GBSN Programs build the capacity of local business schools in the developing world to provide management education that combines international best practice with local relevance. Programs address specific institutional capacity needs and broader development goals.
Faculty and Curriculum Development
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This casewriting workshop in Kenya was part of a program to improve agribusiness training capacity
| GBSN designs and implements capacity building programs that enable business schools in developing countries to better serve their markets. Our programs improve the pedagogy and research abilities of local faculty, while ensuring high-quality, relevant curricula and teaching materials through:
- Peer Mentoring
- Case Writing
- Workshops/Training of Trainers
- International Faculty Fellowships
>> Program Spotlight: GBSN helped created local teaching cases relevant to Kenyan agribusiness operators, bringing in mentors from IMD and other top schools |
Strategic Planning
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Advisory board members in Karachi
| GBSN provides advisory services to new and existing business schools looking to incorporate international best practice and expertise into their strategic planning process.
>> Program Spotlight: In Pakistan GBSN helped an industrial group establish a high-quality business school with advisory group made up of faculty from member schools like MIT Sloan and INSEAD
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Monitoring and Evaluation
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Graduates of a Mid-Level Management Training Program for Health Care Workers in Nigeria | Measuring results, assessing impact, and capturing lessons learnedensure that management training programs are achieving positive results. By reflecting on the successes – and failures – of capacity building programs, GBSN can help organizations understand how to affect lasting change.
>> Program Spotlight: With experts from Duke and Berkeley, GBSN monitored and evaluated a pioneering management training program for health care providers in Nigeria.
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Program Design and Administration
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10,000 Women participants in Nigeria
| GBSN has worked with a number of partners, from large corporations to small NGOs, to design and implement meaningful capacity building initiatives that translate management education into development results.
>> Program Spotlight: In Nigeria GBSN helped to develop a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management that became a model for Goldman Sach's 10,000 Women initiative |
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