GENERATIVE AI FOR LEADERS
GENERATIVE AI FOR LEADERS OVERVIEW
This sprint equips leaders with the tools to harness generative AI for real business impact. Through hands-on examples, participants will see how this rapidly evolving technology can accelerate both individual productivity and organizational performance. By the end of the course, students will walk away with practical skills across multiple generative AI applications.
Course Content
• Overview of Generative AI – Why AI, Why Now?
• Types of Generative AI
• Prompt Engineering
• AI Assistants
• Pitfalls and Guardrails
• Multimodal AI
• AI in Everyday Workflows
• Comparing AI Solutions
• AI Agents
This course is part of the Executive Leadership Certificate
In addition to developing knowledge and skills, you will receive SHRM credits as proof of your accomplishment.
Eccles Executive Education is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP or SHRMSCP professional development credits (PDCs). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit SHRMCertification.org.
• Operations and Efficiency Leaders Course Impact
• Executive Leadership
• Functional Leaders
• Innovation and Strategy Leaders
Personal Benefits
Understand AI and its business applications
Improve day-to-day efficiencies
Learn the right questions to ask about AI
Stay current on the emerging AI trends
Organizational Benefits
Identify immediate, high-impact AI opportunities across your organization
Improve team productivity
Establish responsible AI practices
Close gaps in organizational AI knowledge
Presenting Faculty | Matt Pecsok, Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
Matt Pecsok is an experienced educator and industry professional with over 25 years in information systems and Analytics. As a full-time faculty member, he teaches courses in data mining, statistics, and data engineering. Prior to academia, Matt worked as a senior software engineer in various organizations and served as the lead data scientist at the Utah Education Policy Center. He also held the role of senior technical product manager for artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics platforms at United Healthcare/Optum. In addition to his academic and industry roles, Matt has provided consulting services in AI/ML and statistics, helping organizations leverage cutting-edge technologies to solve complex problems.
THE ECCLES DIFFERENCE
The David Eccles School of Business enrolls about 6,000 students in its eight undergraduate majors, four MBAs, seven other specialized graduate programs, one Ph.D. program, and executive education curricula. It is also home to seven institutes and centers that support an ecosystem of entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation, including the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Ken C. Gardner Policy Institute, Sorenson Impact Center, and more.
Our faculty members boast impressive professional and educational backgrounds and hold Ph.D.s from esteemed universities including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School, Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School.
TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Telephone: (801) 587-7273
Email: ExecEd@Utah.edu
Website: ExecEd.Utah.Edu
Registration: Eccles.Secure.Force.com/ExecEdApplication
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