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MBA in General Management

Are you looking for a holistic management degree with which you can prepare for management positions and / or expand your business know-how? The MBA General Management is the classic among the MBA courses. We have compiled all the information below, from types of study and costs to a list of all degree programs to reports from graduates.

The MBA General Management is the classic management training in the field of general corporate management. The course includes all important functional management areas such as accounting, controlling, marketing, financing, personnel management or even commercial law.

The course is useful for academics who are looking for a management or management role, i.e. who want to give their career a new direction or who already have it and would like to deepen their knowledge. Thanks to its (as the name suggests) the MBA is suitable for graduates of all disciplines - from engineering to natural sciences.

Basically you have two options when choosing an MBA:

Generalist MBA studies

This is the classic variant. The MBA was originally developed for non-economists, such as natural sciences and humanities and, above all, engineers. The general management program is intended to convey the basic business administration know-how that is needed to advance further towards top management.

Specialized MBA degree

There are now numerous MBA programs that deal intensively with an industry, such as health management or logistics. These courses are also worthwhile for graduated business economists. You can find an overview of the different fields of study on our page on MBA courses.

"General Management" - the name already indicates the purpose of the course. The basic knowledge of business administration is conveyed, from marketing to corporate and personnel management to controlling. This content is conveyed in a very similar form in a first degree in economics (e.g. Bachelor in Business Administration, Economics, Management, etc.). If you already have a corresponding degree, the content of the MBA no longer makes sense. Of course, this training can still be sold well, because you have refreshed your knowledge and can again fall back on modern management know-how.

The General Management MBA brings even more to those who have little or no knowledge of business administration. These include the natural scientists or humanities, engineers, doctors or lawyers mentioned above. If the path up the career ladder continues during the course of your professional years and the tasks therefore become increasingly "management-heavy" (e.g. due to personnel or budget responsibility), such a course of study can be exactly the right decision to address the new challenges in a structured manner and to master.

Forms of study

In no other area are there so many courses of study and different types of study as with the MBA General Management. Basically, the time models can be summarized as follows:

The MBA distance learning is largely based on the principle of self-study: The participants receive the study documents by post or can access them online. To support them, the universities usually offer e-learning platforms on which one can exchange ideas with lecturers, tutors and fellow students. Distance learning is often supplemented by a series of face-to-face events in which the students have to take part. These are usually organized as block lessons. Depending on the university, there is the possibility to complete the distance learning in a full-time or part-time variant.

On the other hand, MBA participants regularly attend events during part-time face-to-face studies, for example as evening or weekend studies. To ensure compatibility with the profession, these take place either in the evening study of the week or on the weekends. The participants deepen what they have learned in parallel to the lessons in flexible time and space self-study.

An option is of course also full-time study, where students should live near the university and attend lectures or seminars several times a week. However, since the majority of MBA offers in general management are part-time, there are very few full-time offers here.

Course of studies

It is very important that you study the MBA programs that are relevant to you. Because the course of study varies considerably from university to university.

Some examples:

The distance learning MBA General Management at the IUBH is offered in two variants and with three study models each. Anyone who has achieved 210 ECTS points in their first degree can complete the 60 ECTS MBA in 1-2 years. The duration of the study depends on whether you are doing the distance learning full-time (you have to spend about 40 hours / week to study) or part-time. The course is designed as an online course with 10 mandatory attendance days.

The general management distance learning at the Euro-FH, however, is designed for 2 - 3 years. Business people can also shorten it to 16 months. In-class events are not mandatory in the course of the course.

In addition, there are numerous part-time general management MBA programs based on weekend classes and on-site blocks. At the ISM University, for example, around 70 attendance days are combined in blocks of one week in the four semesters (Wednesday to Saturday or Monday to Saturday). At the University of Kassel there are 45 seminar days in 15 blocks (usually Friday morning to Sunday afternoon). The MBA lectures at the Business School of the University of Düsseldorf, on the other hand, take place part-time usually on Thursdays and Fridays between 6:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and on Saturday mornings between 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

Requirements

If you want to study an MBA General Management, you normally need a first academic degree and at least one year of professional experience. Depending on the language model, you have to go through a TOEFL or IELTS or similar. Test the English language skills and a GMAT to prove basic management suitability.

But there are also opportunities to get an MBA directly without first degree. The Euro-FH and the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences offer this option.

Costs

Investing in your education and career opportunities isn't really cheap. The tuition fees are usually in the five-digit range, plus additional costs for learning material, possibly overnight stays at the place of study (e.g. during the presence phases of a distance learning course) and possible stays abroad.

Examples of tuition fees:

• IUBH distance learning: 11,387 - 16,403 euros
• GISMA: 22,000 - 25,000 euros
• Uni Kassel: 20,000 euros
• HWR Berlin: 11,200 euros
• AFW Bad Harzburg: 8,900 euros
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg: 25,000 euros