Business Intelligence is basically about concepts and methods to improve business decision making by using fact-based support systems. Business Intelligence as a discipline is made up of several related activities, including data mining, analytical processing and business process improvement.
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The programme provides you with in-depth knowledge of methods for analysing data to support decision-making and for improving business processes on the basis of business analytics. Furthermore, the programme provides you with an in-depth knowledge about:
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The courses of the programme will provide you with analytical skills to identify new business opportunities or identify inefficient business processes. The teaching form of the program encourages student participation and this in combination with the final thesis work will provide you with self-management and communication skills.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
During your first semester you follow the prerequisite courses that form the methodological and academic basis for the further study programme.
The course Business Analytics gives the student a set of tools and models that are essential for the design and evaluation of empirical investigations that can support decisions in the business intelligence area. Moreover, the course will cover major research tools including research design, experiments,response models and forecasting.
IS Development & Implementation in a Business Context introduces a range of methods and techniques that can be used to understand, plan and execute the processes in which information systems are developed, implemented, evaluated and modified to enable the student to participate in the development, acquisition and implementation of information systems.
Data Warehousing provides the student with knowledge about the wide variety of database management systems available for a data warehouse solution and how to choose a solution that is relevant for the business intelligence project in question.
SAS and SQL for Business Analytics provides the student with skills to conduct proper data analysis using some of the most flexible environments available. Focus will be on data management and data manipulation with the purpose to prepare for a statistical analysis.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
During the second semester you follow the specialisation courses of the programme.
Data Mining for Business Decisions teaches students how to work with large data-sets and how relationships in such data can be detected with the purpose to transform data into knowledge. Business applications cover a broad range from marketing to accounting, logistics and supply chain management.
In Advanced Market Research the focus is on analytical customer relationship management. The course is devoted to customer base analysis and predictive modelling with a primary focus on customer lifetime value and customer retention.
Supply Chain Management aims to provide an introduction and a framework of the design and operations of performance management in contemporary supply chains.
Project Management aims to introduce the contents of general project management competences and provide the students with skills to manage a BI project.
3rd semester: Electives at Aarhus BSS or abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at the school during the semester, at the Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the final thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Business-to-Business Marketing and Purchasing focuses on the managerial challenges related to operating in industrial markets. The programme prepares students for a wide range of careers, mainly in the private sector. Students following the programme gain skills in areas such as business-to-business marketing and strategy, purchasing management, relationship management, innovation, pricing, and the regulation of cooperation in business markets.
Firms operating in business markets cater to the needs of other firms rather than private households, and in so doing they face specific challenges and opportunities. Business-to-business activities constitute the main part of any developed economy, and managers who are able to understand, develop and manage such activities – upstream as well as downstream – are an important asset to firms.
Students will master their knowledge of how business markets work through courses in buyer-supplier relationships and networks as well as the innovation and development of these relationships. Focus will also be put on areas of business-to-business purchasing management, business-to-business sales and marketing management, pricing, and the regulation of marketing and purchasing cooperation.
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The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The first semester consists of 4 courses. The students will be provided with knowledge regarding the social characteristics of buyer-supplier relationships in a course called Buyer-Supplier Relationships and Networks. This will allow them to manage these types of relationships for improved value creation.
The course in Marketing Theory enables students to udnerstand developments and perspectives within the marketing discipline, and to identify marketing concepts and theories releavnt for the nalysis and solution of marketing problems at hand.
The role of suppliers and customers in the innovation and product development activities of firms will be addressed in Innovation in Buyer-Supplier Relationships course.
Finally, the semester covers knowledge of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative. This will be introduced in a Business-to-Business Research Methods course. The students will gain knowledge about choices of research questions, selection of data, analysis of data and reporting data.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
In the second semester students will follow 4 specialisation courses.
The first course in Business-to-Business Purchasing Management will take the students through how tasks such as: buying goods/services and knowledge from a global portfolio of suppliers are managed. The course includes developing a purchasing strategy, selecting the right suppliers, evaluating and developing suppliers performance and value creation, and coordinating and organizing the purchasing task internally in the buying company.
