Welcome

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics hosts a Master of Science Program in Business Management. This graduate program is especially for those who want to attain a higher degree in business, have entered middle management, and want to develop their Management knowledge and scientific skills. The graduate of this program will have the perfect combination of business administration, and management to advance his/her career and take an organization to the next level.

This program is tailor made for candidates that have completed a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration (WO). Bachelor of Applied Sciences (HBO) candidates are subject to pre master courses which are determined after assessing the candidates program.

                                               Business Administration Philosophy
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics (SEF) looks at Business Administration from a holistic perspective. Business Administration is not a single field but the sum of several fields. It contains a broad knowledge base of the functional areas of businesses, while providing the possibility for specialization in a specific function.

Our Business Administration program focuses on the core functions in any organization such as the Operations Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management and Financial Management and Accounting. In this Information and Communication Technology is viewed as a supporting tool for the four fields of Business Administration, and Law describes the framework of what is possible and what is not; in other words the ‘rules of the game’ the game being the commerce. In addition, the Business Administration includes a significant attention the Entrepreneurial process and Strategic Management, and how the four fields of Business Administration (Operations Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management and Financial Management and Accounting) support these.

Preparing Students
Furthermore, it develops the managerial skills, communication skills, and research skills (i.e. analytical and decision making capabilities)-, all skills that are necessary to develop the strategic management capabilities needed in a firm. Our Business Administration program prepares students to think strategically and effectively manage organizational processes and resources. It prepares students to look at business from an integrated perspective and make linkages among the separate functions and subfields.