Geneva School of Economics and Management GSEM
Executive MBAGeneva, Switzerland
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
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Introduction
The Geneva EMBA is a two-year program. Throughout our program, our students will develop their interpersonal skills, the so-called soft skills. Amongst others, our students learn and apply how to manage with emotional intelligence and train group resilience, acquire cross-cultural management and leadership skills, and practice how to successfully work in teams and foster team engagement. The acquired knowledge in business administration and interpersonal skills equip our students for mastering professional and management challenges.
The Geneva EMBA is
- A part-time 2-year program (90 ECTS)
- Offering advanced level courses in the second year with a focus on building a global advantage, leading responsibly, and managing transformation.
- A program embedded in and tailored to the needs of Geneva’s vibrant and international ecosystem
- Taught by academic experts and business professionals from Geneva’s ecosystem.
What does the Geneva EMBA offers you
Geneva’s Ecosystem: Our Geneva EMBA offers you an excellent opportunity to enlarge your professional network and develop career opportunities!
- Innovative Curriculum: Our Geneva EMBA provides you with relevant contemporary management knowledge and skills for your future career.
- Strong Professional Network: Our Geneva EMBA allows you to learn from your peers and build lasting relationships for your career.
- Exceptional Value. Our Geneva EMBA offers you an affordable, accredited high-quality university education in Geneva (at one of the world's best universities).
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Curriculum
1st year
The key to success in the job market is no longer an EMBA degree, but rather the EMBA graduate! What you learn is of course important, but it’s what you do with this knowledge that will create your value-added and make the difference, which is why we have now integrated this factor as one of our key values.
1st year: 12 core modules (36 ECTS)
In the first year, students acquire the foundational knowledge and skills in business administration, such as marketing, strategy, organizational design, and human resource management. Core courses form the basis of management and are completed during the first year of the EMBA cycle
2nd year
Advanced Level Modules (36 ECTS)
In the second year, students take advanced level courses with a focus on the three core themes of our program: building a global advantage, leading responsibly, and managing transformation.
Building global advantage
Geneva is often referred to as the global city. It is home to many large, medium- and small-sized companies- most of which have international ties and whose workforce is highly international. Managing an international workforce, international business partners, or an international business expansion is of paramount importance for being successful in the global market. Our students acquire the skills to develop strategic thinking in a global context and learn from leading businesses in Geneva how they encounter and overcome international management challenges.
Leading responsibly
Organizations and managers are confronted with grand societal challenges such as climate change, human rights violations, and global inequality. Investors, employees, and consumers are expecting companies to #buildbackbetter and put responsible management practices front and center. Organizational responsibility and sustainability have traditionally been some of the key strengths of GSEM. Leading GSEM faculty members and business professionals equip our students with knowledge, skills, and tools to tackle an organization's toughest strategic challenges, lead with greater confidence, inspire performance at all levels, and contribute to an organization of responsibility and integrity.
Managing transformation
Business transformation is about fundamental changes in how businesses are managed. It is about rethinking business, its operations, and activities to create new and long-lasting value for stakeholders. Our students learn from leading academics and business professionals about the role of smart data, technology, and innovation in business transformation and acquire the skill to manage these transformations successfully.
EMBA Capstone Project (18 ECTS)
At the end of the second year, students work in groups on a capstone project, which brings together their acquired knowledge and skills to apply it to advance recommendations to local business in Geneva.
Program Outcome
A program for a global, responsible, and transformative career
The mission of the Geneva School of Economics and Management is to educate responsible leaders for a diverse and changing society. The Geneva EMBA offers professionals to acquire the foundational knowledge in managing and leading organizations with a focus on building a global advantage, leading responsibly, and managing transformation.
Learning Objectives
- Develop and execute effective and responsible management strategies.
- Develop critical and analytical thinking in organizational decision-making.
- Acquire leadership and management skills to guide an organization’s transformation.
- Enhance soft and interpersonal skills to engage with a diverse set of stakeholders.
- Acquire strategic skills for managing organizations successfully in a global context.
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Ideal Students
The EMBA Program is designed for aspiring Business Leaders with functional or sectorial leadership experience seeking a career change or professional development opportunities and put their practice in perspective.
Thus, this postgraduate education welcomes participants coming from various professional backgrounds from industry to services, and from public to private sectors.