The course in Business-to-Business Sales and Marketing Strategy is focusing on classic and modern literature on customer value generation in a strategic, tactical and operational sales/marketing perspective
Students will be introduced to the firm's pricing problems in Pricing Strategy course, which will also provide them with practical techniques to understanding price setting in context of the firm's customers, costs and competition.
Lastly, the semester finishes with Regulating Marketing and Purchasing Cooperation course, which focuses on the most important regulatory areas covering the cooperation between private enterprises on marketing and purchasing. The main focus will be on agreements restricting competition (competition law), including rules on agreements between competitors as well as non-competitors.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester, you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can be taken either at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the Master's thesis. You may freely choose the topic of the thesis and thereby get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The purpose of the study programme is to provide you with knowledge of central concepts, models and theories related to corporate communication as well as practical skills in the strategic management of corporate communication processes and activities. As a result, you will be qualified to undertake functions within corporate communication at a strategic level.
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This Master programme has a duration on 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
The first semester includes Corporate Communication, Strategic Management in Organisations in a Communicative Perspective and Scientific Methods.
The second semester includes Change Communication, Crisis Communication and Stakeholder Relations.
The third semester includes electives combined with the possibility of a project-based internship. Thus, you are provided with the opportunity to specialise theoretically as well as practically within a specific area or field of corporate communication.
In your fourth semester you will write your Master's thesis. The topic of your thesis is up to you, but your academic advisor must approve it.
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Graduates from the Master programme in Corporate Communication are readily able to work in national and international companies and organisations as strategic employees at management level.
The work will typically be focused on communication, public relations, corporate branding, or in connection with a marketing division, in which our graduates have the full responsibility for planning the strategic communication with internal and external stakeholders.
The two-year MSc programme in Economics and Management gives students an in-depth familiarity with a range of economics and management disciplines. The programme is flexible, so that students can can specialise in a specific field or a combination of economics and management.
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In the company of Nobel Laureates
Students on the programme are based at the Department of Economics and Business Economics. The department is renowned for setting high academic standards, and the department engages in close collaboration with many leading international researchers, including Nobel Laureates Dale T. Mortensen (2. februar 1939 – 9. januar 2014) and Robert F. Engle. The department’s outstanding research environment includes the Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series (CREATES), where Nobel laureate Robert F. Engle serves as member of the advisory board.
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The academic environment at the department is characterized by international diversity: more than one-third both of faculty members and PhD students have an international background. The international atmosphere provides the basis for an enriched and exciting student life.
A personal academic profile
The department conducts research and teaching in the following fields:
The degree programme allows students to create a personal academic profile within one or across several of these fields. There is compulsory progression in the chosen courses, which ensures students' academic development. Each semester, the department offers about 30 elective courses. The broad range of courses allows you to specialise in a particular field of interest and to compose an individual course programme.
The increasing globalisation and internationalisation within trade and industry have led to a growing demand for managers with an international perspective as well as the ability to evaluate the economic consequences of their decisions.
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An MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Finance and International Business not only provides you with the professional qualifications for making strategic decisions concerning difficult and complex financial matters, but also gives you experience and competence in acting in an international context.
The programme in Finance and International Business exposes you to an international educational environment where students come from different countries and thus have different cultural backgrounds.
All exams and courses are carried out in English by members of faculty with an international background.
The programme provides a theoretical framework for advanced academic study of finance and international business that enables you to solve practical problems in the international business community.
The opportunities for participating in exchange and internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad make it a genuinely international education.
The programme is divided into four semesters and has a duration of 2 years.
Here is an overview of the 4 semesters:
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The first semester creates the necessary foundation both methodologically and theoretically for further studies of finance and international business.
Courses:
Applied Econometric Methods introduces you to the most widely used quantitative and empirical methods in econometrics, including in particular financial econometrics. The course has two major aims. Firstly, it provides you with tools which enable you to acquire the knowledge published in high quality publications within the areas of empirical finance and economics. Secondly, it equips you with tools for modelling and estimating econometric systems. The methods involved have been chosen with a view towards applications within empirical finance and economics.
Corporate Finance deals with the financial problems of a company and various solution models will be introduced. Further issues are the interactions between the company and the financial markets, with special emphasis on valuation of the company in a capital market perspective.
