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Want to Learn More?

For answers to your questions about the programme and admissions please call or e-mail:

Prof. Dr. Markus Reihlen Programme Director

Mrs. Irmela A. Lord Programme Coordinator

Leuphana University of LüneburgOtto Group Chair of Strategic ManagementScharnhorststrasse 121335 Lüneburg

Fon +49.4131.677-1791Fax +49.4131.677-3259lord@leuphana.de

Professional School

The MBA in Strategic Management Thorough Education Designed with and for Business

Our Profile

The MBA in Strategic Management, starting every year in April, is a part-time general management programme focussing on the fundamental concepts, tools and practical skills of General Management. The courses are taught entirely in English. Students can choose between two tracks: Full Track: 90 credits (ECTS) in 19 months (including an elective module abroad and a business

lab) + five months Master thesis (≈ four semester) Fast Track: 60 credits (ECTS) in 13 months + five months Master thesis (≈ three semester)

Leuphana University provides an optimal learning environment for motivated students. The types of courses vary between interactive lectures, seminars, tutorials, work in small groups, case studies, projects, field trips, and e-learning (long-distance-learning).

Your Schedule

Meets once a month for a long weekend (in general Thursday through Sunday or Monday) with one intensive week in your second semester (for the advanced track approx. 41 work days as well as 33 Saturdays and Sundays). Exams are set alongside the studies each semester during and around these contact days. There is a spring and summer break in March and September. Educational leave (“Bildungsurlaub”) for part of the contact weekends is possible.

Your Investment

Tuition and fees include online course readings, licences for case studies and simulation games, etc. as well as conference beverages during classes on all contact days, and lunches on contact weekend days:Full Track (four semester): 29,000 € (tbc) in four instalmentsFast Track (three semester): 21,750 € (tbc) in three instalments

Additional costs: some core text books, travel and accommodation, and approx. 290 € semester fee (Student Union fees, administrative fees, and the semester ticket for public transportation)

Tax Deduction and Sponsorship: All study-related fees and expenses are tax deductible. Sponsorship by your employer is possible and can consist of time off work to attend classes (for some or all contact days during the week), and/or full or partial financial support.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate is a talented achiever with first-class intellectual capacity, energy, and integrity seeking to immerse him or herself into a rigorous and challenging MBA programme while working at the same time. We are looking for highly motivated and skilled leadership personalities with a good undergraduate degree (bachelor or equivalent), ≥ two years of relevant professional experience after first graduation, and proficiency in English (TOEFL score of ≥ 80 internet-based or equivalent).

Leuphana University invites tomorrow’s leaders into a unique programme that combines real-life business contents with the academic rigour of a young and dynamic public university in Germany. Our MBA in Stra-tegic Management prepares managers for current and future challenges through a specifically tailored business education in the core areas of Management, Strategic Management of Resources, and Innovation, Change and Growth.

Geared to Meet the Interests of the Leaders of Tomorrow

The MBA in Strategic Management is an exclusive programme developed and launched in cooperation with our business partner Otto Group. Since 2008 this programme has been successfully run and is now open to additional business partners and applications from the general public.

Integrating the high standards of academia with the specific demands of today’s business challenges, it aims at providing students with a comprehensive knowledge of what determines the actual and future chal-lenges and opportunities of strategic management in a world of change. The programme was designed to give students the opportunity to step back and reflect on business from various perspectives, putting special emphasis on the practical relevance of the knowledge we deliver.

Students will have the chance to test, challenge and enhance their knowledge and critical faculties – not only in dialogue with our faculty and interaction with their fellow-students but also in direct exchange with leading managers and experts of our business partners.

