Class studies

Three 4-day modules (Thursday to Sunday) 

The purpose of the level

Personal and professional transformation
Mastering your thinking and getting a brilliant competitive advantage
Better understanding how culture and arts can make an executive a new systems creator
Understanding the logic of added value creation in AgriFood system

Level courses

• Story telling
• Basics of Leadership
• Sustainable Marketing
• Personal Development
• Human in land management
• Modern approaches to business modelling
• Corporate Culture 
• Managing Relations in the era of total distrust 
• Philosophy and Arts 

Individual work between modules

By the means of kmbs online training system you can get and download our assignments, download business and scientific papers and books, do tests, have personal consultations with the teachers

Class studies

Three 4-day modules (Thursday to Sunday) 

The purpose of the level

To learn how to ensure operational efficiency
To develop capabilities to provide operational excellence

Level courses

• Operational Efficiency in AgriFood
• Integrated Risk Management in AgriFood 
• Entrepreneurship and fund rising in AgTech start-ups
• Project Management (Agile)
• Latest Trends in Agriculture
• Financial Accounting

Individual work between modules

By the means of kmbs online training system you can get and download our assignments, download business and scientific papers and books, do tests, have personal consultations with the teachers

Class and field studies

Four 4-day modules (Thursday to Sunday) 

The purpose of the level

Acquire methodologies of creating new generation strategies
Ability to develop strategies for complex systems

Level courses

• Strategic thinking. Strategic idea
• Systems thinking: modelling
• Business Strategy 
• Strategic Digital Marketing
• Business Mediation and Negotiation

Individual work between modules

By the means of kmbs online training system you can get and download our assignments, download business and scientific papers and books, do tests, have personal consultations with the teachers

Level features

Participants comprehend the strategic disciplines of the block, work with concepts such as strategic idea, system thinking, strategy

Operating these concepts professionally, participants may bring their systems to a fundamentally different level and scale up their businesses altogether
The first international study tour begins

What is an international study tour?

This is one of the study formats at kmbs MBA programs

It provides participants with the best opportunities to study innovative businesses, learn modern approaches to solving complex strategic and operational tasks

One of the differentiating aspects of the Program is studying in the leading global universities and meeting with experts from AgriFood systems
December 2019 Brazil, 6 days study tour based in San Paulo, Brazil (4-5 sessions each of 6 full days)

Topics: Bioethanol cluster, Brazilian AgriFood Ecosystem, Bunge commodities trading

Science-Government-Business Triple Helix

Learn more about the AgriFood MBA-1 international tour at WUR

Class and field studies

Three 4-day modules (Thursday to Sunday) 

The purpose of the level

Awareness of leadership as organizations' development driver
Development of Strategic Leadership skills

Level courses

• Personal & Corporate Leadership
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Values & Social Responsibility 

Individual work between module

By the means of kmbs online training system you can get and download our assignments, download business and scientific papers and books, do tests, have personal consultations with the teachers

Level features

The Ukrainian study tour and a leadership tour to the Carpathians mountains (optional)

What is the Ukrainian study tour?

This is one of the formats of MBA programs' studies at kmbs that allows participants to mix with the business, social and cultural atmosphere of the region, explore the features of doing business there, as well as explore the latest managerial approaches, strategic concepts and innovative business models
For example, the AgriFood MBA-1 Ukrainian study tour took place in three towns
Participants analyzed the prerequisites for AgriFood clusters formation in the Western Ukraine, studied one of AgriFood ecosystem's components — HoReCa

They also held a strategic session during a franchising business case study where they were able to practice first strategic level of the MBA program

Learn more about the AgriFood MBA tour in Western Ukraine

What is the leadership tour?

For some participants this tour is a regular mountain peaks climbing, for others it is a challenge to oneself: both in the role of the leader and in the role of the team player
After the intellectual and physical hardships, all those who do the route experience changes inside as well as expand their scopes
During the final reflection they become aware of how differently people adapt to unusual environments

Learn more about the leadership tour in the Carpathians

Class and field studies

Three 4-days modules (Thursday to Sunday) 

The purpose of the level

Integration of the Strategic Management Approaches
Development of capacity to implement strategies, transform organizations and manage changes
Development of the capacity to apply the approaches of individual disciplines through training in elective courses
Participants' choice of electives— adding games, simulations and cases
Work with the "in depth" decisions

Level courses

• Business Models 
• Business AgriFood clusters 
• AgriFood Insurance strategies 
• Live Business Cases with the industry leaders 
• Leading Changes
• Master's Thesis
• Elective course

Individual work between module

By the means of kmbs online training system you can get and download our assignments, download business and scientific papers and books, do tests, have personal consultations with the teachers

Level features

Working on Master's thesis

Concept of thesises

The Master's thesis is a special training exercise that allows participants to work out the strategic concepts and logic of managing change directly in their companies
Participants begin writing their master's thesis nine months after starting their studies

Thesis defence

Demonstrates the ability not only to master the concepts taught at kmbs MBA programs, but also to present participants' own ideas of transforming their active businesses using acquired managerial approaches
All the ideas described in the master's thesis could be subsequently put into practice and become an impetus for the dynamic development of the participants' companies

Convocation

Participants who successfully defend master's degree receive MBA-diplomas