Master (MSc) in International Sustainability Management (Distance Learning)

PROGRAMME INFORMATION

1.5 YEARS

90 ECTS

ENGLISH OR GREEK

DISTANCE LEARNING

AWARDED BY NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY

OBJECTIVE OF THE MASTER (MSC) IN INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT

A primary objective of the program of study MSc in “International Sustainability Management”, is to give to the students a holistic appreciation of the sustainability and sustainable oriented problems and challenges that might be faced by a business and the ways that these can be dealt with effectively and in alignment with its strategic goals and objectives. An additional important objective that pertains this program, is the evaluation of the different methodological tools of research as well as the effective communication between different people and departments within an organization, especially when they originate from many and different socio-cultural environments. Essentially, the students will be able to apply everything that they have learned through this programme to their case studies and even more importantly, to their own professional environments.

PROGRAMME LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the completion of the MSc in International Sustainability Management, graduates are expected to be able to:

1. Value the meaning and implications of sustainability and its application for businesses of various industries and sectors within an international context.
2. Assess businesses’ options regarding their strategic choices that emanate from their internal environment and policy making.
3. Use different sources of data (primary, secondary, qualitative, quantitative) to enhance existing knowledge and create new knowledge regarding sustainability.
4. Use leadership and human resource management to help aid solutions to the sustainability-oriented problems and challenges of an international business.
5. Establish and use communication skills as effectively as possible, especially ιn the context of an interdisciplinary and multicultural international business environment.
6. Propose innovative sustainability strategies based on the principles of profit, people and planet, that will make a business as sustainable as possible in the future.

TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS

The MSc in “International Sustainability Management” is a distance learning programme, offered both for full-time or part-time study. Distance learning is multiform and flexible to enhance the quality of communication between students, teachers and university bodies. The programme runs across three academic semesters and in order to successfully complete their studies, students need to accumulate 90 ECTS. In the first semester, students attend four compulsory courses and in the second semester they attend three compulsory courses and one elective course and each of the courses (compulsory and elective) correspond to 7.5 ECTS. In the third semester, students write their dissertation, which corresponds to 30 ECTS. The programme is offered both in the Greek and the English language.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

SEMESTER 1

CodeCourse titleCourse typeECTS
DEIASM5Sustainability Science and ManagementCompulsory7.5
DMBA590Human Resources ManagementCompulsory7.5
DIS509Research MethodologiesCompulsory7.5
ISM511CSR, Sustainable Development and Public PoliciesCompulsory7.5

SEMESTER 2

CodeCourse titleCourse typeECTS
DOLHR511Strategic Business SustainabilityCompulsory7.5
DMBA584Entrepreneurship and InnovationCompulsory7.5
DMBA580Leadership and Organizational BehaviorCompulsory7.5
DEIASM6Economic Analysis and Environmental EconomicsElective7.5
DBA561Marketing Management and Business CommunicationElective7.5

SEMESTER 3

CodeCourse titleCourse typeECTS
DISM600DissertationCompulsory30

DISCLAIMER

The University reserves its right to define the electives offered on an academic year basis.

The programme structure may change without prior notice, as a result of quality assurance procedures or/and programme recertification.

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FACULTY & STAFF OF THE PROGRAMME

Achilleas Karayiannis

Programme Administrator of MSc in International Sustainability Management

Assistant Professor in Sustainability, Innovation, Organisational Psychology

Anastasia Reppas

Professor of Educational Administration

Deputy Head of the Department of Economics and Business

Coordinator of the MPA: (Direction Educational Management)

Anastasia Athanasoula – Reppa is Professor of Educational Administration and Organizational Behavior at Neapolis University Pafos in Cyprus. She holds a PhD and Master’s degree from Panteion University...

Andreas Masouras

Assistant Professor in Communication and Marketing

Coordinator of the MBA

Dr Andreas Masouras is Assistant Professor at Neapolis University in the fields of Marketing and Communication. He holds a PhD (Honors) from the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese...

Christos Papademetriou

Assistant Professor in Management - Human Resources Management

Coordinator of the Distance Master in Business Administration (DMBA)

Christos Papademetriou holds a doctorate (PhD) in Social Science from the University of Leicester, UK. The title of his thesis is “Investigating the Impact of Sequential Cross-Cultural Training on the Level of Sociocultural and Psychological Adjustment of Expatriate Mangers”...

Eirini Vlassi

Visiting Fellow and Academic Coordinator of the MBA in Tourism

Eirini Vlassi is currently a lecturer in Neapolis University Pafos in the field of management and marketing of tourism business and tourism destinations. She is also an adjunct lecturer, teaching Strategic Tourism Management, in the MBA in Aviation and Tourism Management offered by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences....

Georgios Deirmentzoglou

Lecturer in Business Administration

Georgios Deirmentzoglou holds a PhD degree in Business Administration from the Department of Business Administration – University of Piraeus...

Natia Anastasi

Lecturer in Engineering Materials

Natia Anastasi holds a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from Yale University and has completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she explored aspects of environmental chemistry.

Sofia Daskou

Associate Professor in Business and Customer Management

Coordinator of the MSc in Digital Marketingκ and ERASMUS

Dr Daskou has served at the University of Plymouth, as Director of Postgraduate Programmes of Plymouth Business School, Relationship Development Manager and a lecturer in Marketing...

Sotiris Apostolopoulos

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Development

Coordinator of the BSc in Business Administration & Digital Business

Sotiris Apostolopoulos holds a PhD degree from the School of Management of University of the Peloponnese and two Master’s degrees (MSc) in Healthcare Administration and in Finance as well. He specialises in rural entrepreneurship, European policies and the socio-economic development of the rural areas....

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