Business Administration

International Management focuses on the contemporary issues that multinational companies face in today's globalised world, with an emphasis on the importance of culture, diversity and communication.

The basic tasks of international management are understanding one's host country environment, being sensitive to cross-cultural differences and being able to manage operations separated by the barriers of distance, language, time and culture. The IM programme takes the development of the Multinational companies in a globalizing environment as its core focus.

We offer the following courses: Corporate Strategy, Organizations and Society, Brand Management, Corporate Global Communication and International Human Resource Management.

We train our students to become creative, flexible, responsible, and critical thinkers and provide them with the knowledge and the skills to solve complex problems relevant to managers in an international environment.

The IM programme prepares students for a position as an International Manager or an International Professional in international business related areas.

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This specialisation provides the skills and knowledge that enables problem solvers and creative thinkers to understand and challenge the difficulties that entrepreneurs face in their businesses.

Innovation management and entrepreneurship are combined in this specialisation. Both are vital for companies, whether a small start-up, large multinational or SME, to help bring novel products and services to the market, or to reinvent the business model of an existing industry. An entrepreneurial approach is also key in established firms that regularly develop innovative products. It relies on an entrepreneurial mindset and behaviour to incubate innovations. This specialisation takes a broad, multidisciplinary view, examining the interactions of firms within the context of their business ecosystems. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Context course is at the core of the specialisation. It aims to provide a better understanding of entrepreneurial innovators who operate from their constructed identity and capture external opportunities. In other courses, you'll learn about the processes to identify ideas for innovation, manage innovation and business development projects, develop a business plan or analyse business models and strategic scenarios.

The Master's in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a specialisation of the Master's programme in Business Administration.

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The aim is to teach students to analyse (strategic) issues involving personnel and organisation, and enable them to reflect on and to apply their knowledge in real-life case studies and situations.

The Master's specialisation in Strategic Human Resource Leadership focuses on new insights into personnel and organisation issues. This involves, among other things, using the human resources concept and resource-based staff and organisation management. In addition, topical themes are addressed such as competence management, training and development management employability and career management, and (cultural) diversity management. Therefore, this Master's specialisation is interesting for students who want to contribute to the development and implementation of personnel management in organisations.

Learning objectives relate to knowledge, application and reflection, including:

* Providing a well-developed conceptual framework for strategy development as it relates to managing human resources

* Providing a base for application through practical examples integrating HRM and Strategic management

* Increasing the student's ability to critically reflect upon HRM

The Master's in Strategic Human Resource Leadership is a specialisation of the Master's programme in Business Administration.

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Organisational Design & Development recognises that an organisation is a part of society. Therefore students strive to understand how to design an organisation beneficial to itself and to society.

In this Master's, you'll be taught the integrate interplay between design and development. You'll become a flexible leader who knows how to get people involved and who understands that plans need to be adjusted to deal with unforeseen bumps along the way.

The programme takes corporate social responsibility as its starting point: how organisations can operate efficiently while never losing sight of the people involved. Customers, personnel, local residents, related governmental organisations, but also the organisation's future plans and current reputation (i.e. risk management) are all part of that. Corporate social responsibility is a moral and ethical issue, but also a strategic one of managing reputational risks and creating commitment among employees and investors. The specialisation builds on the tradition of socio-technical system design that aims to jointly optimise both the social and the technical aspects of an organisation. You'll explore the possibilities of organisational development and the barriers that may arise. Put simply, you'll learn not just what needs to be changed, but also how this can best be done.

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The master specialisation in Business Analysis and Modeling focuses on responsible strategic decision making from an analytical and a social perspective, by applying modeling and group facilitation.

The program is specifically designed for students who are interested in initiating strategic change in organisations, supported by the use of stakeholder participation and computer simulation models. Thus, it offers a unique combination of model building and group facilitation skills. You will learn everything you need for starting a consultancy career in facilitated, strategic modeling (mostly, using system dynamics). You will know how to build formal models, how to apply them to a variety of real life problems, and how to facilitate the model building process, in a way that strategic change can be achieved and policies can be implemented.

In the specialisation, you will have classes together with students of the European Master in System Dynamics (EMSD), providing a highly international context. Graduates typically work in consultancies, planning and strategic departments, or in academia.

The Master's in Business Analysis and Modeling is a specialisation of the Master's programme in Business Administration.

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