• Earn your MSc degree in just one year. Following a virtual summer school program, 9 months on campus, and the completion of a thesis, a full European MSc degree can be yours in just one year of full-time study.
• Acquire a unique skill set by means of a well-designed combination of state-of-the-art insight from innovation studies, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation management.
• Get inspired and motivated by experts who are leaders in academic fields and markets and, in class, will help you master new analytical, social, and intercultural abilities.
• A stimulating learning experience by applying advanced and interactive educational methods.
• Build your network by interacting closely and directly with faculty members, course instructors, peers, and practitioners.

The graduate degree program LIO consists of a pre-term "Summer School" session (remote learning), a 9-month on-site, in-person phase at the JKU (September - June), and successfully completing a Master's thesis between July and September. You decide how you would like to add the electives to your schedule.

Program Information

If you would like to learn more about the Master's degree program in Leadership and Innovation in Organizations (LIO), we strongly recommend taking a look at the curriculum. In addition, we have summarized some of the program details separately for you.

The LIO program combines the following areas of specializations:

Organization and Leadership: 

• creative and diverse teams
• dynamics within organizational cultures
• managing change and digitalization projects
• partnerships within - and across - organizations

Innovation and Entrepreneurship:

• organizing structures and processes to support (responsible) innovation
• open innovation processes
• entrepreneurial thinking and action
• marketing and financially evaluating new products and services

Digital Economy and Data-Driven Management: 

• digital and platform-based business models
• Artificial Intelligence and evidence-based management
• quantitative and qualitative empirical research methods
   

Listen in as Univ. Prof. Dr. Elke Schüßler (the former program director) and Sandra Suleiman, BSc., a student in the program, talk about the LIO program at the Johannes Kepler University:

We provide you with key, future-oriented managerial and entrepreneurial skills:

• Leadership Skills: How can I become a better leader? How do I get a team to meet its goals? How do I manage employees who have diverse backgrounds? How do I lead creative teams and individuals?
• Strategic Skills: How do I create an environment that not only encourages innovation, but supports creativity? How can I boost and strengthen social relationships to foster innovation? How do I develop successful strategies that involve various stakeholders?
• Entrepreneurial Skills: How can I think and act like an entrepreneur? How can I successfully establish and scale my start-up company?
• Digital Skills: How do digital markets and digital business models work? How do I design a digital platform-based business?
• Research Skills: How do I navigate the maze of available information? How do I use scientific methods to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data? How can I draw substantial conclusions from my data? How do I report my data in a credible and compelling way?
• Analytical Skills: How do I use data and software to make better decisions and streamline business processes? What heuristics can I use to address specific management situations?
• Managerial Accounting and Finance Skills: How do I read a balance sheet? What are key performance indicators, particularly in innovation and entrepreneurship?

As a graduate degree program, Leadership and Innovation in Organizations (LIO) is ideal for students who aspire to a managerial position or to an entrepreneurial career.

We welcome applications by:

• Graduates who have an academic background in business administration
• Graduates from non-business majors who want to complement their expertise with business-related topics to pursue managerial positions
• Young professionals who
  • are currently working at a company and are eligible to take a one-year educational leave of absence
  • are about to complete a trainee program and are eligible to take a one-year leave of absence
  • have professional experience and are looking to change careers

You can apply your acquired expertise and skills as:

• a leader responsible for driving innovation in business departments or divisions forward
• a project manager or expert in innovation, business development, and organizational change
• a business consultant responsible for organizational and strategic development, either independently or at consulting firms
• an entrepreneur who creates and grows a new company based on innovative ideas
• an intrapreneur to mobilize support for innovate ideas at companies, NPOs, non-profit organizations, or within think-tanks and interest groups

On average, graduates in this field find a job before completing the program. After 3 years on the job, an average monthly gross salary is approximately € 4,368.

Apply Now - A Step-by-Step Guide

Here is a step-by-step guide to the admissions procedure, beginning with entering your personal information to paying tuition fees! We have also summarized all of the important information about the admissions procedure for you.

Program Management

Are you interested in the Master's degree program in Leadership and Innovation in Organizations? Please make an appointment in advance for individual consultation:

Christian Hölzlwimmer
The House of Schools 1 - Business School
4th floor, Rm. 04.03
+43 732 2468 3073
lio(at)jku.at

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