Management and Leadership – (M.A.)

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Part-time studies can take 2 years to complete and full-time studies can be completed in one year. Please note, students requiring a Visa to study in the Netherlands must study full-time.

The 36 credit hours required for the Master of Arts (MA) degree must include 8 required courses and 4 electives.

Required courses

MNGT 6000 Integrated Studies in Business and Management

In this capstone course, the student is expected to synthesize and integrate conceptual and theoretical knowledge and understanding acquired in the curriculum by use of case study analysis, a research project, or management plan. The emphasis is on the student's development of written analytical material that can be utilized for program assessment as well as individual student assessment. Prerequisite: completion of all other required courses in this major.

MNGT 5000 Management

In this course, the student is introduced to the basic concepts of management and organizations. Primary emphasis is given to three primary functions: planning, organizing, and controlling. Additional topics include: organization theory, the global environment, ethics, and decision making.

HRMG 5000 Managing Human Resources

This course is a comprehensive view of personnel policy development with emphasis on the interdependence of personnel and operating functions. Students analyze personnel functions of recruitment, development, training, compensation, integration into the workforce, and maintenance of personnel for the purpose of contributing to organizational, societal, and individual goals.

BUSN 5200 Basic Finance for Managers

Managers and human resources management professionals must be able to understand financial information contained in financial statements and reports. Line managers must be able understand financial information contained in financial statements and reports in order to evaluate their unit's financial performance, to communicate clearly with other managers, and to apply financial information when making decisions. Human resources management professionals must understand financial statements and principles if they are to effectively assist line managers and be strategic partners with other business functions. This course will focus on the interpretation and use of basic financial information by non-financial managers, not on the production of financial statements and reports. (FINC 5000 cannot be substituted for BUSN 5200.)

MNGT 5590 Organizational Behavior

This course introduces students to many of the basic principles of human behavior that effective managers use when managing individuals and groups in organizations. These include theories relating to individual differences in abilities and attitude, attribution, motivation, group dynamics, power and politics, leadership, conflict resolution, organizational culture, and organizational structure and design.

MNGT 5650 Management and Strategy

Strategic management refers to managerial decisions and actions that influence the long-run decision and performance of an organization This course introduces the basic analytical concepts and processes underlying environmental scanning, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and evaluation and control of strategies. The course also addresses specific topics, including the central role of organizations purpose in formulating effective strategy, the identification, development, and leveraging of core competencies, the increasing use of strategic alliances, globalization and strategy, and the organizations ability to develop and sustain competitive advantages.

MNGT 5670 Managerial Leadership

Organizational leadership is the process of influencing other people to achieve organizational goals. This leadership course reviews and builds upon the basic knowledge of leadership provided in an introduction organizational behavior course by expanding the scope and depth of the student's knowledge of leadership theories, by providing practice in basic leadership skills, and by developing the students self-knowledge of his or her preferred leadership styles.

HRDV 5630 Organizational Development and Change

Organization development (OD) is the process of planning and implementing interventions to create interpersonal, group, inter-group, or organization-wide change. This course presents the theoretical foundations of organization development as an applied behavioral science. Students will also be introduced to many types of interpersonal, intra-group, inter-group, and organizational interventions that are used to effect comprehensive and lasting changes.

Accreditation

NVAO

Funding details

Several scholarships are available for students studying at both the graduate and undergraduate level at Webster University in The Netherlands. Scholarships run for a maximum of one Academic Year (Summer - Spring 2). If application is awarded part way through an Academic Year then it will run until the end of that Academic Year and be renewable from the beginning of the following Academic Year.

Gateway Scholarship, sponsored by the Holland-America Friendship Foundation

For New Undergraduate and Graduate Students This scholarship is offered to new, motivated fulltime students applying for any of the undergraduate or graduate programs offered at our Leiden and/or Amsterdam locations. The award is normally 15% of total full-time tuition. If you are motivated to work 10 hours a week at the University, you can increase your scholarship to 25% of the full-time tuition. To be eligible, students must have been fully admitted to study at Webster University and show evidence of academic excellence (GPA 3.5 or equivalent) as well as leadership potential and promise for future studies.

For the Gateway application form and terms, please see the attachments on the lefthand side.

Application deadline: June 1 for applicants wishing to start in Fall; November 1 for those wishing to start in Spring or Summer.

Mayflower Scholarship

For Current Webster Graduate and Undergraduate Students The Mayflower Scholarship can be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students currently registered at Webster Leiden. This competitive scholarship is based upon academic merit and is normally renewable at the end of the scholarship period (end of Spring 2). if the awardee maintains continuous full-time enrollment at Webster Leiden and meets or exceeds the required cumulative grade point average of 3.5. The scholarship award is up to 25% of tuition costs (15% base and an additional 10% if you are willing to work extra hours at the University).

Application Requirements: Scholarship consideration occurs after having obtained at least 30 credits (undergrad) or 6 credits (graduate) at Webster Leiden.
For the Mayflower application form and terms, please see the attachments on the lefthand side.

Application deadline: June 1 for Fall scholarships; November 1 for Spring or Summer scholarships.

Webster Study Grants

For new and current Graduate and Undergraduate students Students who do not meet with the GPA requirement for scholarships but who are in financial hardship, may qualify for a Webster Study Grant. This needs-based grant normally requires a GPA of 3.3, but exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee. However it should be borne in mind that also these grants are competitive.
For the Study Grant application form and terms, please see the attachments on the lefthand side.

Sverdrup International Scholarship

For study at a Webster Campus in the USA The Sverdrup fund was established as an endowed fund to promote and advance international awareness among the students and faculty of Webster University. Each year Webster University awards a number of students from campuses in Europe with scholarships for study at a Webster campus in the United States. The minimum award is 250.00.

Students who are planning a permanent transfer to St Louis are not eligible to apply.

The Sverdrup Scholarship can be used in conjunction with a WWWTP award.
For any student awarded a Sverdrup Scholarship, the amount of their award will be applied to their account as a credit for the specific term(s) they will be studying in the U.S. The funds are automatically applied toward any outstanding tuition, fees, etc. on the student's account. Once they have a zero balance, any amount remaining will be refunded to the students.

For the Sverdrup application form and terms for 2010/2011, please see the attachments on the lefthand side.

Chris Devries Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship honors the memory of Chris Devries, advisory board member 2002 - 2008 who enjoyed meeting students, helping them learn how to network and build relationships, and stimulated students with potential to achieve greatness. Scholarships will be targeted towards students from disadvantaged backgrounds who show potential for leadership as seen by specific activities highlighted in the application. Academic standards still apply (minimum GPA = 3.3 or if above age 30 with a lower GPA exceptions may be made following their first 6 credits earned at Webster).

Please contact your Academic Advisor if you think you are eligible for this scholarship.

Len Even Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship

A scholarship fostering the spirit of entrepreneurship in current Webster students from all majors. The award to the value of maximum € 5000 will be shared by one graduate and one undergraduate student each year based on their best proposal or business plan, to be applied as free tuition for a course in entrepreneurship and/or an internship placement or special 1:1 project supervised by an expert, to achieve the realization of their business idea. Applications for 2011 are open until 1 February, presentations will be made at the annual degree ceremony in May. Non-business majors (e.g. media, ngo-management, social entrepreneurship) are also encouraged to apply, see your study advisor for details.

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