The while-you-work Ivey MBA
The Accelerated MBA at Ivey Business School is a 14-month program designed to achieve greater levels of success for yourself and your organization. It allows candidates to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are shared by the world's most effective leaders. Ivey graduates often draw a line between their time before and after attending the program. Their experience goes beyond acquiring new knowledge or sharpening skills. They begin to see business problems in a new light, they manage relationships differently, and they develop insights and competencies that bring their performance to a new level.
Curriculum Structure
The Ivey Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates curriculum consists of 14 courses across three themes. The careful sequencing of the individual classes, courses, and themes build on one another throughout the Program's three terms to provide you with a powerful and unique learning experience.
Theme 1 – Leadership Essentials
The first theme reviews business fundamentals and has a primary focus on developing a deeper understanding of leadership.
Theme 2 – Innovation and Disruption
The second theme has a primary focus on the ever-changing landscape of business; students will develop an understanding of innovation as both a threat and opportunity through their course work and Ivey Field Project.
Theme 3 – Global Business
The third theme has a primary focus on business in a global context; students will work through real life examples of global business through case study and personal experience during their international study trip.
Experiences
Real World Projects
The Ivey Field Project and International Study Trip will put your learning to the test. Experiential learning is a unique component of the Ivey Accelerated MBA.
Blended Learning
Blended Learning combines online learning with traditional classroom-based learning. This interactive and engaging platform allows students to acquire the knowledge they need to perform better in the classroom. Watch this video which explains how the experience in combination of case method provide a unique learning experience.
AMBA Curriculum Outcomes
The Accelerated MBA curriculum will help you develop stronger analytical, decision-making and implementation skills – and a new way of thinking that will become integral to everything you do. The program will equip you to:
- Apply the fundamentals of business to address complex senior level challenges;
- Develop a thorough understanding of leadership essentials: how to lead people, how to lead change, and how to communicate for persuasion and influence;
- Apply skills for negotiations to develop better outcomes;
- Build and deploy innovation-centric and emphatic-design strategies in both corporate and startup environments;
- Apply principles of innovation to address start-up challenges;
- Apply principles of disruption to address changes to corporate strategy and implementation;
- Develop an understanding of global economics and their impact on strategic business decisions;
- Develop an understanding of globalization effects on marketing, operations, finance and strategy and,
- Acquire experience of globalization through an international field learning course.