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Global impact mba competencies and modules

Scott Marshall
Scott Marshall

The document outlines the competencies and modules for a Global Impact MBA program. The program is designed around 5 competencies - leadership, systems thinking, critical thinking, innovation, and collaboration. It consists of 5 modules that integrate these competencies and cover topics like social innovation, finance, marketing/operations, global engagement, and social entrepreneurship. The program aims to provide an interdisciplinary and applied learning experience focused on developing skills for addressing social challenges through business.

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reThink PSU GLOBAL IMPACT Global MBAImpact MBA Competencies and Competencies and Modules Modules
reThink PSU Competencies 1. Leadership Students will think with the future in mind and act with strategic intent. They understand and embrace risk-taking, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. Ultimately, they bear accountability for their purpose, presence, and partnerships.
reThink PSU Competencies 2. Systems Thinking Students will recognize, understand and explain the interconnections of the global economic, political, societal and environmental systems and the impact these interconnections have on organizations strategies, operations and people.
reThink PSU Competencies 3. Critical Thinking Students will develop and utilize decision criteria for problem/opportunity identification, consult appropriate data sources, employ analytical tools and quantitative evaluation techniques, and deliver solutions consistent with identified decision criteria.
reThink PSU Competencies 4. Innovation Students will recognize that innovation is a process of renewal applied to existing ideas, inputs, or processes that create value. They will understand the importance and methods of introducing incremental, emergent, radical, or disruptive changes in thinking, business models, practices, products, services and/or customer relationships.
reThink PSU Competencies 5. Collaboration Students will understand the importance of collaborative partnerships between individuals and organizations and will possess skills in initiating and managing collaborative partnerships.
reThink PSU Modules 1. Social Innovation COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the first module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Social Issues and Challenges, Leadership Assessment and Development, Strategic Analysis, Social Innovation, and Systems Assessments. The design of this module achieves the following learning objectives: 1) build students understanding of major social challenges, 2) enhance students systems-based thinking to understand these challenges, and 3) develop students leadership, strategic thinking and innovation skills to address these social challenges.
reThink PSU Modules 2. Finance and Accounting COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Problem-Solving, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the third module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Triple Bottom Line Performance Metrics, Business Valuation Methods and Reporting as well as Governance Structures and Policies. The design of the module focuses on the following learning objectives: 1) build students understanding of how organizations manage, measure and account for financial, social and environmental resources, 2) enhance students knowledge of how organizations report the financial, social and environmental impact of their actions on their own and the communitys stakeholders, and 3) develop students understanding of how organizations decide what and how to measure and report.
reThink PSU Modules 3. Marketing and Operations COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Collaboration, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the second module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Social Issues and Challenges, Operational Efficiency, Quantitative Modeling and Analyses, and Supplier, Employee, Customer and Community Engagement Strategies. The learning objectives of this module include 1) build students understanding of strategic and social challenges in marketing and operations, 2) develop students abilities to apply quantitative modeling and analytic methods to these challenges and 3) enhance students abilities to identify opportunities to engage suppliers, employees, customers and communities in solutions to these challenges.
reThink PSU Modules 4. Global Engagement COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the module includes an internship and a global study abroad. The internship will be with a regional or international organization (for-profit, non-profit, government). The internship will build applied business skills and social enterprise knowledge. It will also enhance the career network and placement opportunities. Internships will be obtained either through the Universitys network or the students efforts. The global study abroad will consist of approximately two weeks in an international location conducting on-the-ground study and investigation with one or more social enterprises. The design of this module will focus on the following learning objectives: 1) Build the students applied business skills in the field of social enterprise. 2) Enhance the students capacity to understand different social challenges, cultural, economic and social systems and social enterprise models. 3) Develop the students abilities to analyze and assess the financial, social and environmental sustainability of different social enterprise models.
reThink PSU Modules 5. Social Entrepreneurship COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Business Acumen The content of the module requires students to work in teams on an applied capstone experience with an existing organization or a start-up enterprise. Student teams focus on key operational and strategic issues confronting organizations, as the organizations strive to use business models to address social challenges. Student teams will develop new strategic plans for existing or new enterprise. The design of this module focuses on the following learning objectives: 1) Further deepen the students applied business skills in the field of social enterprise. 2) Further develop the students abilities to analyze and assess the financial, social and environmental sustainability of different social enterprise models. 3) Enhance the students ability to develop and implement social enterprise initiatives.
reThink PSU Summary Competency driven design Modular structure Integrated and Interdisciplinary Rigorous and Applied - Focuses on quality and content first and foremost - Provides for lower cost and more scalable design

