Courses
Georgetown University’s Global Executive MBA Program focuses on the same business content as the MBA Full-Time Program and is taught by the same respected faculty.
Through rigorous coursework in core business disciplines and 'selective' courses, Global Executive MBA Program students advance their knowledge and develop the skills required to lead in international business.
Four residencies, two domestic and two international, challenge students to apply their learning by investigating and proposing solutions for strategic issues in immersive business settings.
Students complete their coursework as part of a cohort of peers and often work in teams to complete their projects. The diversity of backgrounds and skill sets embodied in each cohort enriches the learning experience and builds a network of connections.
Accounting
EMBA 803 - Financial Accounting (3.0): The course stresses the theory of accounts, generally accepted accounting principles, and the interpretation of financial statements. The perspective of the course is that of investors and managers as knowledgeable users of accounting information. The course covers the basic financial statements, what information they provide, how they fit together, how transactions affect them, and revenue recognition principles. In addition, students will study accounting for inventory, property, plant and equipment, liabilities, leases, pensions, taxes, marketable securities, and stockholders' equity.
EMBA 828 - Financial Statement Analysis (1.5): This course introduces analytical tools for assessing profitability and risk while examining the concepts of quality of earnings and its counterpart, the quality of financial position. Economic and strategic factors that affect the interpretation of the rate of return on assets and rate of return on common equity will be discussed. The premise of this course is that the student will learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing analysis on actual companies.
Business and Government
EMBA 840 - Business and Government (1.5): The course teaches students to analyze normative arguments about what government and corporate policies ought to be, to analyze positive arguments regarding claims made about the effects of government policies on business, to understand government policy-making, and to learn to forecast changes in government policy. Students have the opportunity to develop knowledge of political institutions, effects of differing government policies on national industrial organization, and effects of business on government in the U.S. and abroad. They are able to reflect on the appropriate role of corporations in the democratic political process and on how civic obligations should affect students in their roles as managers.
Business Ethics
EMBA 830 - Business Ethics (1.5): The course enhances student appreciation for, and ability to deal with, ethical, public, and crucial dimensions of problems they will face as managers. The course emphasizes the interplay between the economic dimensions of those problems and their ethical, political, and social aspects. The course is designed to familiarize students with the recurring ethical problems faced by managers in their dealings with others inside and outside the firm, and the recurring normative problems of the public policy and regulation concerning business; introduce them to certain key concepts, principles, and approaches to normative analysis and give them practice in recognizing and evaluating arguments; and give students the opportunity to reflect on their own values as they relate to the job of the manager.
Decision Sciences
EMBA 801 - Decision Making Tools (3.0): This integrated sequence provides a prefatory yet detailed perspective on quantitative concepts, techniques, and methods used extensively in business decision-making activities. The course draws from the theoretical concepts and applied techniques in statistics and operations research, aiming to develop competence in the interpretation and analysis of data and in development of quantitative models. Topical issues and specific techniques covered include inferential statistics, quality and statistical process control, simple and multiple regression analysis, inventory control techniques, and network-based project management methods (PERT/CPM). Case studies and computer packages are used to illustrate and reinforce the "real life" applications of the various topics considered.
Economics
EMBA 812 - Economics (3.0): The microeconomics component of this course analyzes the demand for the firm's product and its costs of production for the purpose of determining product prices. Students determine the variables that shift consumer demand and estimate the effect of price changes on demand. Students discover how the costs of production change with volume, distinguishing fixed from variable costs and marginal from average costs, and how costs shift over time. Students learn how to change prices when costs change and how competitors react using different pricing strategies. The macroeconomic component of the course studies macroeconomic structure (how gross domestic product is determined from consumption, investment, saving, government spending, taxes, and net exports). We learn about the operation of monetary policy by central banks (using interest rates and money supply) and fiscal policy (using taxing and spending) to influence economic growth, price inflation, exchange rates, and unemployment.
Finance
EMBA 806 - Finance (3.0): This course teaches students how to make investment and financing decisions. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand time value of money and the functioning of capital markets. They will also be able to evaluate opportunities to raise debt and equity; perform valuation of stocks, bonds, and companies; understand financial data sources; use spreadsheets for building financial models; perform capital budgeting analysis for corporate projects; and understand portfolio theory. This course emphasizes the application of finance principles to business cases, including an introduction to the use of derivatives for risk management.
EMBA 826 - International Finance (1.5): This course focuses on analysis of the international financial environment and operation of global financial markets, the economics of currency markets and foreign exchange risk, the mechanics and corporate uses of derivative, corporations' strategic alternatives and operational practices to manage risk, the decisions of companies as to when to hedge and not, and how to hedge using financial instruments.
