MBA – International track

In this module, participants will enhance their understanding of various organizational issues involved in developing, producing, and distributing goods and services, aligned with overall business goals and stakeholder requirements. Importantly, participants will be challenged to think concretely about making necessary changes and selecting options that balance elements of the bottom line in an overall global business context. In this process, they will approach global issues involved in organizing holistically with focus on functions such as accounting, marketing, human resources, operations etc.

This module helps in understanding issues associated with the exercise of leadership in global organizations. Participants consider complex challenges that they are likely to face as they progress towards top-level leadership positions in global organizations in various sectors. In addition, the module strives to enhance personal skills and capabilities that are needed to function as effective leaders and explores the challenges of functioning as ethical changemakers in leadership positions.

This module helps participants to adopt a broad strategic view of global organizations, considering both external and internal factors. Participants will explore methods and tools for assessing the strength of competition and the relative bargaining power, anticipating competitors’ actions, analyzing cost and value structures and their relevance to competition, and assessing potential changes in the scope of the firm. These tools will help them to be effective global business leaders, entrepreneurs or consultants.

This module is designed to provide participants with an appreciation of innovation and entrepreneurship processes in global organizational contexts. Business competitiveness heavily depends on each company’s ability to innovate and promote entrepreneurial processes. This module will provide participants with the theoretical base and applied tools aimed at business model development and new venture creation. They will acquire skills to understand, evaluate, create, and manage an effective innovation process and appreciate relevant examples from leading international firms.

This module enables participants to adopt a focused approach and sharpen their capabilities in select areas that are highly relevant for global business organizations. Through a range of electives, participants explore, a wide array of topics that include Project Management, Luxury Marketing, Strategic Performance Management, Information Systems Management, Lean Management, Mindfulness in Management, Business Modelling, Advanced Operations Management, Decision Making, International Negotiations, Business Analytics, Financial Markets etc. Participants can select those that best suit their career projects and leadership ambitions in multinational companies.

In this module, participants explore the big societal challenges that deeply affect businesses in the current world and consider possible responses to them through various initiatives at sectoral, organizational and stakeholder levels. The current global business context calls for a deep understanding of the grand challenges to pursue equitable, sustainable strategies that contribute to building a better a world. This module responds to this challenge by exposing participants to the complexities involved in addressing these challenges.

In this module participants will focus on the important idea of transformation that is a central concern in the exercise of leadership. Business settings are increasingly characterized by a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) environment. This makes it necessary for leaders to be able to initiate and manage complex transformations. In response to this imperative, the module focuses on tools and techniques to lead effective and desirable change at multiple levels. Participants will have opportunities to engage in practical activities to apply their learnings in specific simulated or real-life scenarios.

In this module, participants work on their professional projects through a tailored career program. Through a series of experiences involving both group-oriented sessions and individual-oriented coaching, participants are able to progressively work towards a clearer specification of personal and professional goals and formulate a feasible action plan to achieve them. They are guided by career experts and coaches throughout the process.

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The program offers participants various support components that can be pursued in a customized way according to their personal and professional projects. Participants can attend selected language courses from according to their specific levels (beginner, intermediary or advanced). Moreover, there are opportunities to participate in and sometimes lead various activities and events. Some of these involve interactions with area experts or industry leaders in emerging fields exposing participants to new business trends and developments.