Faculty from both schools have had extensive worldwide experience with companies in Europe, Mexico, Canada, Indonesia, South and Central America, said John Daly , the Amon G. Carter Centennial Professor in Communication and Distinguished Teaching Professor. The program comes more than two years after the college began reviewing the options for professional training. According to Daly, the new partnership can provide custom-made programs to fit a company's needs. Topics might range from harnessing a staff's creative potential to reading spreadsheets to learning computer-assisted reporting skills to interacting with Latin American businesses.
Communication is a business.
A lot of organizations have communication problems even if they have nothing to do with the communication industry. Similarly, students will benefit from the richer examples that their professors bring back to the classrooms. The college, he said, will have an executive education program that enriches the school's other programs. Media often have gone to business schools for executive training or to programs sponsored by organizations such as the American Press Institute and the Poynter Institute. Chantal Delys , Assistant Dean for Executive Education in the Graduate School of Business, has helped Daly to develop this joint program during the past year.