Study Content
To cope with a globally networked business world you will be coached to develop essential competences in the domains of global business management, personal leadership and intercultural cooperation. Based on solid understanding of business fundamentals the programme offers a well-balanced mix of theoretical concepts, practical applications and personal development opportunities across all three domains.
Academic skills will be honed and practiced with an integrated approach to adopt scientific methodologies and to apply them to realworld business situations. Interdisciplinary electives afford you to engage in personal growth and international exposure.
Enhancing your international and intercultural experience
Up to half of the students originate from countries outside of the DACH region. If you originate from the DACH region, an international experience is mandatory. In Order to fullfill this requirement the programme offers the following options:
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A Study Trip in the elective Contextual Studies for about two weeks (e.g. to Tallin and Helsinki or to India)
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Short Advanced Programmes (SAP´s) of our RUN-EU University
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An individual programme subject or a waiver after approval
The programme is delivered exclusively in English and benefits from highly qualified lecturers with ample private sector and international lecturing experience.
Curriculum
Contextual Studies: Selection of 1 or 2 modules totaling 6 ETCS.
General information on contextual studies and how you can choose the subjects in contextual studies can be found here.
Business Fundamentals in the 1st Semester are mainly distant learning.
ECTS: Credit points based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Consistent with international standards, 30 ECTS points can be earned each semester.
Learning content in detail
CS | Contextual Studies: Selection of 1 or 2 modules totaling 6 ETCS.
General information on contextual studies and how you can choose the subjects in contextual studies can be found here.
ECTS: Credit points based on the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Consistent with international standarts, 30 ECTS points ca be earned each semester.
Study Concept
Each domain of the programme has been designed to consecutively build competences around essential managerial activities – analyse and interpret, decide and design as well as operate and learn.
Business Fundamentals:
Online classes with lectures and guided self-study delivered by experts from industry and academia will allow you to acquire necessary knowledge fast and effectively.
Global Business:
A solid understanding of the global business environment and market conditions serves as a basis to discuss options of strategic orientation in terms of organisation, business models and digital technology. Prototyping innovative ideas together with an international business simulation will test students´ managerial and leadership capabilities.
Leadership:
Contemporary leadership models and organisational theories will be discussed and offer plenty of opportunities to experience instruments and tools. They serve to develop personal as well as organisational skills needed to drive change and transformation in organisations well founded on insights about responsible management behaviour.
Intercultural Management:
The module is designed to explicitly emphasise aspects of intercultural communication in English as well as contemporary cultural models and its implications on selected business practices.
Academic Skills and Business Transfer:
Acquiring and applying scientific approaches to specific practical business problems as well as presenting results is being trained throughout the programme and will finally result in the delivery and defense of a Master Thesis.
Work & Study
This Master’s degree programme is designed for professionals to continue their careers while offering a part-time programme compatible to the time demands of both, professional work and academic studies.
Programme features designed to help you organising your studies:
- Onsite interactive lectures are typically blocked within sessions of five to six weeks including exams
- Projects, group work and self-study options offer flexible timing with selective presence requirements
- The courses are scheduled well in advance and will be offered Fridays, 2 to 10 pm and Saturdays, 8 am to 5 pm
- A quarter of the course load will be delivered or available in some form of distance learning to allow for maximum time and location flexibility
- Modern infrastructure for online conferencing and collaboration is available to students and faculty
- Our library offers substantial and expanding access to electronic media (e.g., lecture notes, eBooks, journal articles).
Yet, work and study will require high commitment and discipline on your part. We therefore highly recommend the work commitment for participants in part-time study programmes not to exceed 80% of normal work hours.