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MCE Mini MBA

Moving from Technical Expert to International Business Manager

MCE Mini MBA

Get equipped with the practical, operational and managerial skills you need to become a great manager & boost your career.

You’re Great at Solving Technical Problems.

But Leadership Requires More.

You now manage people, budgets, and business decisions — but no one formally taught you how.

You’re great at solving technical problems. But now, you’re expected to do more. You manage people, sit in budget meetings, align with marketing and operations, and make decisions that impact the business. And no one taught you how to do that.

The MCE Mini MBA is built for professionals like you—engineers, scientists, and technical specialists transitioning into managerial roles. This 5-module programme gives you a complete, practical understanding of how businesses run. You’ll learn to manage people, speak the language of finance, understand commercial priorities, and contribute to strategy. You’ll walk away with tools, confidence, and clarity to make better decisions, lead teams, and align across functions.

Key Competences​ Covered

The Key Issues

You’re great at solving technical problems. But now, you’re expected to do more. You manage people, sit in budget meetings, align with marketing and operations, and make decisions that impact the business. And no one taught you how to do that.

The MCE Mini MBA is built for professionals like you—engineers, scientists, and technical specialists transitioning into managerial roles. This 5-module programme gives you a complete, practical understanding of how businesses run. You’ll learn to manage people, speak the language of finance, understand commercial priorities, and contribute to strategy. You’ll walk away with tools, confidence, and clarity to make better decisions, lead teams, and align across functions.

Business
Fluency

People Management

Key Competences​

Decision-Making

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Change & Alignment

The Right Programme for You

  • Engineers, scientists, and technical experts leading teams
  • First-time or mid-level managers in international roles
  • Technical professionals needing business fluency to align with other departments
  • Functional managers who want to improve business proficiency

The Right Programme for You

  • Engineers, scientists, and technical experts leading teams
  • First-time or mid-level managers in international roles
  • Technical professionals needing business fluency to align with other departments
  • Functional managers who want to improve business proficiency

Highlights

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

The MCE 5-Day Mini MBA focuses on the following key areas:

  • People Management and Leadership
  • Business Strategy & Innovation
  • Performance, Budgeting and Accounting
  • Commercial & Operational Excellence
  • Navigating Change
 

A Business Simulation will be used throughout the programme and will cover activities of five financial reporting years.

You will work in teams of 3 to 4 people and your objective will be to maximise profitability and ROCE over the strategic 5 year period.

Five Programme Modules

  • Transition from expert to manager: what it means for you in your role
  • Discover your leadership style in today’s business world
  • Build trust across cultures and remote teams
  • Learn about leading organizational capabilities
  • Explore different leadership styles and emotional intelligence (Goleman model)
  • Build your awareness of DEI, hybrid, and cross-cultural team dynamics
  • Analyze your market using inside-out and outside-in strategic tools
  • Apply strategy models like BCG and McKinsey Matrix in your role
  • Learn to evaluate trends and turn them into business opportunities and strategies
  • Build value propositions through innovation and customer-centric thinking
  • Understand core financial principles: P&L, balance sheets, KPIs
  • Learn budgeting, cost control, and performance analysis
  • Use financial insights and data analytics to make decisions
  • Build confidence in business conversations involving numbers and ratios
  • Understand how marketing, sales, and operations drive business value
  • Learn about segmentation, targeting, and positioning fundamentals
  • Explore how supply chains and customer value intersect
  • Identify and optimize your team’s contribution to the value chain
  • Learn frameworks for strategy execution and change management
  • Understand different change management models and how to navigate transformation
  • Practice stakeholder communication and change leadership situations
  • Consolidate your overall learning with simulations and a personal action plan

Faculty

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Bettina
Hausmann

Learn, Practice and Use

Programme Details

The MCE 5-Day Mini MBA focuses on the following key areas:

  • People Management and Leadership
  • Business Strategy & Innovation
  • Performance, Budgeting and Accounting
  • Commercial & Operational Excellence
  • Navigating Change

A Business Simulation will be used throughout the programme and will cover activities of five financial reporting years.

You will work in teams of 3 to 4 people and your objective will be to maximise profitability and ROCE over the strategic 5 year period.

