Specialisation in Management Control

Specialisation in Management Control

Strengthen your leadership. Create value and move your organisation forward.

About the programme

ECTS Credits
90
Degree
Executive Master of Business Administration
Application period
Application deadline 1 September 2025
Study start
25 September 2025

Do you want to enhance your role as a leader, gain greater confidence in financial management, and make better strategic decisions?

NHH’s Executive MBA with specialisation in Management Control provides you with the tools, insights, and confidence needed to generate sustainable value in a complex and uncertain world. Our focus is on how organisations can navigate this challenging landscape.

The programme offers a future-oriented and practically relevant leadership education, firmly rooted in economics and strategy. Through problem-based learning and real-life case work, you will develop the ability to understand and lead organisations in demanding economic contexts and create value in times of geopolitical turbulence.

Throughout the programme, you will work with real challenges and learn how various management tools and analyses can be used strategically to generate value.

You will gain:

  • Research-based knowledge in economics, strategy, and leadership – with a focus on sustainability, technology, and internationalisation.
  • Skills in using advanced tools for profitability analysis, investment evaluation, and strategic decision support.
  • Practical leadership training through case work, reflection, and knowledge exchange with fellow participants.
  • Two international study trips to leading institutions – for global insight and inspiration.
  • The opportunity to strengthen your leadership and build a valuable professional network.
  • Executive-level competence and access to influential networks.

leadership-level expertise and important networks

The EMBA is designed for those with leadership experience or ambitions to lead.

Delivered part-time over two years, the programme combines on-campus sessions, digital workshops, and international study trips. It is tailored to support learning, networking, and academic depth – all while managing a demanding leadership role.

A diverse student group with complementary skills from across Norwegian business and public sectors brings a range of perspectives to business challenges, creating a unique and dynamic learning environment.

A dedicated NHH programme director ensures academic and pedagogical continuity and will be a key contributor to your professional and personal development.

Trond  Bjørnenak and Gro Tufte

Executive MBA: Unleash your leadership potential and strategic insight

In today’s fast-paced and increasingly complex business landscape, continuous learning and professional development are not just beneficial—they are absolutely imperative.

About the programme

ECTS Credits
90
Degree
Executive Master of Business Administration
Application period
Application deadline 1 September 2025
Study start
25 September 2025

Professional EMBA guidance

Our experienced advisors are happy to assist you in the process. Send us an email, and we will get in touch to arrange a non-binding conversation about the EMBA program.

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Practical Information

  • Four subject modules, over a two-year period. See overview
  • Locations: Oslo, Bergen, Milano and Singapore
  • Language of instruction: Norwegian
  • Tuiton fee: NOK 545,000

Admission Requirements

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NHH EXECUTIVE

NHH Norwegian School of Economics is a triple-crown accredited leading business school strongly anchored in the Norwegian business world and a top choice for Executive education in Europe. NHH has an internationally recognised research environment and is the first choice for students who want to study business administration in Norway.

In close cooperation with the business community and society, we are developing new knowledge and creating values for a sustainable future.

NHH has an international profile and cooperates with 200 universities and business schools in more than 50 countries. We have approximately 3,670 students and 473 employees.

NHH Executive hosts executive education with a long tradition in offering MBA specialisations.

Programme structure

Module 1: Strategic profitability analysis and customer orientation
25.09.-27.09.205
NHH Campus Bergen
Introduction to managment and control
16.10.-18.10.2025
Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker
Profitability understanding

30.10.2025

Online

Lecture and case
13.11.-15.11.2025
Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker

Customer and market strategies

20.11.2025

Online

Lecture, exam preparation and guidance

 27.11.2025 Submission of semester assignment
 08.12.2025 Home exam, six hours
Module 2: Strategy, managment and accounting
 
08.01.-10.01.2026
NHH Campus Oslo
Financial reporting  
05.02.-07.02.2026
Quality Hotel Leangkollen, Asker
Strategic analysis  

19.02.2026

Online

Lecture and case  

05.03.-07.03.2026

NHH Campus Berge

Sustainable business models and ESG reporting  

19.03.2026

Submission of semester assignment  

26.03.2026

Online

Case and exam preparation  
10.04.-15.04.2026 Home exam, five days  
Module 3: Innovation and change
07.05.-09-05.2026
NHH Campus Oslo
International economics and change management
08.06.-12.06.2026
HEC Paris
Study trip: Broaden business perspectives in a changing environment
02.07.2026 Submission of semester assignment
13.08.-15.08.2026
NHH Campus Bergen
Project analysis and research methods
17.09.-19.09.2026
NHH Campus Oslo
Technology and innovation

01.10.2026

Online

Exam preparation
26.10.2026 Home exam, six hours
Module 4: Finance and international management
12.11.-14.11.2026
NHH Campus Oslo
Finance
10.12.-12.12.2026
NHH Campus, Oslo
Valuation and team managment
21.12.2026 Submission of progress plan and team contract for the master's thesis

07.01.-09.01.2027

Quality Hotel Leangkollen

Managment

21.01.2027

Online

Exam preparation
 15.02.2027 Home exam, eight hours
08.03.-12.03.2027
NUS Singapore
Study trip: Doing Business in Asia
07.04.2027 Submission of semester assignment
   

08.04.-10.04.2027

NHH Campus Oslo

Integration

20.05.-21.05.2027

NHH Campus Oslo

Develop your leaderships, and working on your master's thesis

09.07.2027

Submission of master's thesis

19.08.-20.08.2027

NHH Campus Bergen

Defense of master's thesis, current topics and conclusion

20.01.2028

Graduation