GMET - Global Management for Engineering and Technology- is a globally collaborated training program commissioned by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to offer solutions to issues in global engineering and technology management facing global companies, such as global collaborative design and production, global marketing, global project financing, and global engineering team building, global project and outsourcing center management, resulting from the current waves of globalization.

The prime aim of GMET global training program is to offer a valuable and unique product for global enterprises through: brand new courses with urgent demand, a creative training method by combining internet technology and interaction with subject matter experts, high quality course materials developed by cutting edge subject matter experts, sharing information collected, and edited by ASME through internet, and converting the conventional training program into lifelong learning activities, and to solve the burning issue talent shortage for many global companies. In order to keep or increase the client value of GMET program, ASME, together with chief instructors, will update the course materials regularly, and also allow trainees to access the course forum and course library for two more years after they completes the training program.

Objectives

The main objectives of the GMET Global Training Program are:

• to research and deliver solutions to meet industries’ and other institution’s global operation needs
• to build a cross-cultural and transnational learning community where all participants can share and leverage knowledge, skills, and best practices of global management for engineering and technology
• to share the course development and training resources
• to promote access to learning opportunities and global citizenship; to create a global mind set among engineers, scientists, and all other stakeholders
• and to make lifelong learning a reality