Description

This International Masters programme in Small and Medium Enterprise is designed for students who wish to enhance the development of entrepreneurial skills and managerial capacity in order to ensure the viability and continuity of SMEs over time. The focus of the programme is to provide an understanding of the strength of both Asian and European social and economic contexts in which SMEs operate, as well as the methodologies, technicalities and tools that allow a better structured decisional process and a more conscious management of the business. The intercultural setting of the programme will also enhance the ability of prospective managers and government executives to strengthen economic cooperation between Europe and Asia .

Aims and Objective

The course aims to critically assess the significance of information management in organizations, and in the context of a changing global economy. On completion of this programme, students should have:

• Acquired the methodologies and managerial tools created or adapted for SMEs reality and, through field project, verified the operational validity of those methodologies and tools.
• Developed capabilities and aptitudes coherent with the organizational context of SMEs, less formal but more creative, flexible and light.
• Analysed the strengths and weaknesses of family business, the cultural and social context in which they operate and the economic relationships with other firms, and produced outputs of immediate use for the participants as well as for the targeted companies.
• Developed key analytical, interpretative, practitioner, oral and written presentation skills.

Structure

The programme requires students to undertake a total of 13 academic courses, an internship and write a project paper, amounting to a total of 48 credits. The requirements are categorized in the following modules:

Target Students

This programme is designed for students for whom an MA will be prelude to careers in small-and medium-scale enterprises where they would have the opportunity to apply their specific needs of the business, and where the focus is increasingly on individuality and creativity.