The
Aerospace MBA is a post-experience degree, seen
as a career accelerator or the means to make a career
shift after a minimum of 3 years professional experience.
The
MBA is a generalist degree in business administration,
with a broadening management programme linked
to the Aerospace sector and environment, and a
minimum of 12 months of full-time study. This
programme aims to broaden knowledge, enhance managerial
skills, emphasise the international management
aspects, and develop a flexible and creative learning
process.
The Aerospace MBA programme
is market driven, with many aerospace companies
directly involved in both education and training,
and has a curriculum that is evolutionary and
continuously adapted to practical business as
well as to academic concerns. The programme focuses
on processes with a strong strategic orientation,
and deliberately adopts inter- and trans-disciplinary
views to prepare participants for the challenges
of the complex business world of tomorrow, specifically
the Aerospace environment.
Participants are provided
with broad coverage of the main fundamental strategic
and functional areas in management: Strategic
and Core Business, Finance and Accounting, Information
Systems and Operations Management, Human Resources
Management, and Marketing and Sales. There then
follows a complete process approach, covering
the key management topics that cut across different
functions in the aerospace sector, including Managing
Alliances and Partnerships, Managing Corporate
Change, Knowledge Management, Supply Chain Management,
and Business Process Design. The combination of
function and process then corresponds to the typical
organisational structure common in the Aerospace
sector.
In the second half
of the programme, participants are required to
carry out an in-company project that aims at putting
into practice the knowledge acquired during the
first seven months of academic and professional
courses. Alternatively, they must carry out research
work to contribute to the advancement of knowledge
in aerospace management. In order to have a global
view of aerospace subsectors, elective courses
are offered in Air Transport Management, Defence
procurement, Managing Space Industry and Telecommunications,
Managing Aerospace subcontractors, and Managing
maintenance for Aerospace.
Professional participants
come from diverse areas of the aerospace industry
(aeronautics, space, airlines, defence) and government
ministries. In their various companies and establishments,
they occupy different management positions, ranging
from Human Resources, Training, Engineering and
Operations management, to Research and Development.
Some are from non-aerospace industry and wish
to integrate after graduation. All appreciate
the cultural mix and high standards of the lectures,
seminars and conferences, considering the Aerospace
MBA a must for any manager who wants to actively
play the role of ‘strategy accelerator’
for today’s aerospace companies.
These views are unanimously
shared by the participants, and often show the
pleasure they derive from sharing their experiences
with such a multicultural and multidisciplinary
group. The MBA creates a forum for both participants
and professionals to develop international networks
for their companies.
Author
Uche Okongwu
Aerospace MBA
Academic Director
Toulouse Business School |
