{"80001":{"#nid":"80001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Management Launches Global Executive MBA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s College of Management is joining forces with business schools in France and Argentina to offer a Global Executive MBA degree. This executive degree is offered through a collaborative effort, known as the \u0022GlobalTeam EMBA,\u0022 between the College of Management at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, the ICN \u00e9cole de management in Nancy, France, and the Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) in Argentina. Applications for fall 2005 are now being accepted.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe majority of international MBA degrees are developed and administered by one university with a strong emphasis on international business in conjunction with an international residency. The collaborative Global Executive MBA degree is offered in a different format, designed to be a truly international learning experience, including four residencies -- two at Georgia Tech and one each in Nancy and Buenos Aires -- during the 17-month program. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll three partner schools focus on technology and how it affects innovation and change. The goal of the Global Executive MBA program is to fine-tune the skills and knowledge of executives who deal with global business issues or those who want to shift their career toward international business.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The concept of the Global Executive MBA is to give executives who work on a global scale a better understanding about managing innovation and change amid the technical sophistication and complexity of business today,\u0022 says Nate Bennett, senior associate dean, Georgia Tech College of Management. \u0022The program will provide ample opportunity to attend classes, visit companies, and experience cultural events in all three locations. Most importantly, they\u0027ll become part of truly international student teams.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach school will recruit a class of executives who will meet at Georgia Tech for two weeks to kick-off the program. Afterwards, they will return to their home campuses for a semester taught by local faculty and structured in an every-other-weekend executive format. All of the students will take the same classes, receiving face-to-face instruction while working virtually with their classmates around the globe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re blending the best of distance learning with the richness of face-to-face instruction,\u0022 says Bennett.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second semester will begin with a two-week residency in Nancy, and the third semester will begin with a two-week residency in Buenos Aires. Participants will then return to Georgia Tech to finish their coursework and graduate the last week of the final semester. Another unique feature of the degree is that students from ICN and ITBA will earn a Georgia Tech degree in addition to one from their home school. Students based at Georgia Tech will earn a master\u0027s from one of the international schools in addition to a Georgia Tech degree, giving them a competitive advantage on their resumes, particularly if they are focused on a global career.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit Georgia Tech\u0027s Global Executive MBA Program at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/exec_ed\/gemba.html\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/exec_ed\/gemba.html\u003C\/a\u003E or call the Huang Executive Education Center at 404.385.2254.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"First Class Begins Fall 2005"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Management is joining forces with business schools in France and Argentina to offer a Global Executive MBA degree, through a collaborative effort, called the GlobalTeam EMBA.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Partnership with schools in France and Argentina"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2004-11-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:05","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"80011":{"id":"80011","type":"image","title":"College of Management","body":null,"created":"1449178071","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:51","changed":"1475894693","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:53"}},"media_ids":["80011"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/exec_ed\/gemba.html","title":"Global Executive MBA"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}