EWKLP Program Structure

 

 

The EWKLP is a three-month program. The Program is intended to sharpen one's global business savvy, and build confidence for dealing with global business situations with a solid academic foundation complemented by a practice-based experiential learning environment. The curriculum will challenge you to integrate theory and practice, and will provide you with a broad foundation for innovative thinking.

 
Enhancing your effectiveness and integrity as a global business person and knowledge leader is our main goal. EWKLP courses will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to make a difference.
 
Based on Peter Drucker's assertion that "management is a liberal art," the program features a liberal arts component including lectures and field study experiences related to history, philosophy, culture, religion, and cultural anthropology.
 
Courses taught by visiting professors are delivered on a three-day schedule. The other courses are scheduled over a two-week period with classes generally held in the mornings, with the afternoons set aside for group and individual assignments.
 
Courses*
  • Art of Negotiation: Strategies for deal-making and dispute resolution in the context of international business transactions with a special emphasis on cross-cultural conflicts.
  • Business Law: Study of law related to foreign corporations and subsidiaries doing business in the global market.
  • Corporate Finance and Capital Markets: Understanding capital market and financial institutions and other global financing mechanisms.
  • Economic and Financial Environment of Global Business: Application of analytical tools for understanding of economic and financial events that have affected global business.
  • Global Marketing Management: Principles and assessment of marketing strategies for global competition.
  • Knowledge Management and Innovation: Appreciation for the knowledge-creating process and its impact on creativity and innovation for competitive positioning.
  • Leadership and Ethics: Fundamentals of leadership and appreciation for leading others to effective performance, and assessment of ethics in leadership situations.
  • Organizing Work: Strategies for successfully managing culturally diverse teams for innovation and competitive edge.
  • Strategy Management: Analysis of strategy formulation by firms for competing in the global economic environment.
  • Globalizing Hawaii: Understanding the history and culture of Hawaii, and its role in the global arena.
  • Special Topics: Series of lectures and site visits that provide opportunities for experiencing, discussing, and exploring global management and leadership issues. Creating and presenting a hybrid East-West business Model for Innovation that has the potential to solve a real-life social or business problem is the culminating project.

* subject to slight modification pending instructor availability

 

Grades and Academic Standards

 

Letter grades are based on the following 4.0 scale:

 

Grade Grade Points  
  A+ 4.0

A

 4.0
 A- 3.7
  B+ 3.3
B 3.0
 B- 2.7
  C+ 2.3
C 2.0
 C- 1.7
  D+ 1.3
D 1.0
 D- 0.7
F 0.0
 
 
 
                     
                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The grades for all courses are used to calculate the cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the end of the program. The GPA is computed by dividing the total grade points by the total credit hours earned. JAIMS awards a Graduate Diploma when the requirements of the EWKLP are successfully fulfilled with all courses completed with a C or better and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
 
Honors and Awards
  • A Graduate Diploma with Highest Distinction is awarded to students who complete the EWKLP with a cumulative GPA of 4.0. A Graduate Diploma with High Distinction is awarded to those with a cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher.
  • The Senator Francis A. Wong Leadership Award is given on the basis of "promising entrepreneurial skills, high ethical standards, and a consistent respect for ethical behavior as evidenced by demonstrative initiative and leadership qualities during his/her attendance as a student of JAIMS."
  • The Students' Choice Award is presented to the student selected by classmates based on criteria determined by class members.
Study Option: Increasing Competencies for International Communication (IC2) Program
 
The IC2 is a four-week program for non-native speakers of English that familiarizes students with studying in a U.S. academic environment and focuses on English as an International Language (EIL).
  • Gain learning and communication strategies to help you function effectively in the East-West Knowledge Leaders Program,
  • Develop your appreciation for and confidence in your own communication style,
  • Develop your competencies (listening, speaking, writing, vocabulary) for representing yourself in informal and formal situations, and
  • Improve your ability to work as a team, cope with new cultures, and manage diversity.
IC2 Program Tuition: $3,000, excludes travel, living or other expenses incurred by the student during the Program. Admission requirements are the same as for the EWKLP. Hawaii residents who are non-native speakers of English are welcome to apply for the IC2 as a stand-alone program.