Management & Leadership MSc

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"Only those who have big goals and inspiring visions, who communicate them convincingly and who mobilise employees and resources will achieve the extraordinary.” Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler, Academic Director

Overview

The Master-Program Management & Leadership offers profound training in management for entrepreneurs, engineers, medical doctors and members of other professional groups who want to prepare themselves for management tasks. The curriculum developed by the MCI allows for individual specialization in different areas of management and is thus one of the most flexible continuing education programs in the German-speaking world. It is a part-time attendance program at the MCI in Innsbruck.

Continuing education master's program in the German language
Content focus: Management & Leadership
Profound management training in the first study stage
Flexibility through numerous electives
Ongoing transfer to questions from your own company
Scientifically supervised Master thesis
For entrepreneurs and (future) managers of all fields
Also suitable for specialisation & consolidation for managers with a business management background

Mag. Susanne E. Herzog Associate Dean Continuing & Executive Education

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Structure & Content

The Master-Program Management & Leadership provides a general business administration and management education for (future) executives.

Participants acquire all the skills and knowledge necessary to operate in a complex and competitive environment, to identify opportunities and to translate them into goals and concrete tasks in their companies and teams and to implement them successfully.

This internationally recognized continuing education program is a face-to-face attendance program that promotes the exchange and networking of participants with each other and with the lecturers. The contents are constantly transferred to the students' own professional practice and is deepened through project work, reviews and the scientifically based Final Thesis / Master Thesis.

The four-semester program is structured as follows:

Stage I: General Management
General business administration and management training
Stage II: Specialization
Participants can choose from MCI's numerous certificate courses: Controlling & Corporate Management, Innovation Management, Marketing Management, Human Resources Management, Green Transition & ESG Management, Sales Management.
Stage III: Management, Psychology & Leadership
In this stage, the scientific examination of selected questions of economic and organizational psychology against a human scientific or systemic-constructivist background is deepened and the personal reflection of the participants own leadership role is placed at the centre.
Stage IV: Development of the Master thesis
To earn the degree, students have to write a Master thesis of practical relevance in line with recognized scientific principles. With their theses, students are expected to demonstrate that they are able to apply the acquired knowledge to a business management problem.

Module Overview

Überblick

Format	Part-time with modular structure
Design	4 stages in 24 months
ECTS	90 ECTS
Language	German
Tuition fee	EUR 21.950,-

Courses | Curriculum

Level I: General Management

Certificate course	Presence	ECTS
General Management	25 days	35

Level II: Specialisation in Management

Specialisation in management	Presence	Online	ECTS
Selection of certificate courses	16 days		20

Level III: Management, Psychology & Leadership

Certificate course	Presence	Online	ECTS
Management, Psychology & Leadership	16 days		20

Level IV: Scientifically supervised Master Thesis, Scientific Work & Final Exam

Module	Presence	Online	ECTS
Academically supervised Master thesis Scientific work Thesis defense before committee	2 days	3 weeks	15

Academic Board | Lecturers

Management

Program Director

Mag. Susanne E. Herzog

Associate Dean Continuing & Executive Education

Academic Director

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler

Professor of Strategic Management, University of Innsbruck / Tyrol

Lecturers

Diplom-Psychologe, selbstständiger Berater, Coach und Referent, Leiter des Milton Erickson Instituts

Mag. (FH) Martina Kohlberger, PhD

MCI Lector Department of Economics & Management, Innsbruck / Tyrol

Selbstständiger Unternehmensberater, Forschungspartner an der Interdisziplinären Abteilung für Verhaltenswissenschaftlich orientiertes Management

PD Dr. Jürgen Kaschube

Business Psychologist, Owner of a Management Consultancy, Salzburg / Austria

Professor of Marketing / Research Director International University of Monaco

Assoz. FH-Prof. Dr. Kristina Kleinlercher

MCI Lecture Department of Economics & Management, Innsbruck / Tyrol

Rechtsanwalt und Partner der Sozietät Greiter, Pegger, Kofler & Partner

Univ.-Prof. FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Pegger

Lawyer and partner in the law firm Greiter, Pegger, Kofler & Partner, Innsbruck / Tyrol

