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Curriculum highlights of the EMBA programme

Foundations & practice of management

The first year (term 1 and 2) of the programme is designed to focus on analytical skills and critical thinking while mastering the fundamentals of business management in lectures such as Managerial Accounting, Business Decision Methods and Management Science.

Term 1:

September - Mid January

  • Personal Leadership Development
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Social and Economic Behaviour
  • Business Decision Methods
  • Management Science

Term 2:

Mid January - July

  • Personal Leadership Development
  • Financial Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Marketing Management
  • Strategic Management

Foundations & practice of leadership

The second year (term 3 and 4) covers leadership development and the practice of leadership while fostering communication skills in lectures such as Business Sustainability und Leading Strategic Business Change. You also have the opportunity to select three electives from a range of 30 subjects. Electives are for example Digital Transformation, Data Science, Brand Management and Financial Engineering.

Term 3:

September - Mid January

  • Personal Leadership Development
  • Advanced Finance
  • International Study Trip
  • Three elective courses in Advanced Business, e.g.
    • Brand Management
    • Data Science and Analytics
    • Digital Innovation and Transformation
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Energy Markets
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Financial Engineering
    • Negotiations & Conflict Management
    • Retail Management
    • Strategic Value Management
    • ...

Term 4:

Mid January - July

  • Leading Strategic Business Change
  • Business of Sustainability
  • International Study Trip
  • In-Company Thesis

Personal Leadership Development programme

For todays managers not only business expertise is important. You also need to show soft skills such as communicative competence, conflict ability and the ability to motivate personnel. The Personal Leadership Development programme puts the way you act in business under the microscope so you can reflect on how you operate at the personal and professional levels, while discovering and applying new theories and ideas. We support you with individual coachings and intensive workshops.

International study trip

Part of the Cologne-Rotterdam EMBA curriculum are two international study trips. During these trips (each is one week) you will expand your understanding of business in a significantly different socioeconomic and cultural environment. A typical week consists of lectures, in-class discussions and visits to local enterprises for a deep insight into local business and social culture.

In previous years the study trips have visited Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Italy, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.