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3 days a month during 20 months
Full Time during 12 months
Discover our campus in Paris
Developing the skills of executive officers and consolidating their business expertise
Equivalent to a master’s degree, level 1 “Operational Unit Manager”
Duration : 12 to 18 months
Easily combined with professional activity (2 or 3 training days every month)
2 intakes per year : in February and September, in Lyon and Paris
LYON : Sabine Chavanelle +33(0) 4 72 18 29 25
PARIS : Noémie Alves +33 (0)1 53 34 23 91
Casablanca : +212 (0) 522 64 18 18
How to adapt your management in a context of change ?
emlyon business school partner of the "Odyssée des entrepreneurs 2019"
emlyon business school ranked 26 worldwide and 2 in France for employability
consolidate your management position with your internal and external counterparts
improve your steering and team leadership practices
match your professional position with your level of skill
have a global vision of your company combined with business expertise
PGM makes it possible to achieve new skills and analyse previous practices. It is also a valuable opportunity to take a step back and share ideas.
•To push your professional carrier forward
•To reinforce your business expertise under an operational and strategic perspective
•To join the 26,000 graduates in the EMLYON Business School network
•To obtain a level 1 diploma, equivalent to a master’s degree
Goals for your company
•Well-prepared executives, who combine management efficiency with business expertise
•A return on investment guaranteed thanks to the post-graduate dissertation
•A modular and flexible training cycle, easily combined with professional activity
“General Management Program” participants are operational managers: new managers, transversal managers (projects mode), future managers…
Once they have completed the compulsory modules, students choose 2 elective modules, one from each strand, to deepen their understanding of key points in relation to their particular context. An advisor is at hand to tell you about the different elective modules available on each campus (subject to change).
Elective modules will only run with sufficient interest from students. At least 5 students must register before an elective module opens.
With a direct connection to the student’s professional and personal context, dissertations offer return on investment for both the student and their employer.
Students must explain their strategy and present their solutions in a viva.
Over 10 months, the compulsory modules are structured around two main themes:
• Managerial expertise: consolidating business management skills in a shifting, complex environment (strategy, marketing, customer
• Managerial behaviours: consolidating managerial skills, analysing change and adopting innovative management methods.
A HIGHLY RECOGNISED FACULTY
Highly qualified teaching staff with 90% of the 130 permanent professors holding a doctorate-level diploma
7 teaching and research units in touch with the business world
An incubator, which has coached 1 350 participants in supported projects since 1984
emlyon business school belong to 1% of the worldwide Business Schools with the triple accreditation
The required level for acceptance in the General Management Programme is:
5-years of professional experience
a bachelor’s degree +2 years or equivalent. A “Validation of Professional Experience” (additional application form) is possible for applicants who do not have this level of diploma.
Program accessible by VAE
The application is reviewed by a Reading Committee, who decides whether:
- the application is approved in its entirety : the candidate is admitted
- the application is partially approved: the candidate has to go in front of the Selection Panel
- the application is not approved: the candidate is rejected
Interview in front of a Selection Panel
“Validation of Professional Experience” process or application partially approved ? The last step for acceptance in the program is an interview with a Selection Panel of two people, a Professor and a programme graduate. This step lasts 30 to 45 minutes. The panel assesses the relevance of the course for the candidate’s career plan.
€ 18,900 excl. VAT.
Include all the educational costs particularly the initial and final assessments and lifetime membership in the emlyon business school forever alumni network (*excluding accommodation, transportation and meals)
Selection fees: € 222 inc. tax
From the very first day, participants in the General Management Programme belong to the emlyon business school  network, with 26,000 members.
Belonging to this active network is a tremendous asset for your current and future career.
Furthermore, the school organises many events and conferences that are opportunities to connect and to develop your professional and entrepreneurial plans.
Although I had been a manager for 15 years, my "meeting" with the Human Resources opened my mind and showed me the importance of the human network. I think that the benefits derived from this programme are due to the quality of the instructors and their personal involvement.”
Manager of the NGO Medical Refresher Courses for Afghans (MRCA)
Management and management control take on a deeply human meaning, in a sector that is becoming professionalised.
High-level champion skier, consulting agency founder
With sport, you are focussed on yourself but studying allows you to open up and meet other types of people. It was this open-mindedness I was looking for through PGM.
Supply Chain Engineering manager RENAULT
The benefits of the programme are considerable and the education is very thorough, particularly in terms of self-awareness, taking a step back, change management, communication, and it is delivered by high-level professors. Thanks to this toolbox offered by EMLYON Business School, I feel truly ready to face the challenges of my career as a manager.
Global Head of Servers for Blippar
emlyon business school allowed me to develop a true picture of the real economy. I also developed an overview of management as well as of the psychology of the top managers in start-ups. That's one of the school's strengths that will allow it to shine in the new technology field, as Epitech does in the field of pure information technology.
Sales Director, Village du Monde Diffusion
Diversity, the initial training and the highly varied backgrounds of the participants in this programme resulted in an extremely beneficial exchange of ideas. I fully appreciated the naturalness and humility of my peers despite the professional status of some. Our discussions took place in an atmosphere of trust and mutual support. The professors and supervisors were exceptional. They taught us without losing sight of the professional realities. There will be a before and an after PGM.
I met extremely interesting people, with totally different backgrounds, and high-level instructors. If I had to sum the PGM programme up in a few words, it would be stepping back and innovation.
Operational Manager, HUBIERE SA Trailers
After several years as a sales manager, I felt the need to take a step back and to strengthen my skills. PGM has a strong reputation and can easily be combined with professional activity. It caught my attention right away and allowed me to evolve within my company. I now belong to the Steering Committee and am in charge of operational management. The key point that I will remember from this experience is the richness of the PGM network that unites participants and instructors from different backgrounds.
A genuine melting pot of culture…or rather, a variety of cultures ! We exchanged ideas between different corporate cultures, different instructional methods, different personalities and different priorities. We soon became aware that we were learning more about ourselves, and we opened up to others and tried to get to know them better. I feel like I took a step back from my corporate vision and my analytical skills were strengthened. I have more self-confidence.
Development and Diversification Manager for Coved
It is an extremely rewarding experience (teaching quality, meetings, enriching programme), do not hesitate!
Administrative and financial manager
It is extraordinary! It is a different approach to the professional world, one where there is discussion, collaboration, cooperation from the very beginning.