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About Sustainable Management (m.a.) in CBS - Cologne Business School

Master`s Sustainability Management: Training for lateral thinkers

Sustainability is interdisciplinary, disruptive and future-oriented – and therefore of the highest relevance for the economy. Anyone involved in sustainable management learns to critically examine economic processes and to develop innovative solutions for the world of tomorrow. In the German-language master’s programme “Sustainable Management”, an academic and application-oriented understanding of sustainability is paired with a business education and aspects of digitisation.

Your personal career goal is to work as an executive in industry, trade or the service sector? With our master’s programme, you will qualify for this career entry in a wide variety of companies, as the topic of sustainability is considered a key factor, especially for the competitiveness of a company.

Study Sustainable Management in Cologne

How can companies achieve long-term success when using suitable sustainable supply chain management tools? And how can resources be used innovatively to produce and distribute goods and services? In this master’s programme you will receive an introduction to sustainable business management, social entrepreneurship and innovation management as well as sustainable business models in a digital context. This will enable you to critically address key issues of sustainability, which include the following main topics:

• Conceptual foundations of sustainable management
• Instruments of sustainable management
• Trends and developments in the field of sustainable supply chain management
• Social Development Goals (SDGs) in the supply chain
• Sustainable corporate governance
• Sustainable business models in the digital context
• Open innovation
• Blockchain, AI and cryptocurrencies in the context of social entrepreneurship and sustainable business models

Attractive career opportunities for responsible decision-makers

With the title Master of Arts in “Sustainable Management” you qualify for challenging positions in almost all sectors and industries. Graduates of our master’s programme are employed in the following corporate divisions, among others:

• Strategic management (development of new business models)
• Innovation-management
• Project-management
• Customer service-management
• International supply chain management

Of course, you can also pursue a career path as a company founder, consultant or an academic career with a doctorate at CBS.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Bachelor's degree from a university or technical college

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   6.5
• TOEFL   :   92

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