Macroeconomics for Executives (Online): Navigating Global Risks and Trends
Requirements
This program is suitable for attendees at all executive levels who seek to deepen their knowledge of global markets and macroeconomics.
Requirements
This program is suitable for attendees at all executive levels who seek to deepen their knowledge of global markets and macroeconomics.
Macroeconomics for Executives (Online): Navigating Global Risks and Trends
Requirements
This program is suitable for attendees at all executive levels who seek to deepen their knowledge of global markets and macroeconomics.
Overview
No business operates in a vacuum. Exchange rate volatility, fiscal and monetary policy, geopolitical uncertainty, trade conflicts: these represent just a sliver of the broad web of macroeconomic forces that can shape the future of your organization.
The wide-ranging consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have reinforced the interconnectedness of our world. Citing lingering uncertainties about the progression of the pandemic, the United Nations said in a 2020 report that "the possibility of a slow recovery and prolonged economic slump — with rising poverty and inequality — looms large."
Now more than ever, positioning global organizations for sustained success requires the ability to detect and skillfully navigate key macroeconomic influences. The better executives and strategists can understand the interdependencies of these forces, the better the decisions they can make for their organizations.
Nurturing this critical skill is the focus of Macroeconomics for Executives (Online): Navigating Global Risks and Trends, a ten-week online program from Columbia Business School Executive Education. Its foundation is the three-step Macro Scenario Playbook, which provides a framework to help make these big-picture concepts applicable for your business situation.
Through the successful completion of this program, you will learn how to improve your strategic decision making in today's global economy and steer your organization toward a brighter future.
Please contact our partners at Emeritus at columbia@emeritus.org, +1 315-982-5094, or +1 315-277-2746 for a personal conversation about this program and how it may benefit you.
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“As recent events have demonstrated, the world can change in extraordinary ways quite quickly. Now more than ever, executives and professionals — both new and experienced — must be equipped with advanced skills and knowledge to effectively seize new opportunities, navigate through uncertainty, and thrive in any environment.”
Pierre Yared
The program's faculty director
Impact
By joining this program, you will learn how to:
- Apply the Macro Scenario Playbook to gauge the impact of changes in the global economy on your business
- Assess the impact of recessions and the ensuing monetary and fiscal responses on your business
- Forecast exchange rates, bond prices, and equity prices in response to macroeconomic shocks
- Identify economic growth opportunities and risks across the world
- Evaluate the impact of trade and financial globalization — and the risk of deglobalization — on your business
- Determine potential short- and long-term pandemic scenarios and their impact on your business
About the Macro Scenario Playbook
The Global Strategy program features the Macro Scenario Playbook, a framework for strategic decision making, which includes three steps:
- Step 1: We examine what a particular scenario means for your business, including your customers, employees, suppliers, investors, and creditors.
- Step 2: We consider what the scenario implies for the overall economy, which comprises the real economy and the financial market. (By real economy, we mean the non-financial side of the economy.) What does a scenario mean for consumers, workers, and firms, including your direct competitors? And what does a scenario mean for financial markets? This step is the primary focus of the program.
- Step 3: We discuss how the implications uncovered in step 2 affect your business—and can help inform your business strategy.
The playbook helps you connect the program directly to your business, allowing you to put the learnings into play.
Upon completion of this program, you will earn two credits towards a Certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits. Learn more.
Program Structure
Macroeconomics for Executives (Online): Navigating Global Risks and Trends, a ten-week online program, includes a mix of live and recorded sessions. In addition, program leaders hold weekly, live, and virtual office hours where you can get answers to your questions in a small-group setting.
Orientation
The first week is orientation week. You will have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the learning platform and prepare for the program ahead.
For complete details of the curriculum please download the program brochure.
Participant Profile
Global economic trends impact all businesses that operate internationally—and even many businesses that do not. Staying competitive in a rapidly changing economic environment requires organizations to anticipate emerging and future threats and to respond proactively and intelligently.
