Global Business and Stakeholder Management

Globalisation, deregulation, privatisation, corporate responsibility, multinational enterprises, leadership, governance, emerging markets and the millennium development goals are the catchwords of the 21st century. Every day, newspapers cover the stories about these related ? but also highly debated ? phenomena. Studying these issues from the perspective of (international) business is the primary aim of this Master.

The GB&SM master is strongly interdisciplinary, research- and management-oriented, and aims to train you in a large number of relevant skills that feed into various perspectives. Important research tools that will be given to you during the core courses are:

1. case studies

2. statistics

3. literature search ? making effective use of databases

4. analysing annual reports

5. interview and survey techniques

6. scanning techniques

Relevant management tools provided in this course are, amongst others:

1. negotiation and bargaining skills

2. argumentation skills

3. stakeholder dialogues and management

4. presentation skills

5. feedback

6. speed reading

Admission with Dutch Diploma

You are eligible if you hold a:

* RSM Erasmus University Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration

* Bachelor degree in Business Administration or Business Economics of another Dutch university equal to the Dutch university Bachelor of Science degree. (With a Dutch HBO degree, you are not eligible for the MSc programmes, you may apply for a pre-master programme.)

Application Requirements

You are required to submit the results of a GMAT (very few students have scores below 600, < 570 not much chance to be admitted) a TOEFL score with a minimum of 575 (paper-based) / 233 (computer-based) / 90-91 (internet-based) or IELTS score with a minimum 6.5.

The institutional code for GMAT is QK8-CX-52. The institutional code for TOEFL is 7199.

You are exempt from an English test if your university education has been in English for at least 3 years.

With a Dutch university (bachelor or master) degree other than Business Administration or Business Economics, but equal to the university Bachelor of Science degree*, you may apply for the 2-year MSc General Management.

Admission with Non-Dutch Diploma

You are eligible if you hold a:

* Non-Dutch university Bachelor degree in Business Administration or Business Economics that equals the Dutch university Bachelor of Science degree

You are required to submit the results of a GMAT (very few students have scores below 600, < 570 not much chance to be admitted) and a TOEFL score with a minimum of 575 (paper-based) / 233 (computer-based) / 90-91 (internet-based) or IELTS score with a minimum 6.5. The institutional code for GMAT is QK8-CX-52. The institutional code for TOEFL is 7199.

You are exempt from an English test if your university education has been in English for at least 3 years in an English native speaking country.

If you obtained a university (Bachelor or Master) degree other than in Business Administration or Business Economics, you may apply for the 2-year MSc General Management.

If you obtained a Bachelor degree at a different level than the Dutch university Bachelor of Science degree, you may apply for the Bachelor programme in International Business Administration.

More than seventy-five percent of corporate recruiters state that the most important selection criteria for attracting graduates is whether or not they are familiar with and understand the social and environmental responsibilities of corporations. This is the area of global business & stakeholder management

The MScBA programme in Global Business & Stakeholder Management covers the occupational area and agenda of every general and strategic manager within for-profit as well as nonprofit organisations. The programme prepares you for any position in which generalists are required or wanted. Although you may choose many specific topics, you will not specialise in one specific business area.

Our experience indicates that around 60% of our alumni get jobs in the private sector or have founded their own company; 25% work for government; 15% for nonprofit or non-governmental organisations (NGO) or have founded their own NGO.

Positions held by some of our graduates

* Corporate communications manager; manager of external relations.

* International manager: managing relationships with international governmental authorities, estimating risk profiles for country investments, entry strategies, lobbying strategies and tax regimes.

* Portfolio manager in public utilities corporations (water, energy).

* Product development: design and testing of new trademarks.

* Entrepreneur: a number of graduates have set up their own business and/or NGO.

* CSR manager or ethics officer.

* Consultant in a variety of areas: privatisation, public-private partnerships, development cooperation, ethical trading, forensic accounting and integrity.

* Policymaker; local and national ministries (Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs; Port of Rotterdam, Provincial authorities); international organisations (Unctad, European Union, World Bank).

* Professional manager in nonprofit organisations (Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Labour organisations, Oxfam, Fair Trade organisation, Red Cross).