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Global MBA for Latin American Managers

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Thank you for your interest in the Global MBA Program. This is a graduate degree program offered jointly by the EGADE Business School in Monterrey and the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona...

Miguel Moreno Tripp, PhD
Director, Global MBA

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  • Program Location
    - Campus Santa Fe
    - Campus Ciudad de México
    - Campus Estado de México
  • Program Format
    - Part Time
    - Quarters
    Class Schedule:Every other week
    Fridays from 15:00 to 21:00 hours
    Saturdays from 9:00 to 20:10 hours
    Admissions: annually in August
  • Preferred Professional Experience
    Average two years
  • Dual Degree
    Joint degree
  • International Study
    Yes

The Global MBA for Latin American Managers is a graduate MBA program jointly offered via distance learning technology by the EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. It is a 21-month long executive program which has been designed to prepare Latin American managers for success in the highly competitive and dynamic global business environment.

This program is not 100% virtual, but rather employs three formats:

  • Satellite-Professors transmit live from Monterrey, Phoenix or other sites.
  • On-campus-Students attend face-to-face and satellite-transmitted classes every two weekends, as well as three seminars.
  • Online- Students use the technological platforms of both Tecnológico de Monterrey and Thunderbird, they use chats during classes and submit homework by e-mail.

This program is offered through the Virtual University of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, and classes are taught by professors of the EGADE Business School (25%) and Thunderbird (75%). A facilitator is present in the classroom to help  clear up doubts and answer  questions. He or she may also teach part of the session, thus providing the great advantage of having 2 professors for the same class. 

Students graduating from the program will receive a Global MBA degree from both the Thunderbird School of Global Management and the EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey: one degree will be in English recognized in the U. S. like any other diploma from a U. S. university; and the other degree will be in Spanish, recognized in Mexico by the Ministry of Education (SEP).


Students at Global MBA will develop:

  • An international business strategic vision.
  • An analytical vision of the global business management scenarios.
  • Effective cross-cultural communication abilities for the business environment.
  • Effective tools for international negotiation and interaction with other cultures.
  • High level of interaction through virtual technologies.
The Global MBA is particularly suited to students who for different reasons cannot attend school abroad. Classes are offered on an executive schedule every other weekend, students can continue to work while taking classes, and do not have to leave their family behind during foreign study.
Study Plan

Prerequisites¹

  • Fundamentals of Micro/Macroeconomics

Introductory

  • Business Communication for Executives
  • Accounting Fundamentals and Financial Accounting

Basic
  • Global Political Economy
  • Fundamentals of Managerial Finance
  • International Trade and Global Economics
  • Managerial Accounting and Profit Planning
  • Production and Operations Management

Academic Excursion
  • International Business Interim (one week trip)

Specializations
  • Cross-Cultural Communication for International Managers
  • Competing through Strategy and People
  • Regional Business Environment in Latin America
  • International Marketing Management and Strategy
  • Advanced Managerial Finance
  • Regional Business Environment in North America
  • International Negotiation and Bargaining

Seminars required for graduation from regular course sequence:
  • Global Business Leadership for the 21st Century
  • Latin American Business Leadership and the 21st Century Executive

¹ Courses defined as "Prerequisites" may be waived in consideration of equivalent courses taken at undergraduate or graduate level studies.

² Courses taken outside the program plan are prerequisite for graduation but they are not considered for purposes of the Grade Point Average (GPA).




The Global MBA offers a highly collaborative working atmosphere with people of many cultures. The countries represented are Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Israel, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United States and Venezuela.