Master´s Degree in Business Organization

What will I learn by studying this master?

To do research in the area of business organization and to learn practical tools to perform a better decision making at firms. The master allows the development of skills and training for the performance of research to prepare doctoral dissertations in the field of Business Organizations.

Students that own a university degree in Spain or in an Education Institution located in the European Space of Upper Education or other places overseas that enable in the issuing country the grade to access to Master Degrees.

Conditions or special admission test:

A B2 Level of English required

In case that is needed a special test will be taking place for the evaluation of the students’ curriculum by considering their professional experience and projection according to the Master’s objectives and their academic background.

The scoring notations for the evaluation of the curriculum will grade from 0 to 10, the professional experience weighs a 10%, the academic record weights a 20% and the student’s projection according to the Master’s objectives weighs a 20%. This last aspect is evaluated by means of a written proof of an hour to those applicants pre-inscribed. In the exam concrete questions dealing with a research paper are offered to students asking them about the opportunities, threads, strengths and weakness that the paper presents. The written proof weighs a 20% of the final mark, the English proof weighs another 20% of the final mark, and the personal interview weighs a 10% of the final mark.

The main objective of the program consists of the advanced training of students in the research techniques for the Business Organization field. It will allow students to be trained in the contents that will permit them to develop academic research of excellence and prepare them to the development of a Doctoral dissertation.

The program includes the most important areas of knowledge in Business Organization. In search of excellence in research quality, it includes the participation of outstanding PhD lecturers that count on with scientific research recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education. The mobility amongst visiting professors from other countries and universities is promoted.

- Cooperation agreements in Research and Development 6 ECTS
- Corporate Economics 6 ECTS
- Other lines of research in business organization 6 ECTS
- Strategies for business development 6 ECTS
- Strategy and Organization 6 ECTS
- The impact of information technologies and systems on business results 6 ECTS
- Final Master’s Thesis 24 ECTS

Specific competences

CE01 – To be able to identify the needs and demands from contexts where the application of methodological tools are required and learn to promote adequate solutions to research questions derived from Business Organization Areas.
CE02 – To develop the reasoning and critical thinking to perform analysis of the business reality through the identification, description and diagnosis of firm’s problems close to the places where the student is located by making use of the strategic and organizational tools that from the Business Organization Area are provided and firms often use for its diagnosis.
CE03 – To apply methodological tools to solve problems and research questions in the organization and strategic fields.
CE04 – To know how to use tools from strategy and organization to identify and solve problems such as Porter’s five forces, PESTLE analysis, to better know economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors, Porter’s diamond, SWOT analysis and Balance Scorecard.
CE05 – To learn to propose appropriate solutions based in the studied firm’s models.
CE07 – To obtain information in an effective way. To be able to search, manage, organize and analyze the bibliographic relevant information in the area of business organization and in each proposed area of research.
CE10 – To evaluate the research projected by other researchers and professionals through the development of reading and critical synthesis of research articles in each of the areas of Business organization.
CE12 – To know the main theoretical models that go beyond the different specific research environments. Students acquire specific knowledge in the most relevant theories that explain the firm’s behavior, such as the Resource based view, the Cost Transactions view, the Dynamic Capabilities view, the Agency Theory, the firm’s Dependence Resource Theory, and the Eclectic Theory.