What will you learn? - Master in Management of Innovation and Sustainable Business Development
What will you learn?
The Master's in Management of Innovation and Sustainable Business Development combines innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and change management to prepare you to develop new opportunities and contribute to change in organisations.
Throughout the programme, you will combine academic knowledge with practical problem-solving, collaboration and real-world challenges.
Lead innovation and sustainable change
Learn how organisations can develop, manage and implement innovation and sustainability initiatives. You will gain in-depth knowledge of sustainability management, sustainable business development and change management, and explore methods and tools for turning strategic ambitions into action.
You will also develop competence in leadership, process management and collaboration, helping you understand how change can be developed and implemented across organisations.
Turn ideas into action
Develop your ability to identify opportunities, explore new ideas and turn them into viable solutions. Through innovation, entrepreneurship and business development, you will learn how ideas can be developed, tested and transformed into new products, services, processes or business opportunities. During the programme, you will also have opportunities to explore and develop your own business ideas.
Work with real-world challenges
Apply theories, methods and tools to challenges faced by businesses and organisations. Projects, industry collaboration and other practical learning activities give you opportunities to connect what you learn in the classroom with real business challenges.
You can also gain professional experience through an internship and collaborate with an organisation through your master's thesis.
Learn through collaboration
Learning in the programme is active and student-centred. Through projects, teamwork, discussions, reflection and experience sharing, you will learn with and from students with different perspectives and backgrounds.
These activities will help you develop skills in communication, teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity – while challenging you to take an active role in your own learning.
Student stories
Learning outcome
Learning outcome - Knowledge
Learning outcome - Knowledge
On successful completion of the Master’s programme candidate will:
- Have advanced knowledge on sustainability management. key frameworks for sustainable development and relevant tools for sustainability analytics.
- Have specialized knowledge within innovation and entrepreneurship as a field of research and practice, as well as insight into tools and methods for business development and management of innovation processes.
- Have advanced knowledge on key concepts, topics and theories in management, with specialized insight into change management and project management.
- Have thorough knowledge about scientific theories and methods that are relevant for innovation, sustainability and management.
Learning outcome - Skills
Learning outcome - Skills
On successful completion of the Master’s programme the candidate will:
- Be able to analyze the need for changes to improve sustainability in an organization and give recommendations for leadership of green transition.
- Be able to use key tools and methods to explore, evaluate and exploit opportunities for business development.
- Be able to plan, execute and evaluate projects or change processes based on relevant theories and tools within management.
- Be able to apply relevant research design to address research topics and carry out an independent, limited research project under faculty guidance.
- Be able to analyze real life problems with a foundation in a disciplines history and traditions.
Learning outcome - Competence
Learning outcome - Competence
On successful completion of the Master’s programme the candidate will:
- Be able to apply knowledge and skills within innovation, sustainability and management to carry out advanced tasks and projects.
- Be able to contribute to comprehensive new thinking as well as to innovation processes in existing organizations as well as through starting up new organizations.
- Be able to analyze relevant professional problems and research questions.
- Have collaboration competence and be able to solve problems in interdisciplinary teams.
- Be able to communicate professional problems and have a complete command of the technical terms of the programme topics.
- Be able to indicate problem issues within sustainable management and innovation to specialists as well as to the general public.