Management

Strategic Management

This course aims at providing the participants with a broader understanding of strategic issues in organizations. As such, it focuses on the content of strategy as well as on the strategy formation process in a global context. We also pay special attention to strategic issues and consequences related to the potentially disruptive power of digital technologies.

Financial & Management Accounting

The objective of this course is to help you develop a framework for understanding corporate financial reports. The course deals with basic accounting concepts and significant accounting techniques that you should be aware of when confronted with financial statements of internationally operating companies. It highlights key challenges related to financial reporting. The frame of reference are the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Human Resources Management & Organizational Behavior

The course aims at providing students with a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the most important HR topics in organizations in order to be equipped to create a sustainable competitive advantage through the management of human capital. Theory, cases and experiential exercise are presented in the following domains – onboarding, developing, compensating, and leaving. Thereby always considering both the formal and informal angle of approach.

Management & Organization

The objective of this course is to provide you with a series of core principles and theories in the field of managing and organizing. On the one hand, you will discover a number of theories and theoretical frameworks. On the other hand, you will learn how to apply these frameworks and models in practice, through case studies, examples and interactive discussions. The course emphasizes both management and managing, as well as organizations and organizing.

Operations & Supply Chain Management

Operations and Supply Chain Management studies the management techniques used to ensure that business operations are efficient in terms of resource use, and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. It is concerned with managing the process that converts inputs (raw materials, labor and energy) into outputs (goods and/or services).

Financial Management

In the first part, we introduce the Law of One Price to derive a central concept in financial management: the time value of money.

In the second part, we apply the tools for financial decision making to one of the most important financial decisions facing a financial manager: the choice of which investments the corporation should make.

Marketing & Sales Management

The course introduces the topic of marketing and systematically builds up from a general marketing perspective, via a deep dive into sales and sustainability.

Digital Organization

This 5 day course consists of an integrated set of 4 modules that collectively cover the key building blocks of digital transformation:

1. Digital transformation 1.0.1
2. A different (perspective on) Strategy
3. Data driven organization
4. Running a smart business

Innovation Management (International Study Trip)

Making the most frequent and crucial decisions regarding managing innovation projects and innovators, participants will learn core innovation management principles, frameworks and analytic tools that they can use to resolve the dilemmas that innovators at different organizational levels (from a team lead to the CEO) face.

During the consulting skills bootcamp you will learn concrete and practical skills that you can use in a competitive environment. Whether your ambition is to become a consultant, or enter the corporate environment, consulting skills, from problem finding and solving to influencing and structuring your solutions will prove very valuable in your professional journey.

You work on an in-company project in which you identify and solve management and organizational issues. This assignment is the icing on the cake of the Master in Management, seeing as the hands-on advising role builds a bridge to the practice.

Besides your regular curriculum, you will also have the opportunity to enhance your studies with Electives. All Master’s programs offer 1 full week of Elective courses; one week dedicated to an intensive relevant topic challenging the status quo and pushing you outside your comfort zone. The idea is to offer topics outside of the core curriculum that are based around the current geopolitical climate, relevant world news and future insights. They focus on matters that will benefit your studies and provide enhanced learning opportunities.

To give you an idea, previous Elective topics have included:

• Digital Transformation
• Designing Business Models for Future Growth
• Geopolitical Challenges
• Emerging Asian Markets
• International Healthcare Management
• Organizing for the Digital Future

Your personal development is a core element in the journey you will undertake during your year at Antwerp Management School.

At AMS, we look beyond the mere transfer of technical knowledge. As our mission statement explicitly mentions, we also want to stimulate your personal development. With the Global Leadership Skills track, we challenge and coach you to become more aware of who you are, how you cooperate with others, and what kind of career you want to pursue. We do this by building upon the three mission pillars of Antwerp Management School:

• Self Awareness: leads to stronger cooperation with others.
• Global Perspective: leads to a developed global mindset, allowing you to find better solutions to problems and complex issues.
• Societal Consciousness: leads to sustainability in essential economic processes, a fundamental value in business.

Throughout this journey, we will focus on these three levels of learning by working with a mixture of exercises, self-analysis instruments, moments of reflection, individual follow-up, collective sessions and peer coaching. We will offer you relevant frameworks to support you in understanding your strengths and needs, and defining your areas for growth.

Global Leadership Skills development is more than a ‘nice to have’, it is a basic prerequisite for career success and recruiters will be assessing this when you apply for a job. Today’s employers are looking for an impressive set of soft skills when selecting young graduates. These include: self-awareness, the ability to work collaboratively with others, leadership skills, the capacity to adapt to new situations and to develop new skills, openness to and respect for different perspectives, multicultural awareness, and long-term and system thinking, to name just a few. This course aims to support you in developing these skills and in finding a match between who you are and what the world of employment needs; between your career ambitions and what employers are looking for.

Once you’ve registered for this program, you can register for our AMS bootcamp, which will be organized the week before the start of your program. You can expect courses in academic writing, professional English, business research methods and financial management. This summer school is not mandatory, but highly recommended. Not only do we offer you courses of academic rigor, we also offer you a trip to one of Belgium’s oldest cities Bruges, and of course it is an ideal opportunity to get to know your fellow students.

After attending this program, you can

• identify and explain concepts and theories in the general and functional areas of management;
• distinguish and illustrate sound practices of managing and organizing and contribute to discussions about broad and functional managerial issues at junior management level;
• apply managerial methods and frameworks in order to analyze and solve business and organizational problems;
• understand and analyze management challenges in order to provide solid conclusions and recommendations;
• demonstrate professional reporting and communicating skills;
• effectively collaborate in teams;
• critically recognize, appraise and evaluate the strategic importance of sustainability and social responsibility;
• demonstrate managerial and leadership skills.