International Business Methods covers macro level (regional economic integration, e.g. the EU, trade barriers, etc.), company level (internationalisation and export market strategies, management of subsidiary companies, etc.) and individual level interaction between people of different professional and cultural backgrounds.
Internationalisation of the Firm provides you with an in-depth and detailed understanding of theories surrounding the internationalisation of businesses and the practical implications of these theories.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
The second semester is devoted to more advanced studies within the two areas.
Courses:
International Financial Accounting focuses on the financial reporting requirements in international environments. An understanding of international business depends on a theoretically grounded, pragmatic knowledge of the international requirements for corporations to report their financial performance and financial position.
Strategy and Management Accounting is a course with different elements of strategy formulation and strategic management accounting will be discussed and analysed. An important element involves the provision of information for the formulation of an organisations' strategy and managing strategy implementation and its importance for management accounting.
Advanced Corporate Finance studies corporate finance under asymmetric information and agency problems. Traditional agency theory and asymmetric information are used to revisit capital structure, dividend and capital budgeting policies. Focus is also on the role of governance systems under different ownership structures.
International Business Finance will introduce you to the multinational firm is confronted with the task of operating internationally. This necessitates an understanding of the markets for products, factors of production, and financial assets. Operating internationally poses unique risks – one of these being the existence of fluctuating exchange rates. More generally, the global integration of money and capital markets implies opportunities as wells as challenges – both of which have to be considered by the multinational firm.
3rd semester: Electives
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester:
The fourth semester is devoted to the final thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and in this way get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Finance is a general university education in finance. It provides students with thorough knowledge of and competence in finance. Upon graduation, our students are expected to begin careers in financial institutions, regulatory bodies, consulting businesses or finance departments in non-financial companies.
The programme has a clearly defined structure with a focus on global finance so the programme is relevant for all international students. The global financial markets are highly developed and integrated and as a consequence of this complexity and sophistication, there is an increasing demand for graduates with degrees in finance at the highest level. Therefore the programme is perfect for students seeking a career in finance in a global setting.
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The ultimate ambition of the programme is to prepare our students for making the right decisions at the right time; this ability requires excellent analytical skills and a talent for embracing all relevant data, as well as cultural issues.
Finance and other advanced research areas are based on statistical and mathematical models. Therefore it is an advantage for students to be familiar with these areas before the programme begins. The models are integrated into the courses so that the students study the models in relation to their application. It is our experience that the learning outcome is much higher when the models are part of the various courses.
The latest research in finance is integrated into the programme and many of the professors are internationally well-known teachers and researchers. Our programme also uses external lecturers from local financial institutions as well as visiting faculty members from internationally acclaimed universities.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The first semester you will follow three prerequisite courses that form the methodological and academic basis for the further study programme. Below you will find some details about the courses.
In Corporate Finance I the general aim of the course to provide the participants with profound knowledge about financial decision making in corporations. It is important to underline that although the course is focused on the managerial problems, decisions must be based on a solid theoretical framework.
You will get more in-depth knowledge in the following course, Corporate Finance II, which aims to extend the knowledge about financial decision making in corporations provided by the preceding course, Corporate Finance I, with a special focus on real options and risk management.
Moreover you will be taught Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis, which focuses on theories and empirical methods for analysing equity markets.
Another course is Fixed Income Securities, which focuses on theories and methods for analysing fixed income markets.
Finally you will be introduced to Applied Econometric Methods I and Applied Econometric Methods II. The purpose of the fist of the two mentioned courses is to introduce the students to the most widely used quantitative and empirical methods in econometrics, including in particular financial econometrics. In Applied Econometric Methods II the course extends the time series analysis from Applied Econometrics Methods I with special emphasis on relevant financial models and applications. For forecast purposes, models of financial time series and econometrics will obviously be of major relevance.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
On the second semester the student will be provided with an insight to the different perspectives on finance in the different courses.
Among these are Bank Management focuses on the financial system and the role of banks in the capital market. Also the financial regulation of markets and institutions is integrated into the course. The main aim of the course is to provide students with insight into the management tasks that banks and mortgage credit institutions face.
