EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

HEC EXECUTIVE MBA

8 MAJORS, 5 LOCATIONS, 1 WORLD-CLASS DEGREE

WHERE ARE WE IN THE WORLD?

EUROPE
Paris, St Petersburg
ASIA
Beijing, Shanghai

MIDDLE EAST
Doha

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HEC Executive MBA majors

HEC Executive MBA tracks

Paris
Bangalore
Beijing
Boston
Cape Town
Doha
Hangzhou

Paris
Beijing
Shanghai
Doha
St Petersburg

Milan
Montral
Phoenix
San Francisco
So Paulo
Shanghai
Toulouse

International Accreditations

II

Welcome

to our global learning community.

Executive MBA participants are
among the most demanding you
will find at any academic institution, and they have every right to be. Determined
to forge ahead in their careers but committed to maintaining a professional
activity, their time is precious. They expect training to have an immediate impact
on their professional life and deliver concrete benefits. HEC Paris is uniquely
positioned to offer just that.
Recognized as the premier business school in Europe and number2 worldwide
for Executive Education by the Financial Times, HEC Paris has been a leader in
business education for well over a century. Our fully accredited, rigorous and
flexible Executive MBA program (Executive Master in Business Administration)
is designed to meet the needs of the most ambitious businessmen and women
throughout the world.
The HEC Executive MBA offers modular, executive-friendly formats to suit
a variety of work schedules. Delivered at 5locations around the world and
offering a range of Majors, it is uniquely positioned to offer participants the
opportunity to study in different countries with classmates from very diverse
backgrounds.
Our internationally renowned faculty members draw on extensive real world
experience to provide participants with a solid foundation in management
fundamentals and exposure to cutting edge business knowledge.
At HEC Paris, we understand the pressures facing todays Executive MBA
participants. The quality of our teaching, the relevance of our research and the
originality of our learning approach ensure a strong return on your investment.
We look forward to welcoming you to our global learning community.
Professor Frdric Dalsace
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR

RANKED BY THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Worldwide for
Executive Education in 2013

a world-class degree

OBJECTIVES

The HEC Executive MBA is uniquely positioned to offer senior

managers and executives from all around the world the
opportunity to select from a number of majors and to take
classes in five different locations worldwide.

The HEC Executive MBA offers you the

opportunity to successfully:
learn the latest in management theory
and techniques from some of the finest
minds in the academic world,
adapt your skills to a changing environment by developing and implementing innovative leading business
models,
identify the critical growth factors and
develop the global vision that leaders
need to drive corporate success,
deepen your understanding of the inter
national business landscape and immerse yourself in the most vibrant
business regions of the world,
design appropriate and innovative
solutions and implement them in your
organizations,
boost your career and become a key
actor in your companys strategic decision-making and change management,
strengthen your personal and professional network.

one Unique program

Run in Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, StPeters

burg and Doha, the Executive MBA allows
you either to remain in your home track
throughout the program, or to take the
option of international mobility*.

Active learning

The HEC Executive MBA is a practical

and intense program developed to provide executives with an understanding
of the social, economic and environmental aspects of international business, as well as the skills to put their
vision into action.
Our special focus on strategy, leadership
and the global business environment
ensures our participants gain comprehensive, innov ative, and applicable
knowledge and skills.

A solid investment

The HEC Executive MBA enables you

to learn not only from top faculty, but
also from other senior participants who
bring to the classroom a wealth of practical business experience from a wide
spectrum of industries and management
functions.
In keeping with HECs motto The more
you know, the more you dare, our goal
is not only to strengthen the technical
expertise and leadership skills of future global leaders, but also to enable
you to dare to implement innovative
ideas and solutions in your companies
and in complex professional situations.
* Note that, due to calendar constraints, participants
wishing to take several classes in different locations
may be obliged to spread their program over a longer
period of time.

The EMBA has contributed to my development in a number

of ways. It opened my eyes to areas Ihad never considered
before.
Alan Cohen
PRESIDENT, MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, UNITED STATES

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NATIONALITIES

AVERAGE PROFESSIONAL

AVERAGE AGE

EXPERIENCE

NATIONALITIES

OUR PARTICIPANTS

Bringing together Diverse profiles

The outstanding women and men who participate in the HEC
Executive MBA hail from all corners of the world and represent
awide range of industries and sectors.

