
Understanding family business –
Shaping the future successfully
in cooperation with BVMW e.v.

Everything about the Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA)at a glance
General information about the MBA
What do we expect from the Steinbeis MBA for family businesses? Knowledge for practice. As a graduate of the Master of Business Administration, you will be optimally prepared for management positions, especially in family businesses, as well as for working in management. The Project Competence Program® at SMT combines maximum practical orientation with the latest scientific findings.
Basics
Integrated management & Strategy
Managerial Economics // System-oriented, holistic corporate management // Frame of reference and guidance in dealing with methods and techniques
innovation & Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship // Company foundation // Business plan // Innovation management // Innovation strategies // Innovation management // Management of strategies
Leadership & People Management
Behavioral models at individual, team and company level // Business ethics // Leadership models, leadership styles and leadership structures
Corporate finance
Principles of Accounting // Financial Analysis // Financial Reporting and Controlling // Principles of Corporate Finance // Models and Systems
organizational design & Project management
Project management and management methods incl. conflict management // Process organization // Leadership
Deepening
Fundamentals of family businesses*
Basic understanding of family businesses // Strengths and weaknesses of family businesses // Owner competence // Business valuation and emotional value // Structuring and financing of business transfers // Family, owner and corporate governance
*is in the approval process
Generation management & succession planning*
Roles and expectations in the family business // Opportunities, risks and emotionality in company succession // Designing succession processes // Requirements for successful company succession
*is in the approval process
Speakers
We attach great importance to the quality and practical relevance of our teaching. When selecting speakers, lecturers and professors, SMT therefore pursues the mission of attracting “the best minds of today for the best minds of tomorrow”. This means that experts from science, research and practice are appointed to provide students with up-to-date and relevant insights.
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What makes our part-time mba program stand out
You will start your leadership journey at Steinbeis University with a reliable study plan for the next 15 months. In addition to the General Management degree program, we offer you a special focus on innovation, change and leadership. Through self-study, which you organize yourself, you can study in a way that is maximally compatible with your career. In 15 months, you will have 7 teaching modules, usually 4 attendance days each, which generally take place from Wednesday to Saturday.
Don’t have time to take part in a learning module? No problem! We offer you the flexibility to catch up on the learning module at another time. This can be done both online and in self-study/case study.
We offer you individual additional modules (online/presence) from other Master’s degree programs and other certificate courses so that you can make the best possible use of your knowledge. In this way, you will receive customized further training that will really take you further.
The Executive MBA from Steinbeis is designed for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial managers. That’s why you complete the Executive MBA seminars in the sequence of a modern business plan – from the development of the business idea (innovation) and market analyses, to the development of the strategy (with modern modeling concepts) and the strategic marketing and financial plans. Added to this is the Steinbeis transfer concept, which is unique in this form. With integrated project work, you will work on a company-relevant practical project that will advance your management skills, your personality and your career.
Leading international business schools, which you can optionally attend, are our partners. They shape your MBA in a unique and exclusive way.
Our international Executive MBA lecturers from academia, consulting and business will bring you up to date. The average rating of 1.3 (excellent to very good) shows how satisfied our students are.
Your Executive MBA is your ticket to an active career network at Steinbeis University (and beyond) with over 2,000 managers, entrepreneurs, experts and professionals. Intensive exchange is promoted in many ways: Alumni weekends, after-work events and for “lifelong” knowledge refreshment: free participation in our seminars.
the family business certificate courseat a glance
Generation management & succession planning*
Roles and expectations in the family business // Opportunities, risks and emotionality in company succession // Designing succession processes // Requirements for successful company succession
*is in the approval process
Fundamentals of family businesses*
Basic understanding of family businesses // Strengths and weaknesses of family businesses // Owner competence // Business valuation and emotional value // Structuring and financing of business transfers // Family, owner and corporate governance
*is in the approval process
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