Business, Language and Culture - Diversity and Change Management

Overview

The complexity of modern organisations stems in large part from globalisation and diversity. Management of diversity and change that arise from globalisation is the very core of this programme.

This Business, Language and Culture - Diversity and Change Management MSc course from the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) teaches you diversity as a concept, which includes areas such as culture, gender, ethnicity, and religion. On the basis of your knowledge within diversity, you are taught how to deal with different diversity issues that prove to be a challenge for modern organisations. You also gain management skills as a tool to handle diversity in an organisational context. This includes work in diverse teams, management of challenging projects and managing organisational change. Throughout the courses you will apply your knowledge on cases, games and projects.

Due to the complexity of modern organisations, this concentration focuses on the management of diverse workforces and complex and diverse tasks, both inside and outside the organisation. This includes understanding local contexts and incorporating that knowledge internally in the organisation. An example is managing cultural complexity internally in the organisation, which stems from employing people with different nationalities.

Diversity and Change Management also prepares you to participate in leading, managing and organising activities in local cultural contexts on the basis of your cultural knowledge and project management skills. You learn to understand and gain knowledge from local contexts as well as to incorporate that knowledge internally in the organisation.

Career Opportunities

• Graduates of this program will likely develop careers as consultants, as project managers and administrators, or as line managers in different industries and contexts. They are as likely to work in small and medium sized organizations as in large companies, and are equally likely to find non-profit or public sector work. 
• Their responsibilities will include planning and executing projects; leading and integrating employees from diverse settings into the workplace; undertaking assignments in diverse international contexts; participating in change projects or other HR initiatives; and providing market and customer analysis, business plans and marketing proposals. The study programme will provide students with a broad base of generalist knowledge as well as a versatile skill set to prepare them to work on the edge of local and global contexts characterized by complexity and change.