Yale School of Management Executive Education
Leadership for Global Business and Politics
Develop the knowledge and skills for effective leadership in a changing social, political, and environmental context.
Start date
28 April 2021
Enroll by 20 April 2021
Course duration
8 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
8–10 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Program overview
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Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Organizations operate within the context of their competitors, suppliers, and customers, but also within a broader nonmarket environment that includes social, political, environmental, and regulatory forces.
The Global Business and Politics online program, from the Yale School of Management Executive Education, offers business leaders an evolved perspective of nonmarket factors that affect business. It provides strategies, language, frameworks, and tools to analyze and respond to these factors to gain a competitive advantage.
Guided by industry expert Professor David Bach, you’ll develop the skills and knowledge to drive strategies that anticipate and plan for change and disruption. You’ll also gain the opportunity to engage with a diverse and international group of participants, and grow your global network online.
Is this program for you?
This program is designed for those working in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility and business development, who need to be cognizant of topical social, political, and environmental issues. Executives who need to consider the impact of political and social issues on their business will be equipped with the terminology and a best practice approach to leadership in a rapidly changing corporate and societal landscape. Functional managers who are interested in pursuing a greater involvement in business strategy will benefit from access to frameworks and tools that will allow them to engage effectively with the impact of nonmarket forces on their organization, while managing stakeholder engagement in a global context.
Program overview
Introduction
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Organizations operate within the context of their competitors, suppliers, and customers, but also within a broader nonmarket environment that includes social, political, environmental, and regulatory forces.
The Global Business and Politics online program, from the Yale School of Management Executive Education, offers business leaders an evolved perspective of nonmarket factors that affect business. It provides strategies, language, frameworks, and tools to analyze and respond to these factors to gain a competitive advantage.
Guided by industry expert Professor David Bach, you’ll develop the skills and knowledge to drive strategies that anticipate and plan for change and disruption. You’ll also gain the opportunity to engage with a diverse and international group of participants, and grow your global network online.
Is this program for you?
This program is designed for those working in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility and business development, who need to be cognizant of topical social, political, and environmental issues. Executives who need to consider the impact of political and social issues on their business will be equipped with the terminology and a best practice approach to leadership in a rapidly changing corporate and societal landscape. Functional managers who are interested in pursuing a greater involvement in business strategy will benefit from access to frameworks and tools that will allow them to engage effectively with the impact of nonmarket forces on their organization, while managing stakeholder engagement in a global context.
What will set you apart
The ability to see beyond business and the market, with an enhanced understanding of the global social, political and environmental landscape.
Insights and tools to lead effectively through the pressures of future disruption.
The skills to assess and improve engagement with key stakeholders internally and externally, and how differing global contexts influence these interactions.
Strategic frameworks to affect and redefine your nonmarket environment, and factor these forces into your decision-making to strengthen your competitive advantage.Program curriculum
Orientation Module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Compete beyond the market
Module 2
Analyze nonmarket challenges for strategic advantage
Module 3
Navigate the politics of disruptive innovation
Module 4
Nationalism in international business
Module 5
Lobbying and framing in a global context
Module 6
Stakeholder engagement and global governance
Module 7
Ethics, values, and business decisions
Module 8
Doing well by doing good
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What past students
think
Howard William Humphey
Managing Director, The Edifus Group
This was an outstanding course that enhanced my understanding of the importance of nonmarket analysis and planning to achieve corporate goals and objectives.
Program Convener
David Bach
Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale SOM Executive Education
About the certificate
Earn an official certificate of participation from Yale School of Management Executive Education.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
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