Global Management (GLBM)

Major Requirements

All management has become global management. No organization can flourish without managers who can understand the importance of developments beyond the borders of their home country, devise effective strategies to respond to the challenges of global competition, and understand the intricacies endemic to the global flow of capital and goods. The Global Management (GLBM) program offers students an opportunity to learn more about the international dimension of business and to prepare for careers in various sectors of the global economy. Courses in the GLBM program will sensitize students to the changing institutional landscape, the increasingly complex flows of goods, talent, and capital, and the international differences that influence organizational and managerial success. Students will also take relevant courses in other parts of the University, gaining insights into the political and economic dynamics of the global system and acquiring the linguistic and cultural understanding necessary to function in other countries. Graduates of this program will have the necessary skills, knowledge, and judgment to adapt to and manage effectively in an increasingly global business environment.

Graduates of the Global Management program will complete a curriculum designed to help them achieve the following specific learning objectives.

1. Understanding Organizations as Global Phenomena. Students of global management will learn how to adapt their understanding of the core disciplines of  management (studied in the BSBA core) to a global context. This will entail taking advanced courses in global finance, strategy, and operations, in order to develop the analytical and technical skills requisite to global management.
2. Considering the Manager as a Global Actor. Students will acquire the leadership skills – negotiation, communication, cross-cultural management, adaptation, decision-making, etc. – that individuals need to succeed in a complex, foreign landscape. Real-world projects on international management will enable them to develop these skills.
3. Awareness of the Global System. Global management students will become aware of the political, economic, social, and cultural forces that define and shape the emerging global system and think deeply about how they shape the practice of management and how, in turn, organizations – particularly multinational corporations – shape the contexts in which they operate.
4. Ability to Access a Region or Country. National differences remain a powerful force, shaping markets, consumption patterns, business strategies, and organizational life. Students will develop the ability to access or ‘get to know’ a region or country by focusing on its political, economic, and/or cultural features.

The following courses, beyond completion of the BSBA core curriculum requirements, constitute the Global Management (GLBM) major.

BSBA Core Curriculum Requirements

Foundational Literacy Requirements

Four courses are required of all BSBA majors.

MGMT 100	Management Past, Present and Future	.5
MGMT 101	Introduction to Organization and Management	1
MGMT 102	Quantitative Reasoning for Managers	1
ECON 103	Economic Principles and Problems	1

Managerial Literacy Requirements

MGMT 200	Foundations Accounting and Financial Management I	1
MGMT 201	Marketing	1
MGMT 203	Managerial Finance	1

Integrative Literacy Requirements

Three courses are required of all BSBA majors.

MGMT 302	The Stakeholder Organization	1
MGMT 303	The Technological Organization	1
MGMT 304	The Strategic Organization	1

All BSBA majors must satisfy the Culminating Experience component of the College Core Curriculum. This requirement is typically fulfilled by enrollment in MGMT 304 The Strategic Organization. In addition, all majors will receive instruction in writing, speaking, and information literacy as part of their BSBA core curriculum coursework.

In the spring of their sophomore year, all BSBA students will, in consultation with their advisers, select a major from among the four specialized programs and will complete the specific major requirements in addition to the BSBA core curriculum requirements. Transferring between programs is possible as long as the student will be able to meet all degree requirements of the new program and still graduate on schedule.

Global Management Requirements

All GLBM majors must take the following four courses:

GLBM 300	Global Manager as Diplomat	1
GLBM 301	Global Supply Chain Management	1
GLBM 302	The Global Flow of Capital	1
GLBM 400	Global Manager Abroad (may be offered as two half-credit courses)	1

Global Environment Electives

GLBM majors must take ONE of the following Global Environment Electives. With permission of their adviser, students may substitute other courses appropriate to this category and satisfying learning objective #3 , as long as such courses are taught by faculty outside the School of Management.

Select one of the following:		1
ECON 227	International Economics
GEOG 209	Economic Geography
GEOG 211	Political Geography
IREL 252	Political Economy of Global Resources
IREL 390	American Global Strategy
POLS 170	International Politics
POLS 205	Comparative Politics
POLS 275	Global Governance
POLS 277	International Political Economy

Area Studies Electives

GLBM majors must take TWO Area Studies Electives. The two courses should focus on the same region (such as East Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, etc.) and must be taught by faculty outside the School of Management. Courses appropriate to this category and satisfying learning objective #4 will be chosen by the students in consultation with their advisers.

Language and Cultural Skills

GLBM majors must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in at least one foreign language or elementary proficiency in two. They may do so by passing the fourth course or higher (intermediate) or the second course or higher (elementary) in a language sequence at Bucknell. Alternatively, students may demonstrate intermediate proficiency by passing a one-credit 200-level language course on the culture or society of a country or region. Students may achieve proficiency in other ways, including abroad experiences and courses taken elsewhere. Students whose native language is not English are exempt from this requirement. Moreover, students are strongly encouraged to acquire some experience abroad through one of the many international programs available to Bucknell students.

Faculty

Program Chair: Elton G. McGoun