Step 1. SIGN THE CONTRACT FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND RECEIVE YOUR LOGIN AND PASSWORD TO SET UP A UNIVERSITY E-MAIL AND USE COMPUTER LABS

The electronic version of the Contract is available on your applicant’s portal in the section “Acceptance Package”:

  1. Go to your applicant portal page https://www.kimep.kz/ext/application/online/en-US/
  1. Open the “Acceptance Package” section by pressing FILL IN button;
  2. In the open window you will see your KIMEP EMAIL, USER NAME and PASSWORD links, make yourself familiar with the information inside those links;
  3. To receive access to your CONTRACT and following registration for courses tick the blue box agreeing to the terms and conditions of the contract and press the “submit” button;
  4. Go back to the ACCEPTANCE PACKAGE section where you will see the clickable link called CONTRACT;
  5. Download and print one copy of your contract, sign it on each page, scan and upload on your applicant portal in the section “Documents for upload”, field “SIGNED CONTRACT”;

What is the Mini MBA program for?

  • If you are a businessman – you will be able to increase profits and discover new opportunities for the growth of your company.
  • If you are a top manager of an organization that needs reforms and innovations – you will learn advanced methods of internal restructuring, optimization and implementation of innovative business processes.
  • If you are an expert – you will be able to deepen your knowledge and acquire additional competencies.
  • If you are an employee of a company that wants to become more competitive – you will be able to raise your professional level and expand your knowledge in the field of new technologies and innovations.
  • If you want to create your start-up in the field of IT technologies, but you lack knowledge in this area – you will acquire knowledge of the most modern IT technologies and various applications.
  • If you want to start trading in the stock market and do not know where to start – you will receive the necessary fundamental and technical knowledge of securities trading, investment strategies and building your investment portfolio.
KIMEP University Professional Development Program Presents:
Studying at the “Mini MBA” programProfessional development coursesSince 1994 the program offers training services to both corporate and individual clients. Besides calendar-scheduled and corporate seminars, the Professional Development Program offers training at a Mini MBA program.The Mini MBA program was launched in 2012 aimed at the acquisition of the main managerial and professional knowledge, skills and business competencies.The Mini MBA professional program is the only professional program in the Republic of Kazakhstan that has obtained international accreditation from FIBAA (Bonn, Germany).

Mini MBA program

Program mission is to deliver education of high professional quality:

  • Complies with contemporary requirements of the business community
  • Ensures significant contribution to corporate programs in creating cadre reserve and personnel development
  • Aimed at obtaining basic managerial and professional knowledge, skills, and business competencies
  • Offers skills and knowledge applicable and usable after graduation
  • Offers schedule and teaching methods convenient and accessible for all interested clients

5 reasons to choose Mini MBA:

  1. Convenient and flexible learning and timeframe
  2. Network
  3. Alumni club membership
  4. Practical skills
  5. FIBAA status

Mini MBA Curriculum

Program duration:

  • Consists of 12 courses (8 required, 4 specialized)
  • Designed for up to 12 months of study (could be completed in 8 months of continuous studying)

Mini MBA students have the opportunity to not only independently choose courses from the assigned program list, but to also adjust their program and choose any course they are interested in from the list of Advanced Courses (the list is available on 5-6 pages).

Duration of one course:

  • 24 academic hours (three full days; training takes place on Saturdays, but it is also possible to adjust study days – weekdays/weekends)

Language of instruction: Russian/English

Seminar schedule: 9:00 to 18:00, lunch 13:00 to 14:00, 2 coffee breaks

Training format: online (ZOOM), offline at customer’s location or at KIMEP University Executive Education Center

Mini MBA program offers the following majors:

  • Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Finance and Accounting
  • Marketing and Sales
  • Information Technology

