1. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
MBA Change & Innovation
FULL TIME INTERNATIONAL MBA PROGRAMME
Leading Change is about making things happen.
Creating an innovative management, with a
transformative vision.
Inspiring organizations.
A new management perspective.

2. Welcome to our MBA Change & Innovation
Director’s Message MBA Class Profile
«Our MBA offers a unique, intensive Average Age: 33 years
experience over one year. This year is Average Work Experience: 7.5 years
transformational. We offer you the
opportunity to learn about business and Nationalities
management, to question current
leadership styles and techniques, to North America: 10%
embrace complexity by opening your Asia
mind, to connect with your deep career & South Asia: 7%
motivation and ultimately to create your
own path as a business executive. Latin France
America: 13% 50%
Since the programme’s inception, we
have gathered together all the Europe: 20%
ingredients of a unique and world-class
Carolina Serrano-Archimi MBA. However my vision for the MBA
Full Time MBA Change remains broader. You will increase your Sectors
& Innovation Academic Director knowledge, expand your inner potential
for continuous self-improvement and Others: 5%
develop leadership posture in any Professionals: 5% Engineering:
55%
s i t u a t i o n . »
Science: 10%
Business &
Management
25%

3. Why the IAE Aix
MBA Change & Innovation?
As the world is an ever-changing and increasingly
complex place, you need new tools and knowledge to
stay competitive.
The MBA Change & Innovation will enable you to:
- Experience both a personal and professional change
- Enhance your career opportunities
- Develop your professional identity
- Have a unique, international experience
Participants engage with faculty and with each
other to create dynamic learning environment s
within a cultural and international mix and with a
special focus on change & innovation. «With a 15-year-experience in technology transfer
and B2B marketing in high-tech industry, I wanted to
complete my profile with management and financial
skills. The IAE Aix MBA Change & Innovation
Our Approach attracted me because of its emphasize on human
aspects and the accreditations it complies with. This
year at IAE Aix was great : so many people coming
A combination of permanent feedback, from all over the planet, students, faculty, staff I had
daily the opportunity to cooperate with. So many
experiential training methods and individual challenging projects to handle. So many things to
guidance gives this MBA a level and intensity learn and discover. Overall, preparing this MBA was
a meaningful experience, not only enriching skills
of learning that is rare among today’s MBAs. but revealing my potential and opening my mind
further. Currently in a business development
Just to give an example, the Ballet Preljocaj gives position, I have the plan to move abroad and feel
a course on Innovation through Contemporary ready to do so, knowing I can rely on the
international network I built at IAE Aix.»
Dance. In addition, incoming students from top MBA
programmes across the world join our MBA cohort Christophe Robinet
Business Development Manager at SATT (France)
throughout the year, increasing cross-cultural MBA C&I 2010-2011
and networking experience.

4. Programme Overview: MBA Courses...
FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS COURSES ADVANCED BUSINESS COURSES
World-Class Faculty POLYTECH BUSINESS GAME NEGOSIM BUSINESS GAME
MARKETING MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
When not teaching, our faculty are STRATEGY INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
business researchers and consultants in FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW
some of the most successful and respected MANAGERIAL FINANCE SERVICE MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS CORPORATE FINANCE & VALUATION
companies around the world.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
Our faculty to participant ratio is high,
THE CONSULTING PROJECT AND THE
which helps create an innovative and CHALLENGE OF CHANGE
dynamic classroom that is participant THE BUSINESS PROJECT AND THE CHALLENGE
OF INNOVATION
-centered. CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
CHANGE PRAKTIKUM
A NEW MARKETING FOR INNOVATION
CONSULTING INTO PERSPECTIVE
In addition to our full-time faculty, we INNOVATION MANAGEMENT FROM AND WITH THE
PROCESS CONSULTING AND SYSTEMS APPROACH
ARTS
welcome distinguished professors from DESIGN MANAGEMENT AT MIP MILANO
THE CONSULTING PROJECT
top universities across the world: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Stanford Graduate School of Business, FINANCE AND INNOVATION
LEADERSHIP SKILLS & SELF DEVELOPMENT
THE BUSINESS PROJECT
Kellogg School of Management,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Skolkovo TEAM BUILDING THROUGH ACTION LEARNING
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
School of Management in Moscow, MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Fundação Dom Cabral in Brazil, etc. THE CEZANNE SEMINARS INTO PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS
PERSPECTIVE CONTEMPORARY DANCE FOR INNOVATION
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH PSYCHOMETRICS
75% of the professors of the MBA C&I KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURES INTO PERSPECTIVE PERSONAL COACHING SESSIONS
hold a Ph.D. HR INTO PERSPECTIVE
LEADERSHIP INTO PERSPECTIVE
POWER INTO PERSPECTIVE CROSSKNOWLEDGE ONLINE LEARNING
BUSINESS AT THE INTERSECTION PLATFORM

