Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Global Business
Course Overview
This programme integrates five business modules into one programme that is designed to equip fresh graduates or those who are new to international business operations with the ability to work in the global marketplace and function across various departments. Facilitated by experts in the field, the use of case studies and examples will provide you with a good foundation of the key business disciplines.
Entry Requirement
Those with a good academic background are welcomed to apply for this programme.
- Any undergraduate degree from a recognised university
- Evidence of English proficiency for applicants whose first language is not English and who have not undertaken tertiary education in English. The minimum language requirements are:
- An International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) score of 6.5 (with an individual writing score of at least 6.0), or
- A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 550 with a Test of Written English (TWE) score of at least 5.0 (or TOEFL Internet-based Test with a minimum score of 79, or
- A Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) score at the C1 level.
We also encourage applicants from all types of backgrounds to apply, including those who might not have any business experience.
Duration
The programme can be completed in 5 months (full-time) or 10 months (part-time).
Module Synopsis
| Module 1: International Marketing | Module 2: Global Operations Management |
In this module, students will learn about the challenges facing companies wishing to successfully market products across different countries and regions. The module will also focus on new Internet-based marketing distribution channels, and cross-cultural communication required in an international business environment.
| In a challenging and complex global marketplace, managing business through functional silos can create a number of difficulties. As a future International Business Manager, thinking skills are not only skill sets that you must pick up. More importantly, you will have to see the 'big picture' as you manage the company's resources and design information systems that integrate the entire supply chain and hence manage the flow of goods, services and information in a global environment.
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| Module 3: Principles of Global Finance | Module 4: The Global Business Environment |
As businesses become more integrated with the global economy, effective decision-making requires an in-depth knowledge of global financial markets. There is a need the role global finance institutions, as well as the importance of foreign exchange markets, international bonds, and equities. The module will also focus on funding strategies, foreign investment, and production decisions, the associated issues of global risk management and policy challenges.
| Conducting business across national boundaries presents a unique set of challenges. This module introduces the international business environment in its various dimensions. The key concepts and theories are covered within the context of contemporary issues and case studies, and the class discussions that take place around these cases. |
| Module 5: Sustainable Development and Competitive Advantage | |
This module provides future business managers with an understanding of factors that will have significant impact on the long-term sustainability of business and how this affects the competitive advantage of any business. The theoretical framework used in this module is that used in ecological economics. There is a focus on four key concepts: radical resource productivity, biomimicry, service and flow economy, as well as the investment in natural capital.
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Delivery
A mix of local and international Faculty will facilitate the programme. Classes can take place online using our Collaborative Learning Space (CLS) or through face-to-face classroom sessions. Where classes are delivered online, discussion can be asynchronous in the CLS. In some cases, guest speakers and visiting Faculty can deliver their sessions using Webcasting tools, such as Elluminate, without physically being in the same room.
Assessment
Every module will offer assessments (individual contributions to discussion blogs and group presentations) that are designed to help integrate knowledge, concepts and skills that the students are expected to have acquired in the programme. The discussion blogs and presentations will each contribute to 30% of the overall marks for every module. In addition, students will receive feedback from the Faculty on their performance as well.
The Open Book, Open Web (OBOW) written exam serves as a final litmus test to assess student’s learning. This type of assessment, which contributes to 40% of the overall marks for every module, will require students to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills within a business context.
Award
Candidates in the Post Graduate Certificate in Global Business programme have to complete all five modules to be eligible for the Post Graduate Certificate award by Asian International College.
What Our Student Says
"We were chosen as the winners of the 4th Al Gore Sustainable Technology Competition and represented India on the global stage at Carnegie Mellon University in 2011.
We were also awarded a cash prize to help with our project. We know that the Sustainability Development course from this Post Grad Certificate in International Business helped us significantly in the conception of our plan and the presentation skills you have so strongly advocated we develop helped us in clinching the prize."
Sachin K.
PGCIB class 2010
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