- Programme details
- Topics
- Benefits
- Who should attend
- Faculty & speakers
- Dates & fees
- Reserve a place
- Contact us
Overview
We will test you, challenge you, encourage you and inspire you.
Gain essential strategic knowledge, skills and insight to drive performance.
This two-week intensive programme provides an understanding of the concepts and fundamental principles in key management disciplines, and how to apply them to improve decision-making within your organisation.
Why Cambridge?
Cambridge Judge Business School offers a distinctive approach born out of the University of Cambridge way.
Your experience here will be one of unrivalled quality, relevance, intensity and challenge.
Leading-edge research
With cutting-edge academic research from a business school with 16 research centres, participants draw upon the latest thinking; as one would expect from one of the foremost universities in the world.
Smaller class sizes
The University of Cambridge has always emphasised smaller class sizes for maximum interaction and focused effort between world-class faculty and world-class participants. Cambridge Judge is no exception.
Intensity and focus
Smaller class sizes and leading-edge faculty mean focus and intensity. Your programme will may be shorter than elsewhere, but you will likely be stretched as you have never known.
Isn’t that the point?
Why go down the further learning path?
For a senior executive who has already found success in their field, what’s the draw of Executive Education – where’s the value in business learning?
That was the question a cohort of participants on our most recent General Management Programme tackled in a recent round-table discussion…
Reserve your place & find out more
Demand for this programme is high and we encourage prospective candidates to reserve a place; this ensures we hold a provisional place whilst allowing time to complete the application documents.
Topics
You will be provided with an understanding of the concepts and fundamental principles in key business management disciplines including:
- Accounting
- Collaborative leadership
- Communication & negotiation strategies
- Creative approaches to problem-solving
- Finance
- Innovation
- Macroeconomics
- Marketing
- Operations
- Organisational behaviour
- Strategic management
- Risk & uncertainty
- High performance wellbeing
Your two weeks will contain a variety of teaching methods, including faculty lectures, guest speakers, case studies and group work sessions.
What new skills and knowledge will you benefit from?
- How to increase team performance with enhanced leadership skills
- Improved decision-making processes and analysis
- A broader understanding of financial and accounting principles
- An appreciation of strategic issues in a global marketplace
- How to identify new trends and market demands in a complex business and economic environment
- How to integrate marketing, operations and strategy into a strategic business perspective
- Increased insight into topical issues through discussion with thought leaders
- An opportunity to customise your programme via a series of electives that allow deep dives into specialist areas and topics of current interest.
On completing the Cambridge General Management Programme you will be eligible to become an associate member of Cambridge Judge Business School’s global network of graduates and business-focused University of Cambridge alumni, faculty and staff.
Who should attend
You will be a highly motivated executive looking to develop your management skills and knowledge by engaging with faculty and an international peer group in an intensive and fast-paced learning environment. You will be ambitious and looking to take what you learn from the programme to help you make the next step in your management career.
With typically five or more years’ experience, you may be moving from a specialist function to a more general management role, or to a more senior position within your organisation. The programme has been specifically designed to support those transitioning into new roles with broader perspectives.
These figures were taken from the 2017 GMP classes.
Related articles
Academic Programme Directors
Jochen Runde
Professor of Economics
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Shasha Lu
University Lecturer in Marketing
PhD (School of Management, Fudan University)
Other faculty & speakers
Allègre Hadida
University Senior Lecturer in Strategy
PhD (Doctorat HEC, France)
Jennifer Howard-Grenville
Diageo Professor in Organisation Studies
PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Kitson
University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics
BA (University of Cambridge)
Benn Lawson
University Senior Lecturer in Operations Management
PhD (University of Melbourne)
Vincent Mak
Professor of Marketing & Decision Sciences
PhD (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Geoff Meeks
Emeritus Professor of Financial Accounting
PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Nektarios (Aris) Oraiopoulos
University Lecturer in Operations Management
PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jaideep Prabhu
Professor of Marketing
PhD (University of Southern California)
Andreas Richter
Reader in Organisational Behaviour
PhD (Aston University)
Thomas Roulet
University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory
PhD (HEC Paris)
Pedro Saffi
Reader in Financial Economics
PhD (London Business School)
David Stillwell
Reader in Computational Social Science
PhD (University of Nottingham)
Eden Yin
University Senior Lecturer in Marketing
PhD (University of Southern California)
Dates & fees
|
Dates |
Duration |
Fees * |
|---|---|---|
|
16-28 May 2021 (Opening session on Sun eve) |
2 weeks** |
£14,000 + VAT |
|
17-29 October 2021 (Opening session on Sun eve) |
2 weeks** |
£14,000 + VAT |
VAT is charged at the prevailing rate – where applicable – which is currently 20%; e.g. £14,000 + 20% = £16,800.
* Fees include all programme materials, daytime refreshments and some evening meals, accommodation in the centre of Cambridge, some Cambridge-based activities and a gala dinner in a historic Cambridge College. Participants are expected to attend the full programme. Please note prices pre-registration are subject to change.
** 12 nights’ accommodation.
Preferential rates may be available for groups, University of Cambridge alumni and members of the School’s Alumni Association.
For information regarding payment terms, cancellation rights, transfer policies and fees, please see our terms & conditions documents:
Terms & Conditions for Self-funded Applicants (pdf, 277KB) (updated 4 September 2019)
Terms & Conditions for Organisation-funded Applicants (pdf, 295KB) (updated 4 September 2019)
Registration closes at midday two working days before the programme start date.
Participants are expected to attend the full programme.
Please ensure that you have read our Frequently Asked Questions, which provide important additional information about our face-to-face programmes, in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reserve a place
Our programmes are very popular and tend to fill quickly. We cap the group size at 25. It is therefore advisable to reserve a place on specific sessions. This will simply keep your place until you are able to send in the application form, and we will remain in touch with you to inform you when the programme is almost full.
If you have any questions or would like to have a chat about this programme and how it could benefit you or your organisation, please get in touch with the programme advisor:
Claire Wright
Business Development Director
Open Programmes
Tel: +44 (0)1223 330741
Version 7 (22 June 2020)
