1. Diversity and Change Management
DIVERSITY AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
The complexity of modern organisations stems in large part from globalisation and diversity. Management and
leadership related to globalisation driven diversity and change that arise from globalisation is the very core of this
programme.
This concentration teaches you to manage and work with diversity as a concept overarching any activity of a modern
organisation. 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. It may be in the form of a multicultural workforce or a complex
environment. You also gain management and leadership 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 live cases, cases, games and projects.
UNDERSTANDING COMPLEXITY AND CHANGE
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.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Next to your management courses you will explore and gain general knowledge within area studies while speaking your
second foreign language. You will learn about political, cultural and social issues in the area where the language is
spoken as well as gain knowledge on leadership and management in a regional context. This will enable you to operate
in an international setting while taking different cultural and international differences into account. In this manner you
add an extra and highly relevant perspective to the leadership and management practice and your cultural knowledge.
More information about Diversity and Change Management
STRUCTURE
Diversity and Change Management is a two­year master programme divided into four semesters. The autumn semester
runs from September through November with exams in December and January; and the spring semester from February
through April with exams in May and June.
First and second semester consist of mandatory courses, the third semester of elective courses and the fourth semester
completes the programme with a master thesis.
Diversity and Change Management gives you knowledge about work in dynamic organisations in a global environment
characterised by diversity, strategic complexity, and constant change. In this concentration you will also advance your oral
competences in one other language (French, German, Mandarin or Spanish) as well as work explicitly with your written
academic English.

2. ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Exchange
You have the opportunity to apply for a period of study abroad for a semester at one of CBS’ partner universities
Internship
You can choose to make an internship part of your degree (you can get up to 30 ECTS).The internship must have an
international or intercultural scope. This can be fulfilled by the location of the organisation where the internship is
conducted or by the nature of the job the intern does during the internship. When doing an internship you get the
opportunity to relate theory to practice and reflect on the academic training you receive at CBS in a practical setting.
CEMS
When studying Managing Complexity and Change, you can apply to the CEMS MIM programme, which is a double
degree in International Management. It provides you with both the MSc degree and the CEMS in International
Management degree.
Double degree with Queens University
CBS and Queen’s School of Business in Ontario, Canada, have signed a double degree agreement exclusively for the
Diversity and Change Management concentration.
If you choose the Diversity and Change Management concentration, it will be possible to study at the Queen’s School
of Business for one year after having completed your first year at CBS and thus obtain a degree from both
universities.
COURSE OVERVIEW
1. Semester 2. Semester 3. Semester
4.
Semester
Diversity management (7.5
ECTS)
Managing organisational change in
global organisations (7.5 ECTS)
Electives at CBS
and/or Internship
and/or studies abroad at
CBS partner universities
(30 ECTS)
Master's
Thesis
Managing in global
workplaces (7.5 ECTS)
Leading complex organisations (7.5
ECTS)
Organisational change (7.5
ECTS) Regional track course* (7.5 ECTS)
Leading and managing
intercultural projects (7.5
ECTS) Regional track course* (7.5 ECTS)
*Regional track courses
Regional track courses
Students must choose 1 of these courses.
Innovation in Flux: An Asian Perspective on Innovation
Leading and Managing in Latin America
Globalization and Organizations
The EU as a Global Actor
Managing Development Intervention in Sub­Saharan Africa
Regional track courses with language
Students must do 1 of these courses according to their choice of language.
Business and Social Responsibility in Two Francophone Countries (French)

3. CSR Practices in Germany (German)
Business Strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
Institutions and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context (Chinese and Japanese)
You can find course descriptions in the programme regulations for Diversity and Change Management.