Are you a real change-maker? Do you want to grow your management potential, improve your leadership skills, and unlock your strategic vision? Are you ready to work on your own “fit-for-purpose” self, challenge yourself, and gear up for success on a global scale? Then the Executive Master in Management of International Organizations is the right program for you!

The EMMIO gives you the chance to:

Enhance your ability to think and act strategically in today’s international cooperation scenarios

Develop your competence to effectively lead organizations through sustainable innovation

Improve your distinctive managerial skills to build and manage successful partnerships, increase core resources, and promote the human capital of your organization to achieve strategic goals

Foster your practical skills to manage professional teams and coordinate complex projects

6 Reasons for EMMIO

1. A unique value proposition

Do you want to emerge as natural leader in a tough landscape where providing `value for money` is of existential importance for international organizations? Don’t settle for any masters programme, choose EMMIO, a fully tailored, hands on degree which will strengthen your fit for purpose and heighten your visibility, equipping you for your future professional challenges!

2. Milan – the place to be

SDA Bocconi’s location allows you to get the most out of your advanced education by taking in the Milan experience (Italians say `Milano da bere`, Milan to drink), get inspired in the most vibrant Mediterranean city, immersed in a dynamic environment open to international business leaders and global policy makers alike.

3. The way we do things around here

EMMIO is so much more than a Masters’ programme – it’s a laboratory where participants pour their professional experiences to think creatively and elaborate new solutions to common problems – the EMMIO cohort blends professionals from both the international development and humanitarian assistance sectors with twenty or more organizations represented. The first two editions of EMMIO demonstrated the unique value of diversity and complementarity of backgrounds to foster a systemic and strategic thinking among our participants!

4. A whole spectrum, from theory to practice

why compromise between world class academic contents and cutting edge business practices? EMMIO allows you to get the best of both worlds, through a uniquely qualified and hand-picked faculty merging renowned scholars and senior professionals from International Organizations.

5. Get your ‘fit to measure’ education at EMMIO

at SDA Bocconi we believe that your education should fit your needs, and work around your schedule! Our blended formula allows you i) maximum flexibility to complete the on-distance course workload throughout the year; ii) a concentrated face to face course delivery in two sessions of two and half weeks each – you will earn your degree in only nine months while taking full advantage of the flexible programme schedule.

6. Choose an institution that’s a real knowledge ‘creator’, not a simple ‘dispatcher’

SDA Bocconi fully invested in the advancement of business practices and support the ongoing reforms strengthening IOs’ ability to deliver public value. Concretely, Bocconi delivers original research and knowledge to advance the agenda of communities of practice and networks including the Association of Human Resource Management in IOs (AHRMIO), the Career Development Roundtable (CDR) and the Global Food Security Cluster (GFSC).

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