UR DACTIVIT
TEMENT

14 %

Finance

tme dInformation
rmations Systems

8%

We ensure that the valuable professional and personal experiences of the

women and men who follow the program enrich the learning experience for all
participants and continually nourish the curriculum.
The combination of high-caliber participants and innovative learning methods
not just from world-renowned researchers and guest speakers,
but also to share knowledge and leadership approaches with peers from truly
diverse geographical, educational and professional backgrounds.

Recherche/Dveloppement
enable you to learn
Research/Developement

2%

Communication

33 %

3%

Management gnral
General Management

Juridique
Legal

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
20 %

Marketing/Vente 41 %
Marketing/Sales Manager/Consultant

2%
19
%
Ressources
Humaines

51 %

Logistique
Operations

CEO/President/Managing
Director
Human Ressources

4%

Other

36 %

Vice President/Director

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

COMPANY SIZE
17 % 501-2 000

41 %

Manager/Consultant

19 % 51-500

19 %

CEO/President/Managing Director

14 % 1-50

4%

Other

50 %

2 000

36 %

Vice President/Director

COMPANY SIZE
4

17 % 501-2 000
19 % 51-500

Innovative learning Methods

A hands-on approach
torealworld training

The skills and knowledge you gain at HEC Paris are immediately
transferable to the real world.
You complete the program via an inno
vative experiential learning process that
combines various methodologies.
Lectures providing you with state-of
the-art concepts, tools and methodology
allowing you to update and structure
your knowledge.
Testimonies from senior company executives and other prominent economic
and social players allow you to bridge
theory and practice.
Case studies, workshops and simulation games give you an opportunity to
simulate real life situations and to
foster your analysis and action oriented
decision-making capabilities.
Team work is at the core of the teaching
methodology, allowing experience sharing
between peers and learning how to
collectively prioritize, decide and deliver
the various assignments requested from

each team. Each team acts as an executive

committee and is therefore composed of
participants having different profiles and
backgrounds.

> T he iPad is being used in the executive MBA to enhance the overall
experience.

Distance learning facilities, online

resources and HEC Mediatheque, accessed from the library of the HEC Paris
(CampusJouyenJosas) or the Media
Center (Porte de ChamperretParis), offer you the opportunity to complete and
deepen various aspects of the program.
Practical application with professional
projects. At two distinct times during
the program, you carry out rigorous
projects the Company Project and: the
Final Individual Project, on topics of
your choice. These allow you to put to im
mediate practical use the material you
have learned in the classroom. Each
project is also presented orally to a jury
with a question and answer session in
order to simulate a boardroom setting.

DEPARTMENT

8%

Operations

3%

Legal

6%

Other

4%

Information Systems

2%

Human Resources

14 %

Finance

8%

Research/Development

2%

Communication

33 %

iPad

General Management

20 %

Marketing/Sales

The HEC EMBA is a unique

opportunity for me to work with
people of various nationalities.
What attracted me the most is the
international majors mobility. The
Luxury major opened my eyes to
a new world, a fantastic world.
It is a great experience for me to
network with international peers.
Dimitri Giokas
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER,
HSBC, greece

AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Designed to train global leaders

During the 16 months of the program, you will be exposed to

state-of-the-art management knowledge and to the latest tools
and techniques through an engaging series of learning activities.
The HEC Executive MBA degree is made up of three key comp onents: core
courses, majors and capstone projects. The Core Courses allow you to develop
strong fundamentals in business. These include courses on essential business
functions such as strategy analysis and implementation, leadership and human
resources management.
he Major you select will allow you to go more in depth into a field of your choice.
T
You will choose from: Global Business Perspectives, Services, Entrepreneurship &
Innovation, Aerospace & Aviation, Energy, Luxury, Telecom & Digital Business and
Reinventing Business for Emerging Markets.
Two capstone projects, theCompany Project and the Final Individual Project, are designed to allow you tobring into use your learning and skills to solve real world
challenges.

