Masters in Business and Management

Masters in Business and Management

The Master’s program is designed to help students develop a rational analytical approach to solving business problems and to affecting the internal change within the business by using modern management technologies, that allow to acquire the competencies to operate as manager or as entrepreneur, making our graduates employable. The top priorities for today’s managers are ability to manage change, as well ensure company’s development and financial stability, that increase the demand of such professionals for today’s Latvian labormarket. In response to market demand two new specializations have been implemented:”Business and Change Management” and “Business and Financial Management”.

Within the Business and Change Management specialization, students acquire in-depth knowledge and skills of organizational transformation management, which includes organizational, personnel, communication and information aspects both at the individual level and within the organization as a whole and which aims at driving business towards the achievement of the company’s strategic goals.

The courses included in the specialization Business and Financial Management are aimed at acquiring in-depth knowledge of financial management. Students learn how to develop financial management models based on the indicators of financial and non-financial performance and learn how to design financial strategies for a company’s sustainable business development.

This approach enhances the professional component of the Master’s program and makes it more competitive on the labor market.

• Financial Management
• Methods of Data Analysis and Business Forecasting
• Strategic Management
• Academic English
• Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
• Labour Safety, Civil Defence and Environment Protection
• Latvian Language
• Pedagogics and Psychology
• Quantitative Methods for Management
• Research Methodology
• Research Seminar I
• Research Seminar II
• Study Project
• Business Information Systems
• Change Management
• Human Resources Management and Leadership
• International Marketing and Advertising
• Project Management and Financing
• The Global Economy and International Business Environment
• Decision Making Methodologies
• SMART administration

Awarded academic degree: Master of Social Sciences in Management

Graduates from the study program hold different management positions in a variety industry, both in Latvia and abroad: general management, project management, marketing, human relations, public relations, research activity, different fields of entrepreneurial activity, and management consulting.

Possible forms of education and study languages:

• Full-time – 2 years (latvian, english) Courses available during day or evenings
• Part-time – 2.5 years (latvian, english) Courses available during Saturdays
• Distant – 2.5 years (english)