Qualification goals
Main objective
The Master's program in Value Chain Management & Business Ecosystems (VCM&BE) leads to a degree at a research university that qualifies both for a career in managerial practice and in academia. It aims to impart the ability to deeply analyze economic problems with a focus on Value Chain Management and Business Ecosystems using scientific methods and to independently develop innovative solutions.
In-depth knowledge is provided to create qualified skills for professional practice and to enable independent research work. Depending on the focus of the Master's program, it lays the foundation for subsequent scientific qualifications, such as a doctorate. Additionally, the program aims to develop the ability to identify interdisciplinary problems and to develop solutions for them using Value Chain Management and strategic positioning in Business Ecosystems.
Academic competencies
Students who have successfully completed the M.Sc. VCM&BE program:
- are able to compare central models and theories in the three module groups: Processes, Technologies, and People, and have characterized at least one of these in term papers.
- possess broad and integrated business administration knowledge from the three module groups: Processes, Technologies, and People, as well as from the Research module group. This enables them to understand and critically assess new research problems and tasks related to value chains and economic ecosystems (exemplified by modules such as Supply Chain Management, Radio Technologies in Logistics, Leadership and Management Development, Research Seminar on International Innovation Strategies).
- have the ability to analytically understand complex scientific problems, reflect on them based on theory and from different perspectives, as demonstrated in seminar contributions.
- have shown in their thesis that they can design a research project considering generally accepted principles of good scientific practice, applying learned knowledge using and justifying specific research methods to a formulated research question, and assessing its contribution to the relevant sub-discipline of business administration or business informatics.
- can select, adapt, and apply complex qualitative and quantitative methods (e.g., from experiments, surveys, focus interviews) to specific questions. They can also conceive their own ideas and reflect on their implementation, as demonstrated in term papers and presentations.