You'll gain an understanding of global trends affecting your business through engaging with the diverse perspectives of the Yale SOM community and participating in a required Global Network Course and other opportunities.
Global Network for Advanced Management
Yale is actively engaged with the Global Network for Advanced Management, which fosters substantive ties among the world’s leading business schools. Comprised of over 30 schools across six continents, the Network will give you access to member schools with diverse regions, countries, cultures, and economies in different phases of development, as well as programming and resources designed to deepen your understanding of the global context in which you operate.
Global Network Weeks
In June of your first year, you will travel to another Global Network school and join other Executive MBA students from around the globe to attend classes, collaborate on team projects, tour local businesses, and hear from visiting business leaders.
You’ll have a range of choices. Recent Global Network Weeks have included trips to Mexico, China, Germany, Brazil, India, the Philippines, and other countries.
For me, the real highlight of the week was engaging with local entrepreneurs and understanding the challenges they face in Cape Town. We then applied the knowledge we gained during the week and from our first year in business school to provide recommendations on managing these challenges effectively.
Global Network Courses
These are optional for-credit courses offered virtually by a Global Network for Advanced Management member school and open to students from throughout the network. The courses connect students through an online platform and video conferencing for lectures and discussions. As part of the courses, groups of students from multiple member schools collaborate virtually on substantial team projects, developing teamwork skills and cross-cultural perspectives.
I had the opportunity to learn about finance from a global perspective. It’s transformed my understanding of sustainability to include perspective from the boardroom, investors, asset managers, and shareholders.
