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

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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