*New in 2011*

Many challenges facing the world today, such as poverty, inequality and climate change, require solutions and capital at scale that the governments, charities and NGOs cannot achieve on their own. Private/institutional capital and market-based solutions are essential in complementing government intervention and charitable donations in developing sustainable and integrated ways of solving these problems.

The course provides an integrated understanding of the main subject matters of modern corporate finance such as the principles of corporate valuation, the need of capital budgeting, the capital structure decision and related dividend policy as well as the challenges and instruments of risk management.

The skills acquired in this course will help you when you need to communicate effectively with in-house and external legal counsel, recognize, assess and prevent liability risks for yourself and the company in criminal, civil and regulatory matters, understand options, control costs, and increase your chance of success in legal disputes, write and understand contracts with international partners.

This course examines the leadership challenges on three levels: leading an organisation, leading a team, and leading oneself. Particular attention is also given to the additional leadership challenges around change and the implications of transforming organizations.

To build a sustainable career you need to know your individual strengths and career objectives as well as how to communicate these effectively and appropriately. By efficient and effective networking and planning the Personal and Career Development module will help you improve succeed in finding the desired MBA Project, Internship and, finally, a job.