Curriculum

Esade Master in Management programs are primarily targeted at those with undergraduate degrees in business administration or economics.
 
If your degree is in a different discipline, we still invite you to apply. The Admissions Committee will assess your candidacy and, if admitted, we will ask you to enrol in the Business Integration Path (BIP) course, which will give you a grounding in management basics.

Online module: 1st July 2024 - 25th August 2024

4 self learning online courses that have to be completed before the beginning of the on campus classes.

• Finance: An Introductory Online Course
• Financial Accounting: An Introductory Online Course
• Management Communication: An Introductory Online Course
• Quantitative Methods: An Introductory Online Course

On campus classes: 26th August 2024 – 13th September 2024

covering the following subjects:   

• Business Policy
• Introduction to Finance
• Introduction to Marketing
• IT for Managers
• Managing People
• Operations and Logistics

Official Program Start: 16th September 2024
 
The Esade Welcome Week is designed to help you hit the ground running. You'll get to know the Esade management teams, find out how the Masters program fits into the broader context of the business school, and get a full overview of the program's academics and career services. You'll learn what is expected of you and we'll help you to make your time at Esade a success, sharing some proven tips and guidelines. Group work is a key element of the Masters program and you'll have the opportunity to get to know the other MSc participants straight away as you begin your journey together.

The Esade Welcome Week is mandatory.

The first step to manage a global environment is to understand its complexity. This term is designed to provide you with the tools to further your knowledge of global business issues through the following six core courses:

Business in Society: International Projects in Action (2 ECTS)

• This course combines practical project work with a theoretical understanding of the role of business in society, with a particular focus on ethical and sustainability issues.

Business in Society: Sustainability Strategies (2 ECTS)

• The course aims to equip students with the tools to understand and manage ethical, social, and environmental issues in the context of business

Corporate Finance (4 ECTS)

• Provide students with a broad conceptual and practical foundation for analyzing issues in corporate finance. The course is primarily case-based, allowing students to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world financial situations

Cross-Cultural Management (3 ECTS)

• Explore how different aspects of culture affect various management  practices and discusses cross-cultural differences on different dimensions, such as national level, ethnocentrism, and stereotyping. 

Digital Transformation (3 ECTS)

• Encompasses various programs and courses that focus on the impact of digital technologies on businesses and organizations. These programs are designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to lead in the digital ecosystem, understand new business models, and leverage technology for business value

Economics and the Global Environment (intensive) (2 ECTS)

• Intensive 1-week course aimed at providing students with a toolkit to understand the economics of countries and markets operating in a globalized environment.

Geopolitics (4 ECTS)

• Introduces participants to key concepts, theories, and perspectives of today's global and regional geopolitics

International Study Tours (2023/24)

Experience a different culture during an intensive week abroad at one of the world’s leading universities.

All the destinations are open to all students, have limited spots and may vary from one academic year to the next .

• Los Angeles - USA - UCLA Anderson - Marketing Strategies in a New Digital Era (+)
• Milan - Italy - Bocconi - Italian Fashion & Luxury (+)
• Seoul - South Korea - KUBS - Digital Transformation in Asia (+)
• San Francisco - USA - The Silicon Valley Experience (+)
• CEMS- Singapore - NUS - Doing Business in Asia  (+)
• Sustainability - Spain - Esade - Food, Nature and Supply Chains (+)
• Cape Town - South Africa - University Of Cape Town - Doing Business in Africa (+)
• Bangalore - India - India Institute of Management at Bangalore IIMB - The Science of Data Driven Decision Making (+)
• Toronto - Canada - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - New paradigms of finance, threats of opportunities? (+)
• Dubai - Dubai - American University of Dubai - The role of currencies in Finance (+)
• Washington DC - USA - McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - Public Affairs & International Political Economy (+)
• St Gallen - Switzerland - University of St. Gallen - Investing into capital markets: a global view from a Swiss perspective (+)
• Nagoya - Japan - NUCB Business School - Doing Business in Asia: deep dive into Japanese culture (+)
• Toronto - Canada - Smith School of Business, Queen’s University - Analytics and AI in North America (+)

Places are subject to availability

Skill seminars:

• 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping
• Brand/Communication Immersion Program, Profession in Action
• Business Storytelling
• Effective Communication in the Virtual Environment
• Emotional Intelligence resources for a successful career
• Empowering Excel
• Gateway seminar: E-Commerce & Technology
• Gateway seminar: Fashion
• Gateway seminar: Sports
• Managing Development in Emerging Countries
• Negotiations in tough environments (Inter-organizational negotiation)
• Phyton for Data Sciences
• R for Data Sciences
• Rhetoric for Public Speech, Persuasion and Inspiring Others
• Sales/Consulting Immersion Program, Profession in Action

While all students can opt for all offered Study Tours / Electives if they fulfill prerequisites, they have to enroll through a bidding process where students from certain programs might have preference for courses more relevant to their Master and spaces are limited in each course.

