"We bring together executives and senior managers from four continents - North America, South America, Europe and Asia - to create international study teams. These teams are truly global. Participants learn to work with their teams and the faculty over the Internet," says Rotman professor and program director Joseph D'Cruz. "By providing a learning experience that mirrors the work environment of global firms, we believe we are making the global economy more understandable, and global business tools more applicable, for business leaders of today and tomorrow."

The program, offered by the Rotman School of Management in partnership with institutions around the world, combines three residential modules and on-line learning. Current partners include LIMAK, at Johannes Kepler University in Austria; Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft (USW) in Germany; and an associate partner is Business School São Paulo for International Management in Brazil. Participants apply to the program after completing the first academic year of the Executive MBA program at Rotman or the equivalent at another institution. This year's class includes senior managers from leading global firms including Hewlett Packard and DaimlerChrysler and professionals from the healthcare, financial, government, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and IT sectors.

Currently finishing a three-week residency at the Rotman School, the students will next meet in China in November; and complete the program with a final module in Europe in 2001. In each host city, the curriculum is complemented by a series of on-site visits and briefings designed to provide an overview of the socio-economic environment, systems and business practices of the region. Between residential modules, participants complete a series of individual and team assignments and projects using Rotman Online, the School's Internet portal. Participants are required to spend an estimated 20 hours per week on coursework during these periods.

"The curriculum places a strong emphasis on applying management concepts and learning directly to participants' own business activities," says Prof. D'Cruz. "In this way, the knowledge gained through the program becomes immediately transferable to their daily work."

Since 1996, more than 100 international business professionals have graduated from the Global Executive MBA program.

Program Partners

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world, the University of Toronto's Rotman School offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including the prestigious Rotman MBA and Executive MBA Programs, a first-rate Doctoral Program, the distinctive Master of Management & Professional Accounting program, a combined LLB/MBA, and an innovative series of Executive Education Programs tailored to the current needs of businesses and individual managers.

Linz Internationale Management Akademie
An institute at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, LIMAK is Austria's top school in international executive education. It offers a wide range of management development programs, including the General Management Program, which is equivalent to the first year of the Executive MBA.

Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft
Sponsored by major corporations such as Bayer and DaimlerChrysler, Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft (USW) is Germany's leading management development institute. Its full range of programs for executives are taught by university-based faculty and include the Postgraduate Studium Management program (PSM), whose graduates are eligible for Global Executive MBA entry.

Business School São Paulo for International Management
An associate partner of the Global Executive MBA program, BSP is the first educational institution in Brazil to offer - in English - a post-graduate business administration curriculum leading to an MBA. BSP offers a full-time MBA program, which includes studying both in Brazil and abroad, and various Executive Development Programs. The school was recently ranked by BusinessWeek as providing one of the leading Executive MBA Programs outside the U.S.

Ken McGuffin
Media Relations Officer
Rotman School of Management
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Fax: (416) 978-1373
E-mail: mcguffin@rotman.utoronto.ca

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