THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT & Consultancy STUDY PROGRAMME
Business principles in an international context
The Master’s specialization International Management & Consultancy (IMC) is one of the tracks available within our one-year Master’s in Business Administration. The programme as a whole will provide you with exceptional, in-depth instruction and practical experience in applying the principles of business administration. This specialization will help you become an academically grounded business leader with cutting-edge expertise in the growing complexities of doing business in a globalized world.
In-depth expertise and marketable skills
You will gain unique expertise in international entrepreneurship, change management and consulting, international business development, international strategizing, cross-cultural differences and global supply chain management. The marketable skills you will gain include:
- Leading successful change projects in cross-cultural settings
- Designing strategies and business models for companies entering new markets
- Managing and implementing global sourcing in changeable markets
- Advising managers of multinationals on how to improve their business
- Developing, working on and achieving personal goals as well as academic and professional skills
The one-year IMC track is part of the UT’s English-taught, full-time Master’s programme Business Administration. On completing this programme, you may call yourself Master of Science (MSc).
IMC COURSES
The Master’s programme Business Administration at the University of Twente is worth a total of 60 ECs. In addition to the https://www.utwente.nl/en/ba/master/studyprogramme/ (15 ECs), the specialization in International Management & Consultancy consists of a number of compulsory and elective courses (20 ECs) and a Master’s thesis (25 ECs).
Compulsory courses
- Entrepreneurial Leadership & Responsible Organizational Design
- Qualitative Methods in Business Research
- Quantitative and Design Methods in Business Research
- Business Valuation & Corporate Governance
- Master’s thesis
Electives
For the IMC specialization, you can choose three of the following five electives:
- Change Management and Consulting in a Global Context
- International Entrepreneurship
- Cross-cultural Behaviour
- Global Strategy and Business Development
- Global Sourcing and Organization
EXAMPLES OF IMC GRADUATION PROJECTS
Choosing a topic for your graduation project, or Master’s thesis, can be a good way to pursue your personal interests and to prepare yourself for the career path you have in mind. Many students tap into our cutting-edge research programmes, while we also offer plenty of room for you to propose an idea of your own and to align that with ongoing research at the faculty.
Some examples of graduation projects:
- Leadership styles, behaviours and values required in change processes involving Lean, Agile and continuous improvement methods, in various countries, including Brazil, Japan and the Netherlands
- Bottom-up strategy development and leadership styles at Heineken International
- Improving patient safety in Irish and Dutch hospitals by raising psychological safety in healthcare teams
- Cross-cultural comparison of the drivers for speaking up on the work-floor by Irish and Dutch professionals
- New market research in Kazakhstan for a courier service
- Internationalization strategy for a Canada-based company
- Collaboration among Dutch Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) targeting the Serbian market
- Improving employee well-being in the European community
- Innovative work practices in various Singaporean organizations
- Improving the Japanese educational system by implementing a Danish school system
- Emotional intelligence of managers for successful radical Industry 4.0 transformations: comparing managers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands