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More information about the Business & Economics Discipline
Business and economics are basically concerned with the management of scarce resources. The field deals with the conceptual ideas that are built from thorough research and is mainly concerned with translating those concepts into pragmatic business and professional contexts. Economical theories and empirical techniques fundamentally revolve around human decision making, hence have many direct applications in business, finance, along with non-monetary fields. As such, business programmes benefit from economical theories and deals with the ways to manage people so to organize and maintain collective productivity toward accomplishing particular goals (usually to generate revenue).
Programmes in business and economics provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge of various business, economics, finance, management, accounting and marketing subjects. In addition, awareness of the moral and ethical responsibilities of management is covered during studies as an increasingly important issue. Many programmes adopt a holistic approach to business challenges and issues, along with conventional discipline-based academic subjects. Studying business and economics allows students to develop individual leadership and personal capabilities. Students are provided an intellectual environment where they can improve their critical and innovative thinking capabilities.
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Short Course in Project Management (PM)
Our Project Management program offers you the opportunity to develop the skills required to manage your project and your project team successfully. Our interactive and practical program trains you in all phases of the project life-cycle, from project initiation to project implementation and management and finally project evaluation and termination, using contemporary computing tools such as Microsoft Project and Crystal Ball.
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Short Course in European Business Summer School
This Summer School aims to develop the students’ knowledge in European Business Environment and an understanding of the major challenges of sustainable development and corporate responsibility.
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Short Course in Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions (LMHE)
This program prepares you for your role as a leader in the change process. You develop a broad set of leadership and governance skills in the areas of policy reform, institutional strategy making, organization development, change management and the administration of academic processes.
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Short Course in Sustainable Tourism Management (STM)
Do you want to learn how tourism can contribute to the economic, environmental and social development of your country and to understand your role and the role of your organization in this process? By exchanging views with experts in the field of sustainable tourism development, our STM program provides you with the main concepts and skills you need to develop sustainable tourism.
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Short Course in Principles of Pharmacoeconomics and Valuation of Health States
Objectives: To gain insight into different preference valuation techniques and (pharmaco)economic evaluation methods. This module will address valuation of health states and pharmacoeconomic evaluation methods. Economic consideration play an important role in decision-making on medicines, e.g. for reimbursement purposes.
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Short Course in Managing Performance Through Organizational Culture (OCM)
This program equips you with the knowledge and managerial skills necessary to transform your organization into a top-performing business. Through our interactive format, we help you assess performance management in detail, examining the characteristics of top-performing organizations and the different tools available for managing performance, including organizational design and culture.
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Short Course in Internet & Social Media for Corporate and Marketing Communication
In this program we will address the major issues concerning how digital networks (pc-based and mobile) and social media are changing marketing and corporate communication, and therefore brand relationships and reputation management.
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Short Course in European Integration: the EU From West to East
This course is a joint programme on European integration of Utrecht University’s Summer School and the International Summer University of the University of Tartu.
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Short Course in Islamic Banking and Finance
This Islamic Certificate is responding to the growing interest in Islamic finance. It provides the students with an opportunity to study the structure of the Islamic banking and finance industry, including its theoretical foundation, products, performance, Islamic financial instruments and risk management issues.
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Short Course in Summer Programme in European Studies
Get ready for the best summer ever! The six-week Summer Programme in European Studies (SES) offers you a great European experience while earning credits towards your major. Choose from six courses taught in English and offered by the Center for European Studies (CES) at Maastricht University, one of the highest-ranking universities in the Netherlands. Course topics fit most majors and have a distinct European or international theme.
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Short Course in Methods for Quantitative Benefit-risk Assessment of Medicines
Objectives: To learn about available methodologies for quantitative benefit/risk assessment, to gain insight in the strengths and weaknesses of these methodologies, and to apply these methodologies in practice. Decision making on medicines informed by quantitative benefit-risk assessment may differ depending on the perspective of the decision maker and the phase of drug development.
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Short Course in Financial Management (FM)
As a financial manager, you play a key role in keeping you organization ahead of the competition. On this program, we equip you with the tools required for effective financial planning and control, whilst enabling you to analyze your organization’s financial environment and apply corporate finance in a strategic context.
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