MBA Handbook-Swiss School of Management

Programme Outline
Master of Business Administration
Concentration
MBA Global Management and Leadership
GML590/HRM 590 Managing and Leading in Different Countries
Capturing the rising influence of culture and the seismic changes throughout many regions of
the world, this course, over the years, is now covering more than 60 countries and every major
region in the world. It continues to break new ground. The 21st century will be crunch time
for Western managers in terms of meeting fierce and unrelenting Asian competition
(especially from Asia) and in attempting to gain a share or the mammoth markets that rapidly
changing demographics will create in India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nigeria
and Brazil (in 2050 their total population will be four and a half billion). One of the goals of
this course is to keep pace with these emerging and changing markets.
GML 591/Individual & Organizational Leadership Skills
In today’s globalized business world, successful leaders need a global mindset. This course
takes the complexity out of leadership and is based on one of the most respected leadership
books written which illustrates through inspiring stories of what research continues to reveal:
when leaders understand that leadership is a relationship. Discussions range from the
toughest organizational challenges leaders face today to changes in how people work and
what people want from their work. Our goal is to create distinctive managers with a unique
leadership-oriented career opportunity.
GML 592/NPM 592 Managing Business Ethics
This course is designed to equip students with the pragmatic knowledge they need to identify
and solve ethical dilemmas, understand their own and others’ ethical behavior, and promote
ethical behavior in their organization. We prepare students for a range of roles in the business
world across business functions. We assess how business does and should affect our
individual and social lives, and ask what role business and its values (could) play in our society
as a whole. This course present the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, and explore
its relevance to ethical business activity as well as considers the moral obligations of
businesses to the environment and to people in other countries
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