The World as a Classroom: A Unique Learning Experience

The Foreign Study Tour offers Executive MBA students the unique opportunity to observe how business is conducted in other countries and other cultures.  The tour typically covers 10 to 15 days  and includes on-site visits with leading companies in established and emerging economies.  EMBA classes have visited China, Russia, South Africa, South America, Europe, and Eastern Europe.

As technology enables richer forms of communication on a global scale making multi-national alliances more central to business in general, we believe that it is important to understand how business is conducted in different parts of the world.  Our EMBA students refer to the Foreign Study Tour as an eye-opening experience that gives them a new perspective on markets, management and culture; a perspective that we believe cannot be gained from a traditional classroom experience.

The opportunity to meet with senior managers of medium to global sized businesses to discuss where business is going and how they have adapted to the challenges of a globally competitive environment is also invaluable.  This type of experience is what makes EMBA programs in general and SOM's in particular so valuable.