Executive Development Programme

A transformative experience to initiate or enhance your career as a manager.
Type of programme
Specialization courses
Duration
6 months
Credits
this program doesn't count for academic credit
Price
€10,800. Discount for the UIC BCN community and partner companies
Schedule
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5.30 to 9.30 p.m.
Language
Spanish
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Reasons to study this programme:

  1. Professional growth
    Discover your areas of improvement in management and prepare to make a leap in your professional career and assume positions of greater responsibility.
  2. Developing skills
    Acquire new strategic knowledge, decision-making, negotiation and team management and apply them in your day-to-day.
  3. Global vision
    Get a comprehensive view of the operation and management of the company and all its interrelated areas.
  4. Strategy and decision making
    Develop your strategic thinking to make decisions with greater confidence to obtain better results.
  5. Leadership and team management
    Manage teams by adopting strategic leadership. Get to know yourself and build well-aligned teams with a clear vision.

Aimed at:

The Executive Development Programme (PDE) is aimed at profiles with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience who want to develop their career in managerial positions.

Prospective students

  • Functional area managers seeking knowledge about the whole management area of the company.
  • Professionals who want to advance within their professional career or explore new areas of business.
  • Professionals with the possibility of being promoted to a general management position.
  • Professionals who need to recycle their skills and/or entrepreneurs.
  • Managers who aspire to better manage their teams 

Presentation

The Executive Development Programme (PDE) is designed to train managers quickly and efficiently, providing everything necessary for comprehensive leadership.

This PDE degree aims to:

  • Provide students with the tools, skills and outlook necessary to make decisions with a comprehensive vision of general management from the perspectives of the different management areas of any organisation.

The student will be able to:

  • Master the key areas of the managerial role to boost their career and move up with the confidence of being fully prepared. And always with an ethical vision, the mark of UIC Barcelona on its students.

Methodology: case studies

The PDE is based on the practical application of fundamental theory and management concepts and is taught mainly through business cases. The case is first worked on an individual level, then in a group and finally in a general session with all the participants.

The general session is led by an expert with extensive executive experience in each subject who will apply their knowledge based on real facts. Future managers accelerate their careers by learning to make decisions and solve the type of demanding situations that they come across in management.

In the initial phase, the necessary theory will provide a common base for all students and prepare them for resolving cases and consolidating their learning by getting the most out of the programme.

PDE Direction:

Program and Competencies

Module 1:

General Management, Strategy, and Decision Making

Train yourself with a strategic and global vision. Learn how to make decisions based on the analysis of business management situations from a leadership perspective.

Module 2:

People Management, Talent Management, and Change Management

Lead through people by enhancing their capabilities. Attract and retain talent. Face any change process with confidence while keeping the team cohesive and aligned.

Module 3:

Financial Management

Key aspects of the company’s financial sustainability. Its analysis, interpretation, and the levers to improve and grow with guarantees.

Module 4:

Commercial Management and Marketing

Develop the business. Learn how to sell, reach customers through multiple channels, grow the business by managing the team and personal growth.

Module 5:

Operations Management

Learn the key aspects of operations, whether in products or services. How to manage efficiently and achieve objectives optimally.

Module 6:

Quantitative Analysis and Control (Cost and Managerial Accounting)

Are data essential for management... do we have them? Learn how to obtain and interpret them to make decisions.

Module 7:

Digital Transformation, Big Data, and Current Revolution

The impact of digital transformation and its reality as a strong competitive advantage, key to the survival of organizations.

Module 8:

Ethical Leadership Management

Present in everything. Our ethical values reflect who we are. It’s not the same to lead as to lead ethically. This is our mission: to act and teach our values.

Module 9:

Entrepreneurship and Personal Development Plan

Learn how to manage your career as the first step to becoming a great executive. Know yourself and connect with your environment to develop all the necessary skills.

Module 10:

Professional Development

The program includes individualized coaching sessions for career management.

Study programme and subjects 2024-2025

Subjects in course 1 Type Term ECTS
Executive Development Program Type: OB Term: Second semester ECTS: 12
  • ECTS: European Credit Transfer System
  • Term: calendar period
  • (a): subjects which are taught in English

Contact

Asis Casals

acasals@uic.es

More information:

651 82 61 07