Leadership for Global Business and Politics

Evolve your leadership perspective and learn to develop a responsive business strategy that can adapt to a changing global context.

Duration

8 weeks, excluding
orientation

Effort

8–10 hours per week,
entirely online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

On completion of this program, you’ll walk away with:

1

An enhanced understanding of stakeholder capitalism and how to use it to gain a long-term strategic advantage.

2

The tools, knowledge, and network to lead effectively and pursue positive change in an increasingly interconnected business and sociopolitical landscape.

3

The ability to see beyond the market and anticipate the effects of nonmarket changes on your organization, backed by expert-led frameworks.

4

A new perspective on business, with insights from Yale SOM faculty, international industry experts, and contemporary case studies.*

*Upon successful completion of your program, you’ll also join the exclusive Yale School of Management Executive Education group on LinkedIn

Program outline

Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work your way through the following modules:

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

Your Program Convener

Professor David Bach

Dean of Innovation and Programs at IMD Business School; Formerly Deputy Dean for Executive Programs and Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management

Bach received his PhD and MA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a BA magna cum laude in political science and international studies from Yale University. An expert in political economy, his research and teaching focuses on business-government relations, nonmarket strategy, and global market regulation. Bach’s course “The End of Globalization?” received the 2018 Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute.

As a former member of Yale SOM’s senior leadership team, Bach directed the school’s Executive MBA and non-degree executive education, including the school’s innovative online programs. A winner of multiple teaching awards, Bach was named one of the top business school professors under 40 by Poets and Quants, and has given three GMAC keynote addresses on innovation in management education.

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