Leadership for Change – Sustainable Business Management
Tampere University
Program description
Leadership for Change – Sustainable Business Management
By interacting with staff members from various disciplines – business, governance, politics and international relations – as well as with different societal stakeholders, students will learn to foster new forms of engagement across sectors of the economy and society.
The program prepares the graduates to work in private, public or the third sector in tasks that involve analysing, planning and steering complex change processes. The business specialisation provides students with an in-depth understanding of leading and managing change in contemporary business environments.
Students explore how societal and technological changes redefine the boundaries of and possibilities for sustainable business value creation and innovations. The focus is on understanding the challenges and opportunities business organisations face when creating innovative and sustainable solutions for future businesses. Students learn to analyse and develop business concepts which will benefit stakeholders and society at large.
The studies consists of cross-disciplinary joint program studies (30 ECTS), specialisation-specific advanced studies (25 ECTS), elective studies (25 ECTS) and the master’s thesis (40 ECTS).
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Admission requirements
General eligibility
To be eligible to apply to a Master’s degree program at Tampere University, you must have
- Bachelor’s degree - nationally recognized first cycle degree
- which corresponds to at least 180 ECTS (European credits) or to three years of full-time study
- from relevant field for the Master’s degree program that you’re applying to
- from an accredited institution of higher education
- AND a good command of the English language for academic purposes.
A Bachelor’s degree completed in a university outside Finland must provide eligibility for university-level master’s degree studies in the country in which it was awarded.
Program-specific eligibility criteria
To be eligible to apply to the Master's degree program in Leadership for Change (LFC), you must have:
- a completed university level Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of Administrative Sciences, Business Administration or Political Science/International Relations (according to your desired specialisation(s) within LFC) or other relevant field.
- Specialisation in Governance for Sustainable Change: field of Administrative Sciences or other relevant field
- Specialisation in European and Global Politics: field of Political Science/International Relations or other relevant field
- Specialisation in Sustainable Business Management: field of Business Administration or other relevant field
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Learn moreProgram content
General Studies
- Writing Clinic
- Advanced Introduction to Research Methods
LFC- Advanced Studies, Sustainable Business Management
Introduction to Leadership for Change
- Introduction to Leadership for Change
- Current Trends in Leadership and Change
Social and Organisational Theory
- Research on Society and Organisations
- Organisation Theory and Analysis
Doing Research on Current Change Challenges
- Case Study: Examining Leadership Challenges
- Master's Seminar and Thesis
- Understanding Legal Regulation of Business
- Modern Risk Management
- Theory and Practice of Value Creation
- Budgeting and capital budgeting (online course)
- Strategic leadership
LFC-Elective Studies
- Cross-Border International Relations
- Theory and Practice of International Relations
- International Politics of Finnish-Russian Relations
- Cooperation and Conflict in EU-Russia Relations
- Foreign Policy Analysis Colloquium
- Research Seminars
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Tuition fees
Tuition fee for non-EU/EEA citizens: 12000 € per academic year.
You will not be required to pay the fee if you are:
- an EU/EEA citizen
- equivalent to EU/EEA citizen (i.e. citizen of Switzerland)
- already reside in Finland (a continuous A or a permanent P/P-EU residence permit), or have an EU Blue Card issued in Finland. The exempting residence permit must be valid when you are applying for studies and at least until 1 August i.e. when the study right commences. Please note that a residence permit in another EU/EEA country does not exempt you from the tuition fee.
Qualification
Upon successful completion of the program, students will earn a Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration) degree (120 ECTS).
Learning outcomes
After completing the Master’s Degree program in Leadership for Change you will have:
- an advanced understanding of the role of leadership in solving contemporary challenges at local, national, regional and global levels
- learned to examine global trends such as digitisation, urbanisation, climate change, aging, polarisation, democratisation and integration from a multidisciplinary perspective
- the skills to foster new forms of engagement across sectors of the economy and society, learned in interaction with staff members from various disciplines – business, governance, politics and international relations – as well as with different societal stakeholders
- the theoretical and methodological skills needed to formulate relevant research problems and to undertake independent scientific work
- the skills to analyse and debate the challenges that leadership faces today and to communicate your views to multiple audiences using different channels of communication.
Continuing studies
Postgraduate study opportunities
The program gives eligibility for postgraduate studies in administrative sciences, social sciences (international relations, political science) and business studies, for example in the doctoral programs offered by Tampere University.
Career opportunities
The program prepares the graduates to work in private, public or the third sector in tasks that involve analysing, planning and steering complex change processes, which unfold at local, national, international and global levels. Students learn to carry out academic research on these phenomena and acquire skills required for a potential academic career.
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