The program

Rigour and relevance — the two guiding principles of IIB MBA programs — mean professors impart the latest management theory and practice, but also look for ways to help students apply that knowledge outside of the classroom. This balance between research and real world is especially applicable to students in the MBA Programs, who are able to take back to work after the lessons they learn at IIB.

Content of the program

The courses are considerably more demanding than those in IIB professional certificate and diploma programs and assume a certain amount of experiential knowledge and practical skills acquired from senior management work.

Pre-MBA week-long session provides basic courses so that all students start the year on the same footing. Orientation week builds on the program introduction and training on team-work, development of presentation skills, work with information sources and time-management.

The program includes correlated and mutually supplemented courses in fundamental areas of business management and manager’s personal development. There are 17 core courses covering functional and strategic and general management issues which have to be taken by the program participants in accordance with grading policy. IIB offers a wide range of electives and students have to take 2 electives before graduation.

Systematic approach and integration of the program’s courses enable students to acquire modern knowledge and information, develop their communication and presentation skills and provide them with tools for effective decision-making processes which are necessary to manage the company successfully.

On the final stage of the program students prepare integrative business project and make presentations of their diploma projects, making analysis and offering the solution of practical managerial problems of business companies.

EMBA CURRICULUM

2005-2006 Academic Year

Program Learning Outcome

EMBA Program will help participants to:

• Think critically and creatively; manage creative processes; organize thought, analysis, and critical appraisal; evaluate statements in terms of evidence; identify implicit values;

• Tackle situations by establishing criteria, formulating potential courses of action, implementing and controlling selected courses of action, evaluating results;

• Improve managerial competencies;

• Exercise relevant personal and interactive skills;

• Select appropriate leadership style for situations;

• Set goals and objectives, monitor performance, motivate people, improve activities and operations as well as departments or units being managed;

• Learn through reflection on practice and experience.