Certificate
Strategy and Decision-Making in Business, Politics and Society
ESCP/Hertie School Certificate Series
The ESCP/Hertie School Certificate Series is a set of unique short-term executive programmes for managers working at the intersection of business, politics and civil society. Certificates consist of three to four seminars each, and they address topics and skills related to general management such as leadership, strategy and decision making.
All seminars take place at either ESCP's Berlin campus or at the Hertie School. They will cover the main concepts, principles and instruments as well as their application in different organisational contexts. Each certificate requires participants to successfully complete all seminars within two years.
Credits can be transferred to ESCP’s Executive MBA programme and Hertie School’s Executive Master of Public Administration programme.
Certificate
Leadership in Business, Politics and Society
- This certificate includes three seminars, which need to be completed within two years. Most seminars take place on an annual basis.
- Participants choose two out of the five courses offered by the Hertie School and participate in in the Corporate strategy seminar at ESCP Business School in Berlin and London..
ESCP Business School
Curriculum & Calendar
(One Course at ESCP Business School)
Strategy • This course provides you with key frameworks and concepts in strategic management. It demonstrates how a firm must have a clear vision and clear objectives before formulating its strategy, taking into account its corporate culture. The course illuminates the need for strategic analysis and teaches you how to apply the appropriate tools. While strategic decisions at the corporate level, the business unit level and the functional level are important, the course also links strategy formulation to strategy implementation.
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course participants will
- Understand key frameworks and concepts in strategic management
- Link vision, mission, and objectives to strategy
- Master tools for strategic analysis (such as the value chain, the Five Forces, benchmarking, or SWOT)
- Formulate corporate-level strategies as well as business-level and selected functional strategies
- Anticipate the consequences of strategy formulation for strategy implementation
Next dates
- Paris: 18–20 February 2027
- London: 25–27 February 2027
- Berlin: 1–3 March 2027
- Online: 15 March–11 April 2027
- Dubai: 30 March–1 April 2027
Hertie School
Curriculum & Calendar
(Participants choose two courses)
- Bureaucracies and evidence-based policymaking
- Strategic and performance management
- Smart decisions in government and business
- Scenario-building and foresight
- Budgeting and priority-setting in government
For course dates, registration and further information on the Hertie seminars, visit the Hertie School website.