International Management Program (IMP)

 

An intensive development opportunity for emerging international managers

The International Management Program, IMP, is delivered by the Stockholm School of Economics Executive Education. It is a multicultural meeting point for emerging international managers with an enriching variety of backgrounds and experiences. The program is designed together with the partner companies – Alleima, Atlas Copco, Epiroc, DeLaval International AB, Sandvik, Scania, and SSAB – to meet the current and future needs of international managers in decentralised global companies operating in a rapidly changing world.

 

The IMP program is designed to fulfill the following major goals for the participants:

 

• Reinforce and acquire new skills in using essential tools of modern general management: financial and management accounting, sustainability, diversity, and digital innovation (A/I)
• Broaden their perspective on global business and modern management. The purpose is to enhance the participant’s knowledge of exploiting business opportunities and making the most of limited resources.
• Develop their leadership abilities, especially in a multicultural environment: understanding how to bring out the best in people, how to select and lead teams, how to build and maintain networks, and how to encourage and lead continuous change.

 

Participants

The program is designed for a mixed group of partner companies: Atlas Copco, DeLaval, Hitachi Energy, Sandvik, Scania, and SSAB. In a typical program, participants represent 8-12 different nationalities and reside in an even larger number of countries. The two key characteristics of a successful participant are a track record of success and high motivation for continued personal development.

 

 

 

 

 

The program is a comprehensive course in general management. It emphasizes the following aspects of modern management and leadership within an international context:

Module 1, Sigtuna Sweden

Topics covered include:

• Base camp: Reflection as a strategy for learning, Openness, and trust, learning climate, Expanding your business challenge, and Company presentations.
• Improvising leadership
• Voice‑ and Communication skills in management
• Diversity, equity & inclusion
• Intercultural management: Understanding cultural diversity, and increasing the ability to function effectively in a multicultural context – bridging culture gaps

Module 2, Online

Topics covered include:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Sustainable business models
• Digital business models
• Transformation & leadership
• Business management: Financial measures, Tools, Key performance indicators and their relationships, Management accounting as a strategic tool

Module 3, Sweden:

Topics covered include:

• Radical collaboration: Building trust and collaborative relationships, Interest-based problem solving and negotiations
• My Mirrored Image: Feedback of interviews
• Core Quadrants, Your Values
• Sustainable leadership
• My personal development plan.

A variety of active learning approaches (e.g., case studies, group work, experience-based learning, structured reflections, and business challenges) enhance the interaction among participants. The exchange of experience with other participants is an essential part of the program and an opportunity for a valuable professional intercultural network.