid costs, breakeven, and the profit left after the balance.
Systems Thinking and Feedback Loops in Operations
Operations behave like systems, not spreadsheets; reinforcing and balancing loops, delays, and the leverage points that move them.
Supply Chain Economics
Just-in-time versus buffer stock, the bullwhip effect, and total cost of ownership across a perishable supply chain.
Scalability and Economies of Scale in Operations
Per-unit cost has a shape: economies and diseconomies of scale, minimum efficient scale, and the step change of a new line.
Scenario Planning and Operational Risk
You cannot predict, but you can prepare: scenario planning, decision trees, stress tests, and the Black Swan the tree did not price.
Operational Excellence through the Freedom V
Push economic decisions to the line with a Freedom V: clear boundaries, real spend authority, and consequences that teach.
Capital Systems, Risk, and Monetary Policy
Fund the scale-up within the limits of capital: cost of capital, capital structure, and the boundaries of monetary policy.
What is included
An experience designed to be worked, not watched.
Practitioners, not just professors
You learn from the people who built these models: company builders, a servant-leadership author, and the scholars who shaped SEU's graduate leadership programs.
Tim Dunn
Co-founder and CEO of CrownQuest Operating
Throughout his career, Tim Dunn has built and invested in organizations and the people who lead them. The lessons he learned through decades of hard work and investment, grounded in the principles of servant leadership and self-governance, now form the foundation of everything he does. As a practitioner of these principles, he continues to invest in and equip other leaders to build healthy, self-governing organizations.
Dave Kuhnert
Author of "Servant Leadership" and Director of The Crossroad
Dave Kuhnert is a servant-leadership practitioner, author, and executive coach who helps leaders build organizations where purpose, culture, and strategy reinforce one another. As the author of Servant Leadership and Building an Organizational Strategy, he equips leaders to create healthy, self-governing organizations that flourish over the long term.
Michael Steiner, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Advancement and Innovation, Southeastern University
Senior Vice President of Advancement and Innovation at Southeastern University, where he leads fundraising and advancement and oversees SEU Fire Athletics. He holds a Ph.D. in business psychology and an MBA, and teaches in the Jannetides College of Business, Communication, and Leadership.
Joshua D. Henson, Ph.D.
Dean, Jannetides College of Business, Communication, and Leadership
Dean of the Jannetides College of Business, Communication, and Leadership at Southeastern University, where he directs the MBA program and holds the rank of Professor of Leadership. He is a widely published scholar of servant and biblical leadership.
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