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About the Mini MBA Program
Since 1994, the program has been providing high-quality training services for both corporate clients and individuals. Launched in 2012, the Mini MBA professional program is designed to develop essential managerial skills, build practical business competencies, and deliver fundamental knowledge in management. It is the only professional program in the Republic of Kazakhstan that has been accredited three times by FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation, Bonn, Germany), confirming its compliance with high European standards of business education.
Mini MBA Program Curriculum
Program Duration:
The program runs for 8 to 10 months and includes 12 courses:
- 8 core (required) courses
- 4 specialization courses
Individual Learning Path:
Mini MBA participants have the flexibility to design their own learning track by selecting courses from an approved list. Additionally, they may include one or more courses from the professional development catalog.
Course Format and Duration:
Each course consists of 24 academic hours, delivered over three full days. Classes are typically held on Saturdays, with flexible scheduling options available to accommodate participant preferences (weekdays or weekends).
Language of Instruction: Russian / English
Class Schedule:
- Time: 09:00 – 18:00
- Lunch Break: 13:00 – 14:00
- Two coffee breaks
Modes of Delivery:
- Offline — at the client’s premises or at KIMEP’s Executive Education Center (possibility to connect online through Zoom)
Available Mini MBA Specializations:
- Management
- Human Resource Management
- Finance and Accounting
- Marketing and Sales
- Data analytics
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:
- Convenient and flexible learning and timeframe
- Network
- Alumni club membership
- Practical skills
- 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
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
Aida Alzhanova
Lecturer in Strategic Management and Organizational Development
Independent consultant and founder of ACG, a consulting company specializing in strategic and organizational development for corporations, SMEs, and NGOs. Has served as an independent director at the National Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology. Participated in UN projects and collaborated with Tony Blair Associates. Expert in strategic planning, corporate governance, and international projects in healthcare and education.
Dina Sadyk
Lecturer in Strategic Marketing
Over 15 years of experience in marketing and business consulting. Senior lecturer in marketing at KIMEP University. Held managerial positions in international companies such as Tetra Pak and Alcatel-Lucent, focusing on market research and business analytics. Holds a PhD in Marketing and is actively involved in educational initiatives.
Ruslan Safarov
Senior Lecturer, Bang College of Business
Expert with 7 years of experience in auditing and IFRS reporting. Worked in international audit teams in the UK, USA, and Australia. Provided internal audit services and consulting on taxation, financial reporting, and risk management for companies in the CIS and the UK.
Zaure Nurova
Lecturer in HR Management
MBA graduate of KIMEP University. Consultant and practitioner with extensive experience in human resource management, organizational development, and coaching. Teaches in the Mini MBA program and delivers corporate training on HR competencies.
Bulat Babenov
Lecturer in Financial Management
Graduate of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan. Expert with over 20 years of experience in banking, asset management, and capital markets. Held executive roles at the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and various pension and investment companies. Serves on the boards of several public and private institutions.
Farid Aliyev
Lecturer in Law and Legal Consulting
Managing partner of international law firm ALC Attorneys. Chairman of the Board of the Association of Legal Consultants’ Chambers “Qazaqstan Zań-Keńes” and the Legal Consultants’ Chamber “Iustus”. Senior lecturer at the School of Law and the College of Social Sciences at KIMEP University. Provides legal consulting to private companies, educational institutions, and NGOs.
Contacts
Bakytgul Tundikbayeva
Director
Executive Education Center
Bang College of Business
Office 218, Dostyk Building
Mobile (WhatsApp): +7 (701) 74 00 173
Email: Bakytgul@kimep.kz
2 Abay Ave., Almaty
Malika Bakitova
Mini MBA Program Manager
Executive Education Center
Bang College of Business
Office 202, Dostyk Building
Mobile (WhatsApp): +7 701 763 09 30
Email: m.bakitova@kimep.kz
2 Abay Ave., Almaty
Assel Kozhamseitova
Sales and Advertisement Manager
Executive Education Center
Bang College of Business
Office 201a, Dostyk Building
Mobile (WhatsApp): +7 778 821 65 55
Email: a.kozhamseitova@kimep.kz
2 Abay Ave., Almaty