In Macroeconomics for Executives (Online): Navigating Global Risks and Trends, you will explore how to make better strategic decisions to help your company thrive. The program cohort will include participants representing a breadth of geographies, industries, and professional experiences as well as job functions such as:
- CXOs seeking to deepen their knowledge of global markets and macroeconomics to safeguard their business against crises and sudden market fluctuations and find opportunities of investment and growth across geographies and sectors
- Corporate strategists, functional business heads, and finance professionals seeking to better assess their organization's financial risk appetite based on global economic trends and plan accordingly and predict and prepare for business cycles and their outcomes
Columbia Business School alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for this program. More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit.
Faculty
Pierre Yared
MUTB Professor of International Business
Vice Dean for Executive Education
Columbia Business School
Pierre Yared
MUTB Professor of International Business
Vice Dean for Executive Education
Columbia Business School
Pierre Yared joined the faculty of Columbia Business School in 2007. He currently teaches Global Economic Environment, a Core MBA course in macroeconomics for which he received the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. His research, which has been published in leading academic journals, focuses on macroeconomic policy, political economy, and growth.
Pierre is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an associate editor of the American Economic Review, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and The Review of Economic Studies. In addition, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York. He earned his AB in economics from Harvard University and his PhD in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
FAQ
Certification
I’m interested in the Certificate in Business Excellence (CIBE), how do I get started?
At Columbia Business School Executive Education, you’ll be able to customize a unique learning experience by selecting programs that best interest you and are most suited for your needs. Any completed program, regardless of format (live online, in-person, or online), will count towards the Certificate in Business Excellence.
Which programs qualify for the CIBE?
Any completed executive education program, regardless of format (live-online, in-person, or online), will count towards the Certificate in Business Excellence. Partner programs will also count towards the certificate.
What programs are considered partner programs?
Executive education programs developed and administered with our educational partners, bring the best of our combined knowledge, thought leadership, resources, and expertise. Kindly find a list of our partners here on our partnership page.
What are the costs of the certificate?
There’s no set cost associated with the certificate path since you’re able to customize your learning journey with in-person and online programs (price will vary depending on the program type and length).
Are there any tuition assistance or scholarships?
At Columbia Business School Executive Education, we offer non-degree and non-credit-based professional development programs to the global business community. As our programs are non-degree and non-credit, they do not qualify for financial aid.
How are CIBE credits determined?
Credits for a program are determined by the program duration and total learning hours.
Where do I find information on the credit value for a program?
You will find this information on each program page. Credits range from 0.5 credits – 26 credits per program.
How do I get enrolled in the CIBE?
Your certificate journey will start with your first program, and you have 4 years to complete your CIBE. You may register for any of our executive education programs on each program page. You may enroll using the “Enroll Now” button, and the application process should take 5-10 minutes.
How do I receive credits?
You are required to fully attend a program and complete all necessary coursework in order to receive CIBE credits. Credits are only awarded after you complete a program.
How do I check the status of my Certificate completion?
Kindly reach out to a Learning Solutions representative for any questions on the status of your CIBE credit count.
Do CIBE credits expire?
Credits are only valid for four years (Please note: While we are not able to offer in-person programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the duration to complete the programming has been extended to five years.). If you have not completed your CIBE within four years, we will only count non-expired credits towards your CIBE credit total.
Does the Certificate in Business Excellence expire?
Your Certificate in Business Excellence does not expire. Once you become a certificate recipient, you will join the greater alumni community at Columbia Business School.
I’ve reached 18 CIBE credits, what’s next?
Congratulations! You should receive a digital copy of your certificate at the end of your program. If you do not receive a copy from your program manager, kindly contact your Learning Solutions representative or your program manager for next steps.
Will I receive a physical certificate?
Yes, all certificate recipients will receive a physical plaque. If you completed your last CIBE credits through an online or live online program, you will receive a plaque in the mail. We will ask for you to provide us with your preferred mailing address and our vendor will ship the plaque directly to you. We kindly ask for your patience as the processing time takes a few weeks. Please contact your program manager for the status of your plaque. If you completed your last CIBE credits through an in-person program, you will receive a plaque at the end of the program.
