Executive MBASince 2003 the Business School of HFU Hochschule Furtwangen if offering a part-time “Executive MBA” program in International Business Management. The program offers clear advantages to professionals with both a degree and some substantial management experience who are now seeking to give their career a boost by gaining additional management and leadership experience through an intensive 24-month part-time study program. Our Executive MBA program focuses on General Management and provides a broad and solid basis concerning business expertise as well as international leadership skills with an additional emphasis on soft skills, which are of such importance for today’s leaders. The program’s international focus is highlighted by the addition of two teaching blocks with our partner universities, La Sorbonne in Paris and JiaoTong in Shanghai. The program is taught in English and is completed after four semesters with the degree „MBA“. To ensure outstanding study conditions, we limit the number of students to no more than 15. The size of the group allows for optimum support through our highly qualified, internationally experienced and dedicated team of professions. Case studies, the exchange of experiences and „Best Practice“-presentations of representatives of renowned companies shape the practical orientated part of the study program. Participants meet bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays.For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us www.business-school.hs-furtwangen.de Application Deadline is the 15th of July, 2009.
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Through an MBA program, participants will gain key skills in applied business studies which are essential to their further professional development. Our Executive MBA program focuses on General Management, thus providing the solid foundation and current knowledge base in all relevant functional areas that are essential for potential future leadership personnel. We consciously chose this approach for our program as, once a certain level in the management hierarchy has been reached, expert knowledge in a specific area is no longer sufficient. A much broader, holistic knowledge of all management disciplines as well as a depth of knowledge is required. We work on the further development of such personalities as having the potential for higher, and even the highest, management positions in a company. As part of this very intensive further education program, participants will not only come to grips with business studies' content but will also profit from interpersonal experiences and networking within the entire group. Participants do not exclusively learn from professors and experts but constantly, too, from and with their fellow students. Our program covers, in addition to business studies' content, soft skills which are of importance, in particular for those in leadership. Additionally, it also promotes social and intercultural competence. Starting with the introductory week, work-life-balance is expressly covered, thus providing the participants with the support they need for the highly stressful time of their part-time studies program. One of the key elements of our program is focusing on business practice and relevance. We define learning as a process during which people work to acquire new skills or knowledge in order to improve their ability to perform. Learning is not a goal in itself but has to be focused on a goal and rooted in practical applicability. Typically we will facilitate the learning by way of case studies, or integrating projects stemming from participants' jobs into the studies. The master thesis will normally be realised as a practically orientated project in close cooperation with the company employing the participant. We are convinced that our cooperation with well-known international companies provides a significant added value for the program. Such companies contribute Best Practice presentations, make suggestions for further improving the program from the business point of view and thus emphasise the program's practical focus in a most impressive manner.
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