Training Structure
Institute of Business Administration (IAE)
Overview
The MPI master’s track is part of the Innovation Management concentration, along with three other tracks: Innovative Business Creation (CEI), e-Marketing, and Digital Transformation Management (MTD). The goal of this track is to enable students to pursue a career path in the field of innovation with a major focus (one of the tracks) while fostering strong interdisciplinary integration among these four areas through a framework that combines innovation, digital, marketing, and strategy (business model). The MPI track aligns with the following career objectives:
¤ Project or assignment manager at an innovative company,
¤ Consulting and support services in innovation and entrepreneurship,
Our vision of innovative project management is primarily entrepreneurial, which explains the strong overlap between the MPI and CEI programs.
Objectives
This unique approach enables a cross-disciplinary study of all subjects. It emphasizes skills—particularly cross-disciplinary skills and soft skills—which, since the program’s inception in 2001 with the creation of the CEI Master’s program, have formed the foundation of the program’s pedagogy: teamwork, independence, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking.
Expertise and Skills
The courses and activities emphasize active and experiential learning. There are strong synergies among the tracks within the specialization, allowing for extensive sharing of courses and fostering closer ties among students across the tracks. In particular, the Disrupt Campus Montpellier program is integrated into all four tracks of the specialization; it is an innovative educational initiative designed to support the digital transformation of businesses: https://digitalstudentchallenge.umontpellier.fr
Finally, the development of a truly open-minded approach among students is fostered by innovative and entrepreneurial management approaches (design thinking, lean startup, agile methodology, LEGO Serious Play, the Disrupt Campus Montpellier program, etc.).