Executive MBA Global Immersion Programs
The new millennium requires Executive level MBA students to master the international challenges of a world economy. Our Executive MBA Global Immersion Programs are designed to provide the finest, most relevant opportunities in the overseas corporate, cultural, business and government fields as possible.
Program-specific lectures, study and position papers on international trade and tariffs, meetings with government officials as well as minority individuals, behind-the-curtain sightseeing excursions, high level corporate meetings, even intensive agricultural and bio-sustainable land programming, all are offered through our Global Immersion projects. As always, site and use-specific programming is dictated by the University's criteria for educating, illuminating and challenging the student.
Below are samples of some of our recent Executive MBA programs:
A people to people, entrepreneur to entrepreneur trip to one of the fastest growing economic areas in Central America. Features include...
- A field meeting at a locally owned pineapple farm, with seminar with field workers
- Day at EARTH University and lecture on forestation program, international sustainable entrepreneurship program
- Tour of local coffee plantation with agronomist and exploration manager, with interactive lunch
- Day at INCAE, Central America's premiere business graduate school and meeting with deans, students. Discussions on current Central American policies
- Choice of community outreach program, such as orphanage visit or visit to organic farm, discussion with workers and local entrepreneurs
- Tour, discussion at Intel factory and distributorship for most of Central America
- Dinner at a private Estate outside San José, meet/greet with government officials
Prague and Budapest
Ten nights in two up and coming European capitals of the 21st century. Features include...
- University meeting with Prague MBA candidates and speech by history professor on the 1970's Revolution against Soviet authorities
- Visit to Prague Skola Ekonomika and talk on 21st century economic freedoms in the new Slavic Republic
- Tour of Parliament Building with member of Parliament from opposition and government officials with spirited and questions/answer period
- Evening at State Opera House to enjoy a world-class operatic performance followed by a backstage tour
- Visit to Hungarian National Bank and talk with director on economic unity in Eastern Europe
- Culinary Treasure Hunt with Guest speaker, ending with tour of local restaurant/kitchen
- Private cruise and dinner on Danube with Hungarian nationalists, other MBA students
- Wine tour to Eger and cave bath trip to Miskolctaapolca with local health specialists
Nine nights, where the past is left behind, we experience the exciting monolith of the future. Features include...
- Presentation from U.S. Embassy personnel, providing "Practical Advice on Trading with China Today"
- Meet/greet and talk with CEO Wang Bin at Beyondsoft, China's leader in software engineering and software provider
- Tour of Microsoft Sun Beijing, a new subsidiary of Microsoft US, learn how this company has marketing plans to 'conquer the Far East' in the next twenty years
- Meet executives at King & Wood, the largest legal firm in China, for their insights on doing business in China
- Tour the Beijing International Airport with a CAAC Chinese administrator, hearing how the 21st century in aviation is being readied
- Dine with Montana-native Bob Boyce at his Blue Frog Restaurant and hear his take on doing local business in China
- Visit Suzhou New District Business Park, the newest business development in all of China, hearing their marketing and sales plans
- Time will be spent visiting classic sites of China's history such as Tiananemen Square, the Forbidden City and the unforgettable Great Wall
Ten nights exploring one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. Features include...
- Tour/Talk with one of the premier US-owed organizations who assist Americans in the intricacies of setting up business and then succeeding in Vietnam today
- Visit to Vam Sat Forest Ecology Zone and study the sustainability of the land with a naturalist/ecologist at the largest ecological zone in Southeast Asia
- A visit to AIG Southeast Asia Bank and talk by the commercial director on international banking and stock market investing in Vietnam
- Meet a representative at Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam, a US company that has successfully married Asian promotional needs with Western methodology in advertising, public relations and dealing with the fickle Vietnamese public
- Walking tours of the traditional old towns of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- Visit to two of the best museums in the Southeast, the Ethnology and History Museum, with private tour by docents/curator; see full history of culture/race of Vietnamese
- Company visits include China Eastern Airlines, Architectural firm of Saskia & Associates, plastics firms, Intel Vietnam, and others
Ten nights in the Colossus of the South - two countries for the 21st century. Features include...
- Sao Paolo, the third largest city in the world, with visit to the Stock Exchange and investment firm of AIG & a local agency
- Floor tour of local Ford plant, viewing progressive manufacturing/line operations
- Visit, then live performance, at Baroque Theatre, with cast members and orchestra representatives
- Buenos Aires, with cultural tour of Recoleto Cemetery (tomb of Eva Peron), La Casa Rosada, Plaza of 5 May, etc.
- Meeting with local governmental dignitary, discussion on international relations
- Evening of tango at private Club, with lessons, late dinner
- Rio de Janeiro, visit with international company (Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, IBM, etc) and lecture on working with Brazilian regulations
- Half-day trip to highlights such as Corcovado, Sugar Loaf Mountain, etc.
- Visit to nearby fishing village, tour of sugar cane factory, view old liquor distillation system, lunch with fishermen