Mini MBA / MIM Operations Management

Learners study operations management, day-to-day management, productivity improvement, planning, supervision, business process improvement, and organizational performance.

This area supports leadership development, staff motivation, personal branding, career development, time management, public speaking, coaching, and professional growth.

Learners are introduced to project management, HR management, budgeting, management accounting, working capital, and practical business finance tools.

This area develops understanding of sales management, negotiation, sales department operations, business planning, ethical business behaviour, and corporate responsibility.

This module develops leadership, staff motivation, strategic thinking, and personal branding skills used in international and domestic business practice.

This module introduces strategic marketing tools used in international business, including market research, brand management, market segmentation, market positioning, and tools for assessing advertising effectiveness.

This module focuses on the concept of a learning organization and ways of creating one within a company. Learners explore internal development, knowledge management, and the use of knowledge to support faster organizational change and improvement.

This module introduces the basic aspects of project management, including project planning, organizational change, project management methods, communication in project teams, risk management, and project completion assessment.

This module examines modern approaches to building effective HR management systems. Learners study labour market characteristics, HR goal-setting, the role of top management in HR, HR strategy, HR policy, recruitment, hiring, probation, dismissal processes, and staff qualification assessment.

This module develops time management skills, tools, and methods that support timely completion of projects and tasks. Topics include planning, task distribution, goal-setting, delegation, estimating, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, priorities, the Eisenhower principle, Pareto law, ABC analysis, Gantt diagrams, value trees, and delegation techniques.

This module introduces corporate finance management tools that support business value. Learners study expenditure management, budget control, budget preparation, working capital management, money resources, debtors, creditors, stock management, and practical examples of financial management.

This module introduces effective approaches for setting up sales systems, sales administration techniques, sales strategy design, day-to-day sales department operations, sales staff motivation, planning, monitoring results, assessing sales force competence, and negotiation techniques.

This module introduces the concept of business planning. Learners examine business plan structure, stages of development, international and domestic standards, business plan preparation, business purpose, market expectations, potential partners, risks, and business-plan analysis.

This module introduces business ethics, corporate behaviour, social responsibility, and ethical conduct in business. Learners examine the relationship between business and society, the effects of business operations on society and the environment, and ethical and moral aspects of staff behaviour.

This optional leadership-development module may involve EMAS-organized learning expeditions designed to support personal development, leadership growth, and broader international exposure, subject to availability and EMAS program conditions.

Learners complete an applied project focused on operations management, strategic management, business planning, organizational improvement, leadership, or a real business challenge.