Specialization in Management - Postgraduate Sensu Lato
Presentation
The Specialization in Management Program aims to develop the skills and attitudes, besides technical knowledge, in management fields.The Program effectively contributes to the participants’ personal and professional growth by helping them in their careers and in their businesses.
The course is renowned for its excellence, and it melds theory and practice under the guidance of professors who offer academic and business experience. Furthermore, it respects each participant’s individual needs by offering a choice of Program content and duration, all based on a minimum workload of 432 hours1.
Within the Specialization in Management Program participants can choose one among six emphases: Finance, Logistics and Supply-Chain, Marketing, Business, People and Projects.
Who should attend
Professionals with college degrees who are concerned about self-development and who wish to:
• Leverage their careers and enhance their networks.
• Enhance their knowledge base to meet new management challenges or to launch their own business.
• Gain deeper knowledge in specific fields.
• Become competitive vis-à-vis new job market demands.
Program Differentials
• A tailor-made Program that allows participants to choose:
- Part of the content – the Program offers a scope of compulsory and elective disciplines based on which participants can define part of their curricula. They can even attend disciplines in other emphases, according to their needs in management education.
- The time when the disciplines are taught – during part of the Program, participants can attend disciplines during the week and/or on weekends, according to the time they have available. Thus, they can finish the course before the full term (24 months).
- Heavier workload – participants can increase the Program’s total workload by attending more than 432 hours of classes, according to their needs, time constraints and financial resources.
• Career support: extra-curriculum activities where participants have the chance to revisit their career choices by assessing “where I am” and “where I am going to” from the perspective of a global and constantly changing market. As the protagonists of their own stories, they will learn how to deal with the evolution of their careers in a planned way.
• The development of an Application Project aimed at themes that interest both participants and companies, which will allow them to apply the knowledge they have acquired throughout the course.
• Faculty whose experience and presence in the market is well recognized.
• Intense networking among the participants from the various emphases.
Key benefits
• Market recognition and increased employability.
• Enhance their systemic view and consequently improve their skills at discussing themes related to management.
• Enhance their competence to solve management problems.
• Develop the competence needed to build feasibility plans and studies for participants who wish to launch their own business.
• Prepare an Individual Development Plan – PDI focused on their personal and professional goals.