Many companies are currently facing a situation in which they need to review, develop, or in certain cases, radically change their business models. It’s not hard to get satisfied customers these days; the real challenge is making money off of them. We have taken the Executive MBA experience to a whole new level to be able to address and create tools for businesses in even greater detail, and to be able to successfully navigate the new conditions of the globalized market.
Economic development is currently in an interesting phase. The whole world is coming together to face the challenges and opportunities presented by new technology and new business models, and old rules are being questioned. This leads to extremely exciting opportunities to take charge and create key advantages for your own company’s operations via knowledge, innovation, and a creative business approach.
Many companies are currently facing a situation in which they need to review, develop, or in certain cases, radically change their business models. It’s not hard to get satisfied customers these days; the real challenge is making money off of them.
For 16 years now, EFL and the Lund University School of Economics and Management has been successfully delivering the Executive MBA Program to private and public sector organizations, as well as non-profit organizations. With this experience under our belt, we have taken the EMBA experience to a whole new level to be able to address and create tools for businesses in even greater detail, and to be able to successfully navigate the new conditions of the globalized market.
We believe that merely adding new knowledge does not create change – the application of that knowledge is the key to making things happen. Many programs are based on participants learning how to manage future needs. Our program is based on participants learning how to deal with the actual challenges their companies face today.
That’s why we give companies the opportunity to bring tough tasks into the program, challenges with which they need help. Companies that choose to be actively involved together with their participant(s) have a unique potential to achieve results – results that lead to knowledge remaining in your own organization via an effective, valuable investment that few consultants can match.
In our Executive MBA Program, we place extra emphasis on developing the skills to think strategically and to be able to creatively see opportunities and produce groundbreaking business models. A large part of the program will be dedicated to financial analysis as well, and we will do a lot of work on promoting participants’ understanding of financial relations. Having an in-depth understanding of your own income statement and balance sheet is a skill that opens the door to many strategically important issues, and good management control knowledge is an increasingly important competitive advantage.
We have chosen an Africa profile for the international parts of our program as an additional step in our focus on innovation and improving the ability of our participants to identify and make the most of new business opportunities. Africa is an exciting continent. All eyes will be on it in the future, so you’ve got to get on board before the train leaves the station. This continent can help us put the spotlight on key aspects of our program such as creative thinking to develop new solutions and business models, even for companies that don’t have their sights set on business in Africa.
In light of this background, we will not define the requirements of the rest of the world and the challenges of the companies in advance – that will be the job of our participants. But we are prepared with a closely knit team of some of Sweden’s most prominent educators and subject matter experts, and together, we are ready to take on the challenge. We are well aware that this type of education places high demands on the participants and the team of teachers – but it also enables us to achieve outstanding results together. We would like to welcome you to the new generation Executive MBA, and we are proud to be on the cutting edge of this trend.