Course content – Management & Entrepreneurship

2^nd Semester

Elective module

• Management & Change

3^rd Semester

Elective modules

• Digitalization & Management
• Contemporary Issues in Management & Entrepreneurship

The elective modules in the second and third semesters can be replaced by elective modules from other Master's programmes in Management (Management & Data Science, Management & Engineering und Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance; cf. subject-specific Annex 6.3, 6.4 und 6.10) or by the modules:

• Organization, Aesthetics, Materiality (5 CP),
• Organization, Power, Economies (5 CP),
• Economies and Urbanity and Space (5 CP) of the Master's programme Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization

or by the modules:

• Market Oriented Sustainability Management and Market Transformation (5 CP),
• Practices of Sustainable Entrepreneurship (5 CP),
• Organisational Sustainability Transformation Management and Entrepreneurship und Consumers as Agents for Sustainable Development (5 CP) of the Master's programme Sustainability Science: Entrepreneurship, Agency and Leadership (cf. subject-specific Annex 5.7 and 5.15d).

The Core area (30 CP) pro­mo­tes en­tre­pre­neu­ri­al thin­king and fos­ters cri­ti­cal re­flec­tion. It inte­gra­tes com­pul­so­ry and elec­tives mo­du­les, brin­ging to­ge­ther two are­as of busi­ness stu­dies – en­tre­pre­neurship and ma­nage­ment. We are in­te­rested in to­pics co­ver­ing in­di­vi­du­als, or­ga­ni­sa­ti­ons and in­dus­try set­tings in which in­no­va­tions in pro­ducts, ser­vices, tech­no­lo­gies and in­sti­tu­tio­nal frame­works are re­inven­ted and chan­ged through en­tre­pre­neu­ri­al in­itia­ti­ves. The curriculum covers these topics in various modules, such as En­tre­pre­neu­ri­al Psy­cho­lo­gy, En­tre­pre­neu­ri­al Stra­te­gy, En­tre­pre­neu­ri­al Fi­nan­ce as well as In­no­va­ti­on and Mar­ket Crea­ti­on, Or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on De­sign for In­no­va­ti­on, and In­sti­tu­tio­nal Chan­ge.

The Re­se­arch area (15 CP) ai­ms to ad­dress real pro­blems and ad­van­ce new know­ledge. Stu­dents can focus on qua­li­ta­ti­ve and quan­ti­ta­ti­ve re­se­arch me­thods and can apply their theoretical skills within a re­se­arch pro­ject during the third semester. In this re­se­arch pro­ject, stu­dents will ad­van­ce their sci­en­ti­fic un­der­stan­ding and de­ve­lop so­lu­ti­ons for cur­rent pro­blems.

In the elective area (15 CP), you individualise your educational profile with elective modules from broad subject areas such as busi­ness ven­tu­ring, fi­nan­ce & ac­coun­ting, sustaina­bi­li­ty ma­nage­ment, cul­tu­re and or­ga­ni­za­ti­on and data sci­ence.

Students at Leuphana Graduate School wri­te their mas­ters thesis (25 CP) as an in­de­pen­dent sci­en­ti­fic work, applying  their know­ledge and skills to treat prac­tical and sci­en­ti­fic pro­blems. Both fiel­ds of re­se­arch re­qui­re strong ana­ly­ti­cal skills and com­plex thin­king in or­der to iden­ti­fy re­le­vant ques­ti­ons, de­ve­lop theo­ries, car­ry out em­pi­ri­cal ana­ly­ses and re­flect on possible so­lu­ti­ons.

You will be supported in writing your Masters thesis by the compulsory Masters Forum (5 CP).

As a unifying element of the Masters programme in Management, Management Studies (15 CP) must be completed by all students of the Masters programme. The Management Studies lay the foundations for understanding and shaping management and entrepreneurship in a complex, dynamic and ambivalent environment.

In Management Studies, you will deepen your professional competences in the field of management in the following three modules:

The first semester uses a range of tools including case studies to illustrate "Organization, Strategy & Innovation", while the second semester explores "Digitalisation" and the issues surrounding it from the perspective of all six disciplines at the Faculty of Management and Technology (business administration, economics, law, psychology, IT and engineering). In the third semester, you develop specific business ideas for companies and partners in an "Entrepreneurial Project".

The Complementary Studies are an essential part of the special teaching model of Leuphana. It supplements and expands students' subject-specific learning with the following three modules (5 CP each) with critical academic and practical perspectives from all faculties:

1. Engaging with Know­ledge and Sciences (in the 1^st Semester)
2. Reflecting on Research Methods (in the 2^nd Semester)
3. Connecting Science, Responsibility and Society (in the 3^rd Semester)

Generally, the Master's thesis is written at the end of the degree programme after you have assured yourself of your interests in terms of content and methodology in the previous semesters.

All the information about the Master's thesis and how to organise your Master's thesis in five steps has been compiled for you on the website Master's thesis.

In addition, helpful courses for writing the Master's thesis are regularly offered as part of the GradSkills.

The following link provides access to documents which set out the general conditions for examinations, an overview of the curriculum, as well as detailed and legally binding regulations.

General Assessment Regulations and the Subject-Specific Schedules

In the course catalogue you can get an overview of the courses currently offered and their specific contents.