Moreover, the students will be introduced to Securities Market covers the parts of the financial curriculum that are related to trading in markets for financial instruments. As such it complements the standard courses in asset pricing, corporate finance, bank management and financial institutions with issues from the field of market microstructure.
Another perspective is that of Financial Engineering. This course illuminates the financial derivatives such as forward, futures, swaps, and options are increasingly important instruments applied by agents of financial markets. The course focuses on describing and understanding these instruments, and on the underlying markets such as money markets, bond markets, stock, currency, and commodity markets.
During the 2nd semester the student will also get knowledge about Financial economics, which is nowadays quite often based on empirical investigation. This course provides you with many different methods to analyse financial data. Among the many models are event studies, models to analyse the term structure of interest rates as well as ARCH and GARCH models.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the final thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and in this way get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Information Management is a master programme allowing great career prospects such as IT manager, project manager and ERP consultant (e.g. SAP) often in global and international organisations. Through a challenging and exciting study you will be provided with professional qualifications that enable you to play a key role in a modern organisation and business.
You will be capable of participating creatively in the management of information resources and information technology (IT). You will be taught how to utilise IT to make businesses as well as their services and products more attractive and competitive. You will learn how to create and manage new IT systems that support business goals and strategies frequently international in scope. You will be able to participate in strategic planning, to formulate requirements for new IT systems and to implement such systems in businesses and organisations.
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Working with information and IT requires the ability to perform multidisciplinary functions. This programme prepares you for this by focusing on a close dialogue and contact between students and teachers and by integrating project work and cooperation as tools in your learning process.
The programme offers great career prospects such as IT manager, project manager, change manager or consultant, often in global and international organisations. Through a challenging and exciting study, you will be provided with professional qualifications that enable you to play a key role in a modern organisation, working with digital transformation and digital innovation. Information systems and IT are enablers for innovation that transforms the economy and create value.
The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
Information Systems Research Methods - This course focuses on the production of qualified and justified knowledge, meeting the requirements of scientific quality criteria. This is essential for any candidate in business economics, who wishes to make decisions on an informed background.
IS Development & Implementation in a Business Context - The student will be introduced to IS development and implementation in a business context. It focuses on the challenges that we face in practice and how to cope with the complexities. The course introduces a range of methods and techniques that can be used to understand, plan and execute the processes in which IS are developed, implemented, evaluated and modified, to enable the student to participate in the IS acquisition processes of the businesses.
Project Management: The Managerial Process including PRINCE2 - The aim of the course is to provide the student with knowledge about central topics related to working in projects. The course discusses several project types and relates tools and techniques and project management behaviour to different types of projects.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
An insight to Digital innovation and Business Transformation will be one of the specialisation courses. The course centres on the impact of digital technologies on society in general and modern companies in particular. More specifically, the course focuses on the potential for innovation and business transformation in new and emerging digital technologies.
Moreover, the student will be introduced to IS Strategy and Management, which is a course that aims to provide the students with an understanding of IS strategic management and how IT resources can be managed within organisations in order to create long business opportunities and benefits.
Alongside the course of IS Enterprise Architecture introduces the students to strategic and technological aspects of Enterprise Architecture. IS Enterprise Architecture is one of today’s best performing tools to enable long term strategic advantage. Enterprise Architecture provides a long-term view of a company’s processes, systems and technologies that create and support the core capabilities of organisations.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the master's thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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Innovation has become an imperative for most private firms but increasingly also in the public sector. Therefore, competences in innovation management are emphasised as one of today's most important competences by CEO's and governments alike.
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The programme creates a unique opportunity to experience the challenges throughout the new product development process and to develop a mutual understanding about the rationales on the technology as well as on the business management side. There is a broad empirical basis that such a mutual understanding is a key prerequisite for successful cooperation between R&D and marketing and ultimately for innovation success. The aim of the programme is therefore to enhance students' understandings about strategies, structures, processes, people and cultures to develop successful innovations and to enhance the innovative capability of firms.
The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The student will get an insight to Management Research Method. The learning objective of this course is to enable you to conduct empirical business research in a valid and reliable manner.
