Online Bachelor of Global Management
Become a global leader with a degree in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU. This major prepares students to help lead global organizations in this new digital era. With the accelerated pace of technological change globally, the world needs leaders who are agile and able to take advantage of these new tools to build sustainable prosperity worldwide.
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Thunderbird prepares graduates for this new era of rapid change and opportunity by providing innovative instruction in areas such as globalization 4.0, global digital transformation and global entrepreneurship. This program also requires students to get hands-on, real-world experience in an international internship. Students can meet this requirement in a number of ways, including by working on an internationally-focused project with their current employer or with a local firm. Thunderbird's Bachelor of Global Management degree prepares graduates for a variety of careers in global management working in multinational firms, technology companies, international not-for-profit organizations, or as an entrepreneur, as well as public service careers in diplomacy, with Ministries of Trade or Foreign Affairs, or with multilateral organizations.
What is a Global Management degree?
As the global economy continues to expand, demand for globally minded specialists is rapidly increasing. Thunderbird/ASU's Online Bachelor of Global Management prepares you to compete in a global marketplace through specialized courses like Intercultural Communication, Global Marketing, States and Markets in a Global Economy, and Multinational Organizational Leadership. Equipped with a strong global business background, you will be ready for a career in fields such as international marketing, consulting, foreign service, human resources, entrepreneurship and many others.
The world's leader in global management
Thunderbird School of Global Management, a unit of Arizona State University, unites students with outstanding global management faculty members and global organizations so students can develop the skills needed to operate effectively in today's globally-connected world. Students develop skills that international employers, governments and nongovernmental entities greatly value.
This online Global Management Degree draws on Thunderbird's expertise in global management practices and intercultural communication training to provide students with a highly specialized, global business education. As a leader in global management, Thunderbird is a globally accredited school, recognized worldwide and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
World's #1 Master in Management (MiM) degree (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2019)
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TGM 312: Big Data in the Global Economy
Understands how multinational organizations make strategic use of Big Data to gain a competitive advantage in the global economy. Covers the important aspects of Big Data from a managerial viewpoint. Delves into the understanding of global data and how this data must be standardized to account for differences in collection methods, legal constraints and cultural interpretation to create a reliable platform for evaluation.
TGM 204: Principles of Marketing for Global Organizations
Explores the ways in which global marketing strategies reflect a deep understanding of markets and create valuable offerings for customers globally. Broadly speaking, marketing strategy making is comprised of segmentation, targeting and positioning. Segmentation is the process by which we segregate a relatively heterogeneous mass market into relatively homogeneous market segments. Targeting is the process by which we analyze opportunities and identify those customers where our business has the greatest prospects for success. Positioning is the process of assembling the "total offering" (product, service, distribution and price) and communicating the benefits of this "total offering" to the members of our target market. Challenges students to think critically about global competition. As such, rote learning of terms and concepts is not sufficient to prepare students to manage a business in global markets.
TGM 300: Principles of Finance for Global Organizations
Equips students with the tools necessary to make strategic financing and investment decisions for value creation in a competitive global environment. Topics addressed include financial analysis and projections; working capital management; and investment management (derivation of cash flows, cost of capital, discounted cash flow valuation and capital budgeting decisions).
TGM 353: Regional Management Environment
Provides future global managers with the analytical tools and frameworks for understanding the political, social, cultural and economic contexts within which business activities take place in various countries and regions throughout the world.
TGM 489: Multinational Organizational Leadership
Explores multinational organizational management strategies, organizational practices/systems, and related managerial skills which are an essential part of global competitiveness. Develops skills to understand the application of analytical tools and frameworks, executes complex strategy, and builds and leads competitive teams and people.
Thunderbird & ASU faculty:
34 full-time faculty and 48 adjunct faculty teaching the same courses in-person and via ASU Online.
All faculty have strong leadership experience within the academic and professional worlds.
Many of our adjunct faculty work full-time in prestigious leadership positions in the public, private and not-for-profit arenas.
Global management careers:
International Marketing Manager, average annual salary $72,769
Regulatory Affairs Manager, average annual salary $65,547
Global Supply Chain Manager, average annual salary $81,347
Foreign Service Officer, average annual salary $88,144
Global Sales Manager, average annual salary $75,911
Manager of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), average annual salary $50,000
Export-Import Manager, average annual salary $66,324