GENERAL EXECUTIVE MBA

This programme is co-designed with the University of Buckingham and TEE business community to give you the tools and the vocabulary to lead in a complex world. For achieving your full potential, we are making three promises:

Not only will you boost your career, but you will enhance the performance of the businesses you manage.

“The Exec. MBA enabled me to step up my professional career and add real value to my personal and professional network. The variety of practical experiences shared by my colleagues and my professors has been truly amazing.”

Marius Moldovan,
Campus Director
@Regina Maria

The programme represents a certified ticket to international opportunities, and it provides the vocabulary for a global business conversation.

 “The Exec. MBA was an extraordinary opportunity to understand other perspectives of the world around me, other than the engineering one. In hindsight, I can say that this programme has been a cornerstone in my career.”

Radu Orghidan,
VP Cognitive Computing
@Endava

Being a programme co-designed with the business community, you will be introduced to global networking and entrepreneurial opportunities. 

“I became a part of a greater alumni family, where I can count on support and advice when needed. Now I can say that the Exec. MBA was a far-reaching experience, a challenge and a joy at the same time.”

Teodor Băbuț, Group COO
@E-Infra

The programme enhances your leadership skills to make informed business decisions, and lead with confidence through a complex and turbulent contemporary business context.

“It's a completely enriching story, a great leadership training, personal growth and professional development experience.”

Călin Codarcea, Branch Manager,
@Lisam Systems România

What makes this programme special is the focus on teaching you how to manage complexity and digital disruption in a networked economy and how to see the big picture (think systemically).

“The EMBA programme is a great opportunity to structure your way of thinking and it has definitely changed my mindset when it comes to approaching problems and adopting changes.”

Cristinela Velicu, Director Vaccines Policy,
Key Markets Europe & Canada,
@MSD România

Based upon both the practical experience and the theoretical rigour of the staff, the programme gives you the tools and the infrastructure to do global business and experience different cultures.

“My vision became clearer, as my exposure to other fields increased, thanks to the professors who taught us a wide variety of modules, and also to my classmates, who came from different industries.”

 Alin Băiescu, Broker Manager
@Aegon România

The next intake of students start the programme in February 2025.

The programme includes 13 modules taught every 6 weeks over 2 years, with an assignment/exam after each module. The modules are designed to help you:

a. See the big picture in a networked world (systems thinking)

b. Shape global challenges by using specific “tools” (leadership, governance and business ethics).

c. Learn to manage complexity & disruption, with modules focused upon pandemic & digital disruption. 

1. Leadership and Organisational Change
2. People and Performance: Talent Management in action
3. Economics for Managers and Entrepreneurs
4. Marketing in a Digital World
5. Finance and Accounting for Business
6. Strategy and Value Creation
7. Operations and Supply Chain Management
8. Systemic Management: Seeing the big picture
9. Disruptive Innovation: Practices and Processes
10. Management Consulting: the Project Driven Mindset
11. Governance and Business Ethics
12. Complexity and Strategic Disruption
13. Research Methods (Dissertation Preparation)

You will develop your knowledge of the most important attitudes and skills that enhance the continuous development of individuals and organizations, by examining a wide variety of models of leadership. 

By the end of this module, you will be able to brand your leadership style in a coherent manner, evaluate your leadership style, assess the effectiveness of leadership in various contexts, through multiple theoretical lenses, and foster diversity and inclusion into your organization. 

Delivery dates: 29 February - 3 March 2024
Teaching staff: Dr. Elesa Zehndorfer (Award winning professional writer & author), Dr. Andrew Taylor (TEE), Sinziana Maioreanu (CEO Aegon Romania), Associate Prof. Dr. Monica Zaharie (Babes-Bolyai University), Prof. Steve Armstrong (University of Lincoln), Dr. Aurelian Sofica (Babes-Bolyai University).

Too many executives talk about the strategic contribution that HR makes, without understanding the models of HR strategy or how these connect to the broader business strategy.  

Through this module, not only will you explore the core concepts and practices around recruitment, rewards systems, talent management, and labour markets, but you will also critically assess best practices from the field. Ultimately, you will be able to align HR strategies with appropriate analytical models and day-to-day working practices and behaviors. 

Delivery dates: 11-14 April 2024
Teaching staff: Associate Prof. Dr. Monica Zaharie (Babes-Bolyai University), Prof. David Collins (Newcastle MBA, University of Northumbria), Dr. Andrew Taylor (TEE), Dr. Vanessa Oakes (Senior HR Manager UK).

The module covers key topics such as supply and demand, theory of the firm, market imperfections and the development of new markets (such as the green and digital ones), and behavioural economics.

By the end of this module, you will be able to analyse your business, investment decisions, and market opportunities in a clear and structured way.  In addition, you will learn the vocabulary of economics that is key to engaging with investors, partners and doing international business.

Delivery Dates: 23-26 May 2024
Teaching staff: Dr. Alin Baiescu, MBA (Business Consultant), Prof. Dr. Jonathan Atkins (University of Hull), Drd. Aurel Bernat, MBA (Executive Director FI/IR @ Banca Transilvania), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristian Litan (Babes-Bolyai University).

