The Executive MBA integrates finance, strategy, leadership, and leadership development

Through four module-based sessions and a master’s dissertation, you will build strong expertise in strategy, accounting, finance, and management — and learn how to connect financial analysis with both operational and strategic leadership.

Throughout the programme, you will work with real-world challenges and learn how various management tools and analyses can be applied strategically to create value.

Academic Content

The programme is structured into four modules and a final master’s dissertation.
Each module has a clear academic focus:

• Module 1: Strategic Profitability Analysis and Customer Orientation
  How can value be created and measured in the product and customer dimensions?
• Module 2: Strategy, Management Control and Accounting
  How can value creation in business areas be enhanced through control systems and an understanding of financial reporting?
• Module 3: Innovation and Change
  How can innovation, investments, and change management contribute to sustainable growth?
• Module 4: Finance and Leadership
  How can organisations be valued and managed holistically in a time of increasing demands for profitability and accountability?

Digital Sessions

Each module is supported by an online component that reinforces the academic themes.

Throughout the programme, students are assessed through a combination of take-home exams, semester assignments, and reflection papers. Both individual and group-based assessment methods are used, with grades awarded according to the standard scale (A–F) and/or on a pass/fail basis.

As an integrated part of the Executive MBA, students complete a group-based master’s dissertation. The dissertation is worth 30 ECTS credits and provides training in applying theory and methodology to practical leadership challenges, offering the opportunity to explore relevant issues from their own organisation or industry in greater depth.

After completing the specialisation, the candidates have achieved the following overall learning outcomes defined as knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate has

• deep understanding of key business disciplines, such as economics, strategy, international business, management, marketing, accounting, and finance, and can apply essential elements to the seafood industry and beyond.
• thorough knowledge of the distinguishing features of the seafood industry and the managerial implications of operating in natural resource-based industries.
• advanced knowledge on how key models and principles can be applied to new problems and business challenges.
• thorough understanding of how to use new technologies in general, and in the form of digitalisation in particular, for the benefit of an organization.
• an understanding of the role of technological and societal trends for the seafood industry, and knows how to organise for, develop and implement innovations in an organization.
• knowledge on the importance of sustainability for the seafood industry and in the general economy but also on the importance of the seafood industry for a sustainable future.

Skills

The candidate can

• demonstrate advanced critical thinking.
• employ appropriate analytical models and apply critical reasoning processes to evaluate evidence, select among alternatives, and generate creative options promoting effective decision making in general and within the seafood industry.
• apply research-based management tools to practical business challenges.
• use advanced analysis methods to evaluate the profitability of business decisions.
• independently manage business projects within the seafood industry and beyond according to the current professional and ethical standards.

General competence

The candidate

• can use appropriate leadership skills and styles, collaborate well with others across cultures and different backgrounds, and effectively and appropriately structure teamwork.
• understands the importance of behaving ethically and responsibly in their professional lives.
• can recognize and frame responses to sustainability challenges and opportunities in both their own organizations and communities.
• possesses effective communication skills; can write business documents and speak in groups and in public in a clear, concise, and analytical manner using business terminology.
• can contribute to innovation projects.

To be considered for admission, you must have:

• Completed a bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 3 years)
• At least three years of relevant work experience

Applicants with other educational backgrounds may be considered on an individual basis.

The Executive MBA with specialisation in Management Control is a part-time program over two years, designed for those with leadership responsibilities who want to develop their professional skills alongside their job.

Credits: 90 ECTS
Language: Norwegian
Campus: Oslo, with some sessions held in Bergen.

• 17 physical sessions – each lasting three days
• 7 digital seminars
• Two international study trips – to partner top institutions (3–5 days each)

Teaching alternates between lectures, case work, and reflection assignments. Attendance at study sessions and study trips is mandatory.

The program director follows the cohort throughout the entire study period, ensuring academic and pedagogical continuity.