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Global
Initiatives in Management
Kellogg
offers a wide array of options for studying global business.
Kellogg's faculty has broad international experience: about
one-quarter of the faculty members are foreign-born and educated,
and many others have studied or taught at universities outside
the United States. The International Business major is one
of Kellogg's most popular, and Kellogg sponsors exchange programs
with 14 management schools around the world.
A cornerstone
of Kellogg's international offerings is Global
Initiatives in Management (GIM) , which annually
attracts 350 students to courses that study about 15
different regions
of the world. Designed by students with the help of a faculty
adviser, these courses include 10 weeks of rigorous
classroom
instruction followed by a two-week research trip to the chosen
region. While in their host countries, students meet
with
high-level government officials and executives.
This program
is intended for all students, not just those majoring in international
business. The program began in 1990 with one class of 34 students
studying the Soviet Union; in 2001 there were 13 courses enrolling
360 students, studying 14 countries.
GIM courses
are student-organized study programs that combine classroom
instruction in the winter quarter with field research abroad
during the spring break, and seminar presentations of written
student reports in the spring quarter.
Admission
to a GIM course is achieved through the bidding process each
fall. However, if you want to help create such a course, you
should consider becoming a GIM leader. Although a GIM course
may take a great deal of effort and time, especially for leaders,
students have found it a valuable and serious academic experience.
Past projects
have included the privatization of banking in Central Europe,
emerging market strategies for the telecommunications sector
in China and increasing tourism in South Africa. GIM courses
have studied Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mainland
China, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Malaysia,
Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South
Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
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