This module will navigate you through the key theoretical marketing concepts, the applied marketing practices, and the tools of strategic marketing management suitable for different organisational contexts. You will develop a critical perspective on how marketing activities can help organisations build competitive advantage in specific markets, construct sustainable value creation and capture competitive positions. 

Delivery Dates: 4-7 July 2024
Teaching staff: Prof. David Harness (Sheffield Hallam University Business School), Senior Lecturer Dr. Peter Andrews (University of Hull), Drd. Doru Supeala, MBA (Marketing Consultant) 

This module is designed to show you how to make use of finance and accounting knowledge to more effectively lead organisations. You will explore the role of accounting and finance within an organisation and learn how to communicate effectively with specialists from the accounting and finance fields. By the end of this module, you will understand accounting processes, methodologies and financial principles and tools, the role they play in business, the terminology used in these fields as well as the ability to interpret and evaluate the information provided. 

Delivery Dates: 22-25 August 2024
Teaching staff: Prof. Ioan Alin Nistor (Babes-Bolyai University), Ms. Susan Webster (University of Hull), Prof. Adriana Tiron (Babes-Bolyai University), Graeme Reid (UK)

In this module, you will explore the strategic issues, play with various tools of strategy, examine major models of strategy and consider how to think about market and product innovation and transformation. The module includes a significant amount of 'case study' work designed to develop the students' analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work in groups, and presentational skills. 

Delivery Dates: 3-6 October 2024
Teaching staff: Prof. Amanda Gregory (University of Hull), Senior Lecturer Bharati Singh (Staffordshire Business School), Cristian Paun (Digital Chief Strategist at DuPont – Luxembourg), Assoc. Prof. Ovidiu Bordean (Babes-Bolyai University)

You will explore the core concepts of operations and supply chain management in both product-based and service-oriented organizations, including government and non-profit organizations.

By the end of this module, you will understand the importance of operations and supply chain management to the well-being of the business and the wider environment and you will acquire the analytical tools needed to improve the operational performance of the organisation and its supply chain.

Delivery Dates: 14-17 November 2024
Teaching staff: Prof. David Grant (Hanken School of Economics), Prof. David A. Menachof (College of Business at Florida Atlantic University), Mr. Bogdan Sterescu, MBA (Operations Consultant, Emerson)

You will develop the skills and acquire the tools needed for designing, delivering and managing consultancy projects. This module is designed to provide the skills to both project management consultants and delivery consultants. You will acquire an interdisciplinary set of consulting skills including client management, problem structuring, project design, data collection, stakeholder engagement, business analysis, problem-solving, business process improvement, project management, client presentation and report writing.

Delivery Dates: 16-19 January 2025
Teaching staff: Prof. Julian Campbell (Senior Management Consultant, University of East Anglia), Dr. Mircea Hotoleanu (Business Consultant), Dr. Daniel Pop (Open Society Foundation), Dr. Radu Orghidan, MBA (Business Consultant), Mr. Jeremy Wilcock (University of Hull)

You will develop a critical understanding of the nature of, and relationships between creativity, innovation and both entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial behaviour. You will explore and critically analyse the range of ways in which creativity and innovation may be harnessed and promoted to create and capture value.

Strategies and cultures to encourage innovation will be explored and examined.  The module is designed to be highly applied, practical, and interactive.

Delivery Dates: 27 February - 2 March  2025
Teaching staff: Robert Lewis (Highly Experienced R&D Leader, UK), Dr. Radu Orghidan, MBA (Business Consultant @ Endava), Mark Child (Chief Executive - Quantum Evolve Business Enablement, UK)

Instead of breaking problems into small parts, this module seeks to see the big picture. You will understand from a transdisciplinary perspective, complex organisations by systematically mapping interconnected processes and structures to more meaningfully think about change and transformation. By the end of this module, you will learn about the most relevant complex systems approaches to management and you will practice by reflecting on your own personal work experiences. This module is designed to support the development of analytical skills for modeling, diagnosis, creativity, critical reflection, and teamwork.

Delivery Dates: 10-13 April 2025
Teaching staff: Prof. Angela Espinosa (University of Hull), Dr. Ligia Cremene (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca), Dr. Maya Vachkova (Senior Lecturer and Programme Director,University of Exeter), Christopher Gleadle (CEO of Sustainable Viability, UK).

You will develop your understanding  of how businesses are agents and subjects in the global governance system. Exploring the most important trends that impact the global economy (trade governance, financial regulations, digitalisation and the transition to a green economy), you will develop a better understanding of the trends in political economy, and you will be able to identify the opportunities and potential constraints for your business.

Delivery Dates: 22-25 May 2025
Teaching staff: Assoc. Prof. Cornel Ban (Copenhagen Business School), Prof. Christopher Bovis (University of Hull), Prof. Andrew Flynn (Cardiff University), Dr. George Boukouris (Nottingham Trent University).

Here, we will explore how the convergence of technology and globalisation is changing value creation, strategy, economics and how you can identify and capture opportunities.  We will further consider its impact upon wider societies. Whilst humankind is deeply connected and has access to large sets of information, the pandemic is but one example of systemic feedback loops creating new levels of complexity for all. 

Delivery Dates: 3-6 July 2025
Teaching staff: Dr. Andrew Taylor (TEE), Raluca Bochis (Emerson), Prof. Yasmin Merali (University of Hull)