To keep pace with the fast changing world, we are living in, future managers and leaders are required to possess broad international management skills and a profound understanding of global markets. Our MBA program in Global Management therefore focuses on the skill sets needed to understand international business across all major functional areas. Among other things, you will learn: to develop new international business opportunities, analyze global markets, and effectively manage companies and lead diverse teams. The strong orientation to the practice and cross-cultural experience will prepare you for a successful international business career. The elective with a broad choice of leading edge subjects gives the options to specialize in a field of your own interest and career goals.
Your benefits
- Inspiring diverse student body
- Joint research combined with academic excellence
- Internship option
- Field trips to Greece (Athens), UK (Glasgow), Luxembourg or Germany (Berlin)
Requirements
- Business-related first degree
- Minimum of one-year substantial work experience
- Excellent English skills
1st Semester
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Culture and Cross-cultural Management
- Personal Skills Development
The module Professional Development will deepen your awareness and ability to communicate and act in an international and intercultural environment. You will be given the opportunity to exchange experiences with laypersons and laymen from different cultural contexts and to convey this application-related knowledge.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Business Ethics/Sustainable Development
- Human Resources and Diversity Managemen
Ethics and sustainable development as well as human resources and diversity management are the subject of the module Corporate Social Responsibility. You will learn to take into account social or ethical knowledge resulting from the application of your knowledge and from past decisions.
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
- Strategic Management & Globalization
- Organizing International & Global Business
The module Global Management will provide you with basic knowledge about global and strategic management, as well as it´s practical application. You will learn to define and interpret the specifics, boundaries, terminologies and teachings in this area.
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN GLOBAL BUSINESS
- Global Marketing
- Logistics & Operations Management
The important functional areas of international management, marketing, logistics and supply chain management are the contents of the module Management Functions in Global Business. You will develop knowledge and understanding in these areas as a basis for the development and / or application of independent ideas.
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL & TAX FRAMEWORK
- International Business Law
- International Taxation Systems
The module International Legal & Tax Framework focusses on the area of law (contract, company , labor law) and provides knowledge about tax systems and tax aspects in internationally operating companies, which can be applied by you in an application and/or research-oriented way.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- Global Finance
- International Accounting
The module International Financial Management provides a basic understanding of financial management. You will acquire knowledge in order to understand the complex interconnectedness of finance and cost management in an international context.
2nd Semester
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
- Management Information Systems (MIS)
- Quantitative Methods
The module Business Analytics provides you with knowledge about how to deal with "big data" and trains necessary analysis and research skills. You will acquire the competence to integrate knowledge and deal with complexity.
GLOBAL ECONOMICS
- Trade Theory & Policy
- International Capital Markets and Exchange Rates
The module Global Economics is devoted to imparting knowledge of real and monetary foreign economic theory and policy. The students acquire a critical understanding of global economic inter-relations on the current state of knowledge.
PROJECT AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Projects in International Business
- Process and Quality Management
In the Project and Quality Management module, case studies provide an introduction to international project, process and quality management. You will gain the competence to use your knowledge and your ability to solve problems in new and unfamiliar situations.
ELECTIVE
- Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
- Leadership Challenges
- Decision Making between Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility
- Cases in Strategy and International Business Environmen
In the Elective you may choose a specialist area from the IGC's offers, in which you acquire a detailed and critical understanding of the latest state of knowledge.
MASTER THESIS SEMINAR
The master thesis seminar prepares you for the master thesis, including the standards of scientific work, the function of a master thesis in the program context, methods for searching literature and the rules for the prevention of plagiarism.
MASTER THESIS
During the master thesis seminar you will have to deal intensively with a research or case study project and put this down in the form of a scientific work in writing.
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