EOI Business School offers an innovative and eminently practical programme that focuses on understanding the real situation and future trends in sustainable development and corporate responsibility in international companies and institutions. The purpose of the IMSD programme is to prepare a new generation of responsible business and community leaders that will take organisations and policy makers to meeting the global challenges of the 21st century.
Students will learn to integrate economic, social and environmental perspectives into the business development strategy and generate value for society. After completing the IMSD, students will be best-placed to contribute to the sustainability of their future employers' organisation or their own business.
The Masters prepares students in:
• Leading Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsibility Projects,developing a multidisciplinary approach to implement sustainable solutions at both local and global levels.
• Devising and implementing Sustainability Strategiesin private companies, international organisations, NGOs, integrating social and environmental aspects in their core business and involving the whole structure of the organisation.
• Identifying key indicatorsto evaluate strategies for Sustainability.
• Developing engagement strategies to effectively communicate with the different stakeholders of the organisation (employees, shareholders, clients, suppliers, media, NGOs, community).
• Writing environmental and social reports.
• Identifying opportunities for business development linked to social and environmental issues
• Generating business-to-society communicationstrategies that reinforce corporate responsibility policies.
• Identifying and promote partnerships for development involving the private and public sectors,civil society and NGOs.
• Enhancing team-work, intercultural communication
The IMSD offers an excellent curriculum that includes a selection of inter-disciplinary courses geared to the development of crossover management abilities. The IMSD is a 9 month full time programme starting October 2010 and finishing July 2011.
It consists of 600 contact hours, equivalent to 70 credits: 60 credits correspond to lessons, individual study and work-group assignments and 10 credits correspond to the Final Project.
The programme consists of three groups of subjects: Common Subjects (100 contact hours), Core Subjects (470 contact hours) and Elective Subjects (30 contact hours).
Common subjects are mandatory for all our Postgraduate Programmes (MBA, IMSD....).These subjects are aligned with EOI's key performance axes: Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Core subjects are specific to the IMSD and cover main sustainability challenges i.e. environmental management, social and economic development, corporate responsibility and reputation, sustainability programmes in international organisations, etc.
During the month of March students will attend 30 hours of elective subjects, among a pool of matters related to Sustainability Management. During this period, students have also the possibility to join one of our Study Abroad Programmes.
During the second part of the Master, a Final Project is undertaken in teams of 3-4 students. This final dissertation will be presented early/middle July 2011 at EOI´s Auditorium and will be assessed by an academic committee. Passing the Final Project is a necessary condition to obtain the IMSD Diploma.
The IMSD is considered a full time programme since students must study and work hard in teams every day after class; therefore it is not advisable to combine it with a part time job.
