MBA Talent Curriculum

MBA Talent
develops comprehensive leadership capabilities for exceptional individuals

1. Business knowledge and beyond

Participants with 5-10 years of experience in prominent corporations will gain access to the latest and most up-to-date knowledge that complement their expertise, while deepening their understanding of all other aspects of business. The program helps shape and strengthen the participants’ learning abilities in various fields.

2. Problem-solving and Decision-making skills

The program is designed to enhance participants’ abilities in analyzing problems and making decisions through simulation games, strategy models, and case studies based on real-life situations happening in prominent enterprises in Vietnam and the Southeast Asian region. It particularly emphasizes insights shared by senior leaders regarding contemporary issues.

3. Leadership and Management Competence

MBA Talent focuses on cultivating and enhancing 7 qualities within the modern management competence framework for each participant: leadership skills, interpersonal and communication skills, communication skills, influencing skills, execution skills, time management skills, and planning skills. Regardless of their professional backgrounds, participants will undergo exercises and training sessions to ensure the development of management capabilities, guided by experienced managers with years of experience in leading large teams to success.

4. Comprehensive and Professional Leadership

In addition to the foundational knowledge and values of a manager, participants aremolded to become motivated individuals who can drive significant changes for organizations and contribute to sustainable social development, not just individual success. Special sessions that balance emotions and mindset support learners in developing methods to cope with work and life pressures, maintaining resilience, observing challenges, and making sound decisions.

MBA Talent Learning Framework

MBA ACADEMIC

Comprising 10 courses and 1 final project aimed at equipping students with 04 foundational aspects of modern management:
– Skills and experience in business management
– Knowledge of economics and strategic business planning
– Comprehensive problem-solving abilities as a professional leader
– Self-awareness and honing of leadership skills. Developing a mindset for sustainable development and equipping tools for managing change

MBA CHALLENGE

MBA Challenge is a practical experiential activity exclusively designed for MBA Talent participants throughout the program. Each group of students will be presented with a challenge proposed by the university’s business partners. The challenges will be related to course topics such as Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Information Systems, or focus on mental and physical aspects such as meditation, running, hiking, etc.

EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT

– Pre-program Assessment: Participants will take a cognitive ability test and participate in an interview session with Senior Executives to assess their capabilities, analyze personality traits and leadership potential.
– Ongoing Evaluation: Throughout the program, through the coursework and accompanying challenges, participants will receive specific evaluations from Lecturers and representatives of partner companies regarding their competencies in various aspects of business management.
– Evaluation after Semi-final and Final MBA Challenge based on behavioral competencies: Participants will have the opportunity to receive direct evaluations from Senior Leaders of large enterprises. This allows them to gauge their progress in their journey of enhancing personal capabilities and obtain specific development guidance for the future.

MBA Talent Program Structure

Stage 1: Equipping with knowledge of economics and strategic business planning, along with 4 fundamental aspects of modern business management.

The MBA Challenges run in parallel with the following courses

Contemporary People Management

Understanding the basics of human resource management strategy and its contribution to organizational performance; and the difficulties in applying human resource management in practice.
Learning and improving cognitive skills (HR analysis) at different levels in the organization.
Learning and practicing techniques in human resource management, such as job analysis, selection interviews, training, evaluation, compensation and benefits management.
Understanding the development of methods for managing people and the enhancement of human resource management.
Improving soft skills such as communication skills, problem-solving, decision making, teamwork, etc.

Integrated Business Experience

Contrasting and applying theoretical and practical foundations to identify and solve strategic problems facing businesses.
Building an effective strategy, helping businesses gain a competitive advantage, and integrating the advantages from stakeholders.
Developing action plans, and managing to execute strategies through changing business model situations.
Aligning the organization’s competitive performance requirements in strategy creation and execution.

