Master in SMEs Management

• To graduates with previous university training, in areas not necessarily related to business activity, and entrepreneurial concerns.
• People with knowledge and/or professional experience in the business world, who need to complement their training, acquire new tools, criteria and current management methods, to join the labor market in better conditions or, if they are already active professionals, to apply for positions of greater responsibility.
• People with training in areas other than business, who need complementary training that qualifies them for professional practice in the business world.

The type of teachers is combined. Some of them are teachers, with an excellent academic profile, both from the University of Vigo and other Spanish universities.

The rest are prominent professionals from the world of business and public administrations, who, based on their experiences, introduce the real problems of current business activity into the classroom.

The basic contents of this master's degree are typical of the so-called MBA teaching, although oriented to the specificities and characteristics of SMEs, combined in an inter-functional manner, with a global vision, and with the commitment to offer you exclusively those that They will truly generate value in the development of your professional career: Strategic Management of the SME, Commercial Management and Marketing for SMEs, Personnel Management, Sources and Resources of Information for SMEs, Taxation, Accounting for SMEs and family businesses, etc.

Internship period in companies, appropriate to the profile and preferences of the participants, and implementation of an entrepreneurial project, with its corresponding business plan.

Different training methodologies are combined: expository method, teamwork, case studies, conferences, company visits,...

We promote new technologies: experimentation with ICT solutions (ERP, CRM, Business Intelligence, etc.), based on agreements with supplier companies.

Contents

The basic contents of this master's degree are typical of the so-called MBA teaching, although oriented to the specificities and characteristics of SMEs and combined in an inter-functional manner (management functions are not independent of each other) and with a vision global (companies operate in a global environment).

The Master is divided into two semesters and is structured into 10 subjects, each with 6 ECTS credits, making a total of 60 ECTS, of which 48 are dedicated to teaching and 12 to carrying out internships in companies and the preparation of a Master's final project.

The subjects that will allow you to gain in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of business management, its different functional areas, as well as the environment in which they operate, are the following:

• Commercial Management and Marketing for SMEs
• Personal address
• Sources and Resources of Information for SMEs
• Accounting for SMEs and Family Businesses
• Private Business Law
• Strategic Management of the SME
• Finance for SMEs
• Taxation of SMEs
• External Internships
• Master's Final Project

The contents are presented with an integrative vision of the company's functions, from the perspective of management, taking into account the different interest groups (stakeholders) and with the commitment to offer you exclusively those that will truly generate value in the development. of your professional career.

The master's degree in SME Management will increase your professional capabilities, providing you with specialized knowledge and the necessary skills to complete and adapt your profile to the needs demanded by companies today.

The completion of the Master constitutes a great gateway to the world of work, fundamentally through two routes: the completion of external internships and the participation of numerous professionals from the business world teaching content in the different subjects of the master.