OUR PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

CORE COURSES FOR

STRONG BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS

432 hours
12 four-day modules

CHOOSE ONE OF EIGHT MAJORS

90 hours
2 five-day modules

CAPSTONE PROJECTS:
APPLY YOUR LEARNINGS
TO THE REAL WORLD
Note that the Executive MBA is a dynamic program
and is subject to change. Please check our website
for recent developments.

300 hours

Marketing
Financial & Managerial
Accounting
Corporate Finance

Financial Markets
Operations Management
& Information Systems
Business Strategy

Corporate Strategy
Strategy Implementation
& Performance Management
Strategic HR Management

Fundamentals of Leadership
Leadership in Context
Business Environment
Business Simulation

1 Global Business Perspectives

4 Aerospace & Aviation

7 Telecom & Digital Business

2 Services

5 Energy

3 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

6 Luxury

8 Reinventing Business
for Emerging Markets

THESE EIGHT MAJORS ARE EXCLUSIVELY IN ENGLISH.

Company Project: strategic analysis of a company

conducted in a team

Final Individual Project: recommendations

for a key development aspect of your company

BOTH ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE DELIVERED AT THE LEVEL OF QUALITY EXPECTED OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES
BASED ON BOARD-LEVEL STANDARDS.

EIGHT Majors

Energy

designed toenhance yourprofessional

project
The HEC Executive MBA Majors are designed to allow you to
develop special competence in a particular area of your choice.
The Majors* will allow you to deepen
your knowledge of an industry or region,
identif y strategic opportunities, enhance
your decision-making skills and sharpen
your strategic analysis.
By mixing participants from the various
tracks of the EMBA, the Majors provide
an excellent opportunity for you to study
and created network with classmates
from a wide variety of backgrounds in
different parts of the world.
The HEC EMBA offers you a choice of
eight Majors:

Global Business
Perspectives

Explore dynamic regions of the worlds

economy.
Acquire exposure on how to do business successfully in the region.
Learn how international business chal
lenges are assessed from a local pers-
pective.

Services

Explore how to provide consistently high

value to customers.
Foster a multidisciplinary approach embracing operations, human resources,
marketing, sales, quality
Practice strategic focus and alignment.
Help organizations differentiate themselves from their competition on the
basis of the quantity of value they offer
customers through the services they deliver, or the service component of their
manufactured goods.

Entrepreneurship
& Innovation

Build awareness of key innovation and

entrepreneurship issues.
Provide framework and tools in order to
handle challenges in different environments and contexts.
Become agents of change through in
novation within your organizations via
intrapreneurship or outside via venture
creation.

Aerospace & Aviation

Understand the complexity of interrelated variables affecting success and

profitability.
Anticipate future trends.
Explore corporate strategies for growth.
Develop the global vision needed to be
a driving force in the world of aerospace
& aviation.
Understand the dynamics and complexity of deregulated markets.
Acquire insightful knowledge into the
evolution of the industrys business
models.

* Note that the Executive MBA is a dynamic program

and is subject to change. Please check our website
for recent developments.

Develop a comprehensive and strategic

view of energy issues.
Gain an understanding of energy as a
driver for industry.
Get to grips with energy as a criterion
for business decision-making and the
associated financials (project valuation,
pricing).

Luxury

Define the specificity of the sector and

acquire the culture of luxury.
Understand how luxury companies and
brands grow through innovation, international expansion, trade control, licensing,
trade attitudes.
Address the main challenges facing luxury today: sustainable development, In-
ternet revolution, massification of luxury.

TELECOM & DIGITAL BUSINESS

Improve your ability to identify opportunities, position business units and

assess the competition.
Build strategic planning tools to forecast telecommunications markets and
to design optimal positioning, pricing
and distribution strategies.
Develop essential managerial skills
targeted for the digital and telecommunications industry, enabling you to
understand and respond more effectively the needs of the market.

REINVENTING BUSINESS
FOR EMERGING MARKETS

Understand the preferences of lowerincome consumers at the Base of the

Pyramid.
Identify business opportunities and
new value propositions for emerging
markets.
Foster innovation (e.g. frugal and reverse innovation) and develop new
business models.
Analyze market-based solutions for
poverty alleviation and social change.

