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Energy is a global commodity – and success in the business takes a global mindset.
Certificate Program

Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives

Management styles and strategies in the energy industry are in constant flux. In this era of increased industry consolidation and heightened competition, the dynamics of international business are in full force.

Thunderbird's Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives is a rigorous, two-week program designed to give senior-level managers the leadership and general management skills they need to drive their organizations to success in today's global energy marketplace.

Program Date

Dates: November 1-12, 2010
Location: Thunderbird Campus, Glendale, Arizona

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Program Objectives

Considered the "gold standard" in the oil and gas industry for more than 12 years, Thunderbird's renowned program connects executives to world-class faculty with unsurpassed industry knowledge. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to

  • Analyze oil and gas firms, their strategies and industry-specific hot topics
  • Position your firm, role and functional area within a broader strategic and competitive framework
  • Enhance your ability to relate to and work with other managers from diverse backgrounds
  • Network with industry experts from around the globe (non-U.S. managers account for approximately 75 percent of any given participant group)

Replete with real-world benefits, Thunderbird's Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives is focused on the following four key content areas:

As Global as it Gets

Program Content

Strategy

  • Assess the overall industry and complete a competitive analysis of your company to identify its weaknesses and strengths in order to gain competitive advantage.
  • Create strategic value through innovation to boost your company's future, and readily answer the following questions: Where will we compete? How will we get there? What is the sequencing/timing of actions? What is the economic logic?
  • Understand the "globalization" of the oil and gas industry and what it means to your company's profits.
  • Gain the knowledge to judge the pros and cons of entering new markets.
  • Be prepared to continually assess and evaluate the industry structure as it changes over time.

Corporate Finance and Accounting

  • Assess your company's financial statements and readily answer the following questions: Is my company healthy in terms of sales revenues and profitability? Is the use of debt an option to support my business? What key areas of operations or financial management need improvement in my company? How should my company manage its money and financial growth in the future?
  • Analyze your company's cash flows and assess liquidity.
  • Learn about transfer pricing and its global implications.
  • Experience how project financing can help your organization.
  • Explore complex capital budgeting and learn how to do a discounted cash flow analysis of your organization.

Leadership

  • Learn the difference between "managing" and "leading" and why leadership is critical to the success of any company.
  • Build an effective team that produces for your organization.
  • Assess you company's organizational culture and use that culture to drive competitive advantage.
  • Harness the impact of leadership on reinforcing and transforming your organization's culture.
  • Discover how a "transformational" approach to leadership can benefit your organization.

Negotiations

  • Effectively prepare for a business negotiation in your home country or abroad.
  • Gain an effective understanding of conflict management and negotiating across cultures.
  • Promote problem solving in any situation, including conflict resolution in joint ventures with foreign companies.

Real-World Benefits

  • Work with the world's premier international faculty group teaching oil and gas management issues today
  • Use updated industry-specific case materials to analyze key industry issues
  • Develop new skills in corporate strategy through interactive analysis and implementation, leadership, negotiation, finance and planning
  • Participate in a hands-on interactive learning experience with take-aways that can be used immediately on the job
  • Understand the implications of being a global company or a player in a global industry
  • Analyze the organizational and management impacts caused by the changing marketplace
  • Increase your knowledge of financial statements, including how to assess financial performance
  • Learn practical concepts and techniques that you can apply immediately
  • Enhance your sensitivity to the ways culture shapes distinctive values and expectations
  • Interact with an international group of industry colleagues

Who Should Attend

Most participants are senior-level managers who have 10 or more years of experience in management roles, have spent the majority of their careers in the energy industry, and currently manage a business unit, division or subsidiary. Participants are drawn from both domestic and international firms; national, private, and public companies; and a variety of functional areas. Reflecting the global nature of this industry, participation by non-U.S. managers is about 75 percent of any given program. This diversity adds a valuable dimension to the program.

Attire

Program attire is casual. Phoenix offers a year-round sunny climate. Humidity is low, with temperatures ranging from 60 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit in November.

Faculty

Bringing a rich blend of practical and international expertise to the curriculum, the faculty members leading this program have significant experience in executive education, including extensive oil and gas industry courses.

Kannan Ramaswamy Ph.D., Academic Director and Professor of Management
Dr. Ramaswamy is an award-winning executive educator whose teaching and research interests span corporate diversification; mergers and acquisitions; e-business; privatization; executive compensation; joint ventures; and corporate governance.
Read more about Kannan Ramaswamy Ph.D. »

Program Faculty

Continuing Education Units

The continuing education unit (CEU) is a recognized method of quantifying participation in an organized continuing education experience under qualified instruction. One CEU is equal to 10 contact hours of time spent in such an educational experience. The main purpose of CEUs is to provide a permanent record of the educational accomplishments of an individual who has completed non-credit educational and career-enhancement activities.

Each participant successfully completing the Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives program is eligible to receive 6.5 CEUs.

Past Participants

Ready to join the important list of companies who have participated in our Oil and Gas Programs?

Here is a sampling:
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADCO Amoco Orient Petroleum Co.
Apache Corp. ARCO British Ltd. Ashland Exploration, Inc.
Baker Hughes Banco Bisa (Bolivia) BP
ChevronTexaco China National Offshore Oil Co. ConocoPhillips
Copetrol - Egypt Devon Energy Egyptian General Petroleum Corp.
Encana Corporation Eni-Lasmo Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fletcher Challenge Petroleum, Inc. Geisum Oil Company Global Marine Drilling Company
Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company Halliburton Energy Services Kuwait Oil Company
LUKOIL Magellan Petroleum Australia, Ltd. Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority
Mobil Oil Corp. Natchiq, Inc. Nexen Petroleum International
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. Occidental Petroleum Corp. PertaminaPetroleo Brasileiro S.A.
Petróbras Petroeos Mexicanos Petronas
Pluspetrol Exploration and Production S.A. Qatar General Petroleum Corp. Repsol-YPF
Santa Fe International Corp.-Azerbaijan SchlumbergerSidanco Oil Co. Smith International
Suncor Energy The National Gas Company of Trinidad & Tobago Unipetrol Nigeria PLC
Unocal Corporation VICO Indonesia Wintershall AG
World Bank    

Accommodations

Thunderbird's Executive Inn, located on the Thunderbird campus, features 134 private bedrooms equipped with a desk, cable TV, refrigerator, coffee maker, high-speed Internet, and private phone service with voicemail. Same-day laundry service is available. For your safety and convenience, all facilities are non-smoking and accommodations can be made for special needs.

Tuition

All-inclusive tuition is $14,925 (U.S.) per participant (includes tuition, instruction materials, accommodations and meals for the entire program).

Contact Us

Joe Patterson
Assistant Vice President, Executive Education Programs
joe.patterson@thunderbird.edu
Tel: 1-602-978-7437
Fax: 1-602-439-4851

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Tel: (800) 457-6959
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Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Glendale, AZ 85306

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