Featured Course

Business Values

and Ethics

This course aims to prepare business leaders for ethical challenges in the complex global economy and demonstrate how ethical behavior, incentivized by effective corporate governance, makes

businesses sustainable.

"The course

was terrific.

Robert is an outstanding and extremely competent person. I have no other way of saying it: it was a privilege to be in his class these three days. He skillfully led us to conclusive thinking about ethics on a daily basis level. This was simply one of the very best courses I have

visited to date." 

Anonymous Student

Academic Qualifications Summary

In addition to industry experience, Dr. Edgell has taught executives, MBA graduates, and undergraduate students at various international institutions. He has consistently received high faculty satisfaction scores from diverse and global student bodies. He has extensive curriculum experience with a range of strategic organizational management, governance, and social responsibility topics. Since 2000, he has conceptualized and developed 15 courses and delivered nearly 20 unique classes and seminars.

Dr. Edgell’s doctoral dissertation, CREATIVITY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY:  EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NORTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENT MAGAZINES, focused on optimizing creativity and innovation outcomes for top management teams in media organizations. Previously, he authored the seminar and book, PROFITABLE MARKETING AND BRANDING IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, for the American Management Association.

To integrate theory and practice, he has developed various study and company visit tours for MBA students from premiere European universities, the University of St. Gallen and Universitat Ramon Llull, La Salle (Barcelona). He master planned an international venture capital conference in cooperation with Universitat Ramon Llull, La Salle and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Edgell was Executive Director of the MBA in Media and Communication at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). In cooperation with the faculty, he repositioned the program through a broad range of branding measures, curriculum revisions, and corporate sponsorships that resulted in steady improvements (30% quality rating increase) and diverse enrollments.