Program description

The launch of the EMBA program held in English: September, 9 2020.

2020:

• Module 1. Foundation (Program Orientation, Team Building and Group Dynamics)   >>>
  September 9 - 13 / suburbs of St. Petersburg
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  The very first question is “Who?”. This is the main cornerstone of our work and education. That is why Module 1 is dedicated to the principles of team building, information exchange and establishing productive cooperation between the participants.
  
  

  • Basics of team building and group dynamics
  • Approaches to knowledge creation, critical analysis and interpretative skills
  • Individual and team value of systemic and systematic learning
  • Developing team creativity and collective decision making
• Module 2. Financial Reporting & Financial Control   >>>
  October 14 - 18 / Moscow
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  Then comes “What?”. A team becomes a team when it has a goal. We're all people of business, so our goals usually have fiscal nature. We need to be able to properly allocate costs and count incomes. That's why Module 2 focuses on the basics of financial reporting and control.
  
  • Financial statements
  • Financial analysis and costing
  • Management Control and Implementation of Strategy
  • Financial information and improving the quality of management decisions
• Module 3. Corporate Finance    >>>
  November 11 - 15 / St. Petersburg
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  The third important question relates to financing and investment evaluation, which is "With what?". Effective money management is impossible without understanding the concepts of value and risk and calculating the project's profitability. It is equally important to understand which sources of financing are suitable for your company and how to generate them.
  
  • Capital structure and capital budgeting
  • Equity evaluation
  • Risk management and returns
  • Financing decisions

2021:

• Cross-cultural weekend. EMBA participants from across SSE family of programmes in Stockholm, Riga and Russia learn together   >>>
  February 12 – 14 / Stockholm (Sweden)
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  For English-speaking EMBA group only in 2020
  
  It is important for everyone to feel out of place sometimes in order to understand the diversity of opinions and ideas. As part of the program, we will organize a weekend (during the module in Sweden), where you will have the opportunity to work in teams with ExMBA participants from other SSE campuses of Sweden and Latvia. About a hundred people will gather together in Sigtuna, where with the participation of professors from different countries they will be able to see for themselves the existence of "global context", the phenomenon of cultural diversity and learn to communicate with people of various mentalities.
  
  • Leading culturally diverse teams
  • Detecting and working with hidden prejudices
  • Cross-cultural negotiations.
• Module 4. Organizations, Change & Business Ethics   >>>
  February 15 – 19 / Stockholm, Sigtuna, Luleå (Sweden)
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  With a team, the clear goal and enough financial resources, you can start to create an organization and define its format. Therefore, this module answers the question "How?". People working in an organization do not always share their leader's vision and tend to maintain their own stability. In such a case, changes are required, but changes that will support the sustainability and effectiveness of the organization.
  
  • Organizational perspectives as foundations of organizational design
  • Knowledge based HRM and theories of motivation
  • Conducting effective change and sustainability
  • Business ethics drawn from Swedish companies examples
  
  During the module, the practical use of the knowledge already learned will be initiated through the additional course the SSE Live Change Project. The course includes analysis of one’s own company, search for bottlenecks and introduction of changes aimed at elimination or minimization of negative aspects.
• Module 5. Strategy and Change Management   >>>
  April 13 – 18 / Moscow
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  Module 5 is about "Where?" the organization should go to. It focuses on long-term company policies - strategy. The developed strategy not only describes the basic principles of development and management of the organization, but also helps to choose the right tools for moving forward.
  
  • Modern strategy perceptions. Formulating and following a strategy
  • Organizational conduct and evaluation of the capabilities and resources of the organization in light of strategic plans
  • Skills and tools required to move from idea to action
  • Improving business efficiency using strategy
• Module 6. Marketing and Operations    >>>
  May 26 – 30 / St. Petersburg
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  Module 6 answers the "For whom?" question. Organizations exist in the market environment and in one way or another have to monitor market demands and increase their attractiveness in the eyes of their clients. This requires not only strong advertising campaigns but also the establishment of successful operational processes.
  
