Course content

The core courses

The Executive MBA core courses offer a thorough understanding of the key functional areas within a company and an appreciation of their critical interactions and their impact on the organisation as a whole. Core courses enable students to understand key concepts and apply practical skills directly relevant to their careers.

• Management of Organisations
• Quantitative Methods and Decision Analysis
• Human Resource Management and Leadership
• Operations Management
• Cost Management
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Entrepreneurship and Business Plan
• Digital and Strategic Marketing
• Corporate Finance
• Business Strategy

The elective courses

The programme offers a rich choice of electives in diverse areas. Participants can choose, relevant to their current and future career orientation.

• Advanced Company Valuation
• Business Analytics
• Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
• Business Legal Environment
• Corporate Governance
• Energy Markets
• Project Management
• Product and Service Innovation
• Social Media and Consumer Behavior
• Supply Chain Management

The electives list is continuously updated to reflect contemporary business issues and student interests. Some of the elective courses may not be offered in a particular year, depending entirely on student demand.

The Business Consultancy Project

As a part of the IHU EMBA programme, students submit an individual 10,000-word business project on a subject relating to their study and career.

The objective of the EMBA project is to provide insights, analysis and conclusions grounded in academic discipline but also relevant to management. Projects are undertaken within an organisation under the supervision of a member of the academic faculty.

The Field Trip

The EMBA field trip provides participants with the opportunity to explore first-hand the business practices in different South Eastern European countries. Groups of four students visit an organisation in Greece and/or the region. The exercise not only helps to integrate the theory with practical application, but also places important emphasis on the international aspects of politics, economics and business in the region. Read more about the past Field Trip projects

Professional Skills Development

The IHU provides Executive MBA students with the opportunity to develop a range of professional soft skills to enhance performance and manage complexity.

Managers are often concerned with individual or group responsibility of career development. The IHU EMBA offers a range of training sessions covering the exploration of work-related issues, development of new perspectives, negotiating skills, effective management of change, planning implementation and personal development. These are all skills that are considered important in high-pressure and rapidly changing work environments.

The Professional Skills Development programme has obligatory attendance and consists of two all-day seminars, during the scheduled weekends of the EMBA programme.