A Mini-MBA is a high value
advanced training regimen focused on
business management and leadership skills. The program provides an insight into business, preparing students as well as professionals for any Leadership or Management position within an Organization.
While it is named as "Mini-MBA", it is generally considered as Equivalent as a "shorter" and more "practical" version of an Executive MBA designed for Management professionals or Business Executives within an organization, it is not to be confused with the MBA degree.
Some of the exceptions are RWTH AACHEN Business School and Harvard GSAS where the “Mini MBA” is just a smaller version of the traditional MBA degree and does carry academic benefits.
Curriculum
Mini-MBA programs typically cover all the content topics of traditional
MBAs such as accounting, business communication, business ethics, finance, managerial economics, management, leadership, agile, AI, entrepreneurship, marketing, operations, and strategic management.
In addition to the general Mini-MBA programs where the program covers general business concepts, some colleges offer Mini-MBA specializations in areas such as social media marketing, digital marketing and sustainable innovation.
The Harvard GSAS Mini MBA, (as it is a smaller version of HBS MBA) uses the “case-method” teaching which is very common at Harvard business courses.
List of programs
Several business schools, colleges, educational institutions and some companies offer online and offline Mini-MBA programs, including:
* Aachen RWTH Business School, Germany (in German)
* Académie Canadienne de Management et de Technologie, Canada
* Aros Business Academy, Denmark
*
Bentley University
Bentley University is a private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay, Boston, Back Bay neighborhood. Bentley has one undergraduate school which off ...
, US
* Borsen, Denmark
*
Chicago Institute of Business Online Mini-MBA, US
* Connection Management, Denmark
* European International University, France
*
Belmont University
Belmont University is a Private university, private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporate ...
, US
*
Farmer School of Business (
Miami University
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), US
* Harvard GSAS Business Club (
Harvard University
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), US
* International Business Management Institute, Germany
* International Energy Training Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
* Invited MBA, US
* IEBS Business School, Spain
* Leaders Excellence at
Harvard Square
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, US
* London School of Business & Finance, UK
*
Opus College of Business (
University of St. Thomas), US
* Management Centre Europe, Belgium
*
McGill Executive Institute
The McGill Executive Institute is the corporate education and management development unit of the McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It provides a variety of public business seminars as well as custom exe ...
(
McGill University
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), Canada
*
Pareto Business School(
Pareto Business School), Sweden
*
Robins School of Business (
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approxim ...
), US
*
Rotman School of Management (
University of Toronto
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), Canada
*
Rutgers Business School (
Rutgers University
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), US
*
Schulich School of Business
The Schulich School of Business is the business school of York University located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The institution provides undergraduate and graduate degree and diploma programs in business administration, finance, accounting, bus ...
(
York University
York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...
), Canada
*
University at Buffalo School of Management, US
* Yale Student Business Society (
Yale University
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), US
*
Your Excellency Limited,
London
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, UK
*
European Institute of Leadership and Management, Ireland (in English)
* Zürich International Business School,
Zürich
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, Switzerland
Today, some of the notable multinational business and accounting companies also implement their Mini-MBA programs, such as PwC's Academy with their comprehensive version of Mini MBA.
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