DEA Program | San Telmo Business School

Agri-Food Companies Management Program

This Program is the leading program in Spain of training and entrepreneurship development for the Food Industry managers. It was implemented more than 30 years ago and almost 2,000 businesspeople and executives have taken part in this program.

It is a unique program in Spain since it gathers business managers from all activity areas of the Food Chain in order to improve their management skills, through the Case Study Method, and to exchange experiences and identify common areas of mutual interest and collaboration.

The “DEA” Program will be developed during the 2022-2023 academic year in Madrid and Zaragoza.

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Additional information next edition

LENGTH	Madrid: November 2023 to July 2024 Zaragoza: To be confirmed
PLACE	Madrid and Zaragoza
MODALITY	Assistance required

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Why should you do the DEA Program with us?

GLOBAL VISION

Your global knowledge about the industry will improve and you will acquire better understanding of the environmental challenges to generate competitiveness in the Food Chain.

MANAGERIAL SKILLS

You will improve senior manager skills: analysis and diagnosis abilities, solution-making and alternative courses of action.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

You will exchange experiences and you will find business opportunities within the Food Chain by getting involved in a group of people with common interests.

PARTICIPANTS

Businesspeople, senior managers in in top-level positions of responsibility in Food Chain companies.

FACULTY

Our own faculty has a broad experience in Management and its business, managerial and teaching practice.

ALUMNI

There are more than 10,000 alumni from SMEs, large companies and institutions to take part in networking activities with.

Case Study Method

INTERACTIVE-DYNAMIC-PARTICIPATIVE

Real business case studies posing questions and showing the latest and interesting business situations today.
Extra technical notes and conferences-colloquiums given by our faculty and leading experts are provided to strengthen your personal learning experience.
The writers of the case studies will also help you to carry out further analysis on them.
The case studies you will work with in the DEA Program are constantly updated. They address real experiences from businesspeople and managers in leading Food Chain companies.

Syllabus

Managerial decision-making.
Operations Management.
People Management.
Quantitative Information for Management.
Financial Management.
Economic Environment.
Management and Commercial Strategy.
Corporate Governance of Agri-Food Companies.
New Digital Environment.
Competition within the Food Chain.

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Participants

The DEA Program addresses to businesspeople and senior executives with large professional experience in top positions in SMEs of the Food Chain.

Primary sector (agriculture, cattle industry, fishery).
Food processing.
Commercial distribution (retailer, wholesaler), catering industry and food service.

Activity sectors associated with the Food Chain (logistics, biotechnology, consulting services, agricultural and industrial supplies, banking and venture capital institutions, etc.).