Unique benefits of the program

What are the unique advantages of the program "Psychology in business" and why will the program be interesting and useful to You?

 

1. A new direction in applied psychology

It is the only program of training of business psychologists in our country. Business psychology is a new direction in applied psychology, which is actively developing today. Business psychology emerged to help the people who create and implement business, to be able, despite the difficult overload, stress, pressure, competition and other aspects of business, personal development, human communications, emotions. And not to lose the drive and enthusiasm to develop the business, improving its effectiveness. Business psychologists are fantastically interesting creative people, greedy for life, young spirit, able to creative solutions.

Business psychologists have a wider view of the business than the specialists of  more narrow focus. They are able to relate to the management of the business from different perspectives, and systematically consider the role of human factors on each stage of achieving the most ambitious goals of companies.

2. Russian-British nature of the program

Our program was developed in close contact with colleagues from the UK, has passed a foreign examination that is implemented with the support of scientific experts from foreign universities. The program content, forms of training, we rely heavily on the English experience and approaches to business psychology. Every year we come to English colleagues with lectures, master classes. And we regularly go to seminars, schools, internships in England, whose are carried out for the participants of the colleagues from universities and practical centres of London.

At the same time, we rely on approaches that have developed in the domestic basic and applied psychology. All this allows us to ensure the training of masters at a high scientific psychological level and at the same time with a large Arsenal of practical business-psychological tools, recognized worldwide.

3. Comprehensive program content

The contents of the course were formed based on the experience of training of business psychologists at leading universities in the UK and long-term monitoring of in-demand competencies of psychologists in the Russian business.

The program content includes original business psychological approaches and technology for all essential aspects of the business: market, organization, people. Business psychology originated in the UK in the late 90-ies as an interdisciplinary field of applied psychology that arose in response to challenges to the system of psychological assistance and business support. The situation was the fact that the market was filled with specialists-psychologists, for example, market research, organizational diagnosis, consulting, etc. As a rule, they were far from the goals and objectives of the business, its essence and spirit. And a business requires professionals with broad psychological skills and competencies and at the same time understanding and accepting personal essence and spirit of the business.

Graduates of our program have tremendous opportunities to be able to see the psychological issues in organizations business processes, business management. And at the same time, understand and keep in focus the main aim of the business efficiency and development.

4. The best teachers

The training is conducted by unique teachers. The core team consists of teachers, who annually undergo professional training (courses, seminars, training) in the universities of great Britain. They all have high status in the professional community.

Undergraduates learn from the best professionals in our country. For example, management consulting lead such well-known consultants as Arkady Prigozhin – Director of the most famous Schools of management consultants, Mikhail Ivanov and his colleagues from the National Institute of certified consultants. Coaching classes are conducted by experienced coaches from the International Academy of Coaching (IAC), International Erickson University of Coaching, and so on.

5. Advanced learning technologies

Students study psychological diagnostics business psychological consulting, counseling and coaching, and business psychological intervention in organizations to improve business management, psychology, consumer behavior and technologies to develop effective brand. All this provides them with competence in business technology leadership, building teams, organizational development, collective problem solving business processes, advertising, marketing, branding, etc.

The program full of life, as in real business: interesting people, workshops, international experts, internships, group work, projects, coaching sessions. As a result, our graduates understand the features of modern business, its diversity, complexity and inconsistency. They are able to determine the psychological tools which will be useful for the company to improve the management process.

As a result of training, our graduates can demonstrate greater efficiency in the management of an organization, the development of communication, image. They have more opportunities to understand the life of the organization and development of effective relationships inside and outside organizations.

6. Practice-oriented nature of learning

Our program is undoubtedly one of the best practice-oriented programs. The main motto of courses "Take and do". Undergraduates studying that can be used immediately in the work or will be useful for understanding the business as a psychological environment.

From the first day of learning students are included in practical work of a business psychologist. Traditionally, the opening of the academic year begins with a case study or workshop by one of our partners from major corporations. The program has accumulated a large Arsenal of case studies from real companies with which business psychologists, both domestic and foreign, had to work really. And there are also many companies that feel the happiness of giving our undergraduates opportunities to deal with the problem on which they work, and often implement solutions prepared with the participation of the students of the program. Therefore, all courses laced with tasks that involve students in real life business, help to practice particular techniques to feel confident from the effect of the business of psychological interventions in addressing the challenges currently faced by CEOs.

Students also have the opportunity to delve deeply into coaching and counselling, in this case by the client to be an experienced coach, or independently, to hold sessions and consultations under the supervision of a mentor. Students not only learn how to do the training, facilitated sessions, a diagnosis of the organization, marketing research. They develop their own program and carry out various techniques, getting feedback and experience.

7. The opportunity to study and work

 

If You want to study and work, then You will find a convenient way to combine. Unlike the budget programs, paid programs build their schedule taking into account the request of students the opportunity to combine training and work. In our program the training is conducted on weekdays evening from 18.30 to 21.30. On Saturday from 10.30 am. Classes are held in the center of Moscow on Myasnitskaya str., close to several metro stations. Class days: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday. Tuesday and Thursday students who have questions when completing assignments and projects, you can come for examination and advice to the teachers. If the work involves travel and other departures, the program provides an individual plan in order to keep in touch with the teachers.

 

In addition, the most important principle of training is the combination of the depth and quality of the material and ease of learning. Training helps to develop YOUR OWN strengths, improve YOUR professional skills and to build YOUR path of development, taking into account YOUR experience and YOUR professional interests and objectives.

8. Career and success

The program creates great opportunities for career development in business, applications practical experience in learning, solving your own real problems in an incredibly rich environment.

We prepare professionals who are able to develop and implement projects for the development and success of companies in today's world. Training contributes to building an effective career in business. The histories of our graduates are about that. The need for business psychologists is constantly growing. So, in the UK over the last 10 years opened more than 50 programs of training of business psychologists. Modern business also understands that to maintain the efficiency you need to look for new opportunities. Business psychology creates them through effective communication, quality personnel management, innovative market analysis and the ability to build relationships with consumers! According to the annual survey the graduates ' employment rate is 97%.

This allows us to say that business psychologists are emerging as the most sought-after professionals among psychologists-practitioners.

9. Foreign internships

Students are granted the chance to go through the short-term and long-term internships in the best universities in the UK. Graduates have the opportunity to obtain certificates of School of business, Economics and Informatics at Birkbeck College University of London (School of Business, Economics and Informatics Birkbeck, University of London), Business psychology centre at University of Westminster (University of Westminster, London), etc.

10. The most important thing! Club atmosphere and communication

The most important feature of our master's program is a unique atmosphere of cooperation and creativity that is created by teachers, program guide and is quickly accepted by the students.

The program reigns club atmosphere: creates the conditions for professional and personal communication between undergraduates, expression and discussion of issues of interest. These are facilitated interactive sessions, the availability of teachers, special events that are held regularly throughout the year, such as the international conference on business psychology, meetings with leaders in coaching, consulting, business, for example, a coaching Party, Christmas meetings etc.

The atmosphere of  business-psychology club supports respect for the brand business of psychology, the interest in the business of psychological approaches and methods, developing the "Harvard" framework of professional relations. All this help our undergraduates and graduates to take their first steps in the business, to enter later on a serious, large-scale projects. Not by chance, on the basis of the program was created by the Association of business psychologists of Russia, consulting club of business psychologists. Thanks to these organizations, the business psychology is evolving and maturing and helps businesses to be more efficient and aimed at people.

 

We are waiting for You at our program!