MSM & CBS Executive MBA

 

Promote your career and qualify yourself – in-service – with the MBA in International Business for top-management positions in the global field. The accredited programme, among others from the Association of MBA (AMBA) imparts established knowledge in all the most important areas of business management disciplines, modern management methods and excellent language skills training.

Market internationalism and the increasing number and multifaceted tasks of managers are only two of the factors why businesses search for employees who are highly qualified all-rounders, with hands-on skills. Specialists and executives are in demand who are comprehensive strategists, flexible and result oriented and due to their language abilities and practical experience, also in the international field, can act successfully and confidently.

With regard to these requirements, the CBS, in cooperation with The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) has developed an Executive MBA programme - specially for managers with executive experience - with study phases in Germany, Holland and China. The MSM is one of the world’s largest management schools and can fall back on almost 25 years experience with MBA and Executive MBA programmes.

Our many contacts to fellow students, lecturers, businesses and approximately 25.000 alumni from various branches and cultural circles will enlargen your interdisciplinary knowledge, promote your intercultural competency and make it possible for you to build up a stable international network of contacts. The solution strategies developed in team work can be used directly in your daily business life.

Procedure

Within a period of 24 months, you complete six ten-day modules in Cologne or in Maastricht, each of which is followed by a three-month break. Thus, the working time during which you are not available to your employer is minimised. Additionally, the course includes a two-week module incorporating company visits in Shanghai and a module for the Master of Arts thesis.

Contents

The English language form of the Executive MBA programme imparts the latest research results as practically proven models from business management. Besides deepening your business management knowledge and your management methods, it also advances your social competencies in the following areas:

• Systematic identification of problems and analysis

• Decision finding and carrying out

• Formulation of organisational concepts

• Development of business strategies

• Leadership and negotiating techniques

• Team competency, communication and presentation