Economics - Management

Master's Degree in Management and Business Development (MBD)

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    1 or 2 years

  • Training structure

    Montpellier Management

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Master's in Management and Business Development trains students for careers in business development, sales, and customer relationship management.

He prepares them for the strategic and commercial challenges faced by large corporations and SMEs, in both a national and international context.

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  • 93.75%

    Success rate

The advantages of the training program

  • A group of around twenty students allowing for personalized support
  • Interactive teaching methods with group projects
  • 25% of courses taught in English in M1 and 20% in M2
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Objectives

With the Master's in Management and Business Development, students:

  • Are trained to become specialists in business development and high-level customer relationship management in an international and digitalized context.
  • Acquire a wide range of skills enabling them to become versatile in sales and marketing roles, in large corporations or SMEs.
  • Will be able to develop a business strategy and implement it in all sectors of activity
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International dimension

At Montpellier Management, you have the opportunity to study abroad atone of our 45 partner universities in 20 countries.

Discover the international experience opportunities available to Montpellier Management students on our dedicated page.

Discover all the testimonials from our students who have gone abroad

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Organization

Knowledge assessment

*Success rate in M2 2023-2024 (admitted / number of students with an average > 7)

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Open alternately

Possibility of completing the M1 and M2 on a work-study basis.

 

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Internships, supervised projects

Find all the useful information about internships onthis page.

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Program

Select a program

  • Knowing and developing your markets

    • Consumer law

      4 credits27h
    • Business-to-business marketing

      3 credits
    • Satisfaction: concepts, methods, and indicators

      24h
    • Purchasing and consumption practices

      5 credits21h
    • Innovation

      3h
    • Innovation

      3h
    • Consumer law

      4 credits27h
    • Satisfaction: concepts, methods, and indicators

      2 credits24h
  • Mastering business development tools

    7 credits
    • Professional integration

      6h
    • Business analysis and management tools

      2 credits18h
    • Digital transformation

      27h
    • Sales and distribution

      2 credits27h
    • Team management tools

      3h
    • Team management tools

      3h
    • Digital transformation

      3 credits27h
  • Develop a development strategy

    12 credits
    • Responsible HR management

      2 credits18h
    • Business Plan in Marketing Services

      12h
    • Corporate strategy / CSR

      6 credits36h
    • CSR reporting

      2 credits12h
    • Mind Mapping 1

      6h
    • CSR reporting

      2 credits12h
    • Responsible HR management

      2 credits18h
    • Business plan in services marketing

      2 credits12h
    • Mind Mapping

      6h
    • Corporate strategy / CSR

      6 credits36h
  • Optional

    • Spanish S1

      18h
    • German S1

      15h
  • Develop commercial policy

    10 credits
    • Strategic decisions and action plans

      4 credits27h
    • Business English

      2 credits27h
    • International Business Environment

      4 credits
  • Managing teams and negotiating

    4 credits
    • Business negotiation techniques

      2 credits18h
    • Team coaching and management

      2 credits18h
    • Sales management

      6h
  • Become professionally integrated

    11 credits
    • M1 MBD Internship - Internship thesis

      7 credits
    • Qualitative/quantitative research project

      4 credits27h
    • Methodology of the thesis

      5h
    • M1 MBD Supervised project

    • M1 MBD Internship

    • Sustainable Business Case Study

      7 credits
  • Mastering digital tools

    5 credits
    • Website creation and management

      2 credits27h
    • Digital strategies and search engine optimization

      2 credits27h
    • Design software

      1 credit9h
  • Optional

    • Spanish S2

      18h
    • German S2

      15h
    • Optional sport

    • M1 MBD Optional internship

  • Develop new markets

    6 credits
    • Business transformation

      9h
    • Digital development

      18h
    • Graphic design

      12h
    • Collaborative innovation and creative techniques

      21h
  • Integrating into professional life

    6 credits
    • In-depth study and research methodologies

      25h
    • Career Plan

      3h
    • Improvisation techniques for public speaking

      10h
  • Managing customer relations and field teams

    6 credits
    • Managing emotions and stress

      10h
    • Leadership and team management

      21h
    • Business ethics

      24h
    • Customer and business partnership management

      21h
    • Business ethics

      12h
  • Implement a business development strategy

    6 credits
    • Complex negotiation

      15h
    • Outbound sales

      10h
  • Leading business development

    6 credits
    • Key account management

      10h
    • Business Game

      16h
    • Global and sustainable supply chain

      12h
  • Integrating into professional life

    30 credits
  • M2 MBD Internship

  • M2 MBD Supervised project

  • Optional

    • M2 MBD Optional internship

Admission

Admission requirements

See the admission requirements for the Master's in Management and Business Development on this page (under "Prerequisites").

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Registration procedures

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And after

Professional integration

After completing the M2 program, students can pursue the following careers:

  • Business Development Manager
  • Customer Relations Manager
  • Business developer
  • CSR Project Manager
  • E-commerce manager
  • Key account manager
  • Export Area Manager
  • Customer Relations Project Manager
  • Digital Project Manager

 

*The success rate is calculated based on the number of students enrolled in this program who obtained their degree / the number of students enrolled in this program who obtained an average grade of over 7/20. Students enrolled in distance learning programs are excluded from this rate. Data for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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