iMBA

This programme prepares managers and business leaders for rapidly changing scenarios, taking new technologies and practices into account and based around five main pillars:

• The human factor, INSIGHT
• The geopolitical context, INTERNATIONAL
• The nuances and opportunities of digital business, INTELLIGENCE
• The creation of new business models and services, INNOVATION
• The methods to generate societal and organisational value, IMPACT

Exposure to innovation will be a constant in this programme. In addition to courses on innovative business solutions and tools, you will explore the unique entrepreneurial and pioneering environment of a thriving European capital.

A second adventure and impact trip to Europe will give you a current view of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) so that you can explore the human, business and societal factors at play. As part of the iMBA, you will work on a project to apply a business idea to solve one of the United Nations’ SDGs. Business leaders must understand the ways to do well in business, and why this is important while doing good for society and generating a positive impact on their bottom line in combination with producing societal value.

Dr. Dieter VANWALLEGHEM
iMBA Director

Learning Goals

Through this unique learning journey, you will be able to:

• Acquire knowledge, concepts and tools at different functional levels of the corporation to approach business questions
• Analyse and synthesise across business functions to set out an overall strategic direction for the corporation
• Understand your own sense of purpose, meaning and worldview as a corporate leader
• Use emotional intelligence to apprehend and collaborate effectively in the face of others’ sense of purpose meaning and worldview
• Acquire business intelligence tools and the necessary skills and know-how to apply them to everyday business problems
• Understand AI innovation and how to translate it into business opportunities
• Analyse and synthesise social and environmental impact, both primary and secondary, on corporate activities
• Negotiate between conflicting stakeholders and their demands, suggest, defend and implement a proposition to maximise shared value
• Get a strong sense of different cultural identities, sensitivities and value systems and show respect and tolerance towards them
• Collaborate effectively and efficiently in a multicultural environment
• Understand innovation and its impact on optimal business functioning and translate fundamental innovation into new business approaches

The Five “i”s

This programme is articulated along five distinctive dimensions that cover essential traits and areas of knowledge that a business leader must possess to thrive in challenging and fast-moving environments. As you can see, business is not what it used to be.

6 reasons to join this programme:

• • A programme that is recognised by the French government (RNCP Level 7) and registered under the number 35206.
  • An international programme with a strong foundation in business intelligence solutions, AI-driven innovation and leadership skills to prepare graduates to design and lead the organisations of the future.
  • Coaching for personal and professional development, topical workshops and career support will allow you to maximise the value of your professional profile to future employers.
  • First-hand experience during two study trips organised to Europe.
  • The first 2 terms will be taught in Rennes, in a dynamic and international environment, only 1h25 from Paris by train. The last term will take place on our Paris campus in the heart of the French capital to broaden students’ access to the job market and connections with large national multinational companies.
  • Possibility to join the Rennes SB Alumni association, a rich network for internship and job opportunities.

• A strong academic background
• Bachelor or equivalent (Diploma)
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience
• At least one strong managerial reference
• A letter of motivation
• Strong quantitative background preferred

English proficiency (one of the following before registration) :

• • TOEFL > 80
  • TOIEC > 750
  • IELTS > 6.0
  • Cambridge Proficiency Exam > B2
  • Native Language
  • Previous studies taught in English (minimum 2 years)
  • IELTS 5.5 + IEC (Online Intensive English course)

This programme will train you as a leader through personal insight and business intelligence in an international context, allowing you to deliver impactful and innovative business solutions for the business world of tomorrow.

You will excel as a leader through a strong awareness of self and others in business contexts, discovering new approaches and methods to problems through Artificial Intelligence, and creating shared value between the corporation, the community and a changing geopolitical and global ecosystem.

With participants coming from all over the world, this student-centred journey will enable you to learn from the knowledge of your peers and professors, mixing e-learning components with individual and group work to help you think outside of your habitual frame, creating innovative business solutions.

Tuition fees: € 20,000

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