MBA International Business Management & Sustainability

Double Degree

Students have the opportunity to participate in a double degree agreement. The selection is made by the chairperson of the examination board and the selection committee after application for a double degree place. The double degree agreement provides for semesters 3 and 4 to be completed at the partner university. After successfully completing semesters 3 and 4 at the partner university and the Master's thesis, which can also be completed abroad after consultation with the Chair of the Examination Board, the graduate is awarded a double degree.

OUR PARTNER FOR DOUBLE DEGREES

IBS is in partnership with British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Vancouver and offers students the possibility of a double degree. The BCIT Global Leadership Program focuses on leadership with an approach that embraces diversity and inclusion.

The program is designed to provide a systematic understanding of global leadership by starting with a solid foundation of personal leadership skills, extending leadership theory to organizations, and then applying cultural intelligence to strategic leadership decision making and implementation.

This program aims to enhance critical analysis skills, problem solving, effective team design, change management and cross-cultural communication.

The BCIT program flyer is attached in the download section.

For admission to the "Double Degree", please contact the Dean of Studies, Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach (Barbara.Niersbach@rwu.de).

Business Project

OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER BUSINESS? - INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDY WEEKS AS PART OF THE "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROJECT" MODULE

For you as a future manager, it is not only important to understand the management of a company in Germany. Nowadays, many companies are internationally networked and do business on global markets. As an employee, you will have to face the following challenges: What is the culture of the country and what intercultural circumstances do I have to consider? What happens in this foreign market and what is possible here? And how do I reach my international business partners with my product or service?

In the MBA program International Business Management & Sustainability we offer you an exciting insight into other regions of Germany as well as into another country within or outside Europe. Our program is an interesting mix of business, culture and academic teaching. During the Business Project, you will have the opportunity to come into contact with German and international companies in the target country. By visiting universities, you will also be taught content from the target country. A varied cultural program with city tours, museum visits and culinary experiences rounds off our program. The aim of the study week is to give you the skills to approach a new and perhaps unfamiliar country skillfully and to act competently in it.

Our target countries include Canada, Hungary, Estonia, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, the USA and India. We offer you a travel date once a year. Each year we alternate between a European destination country and a non-European destination country. The International Study Week is led and organized by Prof. Dr. Barbara Niersbach, International Affairs Officer of the Faculty of Technology and Management and Dean of Studies. You will receive a certificate for the International Study Week with a list of the exact program points for your records.

Innovation Lounge

Dialogue platform "Innovation Lounge" established as a supplementary strategic program format in the part-time MBA program International Business Management & Sustainability (IBS).

At the start of the 2021 summer semester, Master's students were invited to the first online "Innovation Lounge".

"From Idea to Innovation" was the title of the evening "Lounge" with H. Dr. Hans-Jürgen August, member of the senior management team of the technology company TTTech Group, headquartered in Vienna.

"We want to offer our MBA students, some of whom are already working as managers themselves, another opportunity to acquire future-oriented skills that will help them in their personal development and professional career. In the Innovation Lounge, managers and consultants from various industries will report on their challenges and experiences," says Professor Dr. Eberhard Hohl, who developed the new format together with Dean of Studies Professor Dr. Barbara Niersbach.

Innovation as a strategic success factor in global competition

The purpose of the newly established dialog platform is, on the one hand, to supplement the teaching of current and future skills required to successfully shape management, change and innovation processes in companies.

On the other hand, it is intended to make an effective contribution to the establishment and further development of a professional exchange of experience in a powerful network of top performers, experts, managers and IBS students - as well as IBS alumni.

The Innovation Lounge has proven itself as a new format in the curriculum of the MBA program and will be continued on a monthly basis online and on-site. We will report on the guest lectures, initiatives and networking projects within the framework of the "Innovation Lounge" on our IBS homepage.

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hohl

• Studied economics and social sciences with doctorate (Dipl. oec./Dr. rer. pol.) in Augsburg and Munich
• Supplementary studies in adult education (Munich School of Philosophy S.J.) and post graduate management program (Vienna University of Economics and Business and University of Texas in Austin/USA)
• Further training: Business Coaching, NLP, Scrum Master (scrum.org.)
• Consultant, coach, trainer and network coordinator (international) in the areas of management and corporate development. Industry experience in leading HR functions at BMW, EADS and ZF. Publications on HR and corporate management topics
• Main areas of work: International and intercultural management, human resources management, leadership and coaching, change and innovation management, agile project management

Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

Based on a self-developed and published role and competence model of leadership, coaching focuses on the coachee's reflection and options for action in the future ("Fit for the job"/"Fit for the career"). At its core, it is about developing potential and increasing performance ("Coaching for Personal Excellence & Performance"):