Five Programme Modules

  • Transition from expert to manager: what it means for you in your role
  • Discover your leadership style in today’s business world
  • Build trust across cultures and remote teams
  • Learn about leading organizational capabilities
  • Explore different leadership styles and emotional intelligence (Goleman model)
  • Build your awareness of DEI, hybrid, and cross-cultural team dynamics
  • Analyze your market using inside-out and outside-in strategic tools
  • Apply strategy models like BCG and McKinsey Matrix in your role
  • Learn to evaluate trends and turn them into business opportunities and strategies
  • Build value propositions through innovation and customer-centric thinking
  • Understand core financial principles: P&L, balance sheets, KPIs
  • Learn budgeting, cost control, and performance analysis
  • Use financial insights and data analytics to make decisions
  • Build confidence in business conversations involving numbers and ratios
  • Understand how marketing, sales, and operations drive business value
  • Learn about segmentation, targeting, and positioning fundamentals
  • Explore how supply chains and customer value intersect
  • Identify and optimize your team’s contribution to the value chain
  • Learn frameworks for strategy execution and change management
  • Understand different change management models and how to navigate transformation
  • Practice stakeholder communication and change leadership situations
  • Consolidate your overall learning with simulations and a personal action plan

Testimonials

Scheduled Programmes

Choose your learning format

Face-to-Face

Date
Location
Attendance Fee
Status
21 Jun – 25 Jun 2026
Doha, City Centre
€3,995
Cancelled
22 Jun – 26 Jun 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Fully booked
13 Jul – 17 Jul 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
27 Jul – 31 Jul 2026
Barcelona, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
10 Aug – 14 Aug 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
21 Sep – 25 Sep 2026
Amsterdam, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
05 Oct – 09 Oct 2026
Frankfurt, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
12 Oct – 16 Oct 2026
€3,995
Guaranteed to run
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Zurich, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Brussels, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
16 Nov – 20 Nov 2026
Vienna, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
07 Dec – 11 Dec 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Guaranteed to run

Live Online

Date
Sessions
Attendance Fee
Status
14 Sep – 23 Sep 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 14 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 14 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
Scheduled
09 Nov – 18 Nov 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 09 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 09 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
New date

Upcoming Programmes

Choose your preferred learning solution

Face-to-Face
5 days

Date
Location
Attendance Fee
Status
21 Jun – 25 Jun 2026
Doha, City Centre
€3,995
Cancelled
22 Jun – 26 Jun 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Fully booked
13 Jul – 17 Jul 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
27 Jul – 31 Jul 2026
Barcelona, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
10 Aug – 14 Aug 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
21 Sep – 25 Sep 2026
Amsterdam, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
05 Oct – 09 Oct 2026
Frankfurt, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
12 Oct – 16 Oct 2026
€3,995
Guaranteed to run
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Zurich, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Brussels, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
16 Nov – 20 Nov 2026
Vienna, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
07 Dec – 11 Dec 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Guaranteed to run

Live Online
12 sessions

Date
Sessions
Attendance Fee
Status
14 Sep – 23 Sep 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 14 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 14 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
Scheduled
09 Nov – 18 Nov 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 09 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 09 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
New date

In-Company
This programme is available as an In-Company solution for you teams.

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Date
Location
Attendance Fee
Status
21 Jun – 25 Jun 2026
Doha, City Centre
€3,995
Cancelled
22 Jun – 26 Jun 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Fully booked
13 Jul – 17 Jul 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
27 Jul – 31 Jul 2026
Barcelona, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
10 Aug – 14 Aug 2026
€4,995
Guaranteed to run
21 Sep – 25 Sep 2026
Amsterdam, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
05 Oct – 09 Oct 2026
Frankfurt, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
12 Oct – 16 Oct 2026
€3,995
Guaranteed to run
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Zurich, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
19 Oct – 23 Oct 2026
Brussels, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
16 Nov – 20 Nov 2026
Vienna, City Centre
€3,995
Scheduled
07 Dec – 11 Dec 2026
London, City Centre
€4,995
Guaranteed to run

Date
Sessions
Attendance Fee
Status
14 Sep – 23 Sep 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 14 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 14 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 15 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 16 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 21 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 23 Sep 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
Scheduled
09 Nov – 18 Nov 2026
12 sessions · CET
  • Mon 09 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 09 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 11 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Mon 16 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Tue 17 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 09:00 – 12:00
  • Wed 18 Nov 14:00 – 17:00
€3,995
New date

Contact Us

Get in touch with the MCE team to learn more about implementing this programme for your team.

Contact Us - Inco Request
I am interested in training for
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