5. ... and Innovative Pedagogy
International
Change & Career
Innovation Development
Leadership
Leadership Consultancy
skills skills
Making Creativity & Entrepreneurial
Decisions Imagination Spirit
Team Spirit Thinking Global Managing
Out of the box Vision Change
International International Networking Possibility of
Cohort Management Individual Project
Seminars abroad
Team Building The Cezanne In-company Individual Project
Week Laboratory of Ideas Team Business &
Consulting Projects
Technical Language Fundamental Advanced Specialised Individual Coaching
Background Training Business Courses Business Courses Conferences & Counselling
August Courses & Interactivity Transversal Projects International Environment Personal Skills July

6. A Unique Environment: Local...
The IAE Aix is the first French public Graduate School of
Management to be created (1955). It is part of Aix
-Marseille University, the largest University in France.
The IAE Aix is the unique French public University to
receive dual accreditation - the international standards
of excellence EQUIS & AMBA - and the only one to be
ranked by the Financial Times (2010 & 2011). London
Berlin
Paris
Location in France
The IAE Aix Graduate School of Management is located Milano
in the beautiful south of France, within France’s second
largest economic area after Paris. Aix-en-Provence
Location in Europe Barcelona
Distances from Aix-en-Provence:
- to Milano: 367 km
- to Barcelona: 549 km
- to Paris: 800 km
- to London: 1247 km
- to Berlin: 1632 km

7. ... and International
International Exchanges
The MBA Change & Innovation includes numerous exchanges with partner universities
and business schools. These exchanges bring additional cross-cultural aspects, and
further occasions for participants and academics to share their knowledge,
experience and perspectives. At various points during the MBA year, we welcome MBA
participants coming from some of the best worldwide business schools, such as:
Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil); MIP Politecnico di Milano (Italy), IIM Indore (India);
MDI Gurgeon (India).
Projects Abroad
The MBA CI is subject to the writing and defense of the MBA individual project to
complete the curriculum. We offer the possibility to our MBA participants to join one of
the IAE Aix partner Business School for the summer of the fall term to complete the
“Coming to Aix for a Study Tour in Aix was an oppor-
individual project. This is a fantastic possibility to discover new countries and job tunity to make my career more global in this inspiring
opportunities while completing the MBA exercise. ‘boutique MBA’. I have been immersed in small
The Universities that our MBA participants have benefited from are: groups with very international profiles, and dealing
with teachers who have both academic and profes-
sional experience in international companies,
- Graduate School of Business, Stellenbosch University/ South Africa absolutely passionate. My experience is valued here,
- Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University/ Australia Sectors
I feel refueled and energized. A very inspirational
experience!”
- School of Economics & Business, Universidade de São Paulo/ Brazil
- Renmin Business School, Beijing/ China Jorge Pulido
Responsible for Alliances & Partnerships
- Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Hanoi/ Vietnam PwC in Colombia
- Sasin School of Management, Bangkok/ Thailand Colombian Student 2011/2012
- Indian Institute of Management, Indore/ India from the MBA of FIA,
University of São Paulo, Brazil
- Management Development Institute, Gurgaon/ India

8. Developing Careers & Networks
Alumni Network
Since 1955, IAE Aix Alumni find themselves in key management and
leadership positions within France and around the world. The Alumni
Association connects our MBAs around the world creating a business
network of consulting resources, knowledge sharing, job opportunities,
social events, assistance for international mobility, and the promotion of a
quality MBA programme.
Corporate & Career Services Centre
This very specific service develops permanent and
«I chose the MBA Change & Innovation because of evolving synergies with the corporate world,
its diversity, this was the key differentiator for me.
The MBA experience was a total personal change,
adapted to the broad scope of participants with
a strong asset in my life. Not only it impacted my keeping your future career path firmly in mind.
leadership style, I am also at ease with distance
management and multi-cultural teams. I even
created a specific and personal methodology to
position a brand and to develop adequate brand
strategies that I am still using for companies. The Corporate & Career Services Centre provides:
Moreover, the MBA opened up an immediate - MBA oriented workshops, tools and webinars for career development
executive position with GDF SUEZ Group. This
MBA is one of the best choices I have ever made in - Scheduled meetings with HR professionals from more than 100 companies
my life.» - Targeted job redcruitment fairs
Mylène Di Nino
- Coaching sessions with HR experts for personal and professional development
Head of Communications at - On-line career management tools and and CV database
PwC Luxembourg - Access to the CARNET International Careers Alliance
MBA C&I 2002-2003
- Careful follow-up and on-demand career support is provided after graduation

