Culture, Organization and Management

Study culture in organizations

The cultural context of organizational problems
The masters’ programme of Culture, Organization and Management puts organizational problems in a broader social and cultural perspective. Are you interested in organizations and topics within organization culture, change management and cultural changes? Do you aim to graduate with an university masters’ degree? Then the masters’ programme of Culture, Organization and Management could be just what you are looking for.

Study Culture within an organization
Relationships and working processes on the inter-organizational as well as on the intra-organizational level are the central focus point of the international masters’ programme of Culture, Organization and Management. Within organizations you explore how people cope with colleagues and themselves  and also research culture and management styles.

“Culture, Organization and Management offers the opportunity to learn how to look at organizations from a broad perspective, and especially how people give meaning to their organizational life. I like looking at the variety of interactions between organizations and society, and I enjoy linking organizational issues to social changes relating to diversity, identity and globalization.”
Huub Dekkers, Master’s student in Culture, Organization and Management

Theory and practice
Theory and practice come together in the masters’ programme of Culture, Organization and Management. During the first semester you will explore organization theories and processes of power, identity and gender in the workplace. During the second semester you will bring the theory into practice by using a participative research style within an organization. You will write your thesis based on the results of this research.

Entrepreneurship, identity and cultural change
During the master you will focus on three specific themes: entrepreneurship, identity and diversity in organizations, and management of cultural changes.

Career prospects
The prospects for COM graduates are favorable, with international jobs available in a wide array of sectors. Many graduates become consultants. Others obtain positions within corporations as commercial officers (e.g. in customer relations) or policy support officers (e.g. in internal communications). The non-profit and public sectors also offer COM graduates opportunities in the policy development field.

Become a master
The masters’ programme Culture, Organization and Management is a one-year fulltime programme (about 40 hours of studying per week). Upon successful completion, graduates are awarded the legally recognized title Master of Science (MSc) in Culture, Organization and Management. COM is a full-time course starting in September.

The programme has been approved by the NVAO, the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders.

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