FH-Prof. Dr. Markus Kittler

MCI Lector Department of Management & Law, Innsbruck / Tyrol

Leitung Lehrstuhl Innovationsmanagement, Universität Hohenheim

PD FH-Prof. Dr. Bernd Ebersberger

Head of the Chair of Innovation Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart / Germany

MCI Leiter Department & Studiengänge Wirtschaft & Management und International Business

FH-Prof. Mag. Hubert J. Siller

MCI Head of Department & Study Programmes Tourism & Leisure Management and Entrepreneurship & Tourism, Innsbruck / Tyrol

FH-Prof. Dr. Siegfried Walch

MCI Head of Department & Study Programme Nonprofit, Social & Health Management, Innsbruck / Tyrol

Dr. Reinhold Bartl

Psychologist, independent Consultant, Coach and Speaker, Director of the Milton Erickson Institute Innsbruck / Tyrol

Time Model

The Master-Program Management & Leadership relies on a modular structure in four stages: The combination of certificate courses with supplementary modules and a scientifically supervised Master Thesis leads to an academic degree at postgraduate level.

The contents and structure of the program are tailored to the specific expectations and needs of high-level executives and decision-makers. Intensive modules over the course of several days (typically Thursday or Friday to Saturday) alternate with application phases in which the newly gained knowledge can put into practice. The upshot is the final transfer of the acquired knowledge into one’s own professional practice taking place.

Attendance days thursday / friday / saturday
Online weeks including MCI Webinars
Detailed schedule on request

Learning Goals

In order to ensure the transfer of learning and to enable students to develop relevant competencies, MCI has defined clear cross-curricular learning goals. These describe, in detail, the knowledge and skills acquired by our graduates on completion of their studies at MCI.

Responsible Leadership

Inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, our graduates demonstrate a commitment to ecologically sustainable, economically responsible, and socially equitable decision-making.

Academic Rigor

Our graduates can apply relevant theories and appropriate scientific methods in their field of work.

Blended Learning at MCI

In its organizational form as an online Master program, the MCI follows a blended learning concept that combines synchronous and asynchronous online phases with regular attendance phases.

Who is the program suitable for?

The target group of the Master-Program Management & Leadership are entrepreneurs as well as managers and decision-makers with some leadership experience who wish to qualify for higher management positions, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Admission to the Master-Program requires at least two years qualified professional experience. Due to the structure of its content, the program is suitable both for graduates of economics and for people with limited knowledge in business administration, such as engineers and doctors.

The program represents an interesting perspective for the following target groups:

Graduates with a degree in economics who wish to specialize and deepen their know-how;
Academics who graduated in economics some time ago;
Academics with a degree in non-economic disciplines who wish to prepare themselves for management tasks.

Average Age Of Participants

Nationalities

Average Salary Increase After Graduation

Admission

Applications for studies are accepted on an ongoing basis via our online application platform. In the interests of your further planning, we recommend that you submit your application early.

Applications for several degree programs at MCI in parallel are possible and welcome, as long as the motivation for the chosen studies can be conclusively demonstrated.

Dates & Deadlines

Application Deadline	Date	Interview
1	02.02.2025	tba
2	06.04.2025	tba
3	18.05.2025	tba
4	29.06.2025	tba
5	31.08.2025	tba

Prerequisites

In general, people with the following qualifications are admitted to the course:

Undergraduate degree from a recognized university (at least Bachelor with 180 ECTS).
Minimum of two to three years professional experience in a qualified position prior to commencement of the program.

Admission Procedure

The admission procedure provides for the following elements:

Online application
The application must be submitted in the form of a standardized online-application accompanied by the required documents (curriculum vitae, essay on medium-term career goals). An academic degree and minimum two to three years of professional experience in a qualified position prior to commencement of the program (ideally, qualified professional activity during the Master program itself) are required.

Personal interview
The interview gives applicants the opportunity to present themselves personally, to narrate their career history, to explain their motivation for applying to this program as well as to describe their medium-term professional goals.

Decision
An admission committee reaches the final decision on the applicant’s admission to the Master program.

Career & Perspectives

The focus of the Executive Master program on business administration, management, leadership and leadership psychology qualifies graduates for senior management positions with team responsibility.

Graduates are offered opportunities in all sectors and companies that are oriented towards the market economy, especially in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and medium-sized industrial companies. The concrete field of application correlates with the chosen specialization in the program.