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Executive MBA

Bring out your potential as a manger and entrepreneur!

IESEG’s  CPA Executive MBA (CEPI Management) a well known programme in and around the Lille area for many years welcomes leaders and managers on their exceptional  premises.
The premises were specially created to answer to the demands of small and large working groups. There are many facilities offered on site: amphitheatre, rooms with internet connections, small classrooms for group work, rest rooms and catering facilities.
The CPA Executive MBA is held on the CEPI Management campus, joint partners alongside IESEG and the Lille Chamber of Commerce.

Enlarge your vision of the world

Globalisation should not only be seen as a threat but also as an opportunity to be seized. Have a better understanding of the world around you for both yourself and your team. Be aware of the weak points and how to overcome them, assess the stakes, analyse underlying trends and the actions of other business leaders (relocation, outsourcing, globalisation…….).

Give your company a clear strategy

The CPA will train you in how to analyse your organisation and the sector objectively. It will give you tools in order to have a clear vision of the company and help you create a strategy and a business model whilst at the same time define your career and the objectives.

Become a leader of change

Your role will be to give meaning and coherence to your company’s strategy. The CPA Executive MBA will help you to understand your role as coach, leader and communicator, concentrating on the human values that you believe in.

The International mind-set of the CPA executive MBA

2 complimentary approaches in 4 corners of the world:

  • An academic approach with input from leading universities: Boston, New York, Shanghai, India, Central Europe….
  • A practical approach with economic issues to be undertaken by the participants on behalf of the businesses from the “Euro-Region”.

The CPA courses are created and taught by managers as well as experts and highly qualified professors who are constantly in close contact with the business world. There are 3 main stages in the programme:

  • Understand and develop in order to take action.
    • Know the company’s resources
    • Master the key elements
    • Identify and understand the partners
    • Analyse and be aware of the strategy
    • Decision making
    • Understanding and managing change
  • Developing your leadership skills
    • Managing a crisis
    • International business
    • Develop your managerial and leadership skills
    • Take a stance as a manager regarding social issues whilst remaining ethical
  • Creating and leading your company project
    • The added value of obtaining the CPA’s EMBA diploma! Writing a thesis on your strategy, interaction and theoretical input over the 12 month period. All the participants are entitled to individual support and tuition throughout the course.

The CPA teaching methods rely on case studies and the expertise of business leaders and managers

Since 1930 and a partnership agreement with Harvard Business School, CPA accelerates the experience of the participants in 3 stages: individual, small and large group work, this contributes to open-minded mutual understanding between participants who have been selected through a rigorous recruitment process.

Course support

This process was set-up taking into consideration:

  • your professional and personal needs
  • the size of the promotion, this allows support on both a group and an individual basis
  • the use of personal development methods and tools for managers (MBTI, 180° feedback, coaching) add to these learning processes.

A qualification and a network, the CPA is also…

  • the obtention of a recognised diploma by IESEG School of Management
  • membership of an alumni group that develops solidarity and organises events and meetings for entrepreneurs
  • there are more than 800 alumni in the “Euro Region”!...