The students will also follow a course which is an innovation challenge. This course aims to give students experience working with real life innovation challenges formulated by participating companies and organisations. By completing this course, students will have obtained a thorough understanding of the central phases of the innovative process and their challenges
In addition the course Classic and Contemporary Readings in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will enable students to create two forms of competences. 1) An improved ability to read, question, and form conclusions from research-based literature, and 2) an overview of the central classic and contemporary literature in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Finally the first semester also introduces the course, Financing Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The aim of this course is to enable students to understand and perform the crucial tasks of planning and acquiring financing for innovative and entrepreneurial projects, products and/or services.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
The second semester has an enhanced focus on innovation.
One of the courses is Managing Innovation.This course will give students an understanding of the fundamentals of managing creativity and innovation at individual, team and firm level. Students will acquire knowledge about central concepts of innovation and of how to manage innovation in terms of organisational structures, competences, and processes of innovation.
Another course will introduce Appropriating Innovation – Managing Intellectual Property. The aim of this course is to provide students with the essential, minimum knowledge of patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrecy to survive and prosper in business.
The students will also be introduced to the course, Entrepreneurship Theory - Strategies of New Venture Creation and Growth. The objective of this course is to provide students with a broad understanding of the theories that make up the field of entrepreneurship research. In order to do so, the course introduces both the history of entrepreneurship research and the latest theory developments.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the master's thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and get a chance to concentrate on and specialize in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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Today, innovation is the most essential aspect of surviving the global competition and gaining market advantages. The MSc in Marketing and Business Innovation programme is designed for managers of tomorrow who wish to understand the entire organisational innovation process and how this process is linked to key stakeholders. As a graduate with expertise in the fields of marketing and organisation, you will understand the dynamics of innovation and knowledge and be able to tackle the many challenges you will face in your managerial career.
Students will be part of the mentor programme at AU Herning during their master studies. The academic world is thus anchored to the business world. The objective of the mentor
programme is to enhance the students’ personal and academic qualifications and transform theory and academic knowledge into development of new business areas in new or existing companies.
Evaluate the market potential of a new product or service
Assess the impact of a new innovation on the industry
Create and implement strategies related to innovation processes
Increase creativity and manage knowledge workers.
Please note that there will be adjustments in some of the courses due to changes in the academic regulations for 2015.
Prerequisite courses during the first semester:
International Marketing Management (1st semester)
Business Research Methodology (1st semester)
Innovation Management (1st semester)
Specialisation courses during the second semester:
Globalisation and Market Structure (2nd semester)
Entrepreneurship (2nd semester)
Advanced Innovation (2nd semester)
Strategy Synthesis (2nd semester)
Leading Organisational Changes (2nd semester)
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
The fourth semester is devoted to the final thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and so get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest.
Internationalisation is a major driving force in todays business for sourcing as well as selling. A wide set of globalisation modes are at hand – from simple export to foreign direct investment or participation in border crossing networks.
This programme deals with the challenge of globalization and ways to handle them. The key concepts throughout the programme are:
The study programme is aimed at providing you with the competences required to take part in the decisionmaking processes in a business with extensive international commitments or a public institution.
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This programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: prerequisite courses
The first semester offers three courses, which provides the student an advanced insight into the theories and topics that are crucial for the understanding, definition and solution of International Business related problems.
The course Emergence of the Global Enterprise gives students a profound understanding of the different theoretical perspectives on the internationalization of firms in order to understand the drivers and decision-making related to the emergence of global enterprises, the operation of the global enterprise, and global business models.
Another course is Emerging markets, their institutions and challenges. The course aims at providing an analytical framework for understanding emerging markets and their institutions. The importance and growth potentials of emerging markets, such as for example the Chinese.
Alongside with the courses above the student will be introduced to methodology in the course Management Research Method. The course focuses on the production of qualified and justified knowledge which lives up to scientific quality criteria. The course introduces a variety of research designs applicable when carrying out research in the area of organisation and management and related areas. These techniques include qualitative as well as quantitative approaches.
2nd semester: specialisation courses
The second semester comprises the following compulsory specialisation courses.
The course Organizing and Managing the Multinational Corporation provides students with an understanding of how multinational corporations are organized and managed, and how the MNC can develop different management practices and organizational capabilities dependent on specific contingencies and circumstances.