№ 1 Assigned list of Mini MBA courses

Required courses for all specializations

Course title

Principles of Management

1 Finance and Accounting for Non-Finance Managers

2 Principles of Management

Economics

3 Business Microeconomics

4 Business Macroeconomics

Organizational Behavior and Development

5 Principles of Personnel Management

6 Organizational Behavior

Business Communications

7 Presentations and Public Speaking

8 Win-Win Negotiations

Courses by specializations

Specialization in Management

Personnel Management

1 Time Management / Conflicts and Stress Management

Project Management

2 Principle of Project Management / Decision Making

Strategic Management

3 Innovations and Change Management / Strategic Management

Managing the Employer-Employee Relations

4 Delegating and Motivation / Personnel Performance Evaluation and

Promotion

Specialization in Human Resource Management

Principles of Human Resource Management

1 Hiring: Interview, Selection, Adaptation / Induction

Performance Evaluation and Promotion

Managing subordinates

2 Delegating and Motivation / Team building

Managing people and solving problems

3 Change Management / Conflicts and Stress Management

Managing the Employer-Employee Relations

4 Administration of employment contracts. Contract law issues.

Specialization in Finance and Accounting

Finance and Accounting: Theory and Application

9 Managerial accounting. Cost accounting / Corporate finance

Financial Reporting

10 Financial reporting analysis. Financial ratios analysis. Breakeven

point calculation / IFRS

Risk Management

11 Operational risk management / Investment risk management

Decision Making

12 Budgeting, planning and controlling / Internal audit

Specialization in Marketing and Sales

Principles of Marketing

9 Principles of Marketing / Electronic Marketing

Product and Brand Strategy

10 Brand Management / New Product Development

Business Development and Promotion

Module 11 Marketing Research / Consumer Behavior

Consumer Service

12 Managing Conflicts and Stress

№ 2 Additional list of courses to be included in the “Advance Training” of the Mini MBA program.

## Course title Cost currency tenge
Days Academic hours
Finance /Accounting
1 Accounting/Finance Principles 3 24 150 000,00
2 Budgeting, planning and controlling 3 24 150 000,00
3 Managerial and Cost Accounting 3 24 150 000,00
4 Corporate Finance and Investments 3 24 150 000,00
5 Financial Statements: how to develop, read and interpret 3 24 150 000,00
6 International Financial Reporting System 3 24 150 000,00
7 Taxation 3 24 150 000,00
8 Financial Performance Analysis 3 24 150 000,00
9 Financial Statement Analysis in Excel 3 24 150 000,00
10 Financial Accounting 3 24 150 000,00
11 Auditing 3 24 150 000,00
12 Financial Modeling & Data Analysis 3 24 150 000,00
Advanced courses for Investment professionals
1 Assets Management 3 24 150 000,00
2 Cryptocurrency investments 3 24 150 000,00
3 Alternative Investments: private equity and venture capital 3 24 150 000,00
4 Investments in Public Equities: financial instruments in Stock Exchanges. How to choose right broker. 3 24 150 000,00
5 Mergers & Acquisitions 3 24 150 000,00
6 CFA course (Level 1) 3 24 150 000,00
7 ACCA course 3 24 150 000,00
Marketing and Sales
1 Fundamentals of Marketing 3 24 150 000,00
2 Strategic Marketing 3 24 150 000,00
3 Effective Business Communication Skills 3 24 150 000,00
4 Marketing Research 3 24 150 000,00
5 Sales from start to finish 3 24 150 000,00
6 E/Digital -marketing 3 24 150 000,00
7 Services & Consumer Marketing 3 24 150 000,00
8 Making successful Presentations 3 24 150 000,00
9 Effective Negotiation Skills 3 24 150 000,00
10 Brand Management 3 24 150 000,00
Management
1 Essential Management Skills 3 24 150 000,00
2 Finance and Accounting for Non-Financials 3 24 150 000,00
3 Risk Management 3 24 150 000,00
4 Time Management 3 24 150 000,00
5 Total Quality Management 3 24 150 000,00
6 Win-Win Negotiations 3 24 150 000,00
7 Effective Communication Skills 3 24 150 000,00
8 Conflict and Stress Management 3 24 150 000,00
9 Effective Negotiation Skills 3 24 150 000,00
10 Project Management 3 24 150 000,00
11 Managing Innovations 3 24 150 000,00
12 Decision Making in Challenging Environment 3 24 150 000,00
13 Business Plan Development 3 24 150 000,00
14 Small Business and Entrepreneurship 3 24 150 000,00
15 Emotional intelligence 3 24
Human Resource Management
1 Fundamentals of HRM 3 24 150 000,00
2 RK Labor Code and Regulations 3 24 150 000,00
3 Conflict and Stress Management 3 24 150 000,00
4 Performance Appraisal and Motivation 3 24 150 000,00
5 Effective Team Building 3 24 150 000,00
6 Compensation: Effective Reward Programs 3 24 150 000,00
7 HR Document Maintenance: Monitoring and Legal Support 3 24 150 000,00
8 Transition of Document Filing/Administration in Kazakh language 3 24 150 000,00
Administrative and Secretarial Skills
1 Skills for Success: A Guide for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 3 24 150 000,00
2 Customer Service 3 24 150 000,00
3 Documentation, Archiving, Storage of Documents and Legal Regulations 3 24 150 000,00
IT Courses
1 Big Data Management and Analysis 3 24 150 000,00
2 Decision Support Systems 3 24 150 000,00
3 IT – Driven Business Model 3 24 150 000,00
4 Emerging Issues in Information System