Responsible Management Across the Functions of the Firm

We educate managers to operate in fluctuating environments with altering goals and under changing strate-gies. The curriculum aims to strengthen and develop the managers’ capacity for critical analysis, evidence-based assessment, and responsible action across the functions of the firm. Students will learn fundamental tools of managerial, economic, and financial analysis and action. They will develop their practical skills and will test and apply their abilities to develop innovative business solutions for new products and markets. The programme will also enable students to look beyond immediate short-term interests to incorporate so-cial and environmental responsibilities into decision-making processes within a profit orientated business environment.

Life Long Learning Leaders

The programme aims to develop autonomous learning competencies. Our highly interactive lectures, semi-nars and projects require significant preparation before class. Students are expected to take responsibility for their learning outcomes and undertake preparatory readings and assignments. Participants are required to make regular presentations in class and to complete individual and group assignments. Between contact weekends, students will use our electronic service platform to complete and upload their individual course work and group assignments. The platform contains all relevant course material including timetables, course outlines and readings, lecture slides, and other programme or course-specific information.

Lecturers are encouraged to keep the course topics flexible and to tailor assessment methods to best enable a link of theory to students’ individual practice and to support the desired learning outcomes. In order to assure a direct connection of theory to practice participants will in many cases write their own case studies by integrating topics and problem sets of their individual work experience into presentations and essays and by determining the topics of their papers and master thesis themselves.

FINDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES FACING BUSINESS TODAY

HOW IT WORKS

Make Our MBA Your Choice … and Qualify Yourself for Management Positions

�� Learn the foundations of effective and responsible management with fundamental tools and methods of general and strategic management

�� Benefit from our highly relevant curriculum that was conceived in close cooperation with our business partners and is tailored to your needs

�� Learn how to cope with complexity and uncertainty and strengthen your leadership competencies

�� Make sense of your personal practical experience by learning about academic concepts and models

�� Enhance your personality across all our courses and benefit from our coaching programme

�� Take different perspectives by reflecting on your practical experience and exchanging ideas not only with your peers but also - and on equal terms - with our faculty and practice experts

�� Write your own case studies by choosing the subject of your presentations, essays, and your master thesis with direct connection to your job

�� Take responsibility for your learning outcome and professionalise your language skills by studying in a global language

�� Take advantage of our smooth programme organisation compatible with your work schedule and enjoy our individual guidance and availability

�� Get to know new people and enhance your professional network with fellow students, faculty and business practitioners.

THE MBA IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT – TEN GOOD REASONS

Educate Your Achievers and Make Your Company …Fit for the Strategic Challenges of Today and Tomorrow

�� Make your young executives truly committed business leaders that take action and responsibility

�� Give your future leaders a thorough grounding in business frameworks as well as in concepts and tools of general management

�� Reinforce and broaden your achiever´s understanding of the processes and practices for effective and sustainable management.

�� Reduce your costs for recruitment and retain your talented achievers by offering them education on the job

�� Sponsor and challenge your highly motivated achievers by offering them to pursue our MBA programme that combines real world relevance with academic rigour in a global language

�� Educate your high potentials part-time so they can continue to work on the job

�� Have your future MBA students work on concrete challenges of your business in company-related cases and find innovative solutions

�� Take advantage of the superb opportunity to send some of you managers as co-teaching business experts into the programme

�� Enhance your employer image and position your company in the „war for talents”

�� Make your company more attractive for high potentials with a bachelor’s degree by offering them the possibility to stay on the job and study for a career within your company

HEAR WHAT OUR ALUMNI SAY

An attractive choice and a worthwhile investment“Stimulated by state of the art research and related ongoing debates, I was able to reflect again on vari-ous topics and problem sets ten years after my first degree. This experience makes the MBA in Strategic Management an attractive choice and a worthwhile investment even for people with a first degree in business studies.”

Anja Herter, Head of Special Projects, Otto Group Consulting, Otto Group

Benefit from your fellow students’ experience“The MBA in Strategic Management not only opens up new career options, it also helped me progress considerably on a personal level. Debating passio-nately with fellow students and lecturers made me look at problem sets from new perspectives and thus gave me precious new insights. Both now still have a tremendous influence on how I act and deci-de in my daily work. I was able to benefit especially from my fellow-students’ extensive and diverse life and work experience, from the “stories” they told.”