9. To Reach Your Professional Goals
Corporate Network
The IAE Aix has developed over the years key relationships with large and small
companies at the regional, national and international levels. Our objective continues
to be the development of these relationships to provide academic and professional
opportunities, and to continuously assess the fit-to-market of the curriculum with the
MBA Advisory Board members.
Positions held by MBA C&I Graduates
HR Director France at YSL (Yves Saint Laurent) Delegated Director at BNP Paribas
Investment Partners North Asia Director at Oxylane Group Finance Excellence
Program Associate at Siemens AG Commercial & Marketing Director at Silken
France Marketing Manager at Havard Business School Senior Consultant at
Exeis Factory Director at Calderys CEO of International Distribution BP HR «Recruiting an MBA participant means hiring a ‘all
inclusive’ executive, not only grounded in his/her
Manager at World Food Programme Marketing Director at Cevital Senior technical skills, but above all with a top level
Manager Corporate Strategy at Amadeus Defense & Space Consultant at Thales leadership capability. What is unique with people
Avionics Liaison Officer at ITER Senior Project Manager at BNP Paribas coming from the MBA Change & Innovation is their
holistic view. In a world of specialization, it is crucial to
CFO at Anima Investment Network Business Development Senior Manager at have multiple perspectives, different references, i.e. a
Eurocopter global approach. The IAE Aix brings this openness to
the MBAs they train, and the real business plan and
consulting project give them concrete and real life
experience. Recruiting those executives is the
Corporate Outreach assurance of getting adaptable and comprehensive
people at both strategic and operational levels.»
Here are companies that have worked with the IAE Aix in both careers and projects:
Yves Demange
BNP Paribas® CMA-CGM® GEMALTO® MAZARS® COLGATE-PALMOLIVE®
Executive Director at SATT (France)
EUROCOPTER® AIRBUS® SNCF® ITER FRANCE® ST MICRO® VINCI® AXA® MBA C&I 2004-2005
AUCHAN® PWC®

10. Application Process
Admissions
The IAE Aix seeks highly motivated candi-
dates hoping to develop their skills for future
positions in international management. Quali-
fied MBA candidates must demonstrate that
tey have clear and coherent professional
objectives as well as a strong desire to
develop themselves further.
Key MBA Advantages
We take a one-to-one personalised approach
Internationally accredited and fully taught to MBA admissions and evaluate each
in English candidate based on your unique and specific «What I found really challenging were the
background and goals. We, therefore, actively multicultural aspects. Indeed, the MBA Change &
Focus on Change Management & Innovation Innovation is composed of people from all over the
encourage you to contact us prior to applying world. We had to work together, to adapt to
Strong value-for-money proposition to the programme to discuss yourself diversity of backgrounds and methods, this was a
and your future plans. considerable source of enrichment for me. I really
Unbeatable location: Mediterranean expanded my open-mindedness and ability to
economic hub and easy access to Europe adapt myself. This is helpful everyday in my career,
and in my personal life also.»
A dedicated team ready to support you
Juana Catalina Rodriguez
any time before, during and after your Business Director Cloud Storage
MBA experience at Gemalto (France)
MBA C&I 2003-2004
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11. Fees and Scholarships
We require the following:
Scholarships and Funding • A valid undergraduate degree or B.A. equivalent MBA Programme Price:
Institutional Scholarships • Minimum of three years work experience 22000 euros
• A good command of English
IAE Aix scholarships can be
allocated to international and • Basic knowledge of management Including:
national participants, either with • The professional ambition to work in an
outstanding records or with very international environment - Tuition fees*
specific profiles: • Demonstrated leadership potential -Language training
• Cézanne Merit Scholarship -•Training documents
• Emerging Economies Diversity An admissions decision will be based -Personal Coaching
Scholarship upon: - Corporate & Career
Services Centre
National Scholarships • Complete online application form - Alumni Network
French participants currently (including 2 motivational essays, - Full access to University
unemployed can apply for special current CV, transcripts and diplomas) facilities and services**
admissions fees. Those working in • 2 professional recommendation letters
France are eligible for public grants: • GMAT or TAGE-MAGE (French applicants)
PARE, FONGECIF. • TOEIC or TOEFL score
International participants: The • Interview with Admissions Committee *A study tour to the MIP Milano
French Government provides in January is not included in
scholarships (via the local embassy) programme fees. The approximate
in addition to specific grants for cost of this trip is 350 euros.
outstanding students from emerging
countries: Eiffel-EGIDE. All necessary admissions information and **Library, Language Laboratory,
For more information regarding assistance can be obtained via our website: International Student Office,
financing opportunities, please Computer Centre, Sports Centre
visit our website.
www.mba-iae-aix.com

12. Learn more about our Pedagogy, Courses and Alumni on the
MBA Change & Innovation Webspace:
www.mba-iae-aix.com
www.mba-iae-aix.com
Contact: Marion Moreau - MBA Programme Manager
marion.moreau@iae-aix.com | Tel: +33 4 42 28 08 55 | Fax: +33 4 42 28 08 00
IAE Aix Graduate School of Management - Aix-Marseille University
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