Management

3 24 150 000,00
5 Introduction to Data Science 3 24 150 000,00
6 Enterprise Information Systems 3 24 150 000,00
7 Software Engineering Concepts 3 24 150 000,00
8 Engineering Computation and Data Science 3 24 150 000,00
9 Big Data Analytics 3 24 150 000,00
10 Cryptographic Data Security 3 24 150 000,00
11 Project Management 3 24 150 000,00
12 ERP systems 3 24 150 000,00
13 Data Visualization 3 24 150 000,00
14 Programming technologies and educational practice 3 24 150 000,00
15 Business process design and management 3 24 150 000,00
16 Game Physics 3 24 150 000,00
17 Game Development 3 24 150 000,00
18 Programming Technologies and Educational Practice 3 24 150 000,00
19 Web programming fundamentals 3 24 150 000,00
20 Statistics and Visualization for Data Analysis 3 24 150 000,00
21 Distributed Big Data Systems 3 24 150 000,00
22 Computer Vision 3 24 150 000,00
23 Windows server administration 3 24 150 000,00
24 Digital design 3 24 150 000,00
25 Enterprise Architecture 3 24 150 000,00
26 Web programming fundamentals 3 24 150 000,00
27 3D Modeling 3 24 150 000,00
28 Advanced Algorithms 3 24 150 000,00
29 Programming technologies and educational practice 3 24 150 000,00
30 Introduction to Building information modeling 3 24 150 000,00
31 Software engineering 3 24 150 000,00
32 Computer vision 3 24 150 000,00
33 Computer Networks 3 24 150 000,00
34 Advanced algorithms 3 24 150 000,00
35 Game theory 3 24 150 000,00
36 IS Project Management 3 24 150 000,00
37 Mathematics for Computer Science 3 24 150 000,00
38 Web programming fundamentals 3 24 150 000,00
39 Statistics and Visualization for Data Analysis 3 24 150 000,00
40 Distributed Big Data Systems 3 24 150 000,00
41 Computer Vision 3 24 150 000,00
42 Windows server administration 3 24 150 000,00
43 Digital design 3 24 150 000,00
44 Enterprise Architecture 3 24 150 000,00
45 Business IT Strategy and Structure 3 24 150 000,00
46 Introduction to Programming 3 24 150 000,00
47 Algorithms, Data Structures and Programming 3 24 150 000,00
48 Information Systems and Networking 3 24 150 000,00
49 Digital Graphics in Business 3 24 150 000,00
50 Database Management Systems 3 24 150 000,00
51 Machine Learning 3 24 150 000,00
52 Probability and Mathematical Statistics 3 24 150 000,00
53 Digital design 3 24 150 000,00
54 Low-level architecture 3 24 150 000,00
55 Enterprise Architecture 3 24 150 000,00
56 Business Intelligence Applications 3 24 150 000,00
57 Business Analytics 3 24 150 000,00
58 Digital Business 3 24 150 000,00
59 Information Security Management 3 24 150 000,00
60 System Analysis and Design 3 24 150 000,00
61 Advanced Programming 3 24 150 000,00
62 Human Computer Interaction 3 24 150 000,00
63 Web Technologies in Business 3 24 150 000,00
64 Python Programming 3 24 150 000,00
65 C, Java programming 3 24 150 000,00

METHODS OF TRAINING

Main methods:

Interactive training (active involvement of participants in the learning process), mini-lectures, testing, brainstorming, group discussions, practical tasks in small groups, mini-presentations, analysis of business cases and videos. The module is based on interactive methodology – active involvement of participants in the learning process. Guest speakers/experts and business professionals are invited to each course.

UPON COMPLETION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

  • Form a systematic and strategic vision of company’s activities
  • Learn to effectively solve management tasks in your scope of responsibility
  • Get acquainted with the modern methods of corporate governance
  • Exchange experience and knowledge with expert practitioners in the field of corporate management
  • Get recommendations from successful experts in the business community
  • Develop a real business project with the support of an experienced practitioner, and get feedback and practical advice on it

Application Procedure:

Individual request:

To register for a course, a student shall e-mail the following information or contact the manager for additional consultation.

