Executive MBA (EMBA) 

We promote group cohesion and networking from day one to facilitate the best learning experience in a collaborative environment.

We will review the latest trends in different markets and sectors to help you decide the project that you will define and develop throughout the Executive MBA.

You will participate in creativity workshops to shape the idea which you will develop into your individual business project.

You will analyse and practice the skills necessary to obtain results through and with people: ethics and sustainability, cooperation, adaptive thinking, self-knowledge and autonomous learning, personal leadership and leadership models and styles (online and remote included), teamwork, dealing with and management of conflicts in the organization, crisis management, negotiation, motivation, communication and skills to lead meetings, and presentations and business communication skills, emphasizing especially practical exercises and role playing. This course also includes a block focused on the acquisition of skills and competencies so that you can make successful public presentations, as well as individual and personalized coaching sessions with an expert coach in profiles like yours. You will also have individual and personalized sessions with a career advisor from our Careers Department specialized in EMBA profiles, so that you can manage and develop your professional career in accordance with your objectives and concerns.

You will come to know the management of the company bringing together the set of functional areas, and connecting the immediate perspective with the long-term perspective. You will analyse the adaptation of the company to its environment, proposing solutions to interpret competitive situations and the evolution of markets. You will understand the impact of organizational change and examine strategic implementation.

This subject refers to quantitative techniques that help business owners to make decisions in complex situations. In it, you will deal with, among others, complete linear programming, multi-criteria models, queue and network management, and decision models.

You will know and understand the economic foundations of business activity through the analysis of proposals, decisions, and the evolution of the company from the economic perspective, and the exchange and contractual relations between all the agents involved.

You will learn in depth to carry out analysis prior to the development of a marketing plan and the different applications of market research. You will also discuss marketing management, and the elements that define the marketing strategy and help carry out the marketing plan.

You will learn to calculate the costs of the products, services, departments, activities, and processes of any company, as well as to develop budget and management control.

Referring to product design and process selection in production and service companies, through this subject you will delve into total quality management (TQM), capacity planning and localization methods, stock management, forecasting, time series analysis, independent demand, economic batch, and dependent demand: MRP and JIT, among other topics.

At its core is the analysis of the global and particular aspects of product, market, and channel strategies in consumer, industrial, and service markets. Therefore, you will analyse strategies and complete marketing plans of different companies, sectors and environments, and their relationship with the general strategy of the organization.

Recognizing the competitive advantage par excellence that the role of people currently has in the company, you will delve into the planning and organization, selection, training and promotion, analysis and assessment of jobs, and performance and remuneration systems evaluation. Elements that allow the operation of this area to be understood and a policy appropriate to the needs of the company to be designed.

The tools for analysing a company's operations are used to align its outputs with the strategic options of senior management. The different levers available to the Production Management to improve processes are analysed. Specifically, topics such as operations in service companies, purchasing systems, and international operations, among others, are covered. You will understand the strategy and methods of aggregate planning, short-term scheduling, project planning and control, distribution network logistics, transportation planning, information systems and applications for operations management, interaction with other functional areas, and integration into the strategy.

The purpose is to master different planning tools and project feasibility analysis, as well as the analytical techniques of financial statements in the study of annual accounts. You will be able to diagnose the economic-financial situation and evolution of the business, and you will prepare and interpret provisional balances, generated cash-flows, and treasury budgets. The alternatives for accessing financial resources are also studied and the various investment options available to senior management are studied in depth: stock market, financial futures, financial options, and alternatives to investment in fixed income.

This subject deals with the opportunities and threats that come with running a company in different countries. You will learn, among other topics, the process of internationalization of companies, competition in globalized environments, the meeting of cultures, and collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.

In the context of the transversal subject Leadership and Management Development, in this third quarter the Executive MBA includes a weekend of disconnection in a mountain hotel, in which team-building activities will be undertaken with the aim of identifying roles and leaders, and improving managerial and team management skills.

You will delve into the key points of investment and financing, and their relationship with macroeconomic aspects, as well as the criteria for inserting financial concepts into strategy and business planning.

This subject describes the main information technology and telecommunications resources at the service of the company. You will understand the processing of information and the repercussions in the functional areas and in the processes of the organization, the decision support systems, and integration with the strategy and its relationship with the human team.

Its purpose is to put you in touch with business decision-makers. You will decide on the future trajectory of the organization managing the allocation of resources in a scenario of several exercises to achieve your objectives. You will also develop managerial skills and the ability to work in a team.

At the beginning of the program you will define the individual project that you will work on during the Executive MBA. It must respond to a real business challenge and allow the development of business analysis and diagnostic skills, as well as formulate viable proposals for its implementation.