Globalization has magnified the need for business professionals
equipped with an international mindset. No matter what
the business or industry, professionals need to be able
to lead global organizations, apply their business knowledge
to a wide variety of social and political settings and
communicate with people from diverse cultures. It’s
this kind of global perspective that’s critical
to success in today’s business world.
Choose from one of Thunderbird’s international executive
programs in marketing or management. Or specialize in
one particular market with Thunderbird’s Doing Business
in China certificate program. They all deliver a progressive
curriculum for individuals and organizations from the
top leaders in international business education — 100%
online.
Through a state-of-the-art e-learning system, you’ll be immersed in a multimedia environment that lets you study at your convenience, around your busy schedule. And you won’t be alone. Each course is carefully designed to maximize your interaction with fellow students and instructors alike. In fact, many students find they participate and enjoy themselves more in this online format than they ever did in a traditional classroom. It’s the easiest, most convenient way to balance work, school and family.
Interactive Classroom Tools Keep You Connected
Our online classroom is second to none! With dynamic features such as online chat rooms, streaming video, message boards and email, you’ll enjoy rich, real-time interaction no other Internet program can match.
Streaming Video Lectures
Watch and learn from industry professionals as they deliver lectures and course material online via streaming video or on CD-ROM. You can pause, rewind and review any portion of the lecture so you completely understand the material before continuing your studies.
Message Boards
Interact with instructors and classmates on key topics and class assignments.
Live Chat Rooms
Collaborate in real time with faculty and classmates through virtual office hours.
Email
Enjoy direct contact with professors and classmates alike.
Thunderbird’s certificate programs are uniquely qualified
to provide the edge you and your company need —
not simply to keep pace with change but to help set the
pace as you gain valuable skills online. They are open
to anyone interested in improving organizational management
tools and skills, building innovative marketing practices
for global success or learning how to do business in contemporary
China.
Executive Certificate in International Management
In today’s dynamic global marketplace, change is
constant. This executive certificate is designed to give
students an increased understanding of the role and function
of the international manager in today’s global organizations.
Students will learn about the forces that affect decision
making in the global business environment, how to manage
effectively across cultures and how to tap into their
own global leadership competencies.
The Executive Certificate in International Management
is comprised of three eight-week courses that contain
up to 16 hours each of streaming video presentation, independent
exercises and mastery exams. Courses include:
Global Management
Global Leadership
Global Strategy Implementation
After successful completion of the Executive Certificate
in International Management, students will acquire new
knowledge and enlightened perspectives about innovative
managerial practices and will learn how to implement strategies
for global success.
ACE recommendation: Undergraduate, three semester hours for each eight-week certificate course.
Executive Certificate in International Marketing
Advancing technology, expansion of the global marketplace
and increasing competition all affect the development,
implementation and management of an organization’s
marketing strategy. This executive certificate gives students
a comprehensive understanding of the art and science of
global marketing, containing in-depth knowledge and specific
tools derived from the modern marketing world. Students
will learn how to develop a global marketing strategy
and then turn it into a practical, successful reality.
The Executive Certificate in International Marketing is comprised of three eight-week courses that contain up to 16 hours each of streaming video presentation, independent exercises and mastery exams. Courses include:
Global Marketing Strategy
Global Marketing Management
Global Brand Management
After successful completion of the Executive Certificate in International Marketing, students will acquire new knowledge and enlightened perspectives about innovative marketing practices and will learn how to implement strategies for global success.
ACE recommendation: Undergraduate, three semester hours for each eight-week certificate course.
Doing Business in China Certificate Program
“Preparing for the Global Marketplace”
As a professional in this global economy, understanding the modern Chinese market is critical. It requires a thorough understanding of the cultural, social, historical and economical Chinese perspective. Doing Business in China is designed to help professionals master the complexities of doing business in the cultural and political environment of China in order to become more productive managers and enhance their organization’s global competitiveness.
The Doing Business in China certificate program is comprised of four components: the Cultural Navigator™ exercise and three lectures including interviews with businesspeople addressing challenging topics. Components include:
Building Cultural Competence with the Cultural Navigator™
Developing Successful Business Partnerships
Managing Sustainable Teams, Alliances and Joint Ventures
Creating Competitive Advantage Through Strategic Insight
With the successful completion of Doing Business in China, students will learn specific tools and techniques critical to working effectively in China’s contemporary social, economic and political environment.
ACE recommendation: Undergraduate, three semester hours for each eight-week certificate course.
Established in 1946, Thunderbird was the first school
to focus exclusively on international business education,
as well as the first to recognize that the emerging global
economy — a complex, continually flowing and constantly
evolving network of information, goods, cultures and people
— would be led by a new breed of global business
managers. Over sixty years later, Thunderbird is still
the best in the business of graduating global leaders.
For 12 consecutive years, Thunderbird has been ranked the #1 Graduate Program in International Business by U.S. News & World Report, #1 in International Business by The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive 2006 Business School Survey and #1 in International Business by Financial Times.
Thunderbird School of Global Management is accredited
by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB International is the primary accrediting association
for American schools of business) and by the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools (NCA is the primary accrediting
agency for schools in its region of the United States).
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