  1. Course Title
  2. Full Name
  3. Place of work and position
  4. Mobile number
  5. E-mail
  6. Address
  7. ID or passport scan

Corporate request – a group of 10 or more participants from a company (customer).

To register for a course, a company manager shall e-mail the following information or contact the manager for additional consultation.

  1. Course Title
  2. Company Name
  3. Address
  4. Work/Mobile number
  5. E-mail
  6. E-copies of the following documents: copy of the state registration, TRN/BIN copy, VAT registration copy
  7. List of company employees requesting to take a course with information completed for each employee (Full Name, Place of Work and Position, Mobile number, E-mail, Address, scanned ID or passport)

Tuition

The cost of one course (per student) is KZT 150 000,00

All 12 Mini MBA courses – KZT 1 800 000,00

Taking a Mini MBA program in a corporate format:

Tuition per group:

One course per group of up to 20 people – KZT 3 000 000.00

12 courses for a group of up to 20 people – KZT 36 000 000.00

The cost includes:

  • Individually assigned manager to coordinate the process and format of training
  • Qualified teaching staff and participation of guest lecturers (practical assignments)
  • Licensed certificates (12 certificates after each course in hand and 1 professional certificate of completion of the Mini MBA program in the chosen specialization + transcript with grades)
  • Handout exclusive material (pen, notepad)
  • Lunch and two coffee/tea breaks throughout the day
  • Photo – video report
  • Car parking at KIMEP and Wi-Fi
  • Organization of a graduation ceremony

Upon completion of training graduates will receive:

  • Professional certificate with transcript
  • New practical knowledge and skills
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Prospects to obtain additional specialization

Program instructors and guest speakers

Nadezhda Fidirko

An expert in the sphere of informational technologies; combines teaching with practical development and implementation of computer software for effective business.

Galym Dauletbakov

Financial Director in Takeda Kazakhstan and Asia Caucasus Cluster pharmaceutical company. An experienced practitioner combining his main work and trainings.

Venera Zhanalina

An expert in Finance and SME management. IFC accredited consultant (International Finance Corporation). Mentor, speaker and online-tracker at MOST Business Incubator. Speaker and Jury member of the 2019 BigIdeasCamp Summer Entrepreneurship School. Business curator for GoViral 2019 Festival. Bolashak program scholarship recipient.

Galym Zhukupbayev

Qualified coach, Master of Educational Technologies from Twente University,

Netherlands; certified as a coach for USAID and UNDP projects.

Irina Vigovskaya

Director of Kazakhstan Mediation Center.

Member of the UMCH Oversight Committee (Almaty). Professional business coach, mediator trainer, facilitator (accredited member of IAF international association)

Partner of UN WOMEN in Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

Member of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan.

Sadyr Shaguzhayev

Vast experience in strategic planning and business development, in the development of marketing events and business growth enhancement, as well as in defining new growth points and expansion of clientele. An expert in implementation of necessary policies, standards and procedures.

Nadezhda Zubova

Business coach, leadership development coach (Certified Debriefer), ICF

coach: International Erixon Coaching University, consultant, psychologist.

David Mashuri

Manager with a unique combination of corporate experience and consulting practice in the sphere of business, service and personnel development with a special emphasis on organizational and cadre strategy, culture, leadership and efficiency.

Aida Alzhanova

Independent Director of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the “National Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology” JSC; corporate governance of the center. Development of the strategy, organization of effective operation of executive bodies, supervision over the operation of managing bodies of the joint-stock company;

Founder

ACG consulting company. Organizational development of companies, NGOs, and independent movements. Expert in the USAID project on the institutional development of civil society organizations in Central Asia.

Our clients
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Contacts

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Bakytgul Tundikbayeva
Director
Executive Education Center
Bang College of Business
KIMEP University
Office #218 Dostyk bld.
Mobile phone (WhatsApp): +7 (701) 74 00 173
E-mail: Bakytgul@kimep.kz
2, Abai Ave.,
Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan
Samal Jazykbayeva
Deputy Director Executive Education Center of KIMEP University
Executive Education Center of KIMEP University
Office #103
Telephone: +7 (727) 237 47 87, ext. #1117
Mobile phone: +7 (777) 002 19 16
E-mail: jsamal@kimep.kz
4, Abai Ave.,
Almaty
Republic of Kazakhstan

Malika Bakitova

Mini MBA Manager,
Executive Education Center
KIMEP University

Office #229 Valikhanov bld.
Telephone: 237-47-97 (ext.1032)
Mobile phone: +7 701 763 09 30
E-mail: m.bakitova@kimep.kz

2, Abai Ave., Almaty