INTERNATIONAL ECPD-MBA OBJECTIVES:
The ECPD-MBA is a two-year part-time general management programme
designed to reflect the breadth of management issues that arise in the
national and international context. Its aims are to:
• Increase students’ understanding of the importance of cooperation with
international organisations, institutions and communities in the future
development including the policy of international trade in the 21st
century (IMF, WB), and importance of globalisation and crosscultural
awareness;
• Enable students to develop a balanced approach for better
understanding of Central and Eastern European business issues within EU
enlargement process;
• Give students a solid foundation to understand the importance of
creating a stable political and business environment and efficient
institutional framework to support transitional process, privatisation
and transformation of the state sector and creation of SME’s within a
tolerant and legally stable and democratic environment;
• Give students a solid foundation in all the key functional areas of
business - finance, marketing, operations, and human resource
management;
• Enable students to appreciate and analyse the range of competitive and
environmental factors that have an impact on the organisation, its
profitability and performance;
• Provide a variety of opportunities to test the practical application
of business theory through case study analysis, group projects and,
notably, in the applied management project which provides the
culmination of ECPD-MBA studies;
• Increase an emphasis on teamwork with motivated and talented
classmates from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, who bring
many years of business experience to class and team discussions,
seminars and inclusive learning;
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• Improve analytical, managerial and personal skills based on
international good practice and local case studies within a highly
effective, interactive learning process in an environment stimulating
learning, self-analysis and reflection;
• Equip students with both theoretical knowledge and the practical and
personal skills in order to manage strategic and organisational change,
deal with ambiguity and complexity, evaluate risk, lead and motivate
others, and devise and implement solutions that deliver a competitive
advantage to their organisations, and
• Promote greater self-awareness and support students in their future
career choices by providing a learning environment that encourages
focused reflection on their personal and professional strengths,
weaknesses, aptitudes, interests and values.