EMBA: Executive MBA in Industrial & Technological Environments

Program Overview

IQS's Executive MBA in Industrial & Technological Environments is a 14-month program designed for professionals seeking to enhance their management skills in industrial, technological, and scientific sectors. Through a blend of in-person and online learning, participants develop expertise in strategy, sustainability, operational excellence, leadership, and impact generation. The program emphasizes practical learning, real-world projects, and networking opportunities.

Program Outline

EMBA: Executive MBA in Industrial & Technological Environments | IQS

Degree Overview:

The EMBA (Executive MBA in Industrial & Technological Environments) at IQS is designed for experienced professionals in any functional area of business who are focused on industrial, technological, and scientific environments. It caters to professionals who recognize the need to develop new skills to achieve their career goals.

Objectives:

• Develop management skills relevant to industrial, technological, and scientific environments.
• Contribute to the competitiveness of the participant's company.
• Boost the participant's professional career.

Program Description:

• IQS has decades of experience in training leaders in industrial, technological, and scientific fields.
• The program develops management skills while considering the specific environment where they will be applied.
• Participants learn from professionals from similar sectors who share similar challenges.

Outline:

Program Structure:

• Duration: 14 months
• Format: 80% in-person, 20% online
• Credits: 70 ECTS
• Hours: 365 hours + tutoring + coaching
• Location: Barcelona

Program Content:

The program is divided into six modules:

Strategy + Innovation (24 ECTS):

• Competitive Environment and Strategy (6 ECTS): Focuses on business models for competing in the new industry, understanding the competitive environment, and anticipating its evolution.
• Value Proposition and Strategic Marketing (4 ECTS): Explores customer experience, transforming it, and defining a unique value proposition for competitive advantage.
• Finance as a Strategic Lever (4 ECTS): Covers long-term financial decisions to sustain business growth, including investment and financing strategies.
• Innovation and New Competitive Arenas (5 ECTS): Explains corporate innovation management, including aligning innovation with strategy, creating opportunity portfolios, and measuring results.
• Digital Transformation (3 ECTS): Covers the digitalization of company processes, including Industry 4.0, IIoT, AI, 3D, and other relevant technologies.
• Entrepreneurship (2 ECTS): Focuses on validating and scaling business ideas from a start-up perspective, including market validation, growth strategies, funding, team development, and hypothesis testing.

Sustainable Value (9 ECTS):

• Sustainability and Circular Economy (2 ECTS): Covers environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles and their impact on sustainability.
• Customer Portfolio Centrality and Management (4 ECTS): Explores customer relationship management in B2B markets, focusing on customer retention and maximizing customer value.
• R&D.
• Product Development (3 ECTS): Covers transforming product ideas into business opportunities, including product lifecycle management, plant and machinery layout design, and integrating product, process, and production engineering.

Operational Excellence (18 ECTS):

• Demand Planning (2 ECTS): Focuses on efficient and collaborative supply chain planning, including demand forecasting, resource and inventory control, and optimizing supply chain performance.
• Strategic Sourcing (2 ECTS): Explores cost savings and value creation through strategic sourcing, including process and business model re-engineering.
• Manufacturing (3 ECTS): Covers Lean transformation in manufacturing, including improving productivity and efficiency, adapting to Industry 4.0, and implementing 3D manufacturing, robotics, IoT, and AI.
• Supply Chain (3 ECTS): Focuses on agile, coordinated, and adaptable supply chains, including responding to demand fluctuations, coordinating different stages, and adapting to changing consumer habits, technology, and global suppliers.
• Quality and Continuous Improvement (4 ECTS): Covers Total Quality Management, efficiency, and reliability, including customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and meeting evolving customer requirements.
• Operational Finance and Management Control (4 ECTS): Explores the financial impact of operations, including inventory management, service levels, suppliers, and capacity relocation.

Leadership and Complexity Management (11 ECTS):

• Leading Oneself & Others (4 ECTS): Focuses on human-centered leadership, transforming business models, and managing teams effectively.
• Organizational Models and People (4 ECTS): Explores new spaces and forms of collaboration, including project-based teams and talent development.
• Decision-Making and Complexity Management (3 ECTS): Covers complex decision-making in VUCA environments, including stress management, rational decision-making, and systematic approaches.

Impact Generation (8 ECTS):

• Social Impact Project (3 ECTS): Participants work in multidisciplinary teams to address a challenge posed by a social entity.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: The program uses a combination of in-person sessions, online synchronous video conferences, and asynchronous online forums.
• Faculty: The program features a diverse faculty of experienced professionals and academics.

Other:

• The program is designed to help participants develop the skills and knowledge needed to lead in industrial, technological, and scientific environments.
• The program emphasizes the importance of sustainability and circular economy principles.
• The program provides opportunities for networking and building relationships with other professionals in the field.