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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Thunderbird School of Global Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Thunderbird School of Global Management
      • 1 Global Place
      • AZ
      • Glendale AZ, 85306, Arizona
      • United States
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 61
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 111
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 27
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 5
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 140

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Situational Leadership II
      • Partner(s): Ken Blanchard
      • Title: Promises, Promises
      • Partner(s): Eagles Flight
      • Title: Managing Peorple for the First Time
      • Partner(s): BTS
      • Title: Global Remuneration Program (GRP) Certification
      • Partner(s): World-at-Work
      • Title: Looking Glass Leadership Program
      • Partner(s): Center for Creative Leadership
      • Title: GPHR Certification
      • Partner(s): HR Certification Institute

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,234
      • Full-Time MBA: 509
      • Executive MBA: 112
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Percentage of Executives who live/work within 45 miles: 6 %
      • Percentage of attendees who live/work abroad: 16 %

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 49 %
      • International : 17 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives
      • Type of Course: Management, Leadership, Strategy, Negotiations, Finance, Accounting
      • Course Length: 13 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $14,925.00
      • Title: Leading Global Projects for Business Results
      • Type of Course: Project Management, Leadership, Cross Cultural
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,700.00
      • Title: Leading and Managing in Turbulent Times: Global Leadership Certificate Program
      • Type of Course: Leadership, Management
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,700.00
      • Title: Communicating and Negotiating with a Global Mindset
      • Type of Course: Cross-cultural communication, negotiation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,700.00
      • Title: Creating Value Through Global Strategy
      • Type of Course: Strategy
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $5,400.00
      • Title: Leading with a Global Mindset
      • Type of Course: Leadership, Cross-Cultural
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $3,700.00
      • Title: Global Remuneration Program (GRP) Certification Program
      • Type of Course: Human Resources, Management
      • Course Length: 27 days
      • Comments: 9 modules, 3 days each module (total 27 days)
      • Title: Finance for NonFinancial Managers
      • Type of Course: Finance
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Title: Executive Certificate in Global Marketing
      • Type of Course: Marketing
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,455.00
      • Comments: Online, Three 8-week facilitated programs
      • Title: Executive Certificate in Global Negotiations
      • Type of Course: Negotiations, Communications
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,455.00
      • Comments: Online, Three 8-week facilitated programs

    • International programs:

      • Title: Leading Global Projects for Strategic Results
      • Type of Course: Project Management
      • Year Established: 2009
      • Title: Management and Leadership
      • Type of Course: Leadership, Management
      • Country: Kazakhstan
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: GRP Certification
      • Type of Course: Human Resource Management
      • Country: Ukraine
      • Partner(s): World-at-Work
      • Year Established: 1999

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 80

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 27
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 7

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 45 %
      • International: 67 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: High Availability to Virtualization environment; Wireless network connected to classrooms and auditoriums; Wireless network to new Wireless-N technologies; Rolled-out of Windows 7 on desktop clients; Piloted of iPad usage in instruction and course material delivery; Portal project (initial testing phase); SharePoint pilot project; New ‘temporary TAC replacement’ project
      • Amount spent: $1,000,000.00

  • CONTACT INFORMATION

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