Executive MBA

This is a complex world. “Complexity- as my colleague and BSP Professor Humberto Mariotti wrote, - is the endless interaction of the endless systems that make up the natural world and human societies”. This means that there are many uncertainties around.

As an executive, business owner or entrepreneur you have to deal with unclear situations, moreover, they are antagonistic and contradictory. You are responsible for both long term and short term results, which, often times, go in opposite directions.

You are responsible for the satisfaction of various and diverse interests, such as the interests of suppliers and customers, banks and shareholders, employees and investors, and local and global institutions. How can one balance the demands of all these stakeholders?

And how about changes? We have to deal with the accelerated pace of new products and services. In the past, the threat came from well known competitors. This is no longer the case… The limits between industries and segments are increasingly flimsy. A mobile phone competes with a photographic camera or with a fashion accessory. A local bookshop may be replaced by a distantly located e-commerce company. Companies appear overnight and other companies, with which we are used to seeing every day, suddenly disappear. The use of e-mails is associated to an “older” generation, the new generations “twitter-” (a new verb) and use social networks.

In addition, businesses must be sustainable. This does not mean to be green only. Communities are demanding companies that are socially responsible with regards to their employees, customers, and other communities around them, and that they behave based on sound values, and balance the interests of all stakeholders. The Board of Directors and other responsible executives must protect the business for the future, not only for tomorrow.

BSP´s EMBA will help you in all these challenges. The Program, resulting from a thorough analysis of the new environment and its trends, combines modern management tools that cover and integrate various business areas with the development of skills required to become a leader, crucial to reach the desired results. We reinforced analytical areas, especially Marketing, Finance and Strategy, as well as critical thinking, including, among other disciplines, Ethics in Business, Business Design and Complex Thinking, the latter, an exclusive subject of BSP among Brazilian Business Schools.

In spite of the importance of analytical tools, the leadership skills have become essential in this complex environment. Thus, the EMBA offers a special module, the Leadership Development Program, which includes individual coaching, as well as workshops that will work on the competences and skills required of a contemporary leader, such as effective communications and team work.

The Program is bold and dynamic, with sessions that include theory and practice, professors that combine academic background with a sound experience in the business world. We foster learning using several types of methodologies, such as case discussions, games and simulations, workshops and debates, always demanding the most from your skills.

As part of the course, you will attend classes at Rotman School of Management, ranked among the 40 best global MBAs by the Financial Times. During 2 weeks in Canada, this module, designed especially for our students, will give you an international perspective on special subjects that are currently a challenge for professionals.

We invite you to come to the modern world of business and its challenges, here at BSP.

Thomas Brull
Executive MBA Program Director