HEC PARIs
faculty

Learn from the best

HEC Paris has an internationally
renowned faculty at the forefront of their respective fields.
HEC Paris research

Thanks to the research activities of the

faculty, HEC Paris is at the forefront of
the latest developments in management sciences.
The faculty also takes advantage of every
opportunity to engage with business
through corporate consulting missions,
ensuring that the HEC Executive MBA
is also constantly connected to the real
world of business.
Faculty expertise is supplemented by
guest speakers with an outstanding
record of national and global business
success.

Academic excellence

The HEC Executive MBA is backed by a

dedicated Academic Board that guarantees the programs academic rigor
and excellence. The Academic Board is
headed by the Executive MBA Academic
Director, Professor Frdric Dalsace,
who supervises and coordinates a team
of experienced Academic Coordinators
who are present for the duration of each
track.
In addition to the Academic Coordinators,
each academic subject has its Course
Leader with the key responsibility of ensuring course content relevancy, quality
and consistency.

500

114

fulltimeprofessors hold doctorates

from leading universities from around
the world

adjunct lecturers

47

88
affiliate professors

visiting professors each year from

HECParis partner institutions

HOw will You be selected?

>Your rich and substantial professional
experience (minimum 8years/average 15years)
>Your track record of influencing your companys
strategic decisions
>Your international experience
>Your solid ambition to grow in managerial and
decision-making responsibilities
>Your professional and personal goals that are
coherent with the HEC Executive MBA program

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Get started
Admissions

HEC Paris record of success isnt founded solely on our academic

excellence and business relevance; it depends largely on the superior
quality of our program participants.
The Admission process

The HEC Executive MBA admissions process is rigorous but simple. Interviewers
and assessors are looking for evidence
of your personal motivation and aptitude,
as well as a clear sense of how earning
an Executive MBA at HEC Paris will help
you achieve your personal and professional goals.
Admission to the program is granted on
a rolling basis. We advise you to submit
your application early to increase your
chances of admission to this highly selective program.

tuition and fees

Please consult our website or contact

one of our Program Advisors.

Funding your Executive MBA

HEC Paris has an agreement with BNP

Paribas. Please contact your program
advisor for more details regarding the
special loan program.
You can find various funding options for
your Executive MBA by country or region
on our website.

THE ADMISSION PROCESS

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PRELIMINARY
PRELIMINARYINFORMATION
INFORMATIONINTERVIEW
with a program advisor
INTERVIEW interview
feed-back on your suitability for the EMBA

THE ADMISSION PROCESS

interview with a program advisor

feed-back on your suitability for the EMBA

ONLINE APPLICATION
FORM
ONLINE APPLICATION
personal essays + CV
FORM
your company's organizational chart

personal essays + CV
two letters of reference
your company's organizational chart
university transcripts
two letters of reference
English Language Exam (TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS)
university transcripts
English Language Exam (TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS)

SELECTION PROCESS
HEC Paris general management test (or GMAT Exam)
SELECTION PROCESS
interview with the HEC EMBA Selection Committee

HEC Paris general management

testreview
(or GMAT
final
andExam)
decision by the Admissions Jury
interview with the HEC EMBA Selection Committee
final review and decision by the Admissions Jury

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The Strength of
International Partnerships
Living globalization

We have partnered with key educational institutions in Russia,

China and Qatar to bring the HEC Executive MBA closer to you.
The HEC Paris Executive MBA is a
unique program that is conducted in
five locations around the world: Paris,
StPetersburg, Beijing, Shanghai, and
Doha.

Qatar Foundation,
Doha, Qatar

Qatar Foundation for Education,

Science and Community Development
(QF) aims to support Qatar on its journey
from a carbon economy to a knowledge
economy by unlocking human potential.
HECParis joined Qatar Foundation in
June 2010 and is the first European
partner in Education City. Its executive
programs and research activities in
Qatar build corporate competitiveness
within the global economy and are
fully aligned with Qatar National Vision
2030, helping Qatar become a leader
in innovative education and research.
A dedicated Doha-based international
academic and program delivery team
anchors the programs excellence and
delivery consistency, and ensure relevance to the challenges of the region.

State-owned Assets
Supervision and
Administration Commission
(SASAC), Beijing, China

The HEC Executive MBA is offered in

Beijing under the auspices of the Training
Centre of the State-owned Assets Super
vision and Administration Commission
of the State Council (SASAC).