Frank Erdmann, IT-Project Leader, Hermes Fulfilment GmbH

Complex processes are no longer impossible tasks“The MBA in Strategic Management prepares its stu-dents for all aspects of management. The importance of strategic management as well as decisive aspects in planning and implementing strategic manage-ment, innovation, and sustainable change manage-ment were introduced with great clarity. Complex pro-cesses - such as restructuring of big business units, turn-around or innovative projects challenging the organisation and changing radically the company’s business model – are now manageable tasks.”

Stefan Heiden, Head of IT – IT-Operations,CTS EVENTIM Solutions GmbH

Step back and think out of the box”People wanting to leave the daily treadmill and willing to step back from their daily routine in order to think “out of the box”, people who are resistant to stress and can handle a considerable workload are ideal candidates for the MBA in Strategic Ma-nagement of Leuphana University. I was inspired by academic theories and practical application, was able to optimise my approach to solving complex problems, and last but not least all these effects boosted my self-confidence enormously.”

Bettina Wiegen, Head of Purchasing Support, Sportscheck

We want you to evolve quickly in the dynamic worlds of strategic management, growth and innovation. In our part-time study programme you will have to simultaneously combine the hands on approach of your daily job with the abstract ways of academic reasoning and thinking. You are invited to make use of this opportunity by determining your own research projects – be it within a given class or in the form of your MBA thesis.

Study Our Advanced Curriculum and Opt for the Full Track (90 ECTS)The syllabus comprises nine core modules with two elective courses during the first two semesters consi-sting of six modules on functional areas of management and three modules on general management skills. Beyond these core modules our full curriculum offers the possibility of broadening your competencies by choosing six out of seven further modules from our catalogue of advanced elective modules during the 2nd till 4th semester. Students write their master thesis (five months) during the 4th semester.

The MBA in Strategic Management (Full Track): The Advanced Curriculum (90 ECTS)

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (90 ECTS)

Sem.Global Business Strategy Business Lab

Master-Thesis

4 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 15 ECTS

3

Leadership Managing Knowledge Cross-Cultural Management (Module abroad)

Sustainability Management Society and Responsibility

5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS

2

Finance and Law Managing Markets and Operations

Controlling and Performance Management

Managing Innovation Organisation and Change

5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS

1

Foundations of Strategic Management

Economics Managing Growth Person and Interaction

5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS

General Management Skills Functional Areas of Management Advanced Elective Modules Master Thesis

Stand: 06/2012

OUR PART-TIME CURRICULUM A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY

Choose the Fast Track with our Core Curriculum (60 ECTS)Applicants arriving with 240 or more ECTS from their first degree (Universitätsdiplom or -magister) may opt for the Fast Track comprising only our core curriculum. The Fast Track covers 60 ECTS in only three semesters. Students will complete eight core modules during their 1st and 2nd semester. The last module on General Management Skills will be completed at the beginning of the 3rd semester during which students will also write their master thesis. Students wanting to complete some of the advanced elective modules offered in the Advanced Track additionally may book their individual choice of advanced elective modules. Extra costs will occur. These modules won’t count for the MBA degree requirements.

The MBA in Strategic Management (Fast Track): The Core Curriculum (60 ECTS)

Intake for both tracks: every year in AprilEnd of application period: 31st of January

You want to know how it feels to study part-time in an MBA programme? Just book one or two modules now and get the feeling.

For further details about the MBA programme and its tracks, about booking individual modules or admissions or in case of any other related questions please contact the programme coordinator, Irmela A. Lord, lord@leuphana.de, or +49.4131.677.1791

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (60 ECTS)

Sem.

