Audencia Executive MBA

"Audencia has developed an Executive MBA programme to prepare high potential managers to meet the changing needs of companies in today's new economic environment."

Valérie Claude-Gaudillat, Associate Dean, Audencia MBA Programme Director

Key facts

Duration: 18 months, part-time
Frequency: Every 2 weeks (Friday and Saturday) + 3 1-week international seminars (Asia and North America)
Start date: March
Teaching language: French & English
Intake: 15 to 25

Accreditation: AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB
Fees: 24 000 euros

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Contact:
Catherine Hellio
Tel: 00 33 (0)2 40 37 45 50
chellio@audencia.com

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Objectives

Audencia’s Executive MBA is designed for high potential mid-career managers and experienced company directors to reinforce managerial and leadership skills. They will spend a demanding 18 months honing these management skills through individual course work, group work, project work and international residential seminars.

Course outline

Throughout the course there is specific focus on 4 main aspects:

Core courses: general corporate competitive environment (economic business environment, legal environment), company organisation (organisation theory, management and human resources), accounting and finance (accounting, financial analysis).
Executive MBA project: at the heart of the course. Students have the opportunity to develop a project that helps them link coursework to real corporate strategy. The project phase lasts for 12 months and is a significant contribution to both the company and the student’s professional development.
3 international residential seminars: organised in partnership with schools and universities in Asia and North America. These seminars are a unique opportunity for students to discover new economic horizons and the global market.
Developing and reinforcing managerial skills throughout the course: leadership, change management, decision making, and teamwork.

Profiles

Audencia’s Executive MBA participants have an average age of 39 with 14 years professional experience and work at Aker Yards, Alcatel-Lucent, Castorama, EDF-GDF, La Poste, Lactalis, Magellan, Simpson Strong-Tie, Smurfit Kappa, Sun Chemical, Teneco, Thalès, Thomson, Toyota, Trelleborg…

…and hold management positions in fields such as production, project management, finance and administration, R&D, sales and marketing, business development, export, industry, new product development…