AgriFood MBA program is created for entrepreneurs, executives and experts from Agri&Food businesses who:
Have over three years of a managerial experience
Level upper-Intermediate (B2) and higher English proficiency
Have ambition to create and develop AgriFood companies of new generation producing breakthrough goods with high added value
See their businesses on the global map and are ready to develop as part of the Global Sustainable Agriculture system
Taking the MBA program, you develop the following capabilities:
Wholistic approach to a strategic management
Development and implementation of innovative business-models
Efficient scaling up of your business and making it global
Strategic Leadership
Creating strategies that work in a quickly changing world
Creating a constantly improving environment in your company
The structure of the program
LEVEL ONE
"Transformational Leadership and Added Value Creation in AgriFood"
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
LEVEL TWO
"Sustainable Management of AgriFood Businesses"
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
LEVEL THREE
"Strategic and Systems Thinking"
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)
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
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
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
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
LEVEL INFORMATION
Work on the 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
Faculty
Eduard Maltsevmore details
Professor
Oleksandr Savrukmore details
Professor
Yevhen Pentsakmore details
Professor
How to become a participant?
1.
Write an essay
Write an essay in English on topic «My Future Company»
2.
Application
Fill in and submit the application form
3.
Interview
Pass the interview with the program leader
dates of programs start
10/2020
duration
20 months
16 modules. Includes 1 short term executive development program and 1 business simulation
cost
590 000 uah
VAT included. Logistics costs for international tours are not included. Payment can be made in parts
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