Master-Thesis

Society and Responsibility

3 15 ECTS 5 ECTS

2

Finance and Law Managing Markets and Operations

Controlling and Performance Management

Organisation and Change

5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS

1

Foundations of Strategic Management

Economics Managing Growth Person and Interaction

5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS 5 ECTS

General Management Skills Functional Areas of Management Master Thesis

Stand: 06/2012

Our Core Curriculum: Your Fundamental Learning Opportunities

Six Modules on Functional Areas of Management

�� Foundations of Strategic Management: Concepts of Strategic Management, Enterprise 2.0�� Economics: Managerial Economics, Business Economics, Business Analytics�� Managing Growth: Business Model Innovation, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances�� Finance and Law: Finance and Accounting, Corporate, Trade, and IP Law�� Managing Markets and Operations: Supply Chain and Operations Management, Marketing and Sales�� Controlling and Performance Management: Controlling, Performance Management

Three Modules on General Management Skills: Enhancing Your Personality

�� Person and Interaction: Self-Management and Self-Evaluation, Academic Methods of Research, Reading, and Writing, Effective Business Communication�� Organisation and Change: Programme, Project, and Change Management, Managing Conflicts (Elective),

Negotiation Skills (Elective)�� Society and Responsibility: Managing HR, Leadership and Responsibility, Ethics in Leadership

Our Advanced Elective Curriculum: Your Choice for Cross-Cultural Leadership and Sustainable Innovation

�� Managing Knowledge: Knowledge Management, The Role of Consultants�� Managing Innovation: Innovation Management, Management of Change, Technology Management�� Global Business Strategy�� Leadership: Leadership, Leading Diverse Teams�� Sustainability Management: Sustainability Management, Decision-Making�� Cross Cultural Management: This module will be taught abroad by one of our partner universities and

will include – apart from classes – field trips to selected companies. Negotiations with one of our partner universities in China are currently in process.�� Business Lab: This off-site workshop on business design is organised as a kind of intensive retreat away

from your job or Leuphana University. It is a follow-up of the course on Business Model Innovation taught during the 2nd semester and offers the opportunity to take time and develop a business idea to a sound and sustainable business model innovation.

Preparatory Module

Applicants with a non-business 1st degree are advised to complete the preparatory module with four contact days offering an introduction to Economic Theory, Statistics and Mathematics as well as Empirical Research Methods. Extra costs will occur.

Additional Credits

Applicants with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent arriving with only 180 credits (ECTS) acquired during their undergraduate studies will complete the preparatory course and all advanced elective courses (seven of seven). Futhermore, they will choose the full curriculum. They will write a detailed report about the module abroad and an extended master thesis in order to acquire the necessary 300 credits (ECTS) for the MBA title at the end of their MBA studies. Leuphana Professional School offers an extended catalogue of further options on how to acquire additional credits. Acquiring extra credits may prolong the period spent in education. Extra costs will occur. For further information, please contact the programme coordinator.

OUR RIGOROUS MBA CURRICULUM: OVERVIEW OF MODULES AND COURSES

Prof. Dr. Markus Reihlen, Vice President and Programme Director MBA in Strategic Manage-ment, Otto Group Chair of Strategic Management, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

“Teaching on the MBA programme is a rewarding yet challenging experience for me and for our faculty. The students’ professional and academic backgrounds are very diverse which represents a significant challenge for teaching. We need to teach less and listen more. Course topics need to be flexible in order to adapt them to the students’ needs. Teaching MBA students is also very rewarding because due to their professional experience students reflect on the topics taught from different perspectives and with direct link to their work. Pursuing an MBA programme is a great experience even for graduates of business studies. Due to the decisions they had to take at work and the business projects they have completed they discuss problem sets and theories from a different angle and with a different personal commitment than undergraduates.”

