Short Executive Programmes
At MSM we embrace a lifelong learning approach!
Through MSM’s Short Executive Programmes, you can keep your knowledge and skills up to date and relevant. We have developed a close relation with local and global businesses, policy makers and entrepreneurs, which allow us to gauge the demands of labour markets. As such, MSM can draw on relevant expertise across the world in order to develop effective short education programmes for lifelong learning.
Our skills-oriented programmes will help you to enhance your management and professional knowledge and skills, broaden your mind and develop your personal skills. Our policy-oriented programmes provide you with the tools and instruments that can help you in developing effective policies for your organisation.
MSM’s Short Executive Programmes are divided in the following areas:
 Inclusiveness and Sustainable Business |
 Globalisation, Value Chains, and Industrial Policy |
 Research competencies & skills |
 Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Digitalisation |
 Leadership, Change and Organisational Development |
 Practical Skills programmes |
International and Diverse network
You will share your study experience with fellow participants from many countries, professional backgrounds and areas of interest. Being part of such a diverse community offers you the opportunity to significantly expand your international network and to learn from your fellow participants by exchanging knowledge and experience.
Custom-made programmes
Besides our portfolio of Open Enrollment executive programmes. MSM can deliver custom-made programmes in a wide variety of expertise areas, to help shape or transform your organisation and to develop your people. Tailored to the specific training needs and objectives of your organisation, the custom-made programmes are the perfect tool to strengthen the leadership skills and expertise of your professionals.
Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment programme will address a number of relevant issues, ranging from strategy and policy towards agency and constraints at individual level and ways to overcome these.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 26 - 30 June 2023 (only 1 spot left) / 27 - 31 May 2024
- 5 days
Women entrepreneurship policy
This programme informs you on the most relevant aspects of women entrepreneurship and it offers you the tools and instruments to develop and implement effective strategies. Furthermore, there will be a focus in the programme for youth empowerment.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 03 - 07 July 2023 (only 4 spots left) / 03 - 07 June 2024
- 5 days
Personal Leadership Skills
Developing your personal leadership style/values will be a central theme throughout the programme. This course tackles only a small part of the subject of leadership and will be a combination of theoretical concepts and practical exercises.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 18 - 22 September 2023 / 09 - 13 September 2024
- 5 days
Project Management
This course enables you to develop the skills, knowledge and techniques for successful, cost-effective management of both large- and small-scale projects. Our interactive and practical programme will train you to become an effective manager
- Certificate of participation
- Blended programme
- Online part: 25 September - 20 October 2023 - Face-to-face part: 23 - 31 October 2023 / Online part: 02 September - 27 September 2024 / Face-to-face part: 30 September - 04 October 2024
- 4 weeks online, 7 days face-to-face
Small Business Development in Emerging Economies
Through the executive programme Small Business Development in Emerging economies you will get a better understanding of how the private sector in emerging economies can be developed.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 09 - 13 October 2023 / 04 - 08 November 2024
- 5 days
Building Triple Helix Partnerships
Through the executive Building Triple Helix partnerships programme, you will get the tools to develop a Triple Helix driven innovation strategy and you will learn how to build Triple Helix partnerships.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 16 - 20 October 2023
- 5 days
Strategic Leadership
The Strategic Leadership short course informs you on the most relevant aspects of effective strategic leadership and offers you the tools and instruments that can help you in developing and implementing effective strategies.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 13 - 17 November 2023 / 18 - 22 March 2024
- 5 days
Change Management
Learn to understand the rationale and objectives of organizational change and how to communicate these to the stakeholders involved. Design an effective change program and develop personal management skills to lead change processes.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 20 - 24 November 2023 / 25 - 29 March 2024
- 5 days
Corporate Social Responsibility
The CSR programme will provide you with the theoretical and practical CSR skills. You will gain knowledge about developing and implementing CSR practices and tools in your own organisation.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 22 - 26 January 2024
- 5 days
Value Chain Analysis for business development and local value addition
Through the Value Chain Analysis for business development and local value addition program you will understand the nature of Global Value Chains (GVC) and the importance of governance and upgrading in such value chains.
- Certificate of participation
- Full-time (on campus)
- 29 January - 02 February 2024
- 5 days