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DPAE

Degree in Advanced Corporate Management /

Licence professionnelle MAnagement APpliqué aux PME-PMI

(French Language Programme, in partneship with IUT of Marseille)

"This programme is meant for executives or future executives, holding a first cycle university degree, and willing to build on their professional experience with a second cycle degree and learn or reinforce strong management skills."

Objectives

  • To provide the basic tools and vocabulary of business administration
  • To train multidisciplinary managers
  • To provide a general overview of the various functional aspects of corporations

Programme structure

If you are currently working:

 

Whether you benefit from your company's corporate training plan, an individual training leave or study on a personal basis, you can choose between two options:

  • 2 year DPAE: the programme is part-time and spread over two years, from October to June, one full day (Tuesday) every two weeks, one evening every week (Thursday 6:30PM to 9:30PM), two Saturdays a month.
  • Intensive DPAE: the programme is full-time, from January to July, Monday through Friday and some Saturday mornings.

If you are currently seeking a position:

 

PARE enrollment is possible.

Attendance in these two programmes can be adjusted to better fit the need of the applicants. Classes can be attended on a per-unit basis.

Programme strengths

  • Limited enrollment for better interaction and personalised support (case study, exercises, role games, etc.) and team work
  • Continuous assessments ensuring student attendance
  • Significant homework and assignments

Admission requirements

Requirements for application:

 

Application is open to applicants:

  • Holding a university degree (2 years beyond the French Baccalauréat) or an equivalent degree accredited by the French Ministère de l'Education Nationale.
  • Having professional management experience as supervisor or foreman (agent de maîtrise or cadre).

Exceptionally, applicants not holding the mentioned degrees can be be admitted to the programme.

Application process

 
  • To fill out an application Form
  • To take an interview

Programme Financing

The programmes can be financed by:

  • Corporations (continuing education and vocational training)
  • Specialised organisation: FAF, OPCA, FONGECIF (individual training leave)
  • ANPE

The Continuing Education Department can help you to study your financing plan.

Programme Structure and Content

Human Resources

 

Relational Development and Personal Efficiency in Communication

  • Active Listening, Self-Assertion
  • Meeting Management, Negotiation, Internal Communication Tools

People and Organisation Management

  • Personnel Management: Positions, Roles, Powers of the HR Manager
  • Team Management

Labor Laws and Social Regulations

  • Work Contracts
  • Collective Relations: Personnel Representatives, Negotiation and Conflict Management
  • Other Players: Social Institutions and State Administrations, Labor Inspectorate

Social and Labor Relation History

  • The invention of the factory
  • Social questions
  • Working class integration
  • Labor Representation in Corporations and Public Institutions
  • A Shattered Labor Environment

Sales Management

 

Marketing

  • Marketing Approach
  • Consumer/Client Behavior
  • Segmentation and Positioning
  • Product, Pricing, Distribution and Communication Policies

Sales

  • Sales People Management
  • Commercial Negotiation

Business Law

  • Business Law
  • Competition Laws and Regulations
  • Corporate Laws
  • Business Contracts

Logistics

 

Internal Logistics

  • Project Management
  • Stock Management
  • Process Management

External Logistics

  • Transport and Stocking Policies
  • Purchasing Management
  • EDI Information Systems and their Impact

Cost and Efficiency Analysis

  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Management Using Control Panels

Information Systems

  • Roles and Functions
  • MERISE Method: Data Modeling, Processing Modeling

Finance

 

General Accounting

  • Information Input
  • Data Processing
  • Data Synthesis

Tax System

  • Tax Administration
  • National Tax System
  • Local and Regional Tax Systems
  • Tax and Social Security Contributions

Financial Information Analysis and Processing

  • Accounting information system
  • Information re-reprocessing: intermediary balances
  • Profitability analysis
  • Financial equilibrium
  • Financial planning

Financial Decision-Making

  • Financial rationale
  • Investment decision-making
  • Financing decision-making and banking negotiation
  • Cash flow management tools

 Computer Science and Statistics

  • Statitics / Mathematics
  • Computer Science

General Economy and Strategy

Strategy

English

Entrepreneurship

Monograph