European Executive MBA - ESCP Europe

Core Courses
Core courses are the foundation of the MBA curriculum.
Participants are introduced to the major management disciplines
and exposed to state-of-the-art theory, concepts and real-life
business practices. These courses are taken within each study track
and involve lectures, case studies as well as individual and group
work.
Organisational Behaviour
The human dynamics of the organisation that include its social, cultural
and psychological dimensions will be addressed in this course.
Participants will learn how to decipher and analyze an organisation to
enhance managerial and leadership skills as well as effectiveness.
Organisational structures, individual and managerial behaviours, team
development and other topics will be addressed.
Managerial Economics
Rational decision making involves understanding the macroeconomic
forces that shape the environment in which companies operate and the
microeconomic theories of markets, supply and demand as well as
competition.
This course will provide the keys needed to analyse the competitive
environment and predict market trends.
Corporate Strategy
Thinking strategically, evaluating strategic options, anticipating and
managing strategic change are fundamental skills in today’s everchanging
business environment. The corporate strategy course will
provide participants with tools, models and techniques enabling them
to understand the dynamics of the firm’s situation and how the latter
evolves over time.
Participants will also learn how to perform a strategic diagnosis based
on an analysis of the competitive environment and the evaluation of the
strategic capability of their organisation.
Financial Accounting
Interpreting a financial statement and understanding the implications
of financial decisions will be facilitated through this course which will
introduce key accounting practices, terminology, financial ratios,
cash-flow statements, group financial statements and other notions.
Corporate Finance
This course will explore the two key aspects of corporate finance: investment
decisions and financing corporate organisations. It will introduce
participants to financial concepts and methods that will provide them with
insight into the relationships between financial management and other
aspects of governance, in particular corporate strategy. Present value,
opportunity, cost of capital, valuation of shares, capital structure are just
some of the topics that will be covered.
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