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Master of Science in Business Management
Our Master of Science program in Business management is a tailor made program to fit the need of a manager of any organization in the 21st century. In the Business Management program the four functions of management, Planning, Leading, Organizing, and Controlling are firmly addressed with the intention to arrive at the level necessary to effectually manage. The courses are planned in modular form and are targeted at managers of different fields and organizations
The program consists of 8 modules, and the master’s thesis. Each module takes 5-6 weeks, including the intensive preparation week and exam week.
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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| 1 | 1 | Organizational & Management Control | 5 |
6 | Academic Research Metods | 5 | |||
| 2 | Corporate Governance & Stakeholder Management | 5 | 7 | Strategic & Investmenst (NYC) | 5 | ||||
| 3 | Strategic Financial Management | 5 | 8 | Organizational Decision-Making | 5 | ||||
| 4 | Financial Reporting & Analysis | 5 | 9 | Thesis | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Working Capital Management | 5 |
The MSc-Business Management focuses on the profile of a high middle/top management position. The field of the Manager is very complex and subject to considerable dynamics, which makes high demands on the competences of the individuals that are active in this field. Specific knowledge and skills are needed to perform at this level, which are generally found in a master program.
Generally speaking we can expect candidates to operate in a decision making position, where they are subjected to dealing with both internal and external stakeholders, like labor unions and NGO’s, but also understand the intentions of Corporate Governance codes that dictate the organization of a firm. Graduates are also expected to understand finance thoroughly allowing them to appropriately prepare, and manage, budgets that pertain to their respective departments. In this graduates should be able to strategically manage their finances, and be able to prepare reporting according to the guidelines provided in theory and corporate manuals.
Graduates of this program can best be seen as information managers within their firm, and are also able to transform this information to other departments with the aim to develop the organization. We purposely use the term organization as the expectations for the graduates fit both managers of for profit and non-profit organizations.
Each course encompasses 5 ECTS and is taught by our own Lecturers in conjunction with our international Partners like University of Puebla, Hofstra University, and the University of Groningen as well as our visiting staff.