• personal assessment, challenges and goals
• Rethinking, changing / expanding your own frame of reference
• Strengthening thinking and acting in options
• Receive "clarification help" on current (leadership) situations in everyday working life
• Improve personal impact on the basis of "self-image / external image comparison" (reduce the "blind spot" through feedback)

Dr. Jutta Nübel

• Doctor of Philosophy with specializations in sociology, linguistics, computer science
• 20 years as a manager with responsibility for 100 employees in six teams in America, Germany and India
• 10 years as a representative of senior executives on a supervisory board
• Leadership & Diversity Management
• Technical communication
• Systemic business coach - KÖRBER Kommunikation certification, Steinbeis+Akademie

• Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

  Solution-oriented, systemic support and advice for (prospective) managers forms the basis of coaching:

• Coaching on topics such as communication in business and career advice for women
• "Get fit for the working world of today and tomorrow"
• Leadership Mindset - Diversity and Inclusion as Driver for Performance
• Empowerment of women in (aspiring) management positions

Katrin Pfleiderer

• After graduating with a degree in business engineering (FH) in Karlsruhe, I worked internationally in the automotive industry for 27 years. Most of this time was spent in leadership and management positions in sales, purchasing, product/project management in companies such as ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Behr GmbH, MAHLE GmbH.
• Additional training in humanistic psychotherapy (training at the Thalamus Heilpraktikerschule Stuttgart) with a focus on conversation/gestalt therapy, systemic counseling, trauma and body therapy.
• Supervisor according to the EASC standard.
• At the same time, I have been leading yoga and meditation groups and workshops for many years.
• Today I work independently with a focus on psychological counseling, coaching, supervision, in individual or group settings

Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

Empower YourselfHelping people to develop their potential and authenticity.

• Personality development, strengthening potential and further development
• Individual methods for coping with stress and strengthening personal resilience
• Overcoming anxiety, e.g. speaking in groups or in front of groups, as well as clarification help for the job, including the next career steps
• Improving interpersonal skills, communication, conflict resolution, assertiveness
• Further develop and deepen leadership skills

Thendral Rajendran

• MBA in HR from the Department of Management Studies, University of Madras, India with over 22 years of experience in Human Resources specializing in building strategic initiatives and leading talent attraction frameworks in the IT & ITES sector
• Directed Global Recruitment operations and managed teams across North America, Europe and Asia
• Developed a tailored coaching framework aimed at empowering professionals by enhancing their communication skills, leadership abilities, and team dynamics.
• Led leadership development programs for emerging leaders, focusing on strategic thinking, decision-making and emotional intelligence
• Currently an entrepreneur developing an edtech brand that focuses on upskilling college students with an interactive AI-powered curriculum

Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

The essence of coaching lies in its dynamic and interactive nature, fostering both personal and professional growth through constructive dialogues and introspective exercises, all aimed at unlocking one's utmost potential.

• Self-Discovery and Identity Exploration
• Goal Setting and Goal alignment
• Mindset shifts and challenging limiting beliefs
• Time management and productivity enhancement
• Networking and Relationship building
• Cultural competence and Diversity awareness: Adapting to a new environment

Dr. Josef Schneider

• Diploma and PhD in Theoretical Physics - University of Konstanz
• Daimler Group - Project Management Trainee - 1 year full-time
• 30+ years' B2B experience High-Tech and IT to large enterprise customers
• Working for Multibillion companies as well as small highly specialized niche players
• General management / line management / sales / business development / project management / customer success
• New solutions, new business models, M&A, reorganization
• International business/projects - Europe, US/Canada, China, India
• Since 2021 independent business coach, advisor, interim manager
• 6 DAN Karate / Self Defense Instructor

Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

Sun Tzu said, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." While business isn't war, we continually face serious challenges. The stakes are high, making it crucial to know yourself - your true desires, strengths, and weaknesses. Real success comes from pursuing the right goals, leveraging your strengths, and finding solutions that prevent your weaknesses from holding you back.

• Be honest - at least with yourself
• Risk everything - but keep plan B
• Top-down approach
• Solution-oriented thinking
• Change of perspective
• How to win friends
• Be tough in the subject matter but keep the human relationship
• Thinking from the customer's perspective

Thomas Steinmeier

• 25 years of experience in leading positions in the pharmaceutical sector
• Responsibility for Key Account Management Hospital at Sanofi in Berlin
• Specialist focus: including the development and strategic integration of key account management in group structures, negotiation and contract management as well as product placements with operational implementation in the market
• Head of the European Center of Excellence: development of tools for the implementation and optimization of KAM structures in the European healthcare market (with KAM managers from 22 European countries)

Topics and fields of action as a business coach:

The coaching serves, among other things, to accompany (prospective) managers into new positions and to advise on contract negotiations. In addition, the coaching focus is also on sales, in particular key account management:

• First steps as a manager

• Development from sales to strategic account management
• Transfer from sales to key account manager
• Negotiation and contract management
• Team design and creating a "team spirit"
• Interface management within the organization