MBA (Master of Business Administration)

PROGRAM PHASE 1 CORE COURSES The program is a balanced and challenging one, equipping participants with numerical and analytical skills, communication and interpersonal skills, plus insights into current managerial issues in geopolitics, macroeconomics and governance. Through regular group work on cases and individual assignments on management dilemmas, students will develop their expertise in budgetary and financial management as well as in people management. Strategic analysis and Negotiations skills are developed through face-to-face team negotiations to resolve authentic and complex cases. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN GRENOBLE EACH YEAR Students from each campus are invited to attend this week together, enabling students from 4 centers to network and to attend seminars and conferences together on key management questions. Topics covered typically include Conflict Resolution, Interview Techniques, Radical Career Change, Salary Negotiations, and Effective Leadership. GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE The Global Management Challenge simulation is one of the highlights of the core courses. Small teams of MBA students will compete in a complex management simulation against leading business and engineering schools, firstly in France followed by international play-offs in the final rounds. The decision-making is intense and the experience is a roller-coaster ride of changing share price, volatile business environments, and exchanges - often heated! - with fellow team members. In 2017 all full-time Grenoble students will visit Barcelona, Spain for the International Human Resources module. PHASE 2 SPECIALIZATIONS From a menu of up to 8 alternative choices, students can personalize their MBA program for 20% of their total class sessions. The content is focused on professional management activity, such as Management Consulting, or management in a range of functional areas. For many participants, the specialization choice will also determine the focus of the Final Management Project: for example, choosing a Finance elective can lead directly to a project in the area of Finance. PHASE 3 FINAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT During this phase, program participants are free to locate to anywhere in the world and to complete their projects while pursuing professional activity. The Project is an opportunity that different students use in different ways. A Full-Time student may use the project to demonstrate value and capabilities to a potential employer. For some students, ideas for entrepreneurial ventures can be assessed before the start-up is launched. CNCP RECOGNITION Students graduating from the MBA also receive a certificate conferring on them the title of Manager International. This title, recognized by the Commission Nationale de la Certification Professionnelle – part of the French Ministry of Labor - attests to the acquisition of international management skills and knowledge necessary for future managers in an international context. The Manager International label is certified with Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles at Level 1, the highest level. OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE CONTENT Program Introduction, Teambuilding & Leadership. 2-4 days CORE MODULES ( 30H EACH ) CHOICE OF ONE SPECIALIZATION (ELECTIVE) FACULTY Classes are taught by GGSB faculty, visiting professors from top universities worldwide, and top business professionals. Most of the permanent faculty is engaged in applied research. Their teaching links theory to practice through authentic business cases. Their diverse cultural and international background gives a strong international dimension to the program