Global Residencies
Experience four world regions
You will travel to the USA, Europe, Latin America and Asia to immerse yourself in major issues shaping the region.
Each global residency lasts seven or eight days. During the residencies, you will meet your new global team members, who will work with you to complete core course projects when you return to your partner school.
You will discuss the challenges and opportunities of global business with corporate and government leaders in that region. You’ll stay on the move – visiting local and multinational business sites and enjoying cultural and social events. You’ll find videos, sample itineraries and a photo gallery for each of these residencies on the home page.
Experience challenges in developed and emerging markets
A growing global economy depends on developed countries creating new industries while emerging economies maintain and improve industries of the present and past. You’ll participate in this process as you meet face-to-face with government and industry leaders in developed countries, such as the US and the Netherlands, as well as emerging economies like Turkey, Brazil, China and India. We update residencies annually, so residency locations and activities may change from year to year.
Gain an insider’s perspective
Each OneMBA partner school hosts the residency held in its world region. The faculty, students, and staff of the host school provide insider perspectives on business and political issues. They also provide access to people and places that would normally be closed to outsiders.
Click to learn more about OneMBA global residencies:
USA
In September, you will travel to Washington, D.C., where you will meet OneMBA participants, faculty and staff from around the world. Together, you will examine the evolution of the world economy, including the role of the United States in the global business environment. Your will meet senior executives from multinational companies and experts who lead discussions on leadership, ethics, and cultural differences. You will also participate in teambuilding exercises with your first global team and begin your first global project.
Europe
RSM hosts this residency that focuses on the challenges and opportunities of doing business within Europe. You will visit a developed and an emerging country; recent classes visited the Netherlands and Turkey. There you will meet with senior executives from organizations such as Shell, Heineken, Novartis Pharma and Greenpeace to exchange views about Europe’s transformation and the challenges businesses face as they enter the global economy.
Latin America
You will gain first-hand exposure to two important developing regional economies: Brazil and Mexico. You will study the region’s geo-political issues, such as the contrast between Latin and South America, and how the history of the region has impacted business and society. Past participants met senior executives from organizations such as ALPARGATAS (Brazil) and CEMEX (Mexico) and visited Natura (Brazil) and Whirlpool (Mexico).
Asia
You will travel to Asia where you will examine complex issues related risk and uncertainty during political and economic transformation. You will study two rapidly changing business environments; most recently, the OneMBA class visited Delhi, India and Hong Kong.