MBA Executive MBA 2021
Information
Period
August 2021 - June 2023Language
EnglishFormat
Blended learningContact
Location
Uni Mail, University of GenevaRegistration
Early bird deadline
1 March 2021Registration deadline
15 June 2021Fees:
CHF 38'500.-
This includes: CHF 5'000 matriculation/registration fee (non-refundable) + CHF 16'750 1st year tuition + CHF 16'750 2nd year tuition (with EL, traditional EMBA track)
The total program cost may vary depending on the selected specialization.
Contribution to the SDGs
Objectives
- Become successful and responsible leaders through a real-world learning experience
- Prepare for the contemporary senior management challenges and responsibilities
- Learn to reflect on professional and personal development to identify one’s full potential
- Help enhance social and communication skills
- Learn to develop & implement efficient operational solutions, while simultaneously ensuring the strategic renewal of the organizations
- Help develop and widen one’s professional network
Audience
Learning outcomes
- Sensible and responsible leadership skills to help build team confidence and motivation
- Efficient communication skills to help minimize conflicts and to better manage team dynamics
- Foster emotional & social intelligence skills to enhance interpersonal relationship with peers and employees
- Implement and renew efficient processes and operations within the organization
- Reflect on one's professional and personal development, to identify one's full potential
- Boost one's mindset and find creative solutions to further team contributions
Programme
Bi-weekly format: twice a month, end of August-end of June | Friday afternoon/evening & Saturday morning (some modules on 3 consecutive full days)
Block format: 3 x 1 week on campus per year | 6 modules onsite + 6 modules online
1st year - 12 CORE MODULES* + EMBA IN-COMPANY GROUP PROJECT
- Business Economics
- Effective Communication / Negotiation
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Policy
- Human Resource Management
- Management Accounting
- Marketing
- Organization Design
- Risk Management / Operations
- Self‐Leadership
- Strategic Management
- Strategic Thinking, DecisionMaking, and Communication
*Subject to modification
2nd year: ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
Traditional EMBA track
Bi-weekly format: Friday afternoon/evening & Saturday morning
- Business Law & Taxation
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Ethics
- Digitalization & Smart Data
- Doing Business in Emerging Markets
- Identifying, Analyzing and Exploiting Opportunities
- Investment Decision Making
- Managing Stakeholders
- Responsible Leadership
- Team Engagement
- PDP: Change Management
- PDP: Creative Problem Solving
- PDP: Influencing with Emotional Intelligence / Coaching
OTHER SPECIALIZATIONS*
Block format: Aviation, Commodity Trading, International Organizations
Bi-weekly format: see listing: https://emba-unige.org
*Subject to modification
Director(s)
Prof. Judith SCHREMPF-STIRLING, Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), University of Geneva
Coordinator(s)
Accreditation
The Geneva EMBA enables aspiring mid-career professionals to advance their careers and enhance their personal skills without interrupting their career. The program’s demanding curriculum includes courses on the foundations of general management as well as specialized courses, some of which are unique for the Geneva EMBA. Selected thought leaders and senior executives complement our world-class yet accessible faculty. Thanks to our unique blend of innovative teaching methods and strong alumni network, our participants gain highly relevant knowledge and expertise to cope with future management challenges. The Geneva EMBA is an ambitious but also rewarding once-in-a-lifetime learning experience!
Location
Fee
Description
The 1st year of the EMBA includes 12 core modules:
Business Economics | Effective Communication / Negotiation | Financial Accounting | Financial Policy | Human Resource Management | Management Accounting | Marketing | Organization Design | Risk Management / Operations | Self-Leadership | Strategic Management | Strategic Thinking, Decision Making, and Communication
+ the EMBA In-Company Group Project
Location
Fee
Description
Traditional EMBA track: Entrepreneurial Leadership (bi-weekly): Business & Society | Business Law & Taxation | Change Management | Creative Problem Solving | Digitalization & Smart Data | Doing Business in Emerging Markets | Identifying, Analyzing, and Exploiting Opportunities | Influencing with Emotional Intelligence / Coaching | Investment Decision Making | Managing Stakehlolders: Analysis / Communication / Cultural Intelligence | Responsible Leadership | Team Engagement
or one of the Specializations in English or French .
List of EMBA Specializations: Asset Management (FR) | Aviation Management (EN-block format) | Commodity Trading (EN-bi-weekly & block formats) | Gestion comptable et financière (FR) | Gestion dans les Organismes Sans But Lucratif (FR) | International Organizations (EN) | Management de Projet (FR) | Management des Institutions Sociales (FR) | Management Stratégique des institutions de Santé (FR) | Ressources humaines (FR) | Supply Chain (FR)
Assessment
Individual in-class exam | take-home assignment | individual or group in-class presentation | individual or group Online quiz or assignment
100% attendance in class, and active participation are expected to validate the modules.
Pedagogical method
The students' learning experience is enhanced by corporate work projects, in-class discussions, and presentations that build on their previous experience. The EMBA program encourages lively interaction between students and professors and stimulates the sharing of knowledge through group work.
Diploma awarded
Admission criteria
- University degree, or equivalent (i.e., Bac+3, Bachelor)
- Work experience – 3 years min. in a managerial position
- Strong command of English (written & spoken)
Required Skills:
- Computer office tools (spreadsheet, word processor, presentation tools)
- Basic Accounting understanding (balance sheets/income statement, P&N, EBITDA) or ability to assimilate numbers and concepts
Steering committee
- Judith Schrempf-Stirling, GSEM, University of Geneva (Director)
- Marcelo Olarreaga, GSEM, University of Geneva
- Gilbert Probst, Prof. Emeritus, GSEM, University of Geneva
Number of participants
Detailed fees
Total Program Cost *: CHF 38500.-
This includes:
- Matriculation / Enrollment fee (CHF 5'000.-) +
- 1st year program tuition (CHF 16'750.-) +
- 2nd year program tuition * (CHF 16'750.- with traditional EMBA track **)
* The total cost depends on the specialization selected.
** Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL / bi-weekly)
Invididual EL modules: CHF 1'800 / module (for non-EMBA students)
Online application: 4-step selection process
Schedule
2 program formats are proposed *:
A) Bi-weekly format: Friday 2.15pm-9pm & Saturday 8.15am-1pm | twice a month
B) Block format: 8.30am-6pm | 3 blocks of 2 modules per year + e-learning courses
* Courses may move online depending on the Covid evolution
"This EMBA program has been an intensive experience that offered me the opportunity to work with many interesting people from various backgrounds all along the program's modules. The balanced combination of hard and soft modules broaden my leadership skills and positively change my way of managing my company . Its international dimension addresses every facet of doing business across borders: finance, marketing, culture and so on. Sébastien POMMARET - EMBA alumnus 2015-2017
Contribution to the SDGs