Global Strategy & Competitiveness Seminar

Description

The impact of new competition forces within the world economy has great implications on business context, management strategy and leadership styles. This seminar-workshop brings to the participants best global practices on how major multinational companies craft and execute strategy in a global context. Special attention is given to effective leadership styles, business growth, business differentiation via innovation, business model design and strategic bets for sustainable competitiveness. Group dynamics and simulation exercises will enhance the learning process as a way to develop profound understanding and managerial know-how of the complex dimensions of international management. Practical cases and hands-on discussions will be essential components of the learning process.

Part 1:

• How firms craft strategy to achieve and sustain competitive advantage in a global marketplace
• Assessing best business practices for differentiation
• Leading organizational change for competitive performance

Part 2:

• The eight dimensions of globalization: implications for individual performance and competitiveness
• Knowledge, skills and executive attributes inherent to a global knowledge economy
• Integrating business vision with effective leadership styles

Part 3:

• Business model design
• Implementing business and culture strategy for globally competitive sustainable operations
• Strategy when expanding internationally

Total Seminar Hours: 6

Leaders

Jaime Alonso Gómez, Ph.D. has a 25 year extensive international career as a consultant, researcher, guest professor, and board member across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe. He has also served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership (EGADE) at Tec de Monterrey campuses in Mexico City, Monterrey, and National level for the EGADEs of the Tec de Monterrey System. Under his leadership as the Founding Dean of the Monterrey campus, EGADE was recognized as one of the top business schools in the world (Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, the Aspen Institute, etc.) and in Latin America (América Economía).

He was recognized as “Dean of the Year” in 2005 by the prestigious Academy of International Business (AIB) for his work in international education. For the Tec de Monterrey system he simultaneously led their Top Management programs and Family Business Institute by designing and delivering executive education programs in Mexico and around the world. He holds positions on the board of AACSB International and on the Accreditation board of Equis.

Currently he is serving as Professor of Strategy at EGADE - Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City and Ahlers Center Distinguished Professor of International Business at USD, and has been Distinguished Visiting Keynote Speaker in International Business for universities and institutions in the Americas, Europe and Asia (MIT, Harvard, UCLA, McGill, Washington, U. of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Mellon Univ., HEC Paris, ESC Reims, Glasgow, Valencia, Barcelona, Glasgow (Scotland), Univ. de Santiago de Chile, ESAN (Peru), ICESI (Colombia), Getulio Vargas (Brazil), etc.