In the course Intercultural Competences the student will achieve understanding of how to deal with cultural differences, the role of culture as frameworks for individual and collective actions, and the interplay between cultural structures and individual behavior and train the ability to identify challenges faced by international managers, synthesize the insights gained from the various theoretical fields, and challenge and critically evaluate both functionalist and constructivist, theories and concepts of culture and management.
The course Human Resource Management and Development gives students a fundamental theoretical and practical insight into and understanding of the Human Resource Management (HRM) field – the dynamic interplay of person, job, and organisation.
Finally the course B2B Purchasing Management will teach students how to develop and manage the global purchasing function of an organization. This includes understanding how social buyer-supplier relationships are established, developed, and managed.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
On this semester the student has a great possibility to define a professional path for the future based on the choice of electives. Another option is to study abroad at a university in another country. Aarhus BSS - Aarhus University is proud to have more than 300 partner universities around the world.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the Master thesis. The student may freely choose the topic of the thesis and thereby get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The MSc in Economics and Business Administration - International Economic Consulting – has been developed in close cooperation with major players of the industry and is organised to prepare students for various job functions within the fields of international economics. The programme will provide you with up-to-date theoretical knowledge required for applied economic analyses; relevant quantitative and empirical methods suitable for sectoral studies, policy impact analyses and forecasting; the training and concepts required for the implementation of national and international project consulting and, last but not least, introduce you to an exiting international environment.
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These and many other problems, their increasing complexity, their positioning at the border between economics and management and their placement in international contexts have been the backbone of the steadily growing demand for International Economic Consulting services. Large multinational corporations, regional and national policy makers, international organisations (like the World Bank, the EU and the OECD) and a growing number of non-profit interest groups require sound economic analyses and feasibility studies for an impressive range of issues and industrial sectors.
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This programme has a duration of 2 years and consists on 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The course Introductory Methods in Economic Consulting introduces widely applicable quantitative methods with a special focus on their relevance for policy analysis. The main aim of the course is to introduce and apply relatively simple methods and models that can be used for econometric analysis of empirical questions that inevitably arise when project evaluations are performed.
Another course is Advanced Methods in Economic Consulting, which comprises analysis and assessment of the economic consequences also involves estimation of the costs and benefits. Hence, a thorough knowledge of advanced applied econometric methods is necessary to solve many of the complicated economic consulting problems.
The course Advanced Industrial Economics is concerned with the theoretical and empirical understanding of the intensity of competition across industries and its effect on prices, quantities, quality choice, efficiency and market structure. It also studies the need of public intervention by describing the economics of competition policy.
The student will also follow the course Organisational Economics and Strategy, which studies how firms create a competitive advantage and maintain it, and analyses strategic choices regarding the boundaries of the firm, the incentive mechanisms and the organisational structure that will best serve their strategies.
Finally the student will follow the course Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) or Project Evaluation as it is sometimes referred to, is an essential tool in economic consulting. The purpose of CBA is to facilitate better decision-making. It ensures that resources are effectively allocated by estimating the monetary values - as far as this is possible - of all the benefits and costs to society of alternative projects, typically public investment projects.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
The course International Economic Integration gives a broad understanding of the forces and effects of globalisation through technological and policy changes. Based on the theory of international economics we examine integration as driven by organisations like e.g. the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the EU.
Another course that you'll be introduced to is Developing and Emerging Economies. The course will focus on the opportunities and conditions for economic growth in developing and emerging economies and provide you with an understanding of the underlying economic mechanisms.
Alongside you will also follow the course Applied Economic Consulting. This course simulates the entire process surrounding a real-world economic consulting problem, including an introduction to various project management tools.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Master thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the final thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and so get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. We encourage students to work on topics that are related to international economic consulting and/or are performed in cooperation with a consulting company or a governmental or international institution.
The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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Logistics and Supply Chain Management is about planning and controlling the activities of a company, in order to secure that the right product is delivered in the right quantities, to the right customer, at the right time and to the right price.
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The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
In the first semester the student follows the prerequisite courses that form the methodological and academic basis for the further study programme. This semester consists of 5 classes.
In Optimization Methods the student will be introduced to knowledge about how to model and solve mathematical programming problems.
The course Advanced Excel will get the students beyond basic Excel knowledge, and introduce them to programming in Excel/VBA as well as to simulation by use of @RIS.
