MIDLAND, MI — Northwood University has announced a first-of-its-kind Global Automotive MBA (GAMBA) through the Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management. The announcement was made by Dr. William Busby, dean and COO of the graduate school.
The new GAMBA is targeted toward mid-level executives working within the automotive supply chain — from suppliers to manufacturers to dealers, worldwide. The program will not be marketed to individuals but to company partners who will sponsor high potential managers for the program.
The program seeks to admit no more than forty people from different countries and companies for the two-year program. The group meets for an intensive week, then students go back to their homes and jobs for about fourteen weeks during which time work is done via the Internet, then the group gathers for a week again, and so forth. The current plan is to meet for the weekly sessions in Michigan, Florida, Texas, Stuttgart and Shanghai, but that may change with the cohort group, if warranted.
International academics from several institutions will help Northwood teach and mentor along with world class business executives from the auto industry worldwide.
The object is to create a group of professionally, globally educated, auto skilled leaders who will be fully engaged in the transformation now taking place in the industry.
Northwood President Dr. David Fry commented, “The Global Automotive MBA is a one-of-a-kind program using the CASE system whereby students learn the basics of twelve disciplines, then apply them to complex cases designed to use dialogue to stretch application ability to the maximum to identify problems, construct solutions, and highlight the managerial behavior necessary to meet the requirements the constructed solutions demand. This process is rigorous and students will be forever changed by it, by their colleagues, and the locations of the study adventure.”
Dr. Fry concluded, “Graduates will have a network of international classmates and will be able to break every standard for advancing to highly compensated leadership positions in their companies.”
For additional information regarding the DeVos Global Automotive MBA, contact Dr. William Busby at 800.MBA.9000 or via email at [email protected]
To learn more about the Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management visit: www.northwood.edu/mba for application information.
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