Unlock your business management and leadership potential!
Business professionals are expected to have more and more sound business knowledge in addition to their main field of expertise and competencies. If you have been working as high-performing functional expert for a few years and want to expand your business management knowledge, then this further education programme is for you. It will help you gain and strengthen your business management skills and give you the confidence to make the next career move.
Content
This part-time further education programme covers major business management disciplines including strategic management, marketing management, human resource management, leadership, financial management, innovation management, and business negotiation and communication.
Programme
The programme will enable you to:
understand fundamentals of business management.
apply business management methods to real-life cases.
analyse, evaluate, and interpret business contexts and thus gain valuable bases for decision-making.
tackle the challenge in the areas of business management and address them in a structured manner.
manage and shape the future of your organization based on sound business management concepts.
The part-time programme (15 ECTS credits) has a modular structure and consists of 3 mandatory modules, 1 elective module and a final assignment.
Core Modules
Build a sound foundation
Fundamentals of business management
Strategic and corporate management
Marketing management
Develop and lead effectively
Human resource management
Leadership
Organization and change
Understand the business numbers
Financial accounting
Management accounting
Legal aspects in business
Elective Modules
Make smart decisions
Decision making and management game
Create innovative solutions
Managing innovation and business modeling
Negotiate and communicate successfully in business
Business negotiation and communication
Final Assignment
Written assignment (approx. 25 A4 pages) on a relevant business issue in the area of the CAS course topics. Participants can choose the topic to be worked on themselves and are supervised by a lecturer.
The CAS is a systematic further education designed for functional experts and managers (without a previous business administration or economics degree) from profit and non-profit organisations, who aim to strengthen and consolidate the business management knowledge and leadership skills they have acquired in practice with theoretical knowledge and principles of business management.
Am I eligible to apply if I am not a Swiss citizen? Yes, you are eligible to apply. This course is designed for an international audience.
When do I need to apply? Applications are accepted year-round. However, the final deadline to apply is two months prior to the start date.
Do I have to pay any fees when applying? No. There are no further fees.
Will the classes be live or pre-recorded? Our classes take place on-site in Basel. You can find the current timetable on our website. Classes are usually held from 8.45 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Do I need an English fluency test? If you work in an English-speaking environment and can comfortably follow English-language videos on business management and leadership, you are not required to take an English fluency test.