  • Сoncept of thrift, methods and tools
  • Adaptation of resource capabilities of the organization to the requirements of the external environment. Operational management models and their correlation to the strategy
  • Creation and maximization of value supply through formation of attractiveness in the depths of the organization
  • What are markets and market strategy? Psychology in B2B and B2C
• Module 7. Strategic Leadership   >>>
  September / Moscow
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  This module again focuses on the characteristics of human behavior. After studying the specific features and motivation of employees and clients all that remains is to choose the right model of behavior for building partnerships. The module will also present negotiation techniques, as the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively as is one of the most important skills of a leader.
  
  • Studying mechanisms of influencing your interlocutor and negotiation techniques
  • Modern approaches to leadership
  • Examining the characteristics of an effective leader
  • Analysis of personal leadership skills and selection of tools for their development
• Module 8. Business Context   >>>
  October / Saint Petersburg
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  Our relationship with the outside world is not limited to the interactions with customers and industry representatives. All organizations are greatly influenced by the common business context - a set of macroeconomic factors, which includes not only the economy of a particular country, but also the state of global markets, together with institutional factors: legislation and commonly recognized business practices
  
  • Analysis of macroeconomic factors and their impact on businesses and financial system as a whole
  • Actions to mitigate risks in developing investment plans, taking macroeconomic indicators under consideration
  • Legislation and established business practices as factors affecting the company's growth and success
  • Including global factors in local decision making
• Module 9. Design Thinking and Business Analytics   >>>
  November / Saint Petersburg
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  Module 9 is designed around the latest business management trends. Its goal is to present the world's most advanced tools used to analyze data sets coming from inside and outside the organization.
  
  • Artificial Intelligence in organizations and new forms of data analysis
  • Machine learning and neural network opportunities, data exchange within the organization and acceleration of information flows
  • Creating additional value for customers through designing innovation solutions and design thinking
  • Combination of technological capabilities of organization and innovative experiment

2022:

• Module 10. Strategic Mindset and Innovation   >>>
  January / Tel Aviv
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  This module answers the question "What’s next?" and therefore focuses on the development of entrepreneurial and innovative skills. Considering, that a leader must constantly strive for new things, means that they must constantly think about improving of the products, services and processes in the organization. Israel, the leader in innovation, and the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University, one of the best educational institutions in the country, were chosen as the venue for the course.
  
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation of startups and senior companies
  • Corporate entrepreneurship in light of information technology and digital business transformation
  • Innovation management as a tool for company renewal
  • Strategic innovations and breakthrough technologies
• Module 11 & 12: Electives   >>>
  
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  There are always more topics that you would like to explore. To make it easier, we have created a block of elective modules. During 5 months you will need to complete two modules on the topics you are interested in from the list we offer. Two modules have been developed by the SSE in Russia, while the rest are provided by the SSE branches in Sweden, Finland and Latvia or by our partners in Russia.
  
  SSE Russia electives are:
  
  (A) Financial Management and Value Creation
  
  The course deals with the dynamic interaction of operational and financial decisions of companies and the consequences of these decisions for stakeholders in the firm. A substantial part of the course is devoted to mergers and acquisitions.
  
  • Growth strategies and management control
  • Capital markets
  • Company evaluation and tools for enhancing the value of business.
  • Mergers & Acqusitions
  
  (B) Strategic Branding and Digital Marketing
  
  This elective provides tools for better understanding of your customer needs, and focuses on digital landscape to ensure business growth and brand strengthening in the environment of increasing influence of social networks.
  
  • Developing and implementing consistent brand strategies
  • Social media and new types of user behaviors
  • Generation of digital clients and managing brand reputations through user-generated content
  • Informed decisions across digital platforms
  
  
• Module 13. Concluding module. Integrated learning experience.   >>>
  May / St. Petersburg
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  The final module integrates the program, and brings together all topics learned into one structure. Selected professors will touch the most important aspects of business and organizational management. During one conference day, project teams will present their SSE Live Executive Master Thesis (SSE Live EMT) to the examination committee and graduates of previous years and share their personal experience of studying in the program.
  
  • Integration of acquired knowledge with practical experience of participants
  • Experience of learning and summarising of EMBA program
  • SSE Live EMT presentations

(*this provisional schedule may be supplemented or amended)