Are you moving into the role of a manager or supervisor for the first time? You will need techniques and competences for running your team smoothly and effectively; you also have to deal with pressure from your manager and team members. But you can’t navigate this phase in your career relying only on the skills you learned in your undergraduate studies.
The RSM Diploma in General Management is a modular management programme that provides you with carefully designed stepping stones that will boost your management skills, and help you excel in your new leadership role. The modules and content can be tailored to your personal and professional preferences. You will experience a wide variety of learning methods; you’ll prepare at home with reading, online tutorials and exercises before you come to the workshops to learn from your teachers. You will also learn from your peers in sessions facilitated by our top faculty.
You are eligible to receive your RSM Diploma Programme in General Management when you complete four courses and your in-company research project. Each module requires two to three days in the executive education classroom in Rotterdam.
We recommend you to follow the modules Team Leadership (mandatory), Finance for Non-Financial Managers and Digital Strategy. In addition you will choose a fourth subject that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to excel in your new leadership role.
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The Diploma Programme in General Management is made up of four modules plus an Applied Research Project. There is no specific order in which you need to follow the modules. The modules run throughout the year and the start date of the diploma programme depends on the choice of your first module.
Each module that is part of the diploma programme will be completed with a practical assignment. You will conclude the programme by completing your Applied Research Project. The whole programme can be completed within one to two years, and you must complete the Team Leadership module and the Applied Research Project in order to gain your diploma.
The Team Leadership and Applied Research Project modules are mandatory. For the three other modules, you can choose from a selection of short programmes. We recommend you to follow the modules Team Leadership (mandatory), Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Digital Strategy, and a fourth subject that will equip you with the skills and knowledge to excel in your new leadership role.
Do you have the skills to be an effective team leader? Are you struggling with team leadership challenges and issues, or need to boost your skills to manage your team to collective excellence? In this three-day workshop, you will learn relevant team leader skills from RSM Executive Education's top faculty members. Your new knowledge and tools to deal effectively with motivational problems, dysfunctional team members, conflicts and lack of a common direction can be applied into your work immediately.
After this programme, you will be able to:
Acquire a strong grounding in the most widely used financial tools. In two days on campus – plus some online work prior to and after the course – you will learn about financial reporting in balance sheets, cash flow and income statements, and how these are used for decision-making, performance management, business improvements and valuation. From November, RSM's Finance for Non-Financial Managers will include an individual assignment and a follow-up feedback session with your professor to discuss your progress.
When you have completed this programme, you will be able to:
Learn how to take advantage of emerging disruptive technologies that are threatening to disrupt your industry, such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and block chain. Learn how to effectively compete in tomorrow’s digital landscape by anticipating digital trends and competitors’ responses.
When you have completed this programme, you will be able to:
The Applied Research Project (ARP) is the final and capstone module of RSM’s Diploma Program in General Management. It offers a unique experiential learning opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills developed in the diploma modules on a real-world business problem in your own working environment. After successfully completing the Applied Research Project, the Team Leadership module and your chosen three modules, you will be eligible to get your diploma.
This programme is for soon-to-be or recently appointed first-time managers, team leaders or project managers who would like to consolidate their management skills and update them with the latest academic management research. Most candidates will already have led projects and project teams. Many will also have a few years of post-graduate experience, and are keen to boost their leadership development.
You should comply with two of the following requirements if you wish to take part in the Diploma Programme in General Management:
You have no or limited managerial experience: you are or soon will be in your first managerial position
You have or will have budget responsibility either as a line manager or a project manager
You are or will be involved in implementing the strategy of your organisation and thus have influence on the organisation’s strategy
During the RSM Diploma Programme in General Management you will learn from Dr Meir Shemla, Dr Raymond van Wijk, Dr Hannes Leroy and Dr Arjen Mulder. Occasionally we may substitute other faculty members according to the content of the programme and their availability.
You are eligible to receive your RSM Diploma Programme in General Management when you complete four courses and your in-company research project. The whole programme can be completed within one to two years.
We run modules throughout the year. The start date depends on the choice of your first module
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The programme takes place in the Bayle building on the Woudestein Campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam.