Specialisations
The Master’s Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management offers four majors. Students are encouraged to choose their major before starting the programme. It is noteworthy to mention, however, that the majors have many overlapping themes and there is a variety of optional courses. Therefore, choosing a specific major does not bind the student to a fixed curriculum or a career path, but allows them the flexibility to develop their unique competency profiles.
There are four majors in the Master's Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management:
Organization Design and Leadership
How can companies grow and prosper while simultaneously preserving their adaptability, creativity, and an entrepreneurial mindset? What are the key elements to build a high-performing company culture? The major in Organization Design and Leadership focuses on issues of organisational design, motivation and leadership that are critical to the creation and transformation of technology-based businesses. Typical entry positions for students after graduation are in business development functions, consulting (in particular regarding change management), development of knowledge work practices, and functions that enable and support the development of human potential.
Operations Management
How do you organize and build operations and systems that are efficient and best contribute to the organisation’s goals and competitive advantage? What kind of strategies, actions, and techniques best support a company to achieve their environmental goals? Operations Management is a wide field with many diverse career paths. Operations manager is one example of a typical position, which may gradually lead to an executive role, such as COO (Chief Operating Officer), in a larger organisation. Because managing operations means prioritising and getting the right things done, it is excellent training for general management duties and it gives capabilities to run a new venture, as well. There are also several fields of specialisation in operations management enabling diverse positions in a variety of organisations from the very beginning of the career. Furthermore, expert positions in consulting, research or educational organisations are possible.
Product and Innovation Management
How do you channel new technologies and innovations into new products? The major in Product and Innovation Management addresses the questions of how innovative operations management can be used to design existing operations to support and execute new products and innovation, and how the product management can be used to orchestrate the development of businesses, especially in new ventures and during rapid growth. The major is targeted especially to those with an interest in exploring opportunities in roles that are close to technology, products, operations and seeking a career trajectory towards Head of Product- or CTO-positions. Such roles can be found in startups, scale-ups and equivalent parts of larger organizations.
Strategy
How do you identify, formulate and implement actionable steps that improve or sustain business performance? The major in Strategy puts particular emphasis on the development of strong analytical and judgment skills. It exposes students to a wide range of critical business situations that call for analysis and the exercise of judgment, and thereby develops a broad and holistic perspective on technology-based businesses. Majoring in Strategy offers students many attractive career options. Common entry positions after graduation include strategy and business development functions in corporations, management consulting, investment banking, founders/CEOs in startups, positions in venture capital and private equity firms or other organisations building and transforming technology-based business. Later in their careers our graduates often work as CEOs, members of top management teams, and investors.
More information on the programme content and curriculum can be found in the Student guide.