Earning Criteria

• GB500: Business Perspectives. You will analyze the fundamental processes that comprise a business system, building a conceptual understanding of how businesses prosper. You will examine business functions, resources, and processes to appreciate their synergy and interrelatedness. You will apply methodical approaches to evaluate choices in complex business situations. Finally, you will assess and plan to develop your own capability relative to business leadership.
• GB525: Global Business Environment. In this course, you will explore how the needs of the manager and the organization differ in international contexts. Topics covered include the key drivers of globalization and the evaluation of the differences in national political economies, including factors related to economic, cultural, political, and legal systems. You will apply knowledge of these differences to ethical decision-making in an international setting.
• GB526: Global Management and Leadership. In this course, you will consider the unique skills required of global managers and leaders. You will explore proven international communication and negotiation methodologies and research-based methods for managing conflict across different cultural contexts. You will then apply this foundational knowledge to the successful management of culturally diverse teams operating in face-to-face and virtual environments.
• GB527: Global Operations. In this course, you will consider how organizational design supports business functions operating across national borders. You will consider how cultural, political, economic, and legal differences influence global marketing strategy and decisions related to production and manufacturing. You will explore various approaches to global staffing and the role of international agencies and agreements in managing the financial operations of a multinational firm.
• GB528: Global Strategy. In this course, you will conduct a strategic assessment of the overall global competitive environment and consider how an organization can leverage resources, capabilities, and preferential entry modes to create competitive advantages when entering a foreign market. As part of the final assessment of global strategy, you will take part either virtually or in-person in an international trip, visiting one to two foreign locations to experience local business culture.