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Yale SOM Executive Education: Leadership for Global Business and Politics

Develop the knowledge and skills for effective leadership in a changing social, political, and environmental context.

Develop the knowledge and skills for effective leadership in a changing social, political, and environmental context.

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8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts May 15, 2024
Enroll by May 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts May 15, 2024
Enroll by May 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

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 Leadership for 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 David Bach, you’ll develop the skills and knowledge to drive strategies that anticipate and plan for change and disruption. Explore the move toward stakeholder capitalism, how it relates to your organization, and how it can be leveraged for a sustainable, strategic edge. You’ll also gain the opportunity to engage with a diverse and international group of participants, and grow your global network online.

This online program will equip you with transnational leadership practices and the skills to assess the global and political economy. Led by experts on international affairs, you’ll learn how multinational organizations can balance the effects of globalization and maintain sound international relations. This program is designed for those working in strategy, communications, government affairs, corporate responsibility, business development, and leading industries, 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.

Course curriculum

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Explore how social, political, environmental, and regulatory forces affect an overall business environment, and develop responsive strategic frameworks, as you work through the weekly modules of this online program.

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

About the certificate

Distinguish yourself and showcase your expertise when you earn an official certificate of participation from the Yale SOM Executive Education.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital 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 program.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

47%

The percentage of millennials who believe that business has a positive impact on society.

Deloitte (Jan, 2021).

7x

The revenue growth of Fortune 500 companies that achieved a high ROL100 score.

Nasdaq (Jun, 2021).

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