Management of Technology
EMBA 839 - Technology and Knowledge Management (3.0): This course provides a managerial perspective on the effective use of information technology for strategic advantage and operational performance in global organizations through case analyses and class discussion. Topics include information technology's relationship to business competition and strategy; the business value of information systems; the use of information systems to enhance decision-making, communication, and knowledge use in organizations; using information technology to redesign business processes; the ways information systems can add value to products and services; and the organizational, social, and ethical issues arising from information technologies.
Marketing
EMBA 802 - Marketing (3.0): This course provides a managerial orientation to marketing in complex, rapidly changing, global environments. The course design provides students with a working knowledge of activities involved in developing marketing programs and strategy to achieve competitive advantage. Consumer behavior, competitive analysis, environmental analysis, market segmentation, marketing research, and other conceptual and analytical tools will be introduced to facilitate the management of markets. Major marketing decisions are studied.
EMBA 810 - Foreign Market Development (1.5): In the first part of the course, consumer behavior, competitive analysis, market segmentation, marketing research, and other conceptual and analytical tools will be introduced to facilitate the management of global markets. In the second part of the course the major decisions to design a marketing program will be covered, including positioning, product development, pricing, distribution and promotion. The third part of the course provides an integrative strategic view of marketing, including the impact of globalization, information technology, and challenges to implementation.
Operations Management
EMBA 805 - Managing Operations and Information (3.0): This course is designed to give students a basic introduction to the latest ideas in managing operations and information in the most relevant context. The study of the methods by which products and services provided by organizations are designed, developed, and produced will be explored. Managerial approaches for developing effective systems for materials and information flows, quality, and implementation of new product and process technologies are analyzed. Global comparisons of manufacturing capabilities and internationalization of operating systems are emphasized.
EMBA 829 - Global Logistics (1.5): The emphasis of this course is the logistics function in firms that source, produce, distribute, and market in multiple nations. The specific objectives are to develop an understanding of strategic management thinking as it applies to firms with global operations; the capacity for analyzing logistics problems on a functional, business, and company-wide basis; an awareness of the organizational structures used in logistics and the strengths and weaknesses of those structures; an understanding of the key criteria used in multinational location site selection; and an understanding of the realities of running different types of production and distribution firms.
Organizational Behavior
EMBA 804 - Organizational Behavior (3.0): This course offers a study of individual and group behavior in work organizations. Behavioral science theories are studied and applied to organizational problems. Topics include perception, values, motivation, group behavior, leadership, the management of conflict, decision-making, power, organizational structure, managing change, and the organization-environment interaction. Course emphasis is on executive leadership, policy-making, and the application of behavioral science concepts to management problems. Ethical decision-making and international management are integrated throughout the course and include leadership and motivation across cultures, the cultural context for international management, global negotiation skills, and intercultural communication, expatriation, and reparation issues.
EMBA 822 - Management Communication (1.5): This course contributes to each participant's success by enhancing his or her communication effectiveness in public speaking, team, and one-on-one situations. The course contributes to effectiveness by developing an understanding of the communication process, encouraging sensitivity to the likely effects of actual and potential rhetorical moves, refining the ability to choose wisely among available strategies, and by sharpening a repertoire of personal skills including speaking and writing.
EMBA 815 - Leadership (1.5): Making a difference is the ultimate standard by which we judge our leaders. Making a difference is not easy, and in order to lead, one must have the ability to inspire followers by articulating and communicating an exciting vision of the future. Still, an inspiring vision is not enough; a leader must also have the ability to influence others to work together to realize that vision. The keys to successful influence are building a base of power and demonstrating the political savvy necessary to manage the politics and conflict associated with leading change. The primary objective of this course is to help students understand and master the skills associated with leadership and power.
Strategy
EMBA 808 - International Business Strategy (3.0): The first component of this course takes up core international business topics: international trade theory (comparative advantage, factor proportions, competitive advantage), foreign direct investment theory and the international expansion decision, international trade and investment policy (fair trade, protectionism, strategic trade, and tariffs and quotas), the multilateral framework for international trade and investment (e.g., European Union, World Trade Organization), and the balance of payments. The second component of the course focuses on the management of multinational corporations, including the advantages of multinationals (scale, scope, exploitation of national differences), configuration challenges (country selection, international value chain, and competitive dynamics), coordination (organizational drivers for integration and differentiation), the process of globalization, and alternative routes to globalization (alliances), including social issues.
EMBA 807 - Strategic Management (3.0): This course provides a rigorous and comprehensive framework for analyzing industries and designing strategies for achieving long-term competitive advantage. Topics include industry structure analysis, global versus multi-domestic industries, competitor analysis, firm resources and capabilities, organizational design, and organizational change. Classes will include a mixture of lectures, cases, and discussion. A major term paper requires students to apply one of the strategy frameworks covered during the course to a current strategic issue in their own work organizations.
Special Topics in Business (6.0) - Electives
Six credit hours of Class Elected Required Topics are needed for completion of the Global EMBA Program. Faculty will propose topics, and students will vote on preferences under the supervision of the Director.
