Organization Studies

The goal of the Master's Programme Organization Studies is to develop reflective organizational competence. It is a highly interdisciplinary program, incorporating elements of the social sciences. It has a strongly international orientation and emphasizes the value of openness toward foreign ways of thought and life. In accordance with this profile, the programme is held entirely in English, involving instructors from leading international universities.

The programme conveys knowledge on various levels: Conceptual knowledge provides a comprehensive view of the work and function of organizations within their societal context, promoting the development of new perspectives. Methodological knowledge enables complex organizational connections to be analyzed and created. Elements of reflective learning offer the opportunity to further develop personal, social and communicative competences and to assume a critical-constructive posture toward self and others. As reflective practitioners and experts in complexity, graduates are able to comprehend and create complex organizational connections in a socially responsible manner and to contribute to their further development through creative impulses. 

First Semester

• Approaches to Organization Studies 
• Organizational Design 
• Communication and Conflict 

Second Semester

• Interventions in Organizations 
• Organizational Dynamics and Change 
• Elective Module 

Third Semester

• Organizational Analysis: Research Methods 
• Organizational Knowledge and Management Development 
• Elective Module

Fourth Semester

• Master’s Thesis 
• Master’s Thesis Defence 

Elective Modules

• Ethics in Organizations 
• Art, Culture and Expert Organizations
• Gender, Work and Organization
• HRM and Organization 
• Organizational Communication and Governance 
• Current Issues in Theory and Practice of Organizations 
• Accounting and Organization 
• Special Topics in International Accounting 
• Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting 
• Corporate Valuation 
• Information Economics 
• Applied Risk Management 
• Current Topics in Banking and Finance 
• Financial Regulation 
• Applied Behavioral Finance 
• Current Topics of Information Systems, Especially Social Aspects of Information Systems 
• Entrepreneurship 
• Marketing Performance Management 
• Current Topics in Strategy & Marketing 
• Creativity & Change Management 
• Human Relation Management (I): Intercultural Human Resource Development 
• Human Relation Management (II): Employment-Oriented Consulting 
• Interdisciplinary Skills 

Requirements

• Completed a bachelor's degree in a relevant related field.
• Transcript of records including number of ECTS-Credits completed,
• Curriculum vitae,

as well as (originals or officially certified copies):

• Notice (“Bescheid”) confirming awarding of bachelor’s degree,
• Diploma certificate,
• Examination certificate,
• Diploma Supplement
• Transcript (list of examinations completed).

Scholarships

• Erasmus+