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Training Center of the

National Development and
Reform Commission (NDRC)
and Zhejiang University
School of Management,
Shanghai, China

The HEC Executive MBA is delivered in

Shanghai under the auspices of the Train
ing Center of the National Development
and Reform Commission (NDRC) and in
partnership with Hangzhou-based Zhejiang
University School of Management. Both
China tracks are taught in English, with
simultaneous translation into Mandarin.

Graduate school
of management (gsom),
st petersburg, Russia

HEC Paris and the Graduate School of

Management (GSOM) of the StPetersburg
State University jointly conduct the
Executive MBA in StPetersburg, thus allowing participants to receive a degree
from each institution. Delivered in English,
courses take place in both StPetersburg
and Paris, and are taught by top HEC Paris
and GSOM faculty members. Launched
as part of the Russian National Priority
Project in Education, GSOM is an internationally recognized Russian business
school and the only Russian member of
the Community of European Management
Schools (CEMS).

HEC Paris Executive

Education Alumni

A global community and powerful network

Coming to HEC Paris for management training is about sharing
with and learning from others.
The HEC Executive MBA program builds
relationships not only during but also
when completed. These connections open
up a world of opportunities in a diverse
and exclusive Alumni network across the
five continents.
T his alumni community is part of the
overall HEC value proposition. As such,
every alumnus is encouraged to connect
and develop trusting relationships with
their fellow HEC alumni wherever they
may be. You can access this community
either through the HEC Alumni Asso
ciation (HEC Paris degree required) and/
or via Alumni Relations, HEC Executive
Education.

HEC Alumni Association

The HEC Alumni Association, founded

in 1883, is a Paris-based independent
organization run by HEC alumni for
HEC alumni. Closely connected to both
HEC Paris and the HEC Foundation, the
Alumni Association serves the needs
of its members 44,000 degree alumni
worldwide through many support services

(career center, structured professional

groups, events, online directory, lifetime
e-mail).
HEC graduates form a very powerful
close-knit community the world over
in large part thanks to the unrelenting
coordinating efforts and initiatives of the
HEC Alumni Association.

HEC Executive
Education Alumni

Alumni Relations, a department of HEC

Paris, was created in 2008 to ensure
that all HEC Executive Education alumni
may stay connected with one another
and with the institution. It brings together both degree and non-degree HEC
Executive Education alumni in a LinkedIn
group where an offer of value-adding
services is available to further the HEC
Experience, strengthen existing ties and
foster a spirit of comradeship within the
community. This virtual network also
enables every alumnus to easily identify
relevant business contacts within the
HEC community.

OUR PARtNERS
Accenture Accor Air France Allianz AlcatelLucent Allen &
Overy APC by Schneider Electric Association des Diplmes HEC
Atos Origin AXA Bain &Company Beijaflore BNP Paribas BPCE
cole S.A Danone Deloitte EDF Ernst & Young Exane Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer LLP GDF SUEZ GE Gide Loyrette Nouel Gucci
Group KPMG Linklaters LOral Mars & Co McKinsey &Company
MDS China Ltd Morgan Stanley Neopost Nomura OGILVY Pernod
Ricard Pricewaterhousecoopers Procter &Gamble Publicis
Renault Rothschild SanofiAventis SFR SNCF Socite Gnrale
Thomson Reuters UBS UnibailRodamco

HEC foundation
Founded in 1972 by the HEC Alumni
Association, the HEC Foundation raises
funds from alumni and corporations
in order to support HECs strategic development by providing social diversity
and merit-based scholarships, promoting research programs in management
sciences and enhancing HEC Paris international development.

I have to manage my companies

growth and liaise between my
company in Shanghai and the
cheese production near Bordeaux.
Thats why I chose HEC Paris,
Europes leading business school.
My first best memory is of the
teamwork. Collaborative work was
very new to me, because in china
you have to struggle on your own
as a foreign company. My second
best memory is the Leadership
module. Ilearned that the CEO in
acompany is just as an orchestra
conductor. As a conductor, if you
are too close, the musicians cannot
breathe, if you are too far, they
cannot see you. This is what stayed
with me from the last lecture.
Sun Dai Glendy
General Manager,
CheeseandFizz, CHINA

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