MBA Course Descriptions

At BSL, soft business skills (“how”) are taken as seriously as subject knowledge (“what”) enabling business students to gain competence in strategic leadership (“why”) of what they seek to achieve in their current and future business ventures. Our MBA program focuses on personal leadership and asks the question “what for” to integrate subject-knowledge strategically.

The BSL MBA program consists of 4 “how,” 6 “what,” and 2 “why” courses taken during the Foundation Part of the modular program.

The Integration Part of the program includes 3 “what for” elective courses, the Real-Life Management Report, and career counseling. The elective courses may be taken at anytime during the MBA program.

• “How” courses are designed to build personal leadership skills needed for business success.
• “What” courses provide a solid comprehension of business subject knowledge.
• “Why” courses emphasize strategy, helping you develop plans for the future.
• “What for” elective courses provide interactions that will help you visualize what the skills taught in our MBA are for in the real world of business.

The Foundation Part

HOW Courses

Management & Leadership

• Effective Self-Management
• Advanced Communications Skills
• Developing & Managing Others
• Advance Teamwork & Collaboration Skills

WHAT Courses

Finance

• Corporate Finance
• Finance for Entrepreneurs

Marketing

• Marketing Essentials
• Competitive Positioning

WHY Courses

Strategy

• Strategic Thinking for General Managers
• Creating Sustainable Value

The Integration Part

WHAT FOR Elective Courses

Applied Management and Leadership Seminars

• Leading Change & Turn-Around Management
• Managing a Business in a Down-Turn
• Project Management
• Successful Negotiations
• Strategic Approaches for Rapidly Changing Markets
• Winning the Customer
• Starting Up a Business
• Managing a Family Business & Succession Planning
• Supply Chain Management
• Effective Corporate Governance
• Ethics and Sustainability in Business
• Innovation & Creativity in Business
• Governance of Family Businesses
• Coaching, Mentoring and Networking
• Multicultural Challenges in a Global Environment

Personal Leadership

• Combining your personal vision & strength to translate it into a compelling professional career

Entrepreneurship

• The Entrepreneurship Workshop
• The Real-Life BSL Management Report