Curriculum

Globally Coordinated Course Descriptions

Leading and Managing Global Organizations

Global managers who develop and foster communication and leadership skills and understand the intricacies of cultural differences hold a key competitive advantage. You will identify pertinent leadership and managerial skills in a global context and explore the impact of culture on personal and organizational effectiveness.

Global Operations Management

This course focuses on aligning operations strategy with overall business strategy, with emphasis on process analysis and supply chain management. You will learn concepts and techniques needed to design, plan, drive and control service and manufacturing operations in a global economy.

Global Marketing Management

Effective and successful global marketing balances globally integrated strategies with defined local needs. You will analyze multi-national organizations and their efforts to create long-term customer satisfaction across a global market.

Corporate Finance in a Global Environment

Maximizing corporate value in a global environment requires a clear framework integrated with a range of international financial concepts. You will develop an understanding of these key features and explore how financial policy interacts with corporate strategy. Global team project will require you to develop the “financial mindset” needed to analyze, plan and make real-world financial decisions.

Strategy in a Global Arena

A key challenge in developing a global business strategy is to align the organization’s resources with its long-term goals, while considering converging global forces and local variations. This course uses global teams to facilitate your discussion and analysis of strategic challenges and choices. You will learn to identify, assess and evaluate the strategic behavior of multinational businesses.