As a partner in the Kellogg School of Management’s global network of executive MBA programs, the Kellogg- Schulich EMBA Program offers its students exciting opportunities to study abroad. Through a compulsory global electives module at Schulich and also at one of the other Kellogg partner schools (Kellogg’s Miami campus, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at Tel Aviv University in Israel or the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management at Vallendar/ Frankfurt, Germany), students will study and network with other EMBA students in the partnership. In each of the global electives module, students will take two courses over a ten-day period and be integrated into new multinational study teams. These global electives module also include company presentations and social events.
All global electives modules at the partner schools are scheduled throughout the year to facilitate choice. Every effort is made to accommodate student preferences regarding location. Students are expected to have completed all of the core courses in the EMBA program prior to participating in the global electives module.
The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program also hosts its own global electives module. The two courses in this module are part of the core curriculum and are therefore compulsory for Kellogg-Schulich students. Like all the global electives modules, the Schulich module attracts students from all Kellogg partner schools.
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globalelectives@schulich*
One week, February
Schulich School of Business
York University
Toronto, Canada
www.schulich.yorku.ca |
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Course Offerings
Business Strategies for Sustainability
Provides a perspective framed around the proposition that businesses that rise to the challenge of sustainability not only succeed in protecting people and the natural environment, but also secure long-term competitive and financial advantages. Such firms recruit and retain the best and brightest workers, maintain the trust and loyalty of their customers and business partners, innovate and develop new products and markets and minimize their risks and liabilities. The course takes a strategic approach and offers insights into marketing, innovation, organizational behaviour, finance and accounting, and communicating for sustainability.
International Strategy
Examines the development of the international enterprise in the global economy, focusing on the evolving strategies and structures of firms that operate in multiple markets around the world, and on the similarities and differences between enterprises in different countries and cultures. The course identifies domestic and international environmental constraints and their influence on the operating performance of enterprises in different countries, both developed and developing. The course critically examines the strategic choices available to firms in a variety of industry contexts that cut across all spectrums of global competition. These choices include strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions.
* The courses in the globalelectives@Schulich module are compulsory for Kellogg-Schulich EMBA students. |
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globalelectives@hkust
One week, November 
HKUST Business School
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong, China
www.ust.hk/eng/ |
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Typical Course Offerings
Business Strategies in the Asia Pacific Region
Deals with formulating and applying business strategies in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Among the principal issues examined are: negotiating strategies, entry strategies, pricing strategies and strategies for dealing with governments and state-owned enterprises. The course is taught through a series of cases which illustrate successful and unsuccessful management strategies in Asia. In each situation, students will have the opportunity to examine how to “do the deal.” A background in strategy and finance is required.
Understanding (Asian) Consumers
Focuses on the consumer as an individual with an emphasis on how consumers react to marketing information. The topics discussed comprise an examination of the psychological process in a logical sequence: attention, perception, memory, persuasion and decision-making. In addition, the nature and importance of cultural differences in consumer behaviour is a pervasive theme. |
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globalelectives@recanati
One week, January 
Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
recanati.tau.ac.il/Eng/ |
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Typical Course Offerings
Psychological and Organizational Influences on Financial Decisions
Combines an understanding of the economic and psychological influences on financial decision-making. The ability of managers to integrate both the economic and psychological perspectives in financial decision-making is critical because an emphasis on either one alone illuminates only part of the necessary skills for decision choice and implementation.
Securities Analysis
Combines economic analysis and institutional knowledge (i.e., accounting, taxes) to estimate the value of securities. Topics covered include valuation consequences of corporate-earnings and analyst-earnings forecasts, the valuation of target and bidder corporations in corporate mergers and an analysis of bankruptcies. |
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globalelectives@miami
One week, April
Miami Campus, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Miami, USA
kellogg.northwestern.edu/emba/ programs/miami.htm |
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Typical Course Offerings
Wall Street, Hedge Funds and Private Equity
Focuses on the key role that investment banks, LBO funds and hedge funds play in M&A and corporate finance markets and their influence on corporate decision-making and governance. Competition between investment banks, LBO funds and hedge funds will be considered in the context of resulting threats and opportunities for corporations.
Strategic Data-Driven Marketing
Designed to help marketers demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) of marketing and leverage data from marketing analytics to make better and more informed marketing decisions. The course covers marketing performance management, customer relationship management strategy and execution, internet marketing click-through analysis, and analytic marketing and value driven segmentation. Content covered is especially applicable to those covering broad customer connection initiatives and those leveraging the use of CRM infrastructure. |
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globalelectives@whu
One week, May 
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
Vallendar/Frankfurt, Germany
www.kellogg.whu.edu |
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Typical Course Offerings
European Culture and Management Styles
Explores the differences between management styles in major European countries, their origins and the implications for managerial behaviour. It also examines the drivers for a possible convergence of these styles.
Global Economic Development and the Business Environment in Europe
Examines first how global linkages affect the business environment and thereby focuses on the impact of trade, foreign direct investment and the exchange rate on management decisions. Then the course applies these linkages to the specific European environment, emphasizing the implications of the European integration process on business decisions. |
