Global Business – Strategy, Operations, and Leadership in the 21st Century
Inside this proposal: Boston College and the GLI………….…..….….3 The Modules……………………………………...4 Key Personnel……………………………...….…5 Programing and Tuition………………………....6 Key Benefits………………………………......….7
An increasingly global
business environment
presents managers with
new opportunities and
challenges. The Global
Business program provides
business leaders with the
skills necessary to respond
and develop quickly in
innovative, creative, and
entrepreneurial ways.
Boston College
� 9,100 undergraduate students
� 4,900 graduate students
� 8 schools and colleges
� 786 full-time faculty
� $50.9 million in sponsored research grants
� 10th most applied to college in US
� 50 US states represented
� 100+ countries represented
� Oldest Jesuit university in US
� 30th in national universities
� 4th ranked undergraduate business school – Carroll School of Management
� Motto: “Ever to Excel”
� $1.8 billion endowment
Boston College aspires to
develop leaders who bring an
ethical and professional
perspective to decision making,
and live out the Jesuit principles
of education to improve one’s
self and one’s society.
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The Global Leadership Institute’s (GLI) primary goal is to help its students-MBA candidates, senior professionals, and business leaders-to achieve their professional and personal goals and to enhance organizational growth and sustainability within their organizations. Our connection with our students begins with listening to their thoughts and concerns and matching their needs with our faculty expertise through professional development programing.
During GLI programing students work closely with
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faculty and connect to the Boston College community to develop their professional and personal relationships. A student-focused environment facilitates opportunities for participants to interact with faculty and the Boston College community both during and following programing. Participating in a GLI program is only the beginning of the relationship that our students will have with the community. Students have an opportunity, therefore, to enhance their learning while here in Boston and continue the discussions they develop long after leaving here.
Global Leadership Institute at Boston College
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Practical management skills
The program design provides opportunities for participants to develop their abilities and skills through class participation, group presentation, and written assignments. Participants will leave the program with a new knowledge, new networks, and new policy tools that will improve their leadership abilities.
Site Visits: Participants will visit two local companies to study their innovation and leadership strategies. These visits will allow participants a privileged insight into the policies and practices of leading companies. Before visiting each organization, participants will engage in a case study led by the faculty to understand a key strategic challenge or decision. Networks: Participants will have the opportunity to develop their professional network while at Boston College with our faculty and staff and with senior leaders from Boston’s business and government communities. “Toolbox”: The “toolbox” is an integral piece of GLI programing that helps participants apply their learning to their professional practices. Each participant will depart the GLI with a plan to develop both the innovation and leadership policies and practices of their organizations and to enhance the effectiveness of its strategy.
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Classroom Experience
As part of the Global Business program, participants will work with leading professors from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. This program will allow participants to develop their strategic management skills based on the latest, cutting-edge academic research and its application to practical business and communication problems, focusing on issues concerning global strategy and management of multi-location organizations.
Curriculum This program simulates the strategic issues faced by leaders of large organizations through the help of multiple
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cases, group exercises, and lectures. The cases and group exercises have been carefully selected to expose students to many different kinds of decision-making scenarios and management challenges faced by senior leaders. The goal is to develop the participants’ abilities to craft and implement an organization’s innovation strategy, and to prompt them to consider the skills and behaviors necessary for successful leadership and management in high impact organizations. As we proceed through this course, students will find that the different cases, exercises, and themes that are discussed will build on one another.
The Modules
Program Director: Dr. Robert M. Mauro
Dr. Mauro is director of the Global Leadership Institute. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the State University of New York in Albany. Before coming to Boston College he undertook a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Institute for British-Irish Studies (IBIS) at University College Dublin (UCD). Dr. Mauro also participated in a Partnership Opportunity Delegation on STEM education and entrepreneurship to Ireland and Northern Ireland with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Partnerships.
In addition, to being an experienced academic, Dr. Mauro has extensive experience in university administration and a deep interest in entrepreneurial practices. Dr. Mauro has designed and implemented professional education programs for developing and senior leaders. These programs hosted over 600 participants from fields as diverse as business and innovation, policy, science and technology, and bureaucracy.
Faculty Director: Prof. Mohan Subramaniam
Professor Subramaniam specializes in the areas of global strategy, managing multinational companies and the strategic management of knowledge and innovation. His more recent work includes new strategic frameworks for the digital economy and ecosystems. His research appears in several leading management journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and the Harvard Business Review.
