Professional Development in International Business

FIU-CIBER PDIB Programs

The Professional Development in International Business (PDIB) programs organized by FIU-CIBER are:

Mercosur Program in Brazil, Argentina and Chile
(May, 2009)
The main objective of the MERCOSUR PDIB program is to raise United States business professionals and faculty awareness of the social, political, economic, and business environments that exist in South America. Topics include national economic reforms and adjustments, the opening of markets to the global economy, regional integration as a basis for global competition, the impact of these domestic changes on commerce with United States, and both regional and country specific business practices. The program in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Sáo Paulo), Argentina (Buenos Aires), and Chile (Santiago) will include meetings with business faculty from leading academic institutions, business executives from multinational companies, and government officials. For more information click here.

Workshop on Teaching Spanish for Business in Spain
(June 2009)
This program will provide Spanish language faculty with knowledge about business terminology, methodology of teaching Spanish for Business and information about the business world in Spain and its relationship to the European Union. Faculty will be drawn from the most prestigious universities in Spain and from the local business community. For more information click here.

Spanish Language Immersion Program in Peru
Dates TBA
The purpose of the program is to immerse the participants in the Latin American business culture, teaching them to properly communicate in professional, academic and business situations. The program has specific objectives such as developing a broad business vocabulary base, learning grammatical and linguistic functions and acquiring communication skills to express themselves in different environments. To reach these goals the program offers special components such as tutorials, academic readings, classes to improve business language proficiency, lectures by subject area experts and oral presentations related to specific business themes. The program will consist of thirty-six 1½ hr. sessions totaling 54 hrs. including two 1½ hr. sessions of tutorial and concludes with visits to companies, local cultural attractions and tours to different locations inside Peru. For more information click here.

Professional Development in Int'l Business Program - Mumbai & Bangalore, India
(Dec 28, 08 - Jan 4, 09)
The program is designed for professionals and faculty interested in pursuing their interests in the Indian business environment. Participants will experience first hand how multinationals and leading Indian companies are riding the downfall, while simultaneously reshaping the Indian business environment resulting in a competitive INDIA INC.

The program will take place in Mumbai and Bangalore, two of the most advanced and business forward cities throughout India. In Mumbai, the participants will visit top multinational companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens, Phillips and leading Indian firms like the Tata Group, Godrej or Mahindras. In contrast, Bangalore, known as the Silicon Valley of India, offers participants an opportunity to visit software companies such as Emphasis, IBM and Microsoft, as well as take part in lectures by leading academic experts from The Indian Institute of Management (IIM). For more information click here.