Supply Chain Design and Management provides an introduction and a framework to the design of supply chain strategies and to manage operations in contemporary supply chains.
The focus on the discrete event simulation methodology and how this can be applied for solving logistical problems will be taught in the course in Simulation: Modelling and Analysis.
Project Management: Dynamic Scheduling and Control provides the students with an understanding of all fundamental project management disciplines and phases, and also the knowledge and expertise necessary to carry out project management design, planning, execution, delivery on time and budget
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
In the second semester the students follow the specialisation courses of the programme.
Solving practical logistical problems within the fields of Transportation and Distribution Planning will be presented in the course called Distribution and Transportation. The course covers a variety of vehicle routing problems and related solution methods.
The course in: Applied Modelling in Logistics intends to equip the students with the necessary skills to apply quantitative tools, such as simulation or optimization methods, to practical problem situations in the areas of logistics and supply chain management. This includes problem structuring and validation skills to formulate a suitable model in a problem situation, as well as literature review, writing and presentation skills.
Demand Management presents tools for forecasting and aims to provide the student with an understanding of the relationship between forecasts and planning within the company.
To provide the student with an understanding of the strategic impact of good inventory control and production planning, and how it affects system-wide supply chain performance, a class in Production Planning and Inventory Control is provided. This course involves mathematical models to determine optimal control parameters for inventory systems, both with respect to costs and service levels, as well as methods for production planning such as master production scheduling, material requirements planning and capacity planning.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester, you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can be taken either at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the Master's thesis. You may freely choose the topic of the thesis and thereby get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The Management Accounting and Controlling programme provides the students with professional qualifications and competences that mirror and sum up the knowledge, understanding and skills acquired through the prerequisite courses, specialisation courses and electives. The main objective of the programme is to convey professional qualifications and competencies, which you can apply in your professional life and in your future career no matter where you choose to live and work.
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The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
The first semester of the Master programme in Management Accounting and Control consists of 5 courses.
Three prespectives will be introduced to the students in the Foundation of Management Accounting Research course – positivistic, interpretive, and critical – and their underlying assumptions concerning the generation of scientific knowledge and its impact on our lives
Cost Management: Theories, Models and Technologies aims at providing the students with knowledge about Danish and international cost management traditions, in order to create a thorough conceptual understanding of the fundamental techniques in cost accounting.
Extracting relevant data and performing valid quantitative analysis will be taught in Advanced Excel.
Strategic and Organizational Concepts for Management Control focuses on giving the students a solid foundation of knowledge of the different strategic schools and organisational concepts that form contemporary management control.
Lastly, Planning and Budgeting is closely linked to performance measurements and it contributes to a specific focus on the organisations strategic goals.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
The second semester focuses on 5 specialised courses.
The course in Accounting Information Systems gives the students an outline of the different types of administrative programmers, their designs, application, implementation and security.
Various approaches and principles of performance management and how these will cohere with different types of organisations and organisational activity operating in various business environments will be taught in the Performance Management course. Emphasis will not only be on the appropriate choice of tools and approach for the specific context, but also on the business reality they create, i.e. their impact on human and social behaviour, and hence their strategic implications.
International Financial Accounting I and International Financial Accounting II focuses on developing an understanding of the importance of the quality of accounting information for decision making.
Following the course “Foundations of Management Accounting Research” from the first semester, Practice Project in Management Accounting is a practical application of the prerequsisite course. The goal of the course is to enable students to plan, investigate and compose a group-report on a management accounting problem in practice, and to reflect on their findings as a group in an expert conversation. Proficiency of these capabilities matters for both project-related work in a professional career as well as for writing a stringent Master's thesis.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester, you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can be taken either at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the AU Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the Master's thesis. You may freely choose the topic of the thesis and thereby get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted, it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The Marketing programme includes an all-important approach to management decision-making as well as a set of business functions. Marketing is indispensable in top management's choices of served markets, competitors, and business portfolios.
The Master programme in Marketing prepares the student for a wide range of international management careers within the private and public sectors including:
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The programme has a duration of 2 years and consists of 4 semesters.
