A significant number of students struggle to complete the higher/executive education programs they enroll for. Several others struggle to realise the outcomes they expected out of the education programs. In both instances the learner/student loses significant time and monetary resources. Primary reasons for poor outcomes with education enrollments for professionals/entrepreneurs are:
- Inability to formulate their knowledge and network needs to for their current job/business outcomes
- Inability to formulate their knowledge and network for their future roles/projects/business
- Lack of support to enable them ask the right questions around assessing the value of the program for their context
- Lack of real learning experience of the model prior to the enrollment
Digital School of Food & Agriculture “Education Readiness Posts” are designed to help students and professionals/entrepreneurs assess the relevance of a specific program type for their context.If you are an experienced professional within the food & agribusiness sector and considering the Mini-MBA these would be program readiness assessment questions:
- I am keen to understand the industry developments within the sector
- I am keen to develop on my understanding of the business elements of the sector and approach to developing the business models
- I am in need of the professional development course to change/advance my career
- I have a good understanding of what i need to learn to be able to get to the right career/business outcome
- I am very confident that the digital learning model will work for me
If you have said yes to all the above questions then possibly are ready for the Digital Mini-MBA else we recommend you to follow these digital school courses and get certified (upto 5 courses based on the area of your business/career interest) before you consider your enrollments:
- Food and agribusiness industry trends and developments (Mandatory)
- Agriculture Business Models (Mandatory)
- Introduction to agri finance
- Food distribution systems
- Digital innovations in agriculture extension
- Introduction to alternative foods
- Basics of precision agriculture
- Organic and Regenerative agriculture
Currently, we have the following Mini-MBA programs offered by the Institute of Food and agribusiness leadership: