General information
The Management & Technology (MT) master variant is available as an option for students in all Master studies of the Faculty of Science of the Radboud University Nijmegen. The MT-variant takes up approximately half of the study time available in the two-year Master curriculum. The Faculty of Science of the Radboud University has decided that the MT variant will be an option for all science students, regardless of the particular science field in which they are doing their Master. This means that the composition of the groups following these tracks is multidisciplinary.
Other master variants include the research variant, the science and communication variant and the education variant. See elsewhere in this study guide for more information on those.
Aim
The aim of the master variant Management & Technology (MT) is to make students familiar with the language and perspectives of management studies with special emphasis on issues of innovation and technological change. Students become aware of the impact of social institutions, organizational forms and business strategies on the transformation of insights from science and technology into new products and services. They acquire practical experience working in the fields where science and management meet. Students remain Master students in their science discipline, but are more broadly educated for a career outside of academia.
Admission:
see the admission criteria FNWI for the masters.
More information on the track is available on http://www.ru.nl/science/mt/.
Specific information on the courses is available on http://www.ru.nl/science/mt/courses/courses/
Year 4 (First Master year)
- Second quarter: Business & Society (3 ec)
Deals with business organizations in relation to society (context, interactions), and includes an exercise in case presentation.
- Third quarter: Finance & Accounting (6 ec)
Provides and introduction in management accounting & control, financial accounting and finance.
- Fourth quarter: Organization and Environment (6 ec)
This course at the Nijmegen School of Management goes into the nature of prominent fundamental organization and management theories that are the basis for describing and explaining the relationship between the organization and the environment.
Year 5 (Second Master year)
Note: in 2014/15, students can also opt to do the new MT-variant: the Innovation, Business and Policy (IBP) variant. More information on this can be found on http://www.ru.nl/science/mt/.
- First quarter: Strategy (3 ec)
Strategy provides an in-depth treatment of issues related to the transformation of knowledge coming from science and technology into marketable products and services. The course includes practical exercises preparing for the MT-research project. Admission to Strategy is only granted after completion of the courses Business & Society and Organization Theory 2.
- First quarter: Methods in business research (3 ec)
Introduction to methods and practical aspects in business research in preparation for the MT track research project.
- Second quarter: Entrepreneurship: making a business plan (3 ec)
Hands-on introduction to the preconditions of successful entrepreneurship.
- Second quarter: Innovation management (3 ec)
Organizations innovate to stay viable. This course focuses on issues of innovation from a management perspective.
- Third and fourth quarter: Research project MT (27 ec)
Admission after completion of the obligatory MT-courses.
Optional courses
The total MT variant also includes a minimum of 3 ec of optional courses, which can be followed at any time during the master. Optional courses of the MT-track include Project Management (3 ec) and courses given in the C-track (Communication). The choice is not limited to these courses; students can follow other courses subject to the consent of the coordinator of the MT-variant: Dr. Heleen de Coninck ().
Cumulative structure
In the structure of the MT-master variant, the courses Business & Society and Organization Theory 2 provide basic knowledge about the 'outside world' of business organizations. Teaching methods include lectures, study of literature, assignments and presentations of case studies by students. The courses Innovation Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship provide more in-depth knowledge, while the more elaborate practical exercises in these courses support the preparation of the MT-research project. The course on Finance & Accounting provides essential knowledge for understanding decision making in companies. The course Methods in business research is a direct methodological preparation for the MT variant research project.