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Global impact mba competencies and modules

  • 1. reThink PSU GLOBAL IMPACT Global MBAImpact MBA Competencies and Competencies and Modules Modules
  • 2. reThink PSU Competencies 1. Leadership Students will think with the future in mind and act with strategic intent. They understand and embrace risk-taking, diplomacy, and conflict resolution. Ultimately, they bear accountability for their purpose, presence, and partnerships.
  • 3. reThink PSU Competencies 2. Systems Thinking Students will recognize, understand and explain the interconnections of the global economic, political, societal and environmental systems and the impact these interconnections have on organizations strategies, operations and people.
  • 4. reThink PSU Competencies 3. Critical Thinking Students will develop and utilize decision criteria for problem/opportunity identification, consult appropriate data sources, employ analytical tools and quantitative evaluation techniques, and deliver solutions consistent with identified decision criteria.
  • 5. reThink PSU Competencies 4. Innovation Students will recognize that innovation is a process of renewal applied to existing ideas, inputs, or processes that create value. They will understand the importance and methods of introducing incremental, emergent, radical, or disruptive changes in thinking, business models, practices, products, services and/or customer relationships.
  • 6. reThink PSU Competencies 5. Collaboration Students will understand the importance of collaborative partnerships between individuals and organizations and will possess skills in initiating and managing collaborative partnerships.
  • 7. reThink PSU Modules 1. Social Innovation COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the first module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Social Issues and Challenges, Leadership Assessment and Development, Strategic Analysis, Social Innovation, and Systems Assessments. The design of this module achieves the following learning objectives: 1) build students understanding of major social challenges, 2) enhance students systems-based thinking to understand these challenges, and 3) develop students leadership, strategic thinking and innovation skills to address these social challenges.
  • 8. reThink PSU Modules 2. Finance and Accounting COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Problem-Solving, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the third module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Triple Bottom Line Performance Metrics, Business Valuation Methods and Reporting as well as Governance Structures and Policies. The design of the module focuses on the following learning objectives: 1) build students understanding of how organizations manage, measure and account for financial, social and environmental resources, 2) enhance students knowledge of how organizations report the financial, social and environmental impact of their actions on their own and the communitys stakeholders, and 3) develop students understanding of how organizations decide what and how to measure and report.
  • 9. reThink PSU Modules 3. Marketing and Operations COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Collaboration, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the second module in the Global Impact MBA will integrate Social Issues and Challenges, Operational Efficiency, Quantitative Modeling and Analyses, and Supplier, Employee, Customer and Community Engagement Strategies. The learning objectives of this module include 1) build students understanding of strategic and social challenges in marketing and operations, 2) develop students abilities to apply quantitative modeling and analytic methods to these challenges and 3) enhance students abilities to identify opportunities to engage suppliers, employees, customers and communities in solutions to these challenges.
  • 10. reThink PSU Modules 4. Global Engagement COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Business Acumen CONTENT & DESIGN: The content of the module includes an internship and a global study abroad. The internship will be with a regional or international organization (for-profit, non-profit, government). The internship will build applied business skills and social enterprise knowledge. It will also enhance the career network and placement opportunities. Internships will be obtained either through the Universitys network or the students efforts. The global study abroad will consist of approximately two weeks in an international location conducting on-the-ground study and investigation with one or more social enterprises. The design of this module will focus on the following learning objectives: 1) Build the students applied business skills in the field of social enterprise. 2) Enhance the students capacity to understand different social challenges, cultural, economic and social systems and social enterprise models. 3) Develop the students abilities to analyze and assess the financial, social and environmental sustainability of different social enterprise models.
  • 11. reThink PSU Modules 5. Social Entrepreneurship COMPETENCIES: Leadership, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Business Acumen The content of the module requires students to work in teams on an applied capstone experience with an existing organization or a start-up enterprise. Student teams focus on key operational and strategic issues confronting organizations, as the organizations strive to use business models to address social challenges. Student teams will develop new strategic plans for existing or new enterprise. The design of this module focuses on the following learning objectives: 1) Further deepen the students applied business skills in the field of social enterprise. 2) Further develop the students abilities to analyze and assess the financial, social and environmental sustainability of different social enterprise models. 3) Enhance the students ability to develop and implement social enterprise initiatives.
  • 12. reThink PSU Summary Competency driven design Modular structure Integrated and Interdisciplinary Rigorous and Applied - Focuses on quality and content first and foremost - Provides for lower cost and more scalable design