ALBA Graduate Business School

Online Master of Business Administration (General | Digital Transformation | Supply Chain Management | Shipping Management)

This MBA program is suited to working mid-level professionals who are looking for flexible self-paced study time supported by mainly asynchronous content with virtual micro-lectures and multiple starting dates. The Alba Online MBA is suitable for those who have already been building their career and are looking for the opportunity to progress into leadership roles or those taking a career break and preparing for their next career move.

Online students are more likely to come from international locations with diverse and multicultural backgrounds aiming to improve their global business network and enhance their knowledge of global management practices.

Student Demographics:

• Average Years of Experience: 12
• Average Years of Age (at entry): 35
• Gender diversity: 58% (M)/42% (F)
• 30% of participants from international markets ( USA, UK, EU, Middle East, Asia)
• over 40% of participants hold at least one more masters degree

How you'll learn

This MBA program is taught through an innovative online learning environment which has been tailored to ensure you get the most out of your studies. It can be accessed on a number of devices, from anywhere, and at any time, making the program flexible around your current commitments.

The program features an unparalleled management curriculum and online pedagogy that is dynamic and adaptive to online students’ learning needs.

Predominantly delivered asynchronously, the program cultivates autonomous learning skills and offers the convenience and flexibility required by modern professionals. It also embeds in its courses a unique action learning approach by offering live sessions that augment cognitive and empirical achievements of students.

Courses

The program is designed to shape the holistic managerial profile of its participants as future leaders. For this purpose, students will build their managerial competencies through eight core business courses, two concentration courses, one course on Business Methods, and a final Business Project course, in which they shall go through a business simulation challenge that puts into practice all their acquired knowledge and skills throughout the program!

The Online MBA program offers you the possibility to develop your expertise through choosing a concentration track:

1. Digital Transformation
2. Supply Chain Management, or
3. Shipping Management

The General Online MBA program allows students to choose their preferred two courses out of three concentrations offered.

Core Courses

• Leading People and Organizations
• Marketing Management
• Business Economics
• Business Decisions with Data and Models
• Accounting for Decision Makers
• Financial Decision Making
• Production and Operations Management
• Strategic Management
• Business Methods​​

You will also choose two of the following:

From the MBA with Digital Transformation:

• Digital Economy and Innovation
• Digital Strategies​​

From the MBA with Supply Chain Management:

• Procurement and Logistics
• Supply Chain Management​​

From the MBA with Shipping Management:

• Maritime Technology and Applied Shipping Information
• Maritime Business and Investments​

Capstone course

Business Project

What you'll learn

Core MBA courses will sharpen your business acumen and develop all-round knowledge on business best practices to enable you to progress in your career.

• Gain the knowledge, skills, and stimuli for discovering and solving problems in organizations
• Become subject experts able to evaluate how it is to manage a company end-to-end
• Develop insights on how certain businesses function, and how trends have shaped current corporate reality

This online MBA program is suitable for working professionals in a range of sectors, so no matter what field you're working in our MBA curriculum will equip you with the skills and knowledge for career success.

Developing you into:

• Managers in a range of departments
• Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
• Creative team players
• Mindful business leaders

Student Demographics

• Average years of experience: 12
• Top sectors: Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking, Energy, Media, Retail & Consumer Goods, Transportation & Shipping, Travel & Hospitality (other)
• General Management, Product Development, Project Management, Finance Management, Marketing Management Software Engineering, Business Development, Founder/Owner

The delivery of courses is primarily done asynchronously through our Learning Management System. Content is delivered over 8 weeks. Every course offers an integrated synchronous delivery component which is divided in 3 x 3 hourly live sessions (every 2 weeks during each course). During these sessions, students and faculty engage through an action-learning approach to ensure the assimilation and application of course concepts. Every week of online asynchronous delivery follows a certain learning cycle. During this cycle students are presented with the asynchronous content which comprises a curation of academic principles, media resources and learning activities.

During each week, students are expected to engage in a co-learning activity by actively participating in a peer challenge (discussion) related to the week’s key concepts. Every weekly cycle is closed with a 10-question graded quiz which enables students to self-assess their knowledge. Each course concludes with a final summative assessment at the end of week 8. Students are assessed in each course through their participation in the weekly “peer challenge” (30%), the weekly “quiz” (20%) and the final assessment (either an assignment or an exam) that contributes to 50% of the final grade. After week 8 students have a 7-day period break before the commencement of their next course.