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corporations all stand to enhance their positions when executives return for higher education. tions and gone to team-based concepts, they've recognized the value of learning to work in teams," Kalnitz continues. "All EMBA programs have a strong team component, and that's another reason the programs have grown." "In addition, as companies have flattened their organiza- centers that offer every amenity and are located right on cam- pus. At Case Western Reserve's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio, there are no on-site facili- ties for the EMBA program, but residency stays are still important. Students check into top-quality hotels in Cleveland for short overnight stays, and in more exotic locales for longer residencies where less travel is involved. Isolated from distractions, students are obligated to interact with each other and focus on their material. At the Graduate School of Business Administration Zurich David Ravenscraft, associate dean of the executive MBA pro- gram, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "During that period we help the students bond as a class through outdoor challenge exercises, interactive class exercises, and social functions. We set the tone with regard to our expectations for the students and give them a foundation in both quantitative analysis and the case study method." The residency facilities are often high-comfort, high-tech Joining the Team In fact, team projects and peer learning are two of the hall- marks of EMBA programs. Most are lockstep cohort programs that require participants to interact with fellow students for lengthy projects and force them to understand the strengths and weakness of each team member. Even when they're not working on projects, participants are thrown together through intensive study periods and residency stays that range from two days to a week. These residencies often kick off the program or occur at the beginning of middle semesters. "We begin our program with a one-week residency," says in Switzerland, the approach to residencies is significantly dif- ferent, and programs are not lockstep. "Our EMBA consists of six two-week, full-time modules—about 1,300 classroom