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The aims of the MBA Executive Programme
to provide students with an understanding of organisations, their management, and the environment within which they operate;
to develop in students a range of personal and professional skills designed to enhance their future careers in business, including team working, self appraisal and reflection, and communication in various forms;
to develop in students the ability to analyse and diagnose complex organisational situations from a strategic view;
to help students to provide a rationale for proposed action and consider a range of intervention options in change situations in organisations;
to help students to critique and evaluate the relevance of leading edge academic theory, concepts, methods, and knowledge, for particular managerial problem solving situations;
to provide a grounding upon which life long learning and self development can be based;
to equip students with the ability to undertake a sustained piece of research relevant to business.
Structure of the programme
The lectures are held in three-day sessions, which take place one weekend a month (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). For each unit two online structured discussions take place between the unit leader and the students.
Each unit is mainly taught over one weekend. During the lectures the subject is presented, case studies are analysed and workshops and essays on the matters covered are assigned. Usually these essays comprise of an analysis of a real situation in the company where the student is employed.
In between the units students are welcome to contact their professors and discuss any matter of concern. In addition, discussion boards and emails are encouraged. Students also visit industries that are linked to a particular unit.
- For students attending the face-to-face delivery mode programme (executive mode)
The Programme consists of three cycles of lectures, lasting eighteen months, and the postgraduate dissertation.
The first cycle is composed of an induction weekend and seven (7) units beginning in October and ending in September of the first year:
six (6) units in Thessaloniki delivered on weekends
one (1) unit taught during the Annual Study Trip at the University of York, UK (joint classes with students from all cities)
The second cycle is composed of six (6) units, beginning in October and ending in April of the second year.
one (1) unit taught during the Annual Study Trip at the University of Strasbourg (joint classes with students from all cities)
two (2) units in Thessaloniki delivered on weekends
one (1) unit delivered online synchronous
two (2) track specialization units to be delivered during the Annual Study Week Trip in Thessaloniki, Greece (joint classes with all 2nd-year students from all cities)
The third cycle is the Dissertation which must be submitted within nine months from the completion of the taught part.
- For students attending the online delivery mode (blended synchronous-online mode)
The Programme consists of three cycles of lectures, lasting eighteen months, and the postgraduate dissertation.
The first cycle is composed of an induction weekend and seven (7) units beginning in October and ending in June of the first year:
six (6) units delivered on weekends online
one (1) unit taught f2f during the Annual Study Trip at the University of York, UK (joint classes with students from all cities)
The second cycle is composed of six (6) units, beginning in October and ending in April of the second year.
one (1) unit taught f2f during the Annual Study Trip at the University of Strasbourg (joint classes with students from all cities)
three (3) units delivered on weekends online
two (2) track specialization units to be delivered f2f during the Annual Study Trip in Thessaloniki, Greece (joint classes with all 2nd-year students from all cities)
The third cycle is the Dissertation which must be submitted within nine months from the completion of the taught part.
Dissertation / Final Business Project
Under the direct supervision of a member of staff, students will undertake either an Academic Dissertation which gives emphasis on developing new theory or testing existing one or a Final Business Project at a company or industry level of analysis chosen. Utilizing cutting edge knowledge, this project will integrate the learning that has occurred through the Program and apply it directly to current issues faced by business. Students will create recommendations and solutions based on the key issues identified.
Programme of studies
View the programme of studies and unit descriptions of your MBA specialisation: