Target Group
This course is designed for Graduates
- who are already working in the fields of Logistics, Production, Sales, Controlling or IT and
- want to strengthen their management competence and entrepreneurial initiative,
- want to be able to react adequately and professionally to logistical challenges in industry, trade and services,
- who want to learn comprehensive knowledge and skills in market-oriented planning, design, management and control of material, goods and information flows in value networks and their application.
Career Opportunities for Master's Graduates (Kopie 1)
Overview of the study contents
Module 1 - Strategic and operational Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch
- Strategic Management
- Organisation theory
- Change Management
Module 2 - Controlling and Financial Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Mario Straßberger
- Controlling
- Entrepreneurial financial management
Module 3 - Project and Process Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch
- Project Management
- Process Management
Module 4 - Information Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Roy Fritzsche
- Quantitative decision support as well as knowledge
- Information management
Module 5 - Basics of Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch
- Logistics conception
- Distribution logistics
Module 6 - Planning projects in Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch
- Planning projects in procurement
- Manufacturing logistics
Module 7 - Enhanced Supply Chain Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lasch
- Management instruments used in logistics planning
- Strategic supply chain management
Module 8 - Production planning and Quality Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Udo Buscher
- Production Planning and Controlling
- Logistics-specific quality management
Module 9 - Applied Logistics Management (5 ECTS)
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Stopka
- Internet-based Logistic Processes
- Information Systems in Logistics
- Communication technologies in logistics and the environmental effects of logistics
Master Thesis (20 ECTS)
- Thesis
- Colloquium
Admission requirements
- a first university degree (e. g. Bachelor) comparable to 240 ECTS-credits (or graduation after 8 semesters), preferably in Economics or Business Administration
- working experience of usually two years in the fields of Logistics, Production, Sales, Controlling or IT
- basic knowledge in the field of economics (proven with certificates if it was not part of your Bachelor studies)
- English language proficiency (on a level comparable to IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 550 pbT/TOEFL 79 ibT)
- Proof of Working Experience (e.g. Testimonials)
Scholarship Information
The DAAD provides various kinds of funding for foreign students, graduates and postdocs as well as on funding offered by other selected organisations