This program is for business and academic professionals who want to build upon master’s-level competencies, skills, and knowledge. Throughout the program, you'll master leadership, strategic thinking, decision-making, and research skills to become a leader in your field. You'll apply what you learn in the classroom to a real-world scenario through a required business practicum and build a professional network of business experts and fellow students from around the world.

The curriculum is designed to prepare you to perform more effectively in existing professional roles, qualify for roles with increasing responsibility, start your own business, or develop capabilities for a second career in consulting or teaching at the college level. Below are the skills you will develop upon program completion.

• Strategic Thinking: Evaluate business issues and trends brought forth by economic globalization, to generate strategies that sustain long-term business success.

• Divergent Thinking: Analyze and prioritize the needs of diverse stakeholders in business situations to recommend innovative, feasible, ethical, and legal actions.

• Professional Communication & Application: Synthesize, apply and communicate in a professional manner complex information that is concise, clear, organized and well supported, appropriate to each business situation.

• Informed Decision-Making: Evaluate and apply relevant academic and professional literature to make evidence- based decisions in cross-cultural business environments.

• Research Design: Conduct and justify applied research in the area of specialization to foster positive change in organizations and communities.