Program Description
The Global Executive Track is an extremely rigorous program. During the first two years, the normal course load each winter and fall semester will include three separate courses:
- A core course delivering integrative models and knowledge from contemporary theory and research for taking an idea for a product or service from a concept to a sustainable business.
- A core course on the globalization of engineering and manufacturing, encompassing global perspectives on legal, political, economic and cultural environment of business or focusing on the application of these perspectives to a particular region or country such as South America or China.
- A technical course such as Decision and Risk Analysis, Management of Technology Change, or Operations Research.
Between class meetings, to fulfill requirements of the core courses, learning partners will typically be required to read 150 or more pages of conceptual material, read and respond in writing to a Harvard Business School-type case study, read several state-of-the-art journal articles, and participate in discussion questions posted online. Attendance in class is mandatory and critical to the shared learning experience