Additional Faculty
Prof. Burcu Bulgurcu: Professor Bulgurcu studies technology users’ information privacy and security related perceptions and behaviors. Her ongoing research focuses on shedding light on technology users’ vulnerabilities to information privacy invasions and offering results that will provide theoretical and managerial guidance in the development of effective information privacy and security policies, awareness and training programs, and easy-to-use information protectio technologies.
Prof. Gerald (Jerry) Kane: Professor Kane's research interests involve the role of information systems in social networks and the use of social media (e.g. blogs, wikis) for managing knowledge within and between organizations, with a particular focus on application and use within the healthcare industry. His published research has appeared in Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly,Organization Science, and Harvard Business Review. Dr. Kane’s innovative teaching practices using Wikis have been featured in Chronicle of Higher Education, Computerworld, eWeek, andCampus Technology.
Prof. M. Hossein Safizadeh: M.H. (Safi) Safizadeh is a professor in the Operations Management Department. Dr. Safizadeh has been teaching executive, graduate, and undergraduate courses for over thirty years. His current research focuses on strategic management of service operations. He has received multiple teaching, research, and service awards.
Spring 2016, Issue 4
Programing Schedule
Mon. July 11 Tues. July 12 Wed. July 13 Thurs. July 14 Fri. July 15 Sat. July 16 Sun. July 17
ARRIVAL
Lunch
Program Orientation and Campus
Tour
Welcome Reception
Mon. July 18 Tues. July 19 Wed. July 20 Thurs. July 21 Fri. July 22 Sat. July 23
Information Systems in
Social Networks w/ Prof. Kane
Lunch
Operations Management
for Multinational
Companies w/ Prof. Safi
Mid-Program Review
Global Operations Strategy w/
Prof. Subramaniam
Lunch
Managing a Growing
Business w/ Prof.
Subramaniam
Strategic Management of Knowledge and Innovation – APIs w/ Prof. Subramaniam
Lunch
Information Privacy and
Data Security w/ Prof. Bulgurcu
Harvard Business
Review Case Study: Biogen
w/ Prof. Subramaniam
Lunch
Company Site Visit: Biogen
Innovation and Culture
Multinational Companies w/
Prof. Subramaniam
Lunch
Ecosystems and How to
Harness Competitive
Advantage w/ Prof.
Subramaniam
FREE FREE
Using Social Media to Manage
Knowledge w/ Prof. Kane
Lunch
Strategic Management
of Service Operations w/
Prof. Safi
Addressing Management Challenges for Multinational
Companies w/ Prof. Safi
Lunch
Preparation for Take-Away
Toolbox Skills and
Presentations
Harvard Business
Review Case: HubSpot: Inbound
Marketing w/ Prof. Kane
Lunch
Company Site Visit: HubSpot
Graduation Reception
Take-Away Toolbox Skills – Presentations
and Reflections w/ BC GLI
faculty
Lunch
FREE
DEPARTURE
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Programing
Participants will spend over 60 hours with faculty and engaging with the business community in the Greater Boston area with company visits selected by the GLI aligned to the learning objectives and professional backgrounds of the program participants. At the conclusion of programing, participants will have an opportunity to present their findings to their fellow colleagues and Boston College faculty.
Key Benefits • Certificate of Completion from the Global Leadership Institute at Boston College • Improved ability to innovate and solve strategic business problems • Enhanced ability to provide knowledgeable and skillful leadership • Develop leadership skills in both internal and external business environments • Focus on building ideas through teamwork and leadership for competitive advantage • Interact with faculty and develop relationship with the Boston College community • Hands-on learning of new strategies to lead large organizations in challenging circumstances • Explore Boston, Massachusetts, a world leader in academia and the knowledge economy.
Tuition Breakdown
Academic Costs 20-24 students: $4,998 25-29 students: $4,501 30 + students: $4,004 Non-Academic Costs 20-24 students: $1,002 25-29 students: $998 30 + students: $995 TOTAL 20 – 24 students: $6,000 25 – 29 students: $5,500 30 + students: $5,000
Academic costs include:
- Faculty honoraria - Programing fee - Program materials - Welcome / Graduation
reception Non-Academic costs include:
- Housing - Linens - Campus meal cards
Airfare not included in tuition
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