1st semester: Prerequisite courses
In the first semester the students will get an advanced insight into the theories of social sciences that are crucial for the understanding, definition and solution of marketing problems. This semester consists of 4 courses.
The Marketing Research course gives the student a set of tools and models that are essential for the design and evaluation of empirical studies that can support decisions in the marketing policy areas. The course will cover major research tasks and methods including the construction of questionnaires, scale development, observational methods, response models and choice models.
The second theoratical course in Marketing Theory enables students to understand developments and perspectives within the marketing discipline, and to identify marketing concepts and theories relevant for the analysis and solution of marketing problems at hand. Also, the course relates to ethical issues and to the interests of different stakeholders.
The Customer Value and Innovation course provides students with an in-depth understanding of the challenges, mechanisms and approaches for facilitating value creation and innovation activities. This includes the strategies, structures, processes, and the kind of culture that enhances the ability of firms to develop innovative value propositions and facilitate customers’ value creation processes.
To cover the fundamentals of human behaviour in economic contexts, from a social cognition perspective as well as from a judgment and decision-making perspective a course in Economic Psychology will be taught. This course applies fundamental theories and methods to key areas in marketing, including consumer and industrial buyer behaviour, marketing management, pricing, communication, innovation, and relationship marketing.
2nd semester: Specialisation courses
The second semester comprises the following four compulsory specialisation courses.
The role of communication, and how the integration of several communication tools may support the achievement of the overall goal of the firm’s communication strategy will be covered in a course named Marketing Communication.
Pricing Strategy course provides the student with an introduction to the firm’s pricing problem and provides practical techniques in terms of understanding price setting in the context of the firm’s customers, costs and competition.
The Marketing Channels and Brand Relationships course enables students to analyse and evaluate a company’s position from a marketing channel and network perspective, and to build brand relationships in different types of markets.
Lastly, the semester ends by focusing on marketing management from a strategic perspective, combining and linking all policy areas to decision-making at top management level with the course in Marketing Management and Strategy.
3rd semester: Electives or study abroad
In the third semester you can choose elective courses within your areas of interest. The courses can either be taken at Aarhus BSS during the semester, at the Summer University or at one of our more than 300 partner universities abroad. You can also participate in internship programmes either in Denmark or abroad.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the master's thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and get a chance to concentrate on and specialize in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort. When the thesis has been submitted it is defended before the academic advisor as well as an external examiner.
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The MSc in Political Science is a broad, research oriented degree programme, providing students with highest quality teaching in and informal learning environment. The programme is the flagship degree of our top European Political Science Department, whose high ratings and research attract academics from around the globe to its vibrant community of scholars.
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The programme is very flexible, giving students the opportunity to design their own course programme. Students at the top of the class, may be offered an opportunity to work as research assistants on on-going projects. Students are allowed to go abroad and spent a semester at one of our partner universities, or work as an intern in a company or organisation.
The programme has a duration of two years, and it is targeted at students seeking a comprehensive political science education focusing on research design and methodology. These concepts will be covered in 4 semesters.
1st semester: Courses
The first semester consists of three courses. Students will be introduced to the art and craft of conducting empirical research in the area of political science in: Advanced Political Analysis I: Designing Political Research. Three major research frameworks will be focused on: the variable-oriented framework, the case-oriented framework and interpretive framework.
The students will gian knowledge about conditions and consequences of the selection and use of key concepts and approaches in a course holding the name: The Contested Concepts and the Approaches of Political Science.
Further, the first semester will be designed with Political Science Seminars.
2nd semester: Courses
The second semester focuses on two areas: political analysis and political seminars.
The course in Advanced Political Analysis II: Quantitative and Qualitative Techniques for Causual analysis introduces the students to two different approaches to the study of causality: the counterfactual/potential outcomes framework and the mechanistic approach.
Additionaly, political science seminar can be chosen by the student, depending on the area of interest.
3rd semester: Social Science Seminars
Students are offered a variety of social science seminars in the third semester. They are chosen based on the interest of the student.
4th semester: Final thesis
The fourth semester is devoted to the master's thesis. You may choose the topic of the thesis freely and get a chance to concentrate on and specialise in a specific field of interest. The thesis may be written in collaboration with another student or it may be the result of your individual effort.
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