As the title of Thomas Friedman’s recent book proclaims, The World Is Flat--web-based technology enables us to reach around the globe as quickly as across campus. Horizons collapse and distance disappears. International engagement has become an essential component of students' education, without which they will be ill-equipped for the world to be, or even for the world that now is.

The mission of the Global MBA is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to function as managers in the global marketplace. Specifically, the Global MBA program seeks to develop in each graduate the capacity to:

• Understand and adapt to the changing global environment;
• Apply the functional knowledge and skills needed to address cross-disciplinary issues in the global marketplace;
• Understand and manage cultural differences inherent in a global workforce; and
• Apply appropriate specialized knowledge of theories, models and tools to solve global business and managerial issues.