Preparing Students for the “Next” Global: The Responsibilities and Tools of International Business Education

Abstract

The international business environment is always shifting, now more than ever. One of our main responsibilities and roles as international business educators is to help prepare students to work effectively in a variety of business environments and to provide them with the tools needed to operate in changing global circumstances. Those tools include a global mindset, a sense of global citizenship, and critical thinking skills. This article helps address this need by examining what makes international business education distinctive, then by outlining some exercises and assignments that can be useful in developing those necessary perspectives and skills.