In international business, all courses have increased their level of international content, and the international study trip has been moved to the beginning of the second year in order to ensure that international themes are fully integrated throughout both years of the program. In entrepreneurship, the school has added a course on new venture management, and the Year Two capstone project, called Developing a New Venture, asks participants to create a business plan and budget for a new business. The school has also increased the use of ExecMBA Online, a proprietary Internet-based electronic network, so that all notes, readings, and assignments are delivered electronically. The program is on-track to becoming a completely paperless environment by 2002. The second year of the Queen s Executive MBA program commences at Herstmonceux, the European campus of Queen s School of Business.
Participants also travel off-campus to London, Paris, and Brussels.
These visits include briefings at the London Stock Exchange, NATO, EU, OECD, as well as at a number of leading European firms. Programs for the spouses of Executive MBA candidates Spouse and partner support is highly valued in the Queen s Executive MBA program. A variety of activities have been developed to recognize the contribution of spouses and partners to the successful completion of an Executive MBA degree. These activities include spouse receptions, a spousal orientation program, a program preview, invitations to all guest speaker sessions, and use of the physical fitness facilities. Spouses also have access to the counseling and health resources of the university.