Linking Theory to Practice

Our faculty members are excellent academics with international and/or management experience. They are deeply rooted in Leuphana University of Lüneburg and have all extended experience in teaching practising professionals. Topics directly linked to business life like Business Model Innovation, Effective Business Com-munication, and Programme and Project Management, are taught by practising managers. Our competent Leuphana faculty is joined by lecturers from other German and international universities like Copenhagen Business School, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of St. Gallen, European University Viadrina, University of Cologne, Technical University Munich, and others. We closely link theory to practice by offering fireside chats with practising managers from our cooperation partners and integrating them into class for talks, debates, case studies, and question time.

THE MBA IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: OUR COMMITTED FACULTY

Discuss your experiences and concepts and exchange ideas with your peers, our faculty, and our business practitioners*: Dr. Sascha Albers University of Cologne, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances

Prof. Dr. Markus BeckmannLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Ethics in Leadership Dr. Georg Berkel (MBA)Contract Management Solar Thermal Energy Siemens CSP Ltd., Bet Shemesh Israel, Negotiation Skills Dr. Willms Buhse Managing Director, doubleYUU GmbH & Co. KG, Enterprise 2.0

Stefanos Dimitriadis (MBA)Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Knowledge Management

Prof. Dr. Tim DornisLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Intellectual Property Law

Grit Enkelmann Otto (GmbH & Co. KG), Head of Innovation Management (Business Practitioner)

Heiko FrankenManaging Director, Leuphana Professional School, Effective Business Communication Prof. Dr. Burkhardt FunkLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Business Analytics Florian GoldbergManaging Director, Fragen, Denken & Handeln, Managing Diverse Teams Michael HaenschManaging Director Menschenkenner, Agentur und Akademie für Coaching, Managing Conflicts Prof. Dr. Holger HinzUniversity of Flensburg, Finance and Accounting Dirk KlimkeitSenior Programme Manager, Ernst & Young GmbH, Knowledge Management Dr. Anne LangeEindhoven University of Technology, Supply Chain and Operations Management Elias Kaiser and Monika LesnerLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Academic Methods of Research, Reading and Writing Holger LompeCFO, Mattex Group, Dubai, Programme, Project, and Change Management

*Our courses and faculty are subject to change. Please refer to our website for an extended list of our business practitioners.

Prof. Dr. Joachim MerzLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Business Analytics Dr. Till Mettig Otto (GmbH & Co. KG), Head of Process and Integration Management – Finance, Controlling BI & Governance (Business Practitioner) Prof. Dr. Timo MeynhardtUniversity of St. Gallen, Self-Management and Self-Evaluation Dr. Philip Nölling Hermes Logistik GmbH & Co. KG, Managing Director (Business Practitioner) Prof. Dr. Claudia PeusTechnical University Munich, Leadership Prof. Dr. Christian PfeiferLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Managerial Economics

Prof. Dr. Hans-Rüdiger PfisterLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Decision-Making

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Sven PiechotaLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Controlling and Performance Management Dr. Stefanie PlassmeierConsultant Mercuri Urval Germany, Managing Human Resources

Prof. Dr. Markus ReihlenLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Concepts of Strategic Management, The Role of Consultants, Global Business Strategy

Prof. Dr. Sabine RemdischLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Leadership and Responsibility

Prof. Torsten Ringberg (PhD)Copenhagen Business School, Marketing and Sales Prof. Dr. Alexander Schall, M.Jur. (Oxford)Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Trade and Corporate Law Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Sustainability Management Prof. Dr. Georg StadtmannEuropean University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Business Economics

Dr. Patrick StählerManaging Director, fluidminds GmbH, Business Model Innovation, Business Lab Dr. Henning Stolze EOS Deutschland GmbH, Senior Consultant Analysis and Data Basis (Business Practitioner)

Prof. Dr. Ursula WeisenfeldLeuphana University of Lüneburg, Managing Innovation

Dieter UrbankeHermes Fulfilment GmbH, Managing Director Sales and Strategy (Business Practitioner)

MEET OUR FACULTY