Executive Master in Business & Leadership for Engineers | eMA BEL
Module 1 | Making Sense of Strategic Management
- Introduction: setup and framing of the program
- Economic and societal change
- Strategic management
- International strategy
- Results from strategy research
- Conditions of financial and social effectiveness
Module 2 | Making Sense of Organizational Structure and Dynamics
- Organization theory
- Formal and informal organization
- Power and politics in organizations
- Change and stability in organizations
- Theory and practice of organizational dynamics
Module 3 | The Engineer as Reflective Leader
- Changing conceptions of leadership
- Conflicting leadership demands
- Fear, power, and influence
- Value-based leadership and sense making
- Leading people
- Reflecting leadership practice: Leading self and others
Module 4 | The Socially Responsible Engineer
- Interdependence: business and society
- Ethics and integrity
- CSR und sustainability in different business functions
- Law and regulations
- Reflecting leadership practice: dealing with conflicting stakeholder demands
Module 5 | The Financially Responsible Engineer
- Financial management and capital markets
- Investment appraisal
- Strategic controlling
- Finance and control in project management
- Sustainability controlling
- Reflecting leadership practice: Financial responsibility in relation to other responsibility domains
Module 6 | The Engineer as Innovator and Change Agent
- Forms of innovation
- Ambidexterity: exploration and exploitation
- Developing an innovative culture
- Change and resistance
- Leadership of change
- Reflecting leadership practice: Leading innovation and change
Innovation Track 1:
Modules 7 & 8 | Service Pioneering
- From production to service society
- Service innovation
- Business model structuring for services
- Law and regulations
- Financial management of services
- Development and pricing of services
- Process management of services
- Service marketing and sales
Innovation Track 2:
Modules 7 & 8 | Business Model Innovation
- Methods of business model innovation
- Value chains and target markets
- Trend research
- Intellectual property rights & open innovation
- Cooperation, alliances, and networks
- Financial management
- Evaluation of business models
Module 9 | Diversity and Transcultural Management
- Making sense of culture
- Social identity
- Diversity in organizations and teams
- Conflict management
- Transcultural management
- Leadership of international teams
- Global leadership
Modules 10 & 11 | International Winter Academy
This experiential learning journey takes place in a global technology hub. It includes visits to companies and research labs, cultural experiences as well as lectures and workshops at partner universities. The following topics will be dealt with:
- Essentials of globalization
- International strategy and structure
- Global ethics
- Social, structural and technological dimensions of global innovation
- International project management
Module 12 | The Future of International Business and Leadership
- Synopsis: Sustainable leadership in an international context
- Open space for ideas of participants
Project work and skills development
Application and transfer of knowledge is central to the program.
- Throughout their study, participants will work on a business project and apply the knowledge gained.
- Furthermore, participants will strengthen their leadership and business skills on an ongoing basis. Guided by trainers and coaches, using personalized and experience-based learning formats, participants will extend their ability to effectively lead international projects and drive innovation.
Master Thesis
During the program, participants become familiar with a range of academic perspectives on business and leadership. The master thesis allows participants to deepen a topic of their choice and examine it systematically.
