Unleash your power in your role as a manager by mastering the three value chains 'EEE':

• Execution: working on topics in a targeted manner
• Engagement: Motivating employees, utilizing and promoting their potential
• Enhancement: Providing impetus for further development and influencing transformation processes (employee & organizational level)

In our Base Camp around the topics of "Management & Technology", you will deepen your knowledge in the areas of "Finance, Accounting & Economics", "Managing Technologies" and "Strategy & Marketing". 

Your key learnings in the area of 'Finance, Accounting & Economics'

You will learn 

•  to explain the basic aspects of internal and external corporate accounting, to apply them independently in the practical working environment and to use them for business decisions.
• to solve practical financing and valuation problems by applying basic financial principles.
• to discuss macroeconomic relationships and current economic policy measures, apply central economic theories and concepts, and analyze the consequences of individual decisions in a market economy context

Your Key Learnings in 'Managing Technologies'

You will learn

• the fundamental aspects of data science and technology management 
• to select appropriate methods for data collection, apply suitable estimation procedures, and to analyze the results of a routine sample survey.
• to describe basic concepts of probability and statistics and apply them to analyze simple data sets.
• to assess the impact of big data on businesses and how the analysis of (big and heterogeneous) data can be used in your working environment
• to understand the potential applications of new technologies from a management perspective 
• to present new technologies and assess what influence they have on your work environment and how they can be used in the respective context.
• to present the basics of innovation processes on a company level, identify and apply important tools, models and methods of innovation management and develop innovation strategies.

Your Key Learnings in the area of "Marketing & Strategy 

You will learn 

• to discuss the core topics of marketing and consumer behavior and to apply them in practice to specific situations
• to create specific marketing analyses and strategic marketing plans
• to explain the complexity of global business processes in a dynamic and competitive environment.
• to apply knowledge from various business disciplines, both individually and collectively to solve practical problems.
• to learn how to strategically manage internationally operating companies using performance indicators and financial ratios. 

Module 1: Digitalization, efficiency, sustainability & resilience in supply chain management

• Understanding the basics: Learn the basics of modern supply chain management and current trends.
• Use digital technologies: Use data science and machine learning to increase efficiency and make better decisions.
• Optimize processes: Integrate lean management, quality management and production logistics to improve processes.
• Develop sustainable strategies: Implement sustainability concepts into your supply chains.
• Strengthen resilience: Develop strategies to minimize risks and increase the resilience of your global supply chains.

Module 2: Strategic procurement, contract management & intermodal freight transportation

• Optimize procurement processes: Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to improve your global supply chain.
• Contract Management: Strategically design contracts and manage risks to build successful supplier relationships.
• Manage supplier relationships: Optimize relationships with sustainability and resilience in mind.
• Leverage intermodal transportation: Apply methods to make freight transportation efficient and sustainable.

Core competencies that you will acquire:

• Technical and methodological skills: Explain the fundamentals of modern supply chain management, use digital technologies and apply lean management methods.
• Cognitive and practical skills: Analyze production processes, apply data science and machine learning and improve efficiency and sustainability in the value chain.
• Social and personal skills: Work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate strategies convincingly and reflect critically on your decisions.

In your Master's thesis, you will work independently on a problem in a topic area of your own choice, in terms of content and using scientific methods. In most cases, this is a question with practical relevance to your own working environment.