Learning Journey
The Certified Expert in Business Development is a flexible blended learning management certificate programme dispensing great opportunity for professionals to develop their key Business Development and Leadership skills to excel in their executive positions while pursuing their career.
Learn how to identify, develop and implement growth opportunities
Business Development is about identifying, developing and implementing growth opportunities in an organization. People who partake in Business Development may come from various professional backgrounds working in different areas or departments of an organization. But what they all have in common is their entrepreneurial task or function of identifying market opportunities, designing new products or businesses and bringing them successfully to the market. Therefore Business Development may be considered as cross functional. It requires key skills from Strategy and Business Design, Innovation and Product Development, Market and Customer Development as well as from Leadership, Finance and Operations.
The Certified Expert in Business Development is designed for middle and senior managers from banks and corporates or other organizations as well as entrepreneurs who seek to enhance their Business Development and Leadership skills in a time efficient manner. For more information contact us
A prerequisite to finish the programme is to select a specialisation face to face training and attend one of the following one week programmes at the Frankfurt School campus.
The programme comprises of six online units which will give you a comprehensive knowledge in the disciplines of:
Each unit also comprises of Optional Readings which are intended to assist you with your specialization selection and your assignment.
Participants are required to take a 2 hour MCQ exam and pass with a 50% pass mark. The examination takes place in March and September. The exam can be taken within a 12 hour window on the allocated date.
Participants will go through an online leadership assessment questionnaire. After completion, they will receive a report about the level of their leadership skills and gap analysis.
Participants need to submit a 8-10 page assignment on a topic of your choice or given by FS. The date of your final assignment submission will be selected by yourself and your study advisor within the 5 – 8 month programme period.
Throughout the programme you can liaise with Frankfurt School and the other participants via the online forum. This gives you the opportunity to engage with others that are enrolled in this programme and a valuable networking opportunity.
Make Certified Expert in Business Development programme suit your company’s Management Development strategy. This programme can be customized to your company’s needs and requirements. Candidates can select a company specific topic as their final assignment. In addition; if you have a bigger group of candidates, we can also customize the in-class part in terms of content and duration as well as the final assignment.
Register now and start any day of the year.
Price : 11,800 EUR*
*Price includes 5-day specialisation training on campus
*Prince includes lunch and beverages during the seminar
*Accommodation is not included in the price during on campus week
The programme has a flexible start date. There is approximately 150 hours of self-study. Our past experience suggest that the programme takes particpants between 5 to 8 months to complete.
Online, with the option of the on campus specialisation taking place at the Frankfurt School Campus.
Certified Expert in Business Development Certificate equivalent to 10 ECTS.
Entire programme is conducted in English
This course will enhance your knowledge in the following SDGs. The SWA offers professional and executive courses dedicated to the advancement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Andreas Emser
Director Executive Education
R A Sajith Ranasinghe
Projekt Manager
