Business Development – (M.Sc.)

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Program and modules

Live Business Case

During this program participants will have the opportunity to become a real life business developer by exploring a Live Business Case provided by companies working in partnerships with the MSc Business Development program. The work students do on the Live Business Cases are closely linked to the International Study Residency. Students will work in groups and will delve deeply into their cases during the seven months from October to June under the supervision of a GGSB coach.

Expectations and Objectives for MSc Business Development students

The Live Business Cases are launched by a briefing given by the company.

Live Business Cases will cover:

• Looking at business development and management issues from an integrated, holistic perspective,
• Provide students with a final opportunity to apply learning from the material, courses and lectures that they have studied.

At the conclusion of the Live Business Case, students will be able to:

• Build a company analysis ,
• Select and apply a methodology, and make useful and efficient recommendations.
• Understand the Business Development process
• Provide critical analysis
• Make strategic decisions
• Work in a small multicultural group under time constraints
• Produce compelling written and oral presentations
• Demonstrate communication, negotiation and leadership skills

At the end of 7 months of the Live Business Case, each group will produce a written report and make an oral presentation to the Jury (company tutor, school tutor and program director) and the other groups from the program.

International Residency Trip : an amazing opportunity !

As part of the MSc Business Development program, students have the opportunity to visit one emerging economy each year (Brazil, Russia, China, India). The goal is to create an integrated learning experience for all participants.

The International Residency Trip combines academic lectures, corporate visits, and cultural activities. The students gain extensive knowledge of global business practices to prepare them as business developers that consistently perform across cultures and compete in a global market. The International Residency Trip is linked with the Live Busines Case and students will have the amazing opportunity to visit important companies.

Foreign Languages

Foreign language skills are essential in business today and the program is taught in English but provides the possibility to learn a foreign language at the same time.
No prior knowledge of French is required to attend the program. Non-French speakers may study French, native and fluent French speakers will have the possibility to choose from Spanish or Chinese. The language component is not compulsory.

Managerial Creativity : a method of self management by the students

This course/ work shop is an introduction to all group assignments to be carried out all through the year. In order to help you to be efficient when working in small groups, you need to know not only your personal strengths and improvement points but also those of your class. By discovering them during this course, you'll be able to imagine together how to leverage the strengths of your class and how to manage the improvement points. You have to manage the classroom as a company so we'll appoint the different representatives in charge of taking care of the main aspects of the construction of the class as a performing team: event manager, class representative, time keeper, project leader, MSC community leader, Alumni communication and coordination manager. Then, these representatives and their team will draft their action plan for the coming year.

Accreditation

Grenoble Ecole de Management holds the triple crown of business accreditations that distinguish the world's leading business schools:

• AACSBInternational (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business),
• EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System),
• AMBA (Association of MBAs) for its MBA and MIB programs.

Funding details

• Fees before Scholarship24 900 Euros
• Scholarship Offered by Grenoble Graduate School of Business 7 000 Euros
• Fees to be paid by student 17 900 Euros