Many business programs teach individual subjects such as accounting, marketing, finance, or management in isolation. However, future executives need to understand how every part of a company interacts as a living system.
How Companies Work: From Startup to Global Corporation is a comprehensive, practical exploration of the complete life cycle of a business—from the moment an entrepreneur identifies an opportunity to the development of multinational enterprises operating across dozens of countries.
Students will examine how organizations are created, financed, structured, managed, expanded, and transformed. The course emphasizes the real-world decisions leaders make every day, illustrating how departments work together to create value, solve problems, manage growth, and compete in constantly changing markets.
Rather than focusing on abstract theories, this Junior MBA course trains students to think like owners, executives, and strategic decision-makers by exposing them to the operational realities behind successful businesses of every size.
Course Objectives
By the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
• Understand the complete organizational evolution from startup to multinational corporation.
• Analyze how different business functions interact to create organizational success.
• Recognize the operational challenges faced at various stages of business growth.
• Evaluate how leadership structures change as companies become larger and more complex.
• Understand the financial engine that sustains business operations and expansion.
• Identify how companies create competitive advantages through strategy and execution.
• Examine how technology transforms modern organizations.
• Understand the governance systems that protect shareholders and stakeholders.
• Analyze international expansion strategies and global operational management.
• Develop an executive-level perspective on managing complex organizations.