Strategic Marketing Management

Explaining basic terms and concepts of both financial accounting and management accounting that enable the interpretation of information in financial statements.
Identifying the role and limitations of general-purpose financial statements in informing decision-making.
Using financial analysis tools to evaluate external financial statements for performance, location, and working capital requirements.
Applying cost behavior concepts and different cost systems to decision-making.
Demonstrating an understanding of the importance of budgets for planning and control.
Analyzing internal accounting reports to evaluate business performance.

Financial Reports for Decision Making

Interpret the basic terms and concepts of financial accounting and management accounting enabling the interpretation of information in financial reports.
Be familiar with the basic financial decision-making and valuation concepts of different types of securities.
Understand and solve problems involving financial mathematics so as to be able to use appropriate tools to assist in managing an organization.
Understand the relationship between risk and return, and estimate the cost of capital using alternative and appropriate methods.
Understand and apply main approaches to estimate enterprise value.
Address contemporary business challenges through research and apply knowledge and skills developed in this unit.

Management Information Systems

Understanding the importance of information systems in business today and how they may help organizations become more competitive.
Explaining what core information systems businesses are using today to improve operations and support decision-making: ERP, CRM, SCM, etc.
Practicing an ERP System (including CRM and SCM) to understand how it works in different functions within a company.
Using acquired knowledge to analyze and design information system solutions to business problems.

Economics for Business

Building awareness of the fundamentals and differences between key economic sectors.
An assessment of economists’ perceptions of market performance and their impact on policy recommendations.
Applying economic principles to address environmental and social problems that arise from economic activity and the behavior of businesses.
Understanding the macroeconomic dynamics of the Vietnamese economy in the operating context of the global economy.

*The order of courses may be subject to change.

Final MBA Challenge 1

Stage 2: Enhancing self-awareness and honing leadership skills. Cultivating sustainable development mindset and equipping tools for managing change.

Innovation through Digital Technology

Describe and explain impact of digital technology on business, supported by exemplary examples of business digital innovation.
Recognise, describe and adopt digital business innovation and transformation in a changing world.
Apply tools and techniques to formulate digital business strategy for an organisation.
Identify and analyse how business innovation through digital technologies open up new opportunities and challenges for entrepreneurs in the digital economy.

Innovation, Creativity and Foresight

Describing, evaluating, and selecting appropriate methods, principles, and frameworks for creativity, ideas and innovation as individual steps or as a complete cycle.
Classification of predictive principles, methods, and tools.
Developing a plan that deals with key issues including sustainability, economic and business regeneration, smart cities, emerging technologies, and others.

Leading Contemporary Organisations

Identifying key competencies, processes, and challenges critical to effective leadership.
Demonstrating the importance of values and ethics in leadership.
Applying critical, thoughtful, and creative skills to leadership processes.
Forecast-related issues and future leadership capacity.
Designing a leadership development program to address current and future leadership issues.

Environmental Management: A Business Perspective

Assessing current environmental challenges affecting business operations along with methodologies and tools that can be effective in addressing these challenges to provide a competitive advantage for the business.
Designing appropriate environmental, risk management, and risk reduction strategies for businesses highlighting effective methods to reduce environmental impact.
Applying systems and strategic thinking in solving corporate financial situations and integrating circular economy concept.

The courses in Stage 2 are subject to change.

Final MBA Challenge 2

Project: Comprehensive problem-solving abilities as a professional leader.

PSO Business Project

Develop a project proposal outlining a business plan for an in-depth investigation of a contemporary organisational challenge.
Analyse and interpret secondary data gathered from a range of sources, to assist in defining and refining the contemporary issue.
Apply theories, concepts and tools to the challenge faced by the organisation or industry.
Develop strategies based on the results of analysis of data considering stakeholder objectives and constraints, such as competitive pressures and regulation that demonstrate respect for ethics and diversity.
Develop insights into theory, research practice and challenges of leadership by assessing the significance of recommendations relative to the dynamic and complex nature of organisations in uncertain environments.