In this term you will be challenged to explore the key skills and competencies that you will need to develop to manage organizations in such a complex and uncertain environment. The term consists of several specialized subjects:

Financial Markets (3 ECTS)

• Provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the functioning and operations of financial markets. The course covers theoretical and practical aspects of financial markets, including money markets, foreign exchange markets, equity markets, and derivative markets 

Global Marketing: Analysis & Strategies (3 ECTS)

• Course designed to familiarize students with the complexity, key issues, and main decisions involved in global marketing. The course covers topics such as the importance of the exploratory analysis in international marketing decision-making, the globalization of markets, global-local marketing strategy, trends in global markets, and branding in global markets

Global Operations (3 ECTS)

• Focuses on operations management as a creator of global competitive advantage. It aims to analyze how global and international operations contribute to competitive advantage, global operations strategy, process design and analysis, global production networks, global sourcing, global distribution, and sustainability in global operations

International Business Strategies (intensive) (2 ECTS)

• Designed to develop students' skills in analyzing, formulating, and implementing strategies in international business settings. Offers an applied problem-based approach to managerial challenges related to international business strategy, blending theory and practice.

International Project in Action (2 ECTS)

• It challenges students to apply their classroom learning to real organizational situations by taking on the role of a consultant as part of a team. Students work on analyzing, articulating, and addressing real-world problems presented by ESADE's international partner companies and NGOs.

Non-Market Strategy (3 ECTS)

• Explore the relationship between businesses and their stakeholders, including the government, social movements, media, activists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Understand the non-market environment of the firm and its relationship to the market environment, learning how to develop a general non-market strategy for a firm, and examining the role of non-market factors across different substantive public policy areas of concern to firms

The third term is designed for each participant to design their own path of skills and competencies they need to develop depending on their interests and career aspirations. To that end you will have to select five electives among a wide range of options. 

2023/24 Electives

Electives offering may change from on academic year to the next. The following list are examples of the current offering (2023/24):

Management electives:

• Blue Economy
• Business Impact of Life Sciences
• Data Driven Leadership: leveraging analytics and AI to deliver business impact
• Entrepreneurship Finance & Venture Capital
• Excellent consulting: The challenge of international collaboration and corporate change (intensive)
• Geopolitics 2 (intensification)
• Global Environmental Challenges and the Business Response
• Global Supply Chain
• Global Talent: Managing People in Multinational Corporations
• Innovation through Design Thinking
• MIM Mergers and Acquisition
• Project Management
• Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investment
• Strategic and Business Consulting

Free electives:

• Big Data & Analytics 
• Challenge Based innovation for Artificial Intelligence (CBI4AI)
• Family Business Management
• In Search of Principles for a Life Philosophy: Lessons from Art, History and Economics
• Leading with impact: developing your leadership skills, becoming a leader
• Prototyping with data and AI
• Promoting diversity and inclusion
• Re-Imagining Capitalism

Free electives from other courses:

• Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics
• Co-creation strategies: Innovating together with customers
• Collective Intelligence: Human + Machine + Business
• Design & Marketing
• Development Tools for Web and Mobile Apps
• Digital Banking and Digital Currencies
• Digital Product Management
• Finance for Marketing and Sales Managers
• Fintech: Technology Innovation in Financial Services
• Hedge Funds
• Implementing Integrated Communications
• Industries 4.0 and IoT
• Introduction to Machine Learning
• Recommender Systems
• Social Media Analytics
• Strategic Key Account Management
• Strategic Management of Disruptive Innovation and Exponential Technologies

While all students can opt for all offered Study Tours / Electives if they fulfill prerequisites, they have to enroll through a bidding process where students from certain programs might have preference for courses more relevant to their Master and spaces are limited in each course.

MASTER'S PROJECT/INTERNSHIP

The last term you will have to select a specific area of interest and invest a significant amount of hours (larger than with any of the other individual courses) to explore an issue of your choosing more in depth. 

You can choose from three different formats:

• Business Plan, aimed at developing your understanding on entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. 
• In-company project, based on a professional internship or collaboration with a real company.
• Masters thesis, aimed at demonstrating your research abilities by exploring an issue in depth

You will receive full support from your tutors, regardless of the format chosen. You will also have to complete a prior preparation course.

MASTERS PROJECT DEFENSE & GRADUATION