How do I get access to my alumni benefits?
Once you complete your CIBE, we kindly ask for your patience as we process your alumni credentials. The processing time can take anywhere from 8 to 10 weeks long.
Can I refer colleagues to the Certificate in Business Excellence?
If you are a certificate holder, you may sponsor up to four colleagues each year for full-price in-person programs lasting up to seven days and all full-price online programs.
Can I add the Certificate in Business Excellence to LinkedIn?
Yes! We will provide you with instructions on how to add your certificate to your LinkedIn profile after you become a Certificate recipient.
Preferred Pricing and Tuition Benefits for Alumni
Are there preferred pricing options available for live online programs?
Yes, preferred pricing is available for groups of two or more. To inquire, email execed@gsb.columbia.edu.
As a Columbia Business School alumni am I eligible for tuition benefit?
Columbia Business School alumni and up to four of their colleagues are eligible for a 25 percent tuition benefit for this program. More on the Alumni Tuition Benefit.
Assignments
Will there be any homework or assignments?
For select programs, there will be some assignments to complete after the end of select program sessions. Assignments will typically consist of readings, self-reflections, and brief assessments. This approach is designed to help you practice your learnings.
How long will assignments take?
We do not expect that homework assignments will take up a large amount of time to complete.
Will there be any examinations or grades?
There will be no examinations or grades for our live online programs.
Access
When will I receive information on how to log in?
You will receive your login information immediately before the program start date. Kindly reach out to your Program Manager for further instructions on how to prepare and log in for the program.
What platform do you use to deliver live online programs?
We use the Zoom platform.
Recordings
Will sessions be recorded?
Most live online sessions (depending on the faculty and program) will be recorded and will be available for you upon request. In-person programs are not recorded.
How long will they be available for?
Recordings will be available for the duration of the program. Depending on the program, some recordings may have additional availability post-program.
How do I gain access to the recordings?
Your Program Manager will provide you with further instructions on how to gain access to recorded sessions.
Experience
How do participants network during the live online programs? Will I participate in group work?
Our live online programs are fully virtual and highly interactive. Most programs also feature small group work for a high-touch learning experience. The virtual program experience allows participants to feel comfortable and productive learning at home while preserving the interconnectivity of an in-person program.
What are the networking opportunities during the live online sessions?
Yes. Examples of this may include: virtual lunches, virtual receptions, use of the chat function, and virtual office hours for you to connect with participants and faculty. Please refer to the agenda of the specific live online program you are interested in for details.
Live Online Format
What are live online programs?
Now, more than ever, executives need the knowledge and insights to help them adapt to change and solve complex problems. As the business world has evolved, we have applied new best practices to continuously improve your learning experience. With our live online programs, we are taking select in-person programs and are translating them to a fully live and virtual format, delivering the same interactive sessions with faculty and real-time application of the knowledge you would experience in person.
What is the difference between live online and online programs?
Compare our two formats for distance learning here.
What does “live online” mean?
Live online programs are fully virtual, highly interactive programs taking place in real-time, often featuring small group work for a high-touch learning experience. Our Columbia Business School faculty stream to you live and virtually, no matter where you are located.
Are all live online programs the same in terms of format and length?
No. Please refer to the agenda of the specific live online program you are interested in. For any questions, please reach out to the Contact person listed on the program's web page.
Do I have to attend all live sessions?
Participants are expected to attend all sessions. However, we understand that participants may have scheduling conflicts. Kindly let us know in advance whenever possible and your Program Manager would be happy to discuss how we can help you get up to speed. We will also record most faculty sessions, which you can review upon request.
Will I need to attend the live sessions even if I’m based in a different time zone?
You are required to attend all live sessions even if you are based in a different time zone. (Kindly reach out to the Learning Solutions team to learn more about our asynchronous program offerings, which consist predominantly of pre-recorded videos that you can watch on your own time).
COVID-19 Safety Plans
Please review the latest COVID-19 related protocols at Columbia Business School.
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