Business Organization

What will I learn by studying this Master?

To do research in the area of business organization and to learn practical tools to perform a better decision making at firms. The master allows the development of skills and training for the performance of research to prepare doctoral dissertations in the field of Business Organizations.

Is this Master official in accordance with the regulations of the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached). The master started in 2010-11.

Final verification report

Favorable report to the first modification

Favorable report to the second modification

Recommended profile

Students who own a university degree in Spain or in an Education Institution located in the European Space of Upper Education or other places overseas that enable in the issuing country the grade to access to Master Degrees.

Objectives

The main objective of the program consists of the advanced training of students in the research techniques for the Business Organization field. It will allow students to be trained in the contents that will allow them to develop academic research of excellence and prepare them to the development of a Doctoral dissertation.

The program includes the most important areas of knowledge in Business Organization. In search of excellence in research quality, it includes the participation of outstanding PhD lecturers who count on scientific research recognized by the Spanish Ministry of Education. The mobility amongst visiting professors from other countries and universities is promoted.

The program ensures the acquisition of the following basic competencies:

Basic skills in the management of information for research purposes.

Ability to explain with scientific arguments the own points of view and analyze and value alternatives for research papers.
Ability to verify and integrate updated knowledge in the area of Business Organizations.
Ability to apply knowledge to the business environment from a creative perspective.

Competences

General competences

CG01 – Basic skills for the management of information oriented to research.
CG02 – Ability to explain the points of view and to analyze and value the alternatives in research papers.
CG03 – Ability to verify and integrate updated knowledge in the area of Business Organizations.
CG04 – Ability to apply knowledge to business in a creative way.

Transversal competences

CT04 – To acquire learning skills that allow studying in a self-managed and autonomous way.
CT01 – To apply the acquired knowledge and resolution capability to new environments or wider ones.
CT02 – To integrate knowledge and face the complexity to formulate value judges from an information that it is not completed or it is limited and includes reflections of social and ethical issues associated to the application of knowledge and judgments.
CT03 – To communicate conclusions to specialized or non-specialized areas in a clear way removing ambiguities.
CT05 – To develop a critical thinking perspective and the ability to perform analysis and syntheses from available information.

Specific competencies

CE01 – To be able to identify the needs and demands from contexts where the application of methodological tools are required and learn to promote adequate solutions to research questions derived from Business Organization Areas.
CE02 – To develop the reasoning and critical thinking to perform analysis of the business reality through the identification, description and diagnosis of firm's problems close to the places where the student is located by making use of the strategic and organizational tools that from the Business Organization Area are provided and firms often use for their diagnosis.
CE03 – To apply methodological tools to solve problems and research questions in the organization and strategic fields.
CE04 – To know how to use tools from strategy and organization to identify and solve problems such as Porter's five forces, PESTLE analysis, to better know economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors, Porter's diamond, SWOT analysis and Balance Scorecard.
CE05 – To learn to propose appropriate solutions based on the studied firm's models.
CE07 – To obtain information in an effective way. To be able to search, manage, organize and analyze the bibliographic relevant information in the area of business organization and in each proposed area of research.
CE10 – To evaluate the research projected by other researchers and professionals through the development of reading and critical synthesis of research articles in each of the areas of Business organization.
CE12 – To know the main theoretical models that go beyond the different specific research environments. Students acquire specific knowledge in the most relevant theories that explain the firm's behavior, such as the Resource based view, the Cost Transactions view, the Dynamic Capabilities view, the Agency Theory, the firm's Dependence Resource Theory, and the Eclectic Theory.

Access and Enrollment

Admission:

The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 16 of Royal Decree 1393/2007, modified by Royal Decree 861/2010, of July 2:

In order to access the official Master's degrees, it will be necessary to be in possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another Member State of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes the same for access to the teachings of Master.
Likewise, graduates in accordance with educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area will be able to access without the need for homologation of their degrees, after verification by the University that they accredit a level of training equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that authorize in the country issuing the title for access to postgraduate education. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous title of which the interested party is in possession, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of studying the Master's degree.

CONDIONS OR SPECIAL ADMISSION TEST:

A B2 Level of English required

In case that is needed a special test will be taking place for the evaluation of the students' curriculum by considering their professional experience and projection according to the Master's objectives and their academic background.

The scoring notations for the evaluation of the curriculum will grade from 0 to 10, the professional experience weighs a 10%, the academic record weights a 20% and the student's projection according to the Master's objectives weighs a 20%. This last aspect is evaluated by means of a written proof of an hour to those applicants pre-enrolled. In the exam concrete questions dealing with a research paper are offered to students asking them about the opportunities, threads, strengths and weaknesses that the paper presents. The written proof weighs a 20% of the final mark, the English proof weighs another 20% of the final mark, and the personal interview weighs a 10% of the final mark.

Supply of places: 50 places. If in a course the minimum number of expected students is not reached, the University may choose not to open the technical group.

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Teaching Itinerary

Master Teacher guides

ACCESSING THE DEGREE TEACHING GUIDES

Teaching Itinerary

Cod	Subject	Credits	Vacation	Character
626301	Strategy and Organization	6	First	Compulsive
626302	Corporate Economics	6	First	Compulsive
626303	Cooperation agreements in Research and Development	6	First	Compulsive
626304	Strategies for business development	6	First	Compulsive
626305	The impact of information technologies and systems on business results	6	Second	Compulsive
626306	Other lines of research in business organization	6	First	Compulsive
626307	Final Master's Thesis	24	Second	FMT

material resources

Internship Placement

This master does not intend to conduct Placement

Mobility Programs

The University Master's Degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, generally do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University employees (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for the collection and analysis of information on these mobility programs.

Mobility URJC

Regulations

STUDENTS

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School Insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation student associations

Quality Guarantee

Link RUCT

Link BOCM

Internal System of Quality Guarantee

Composition of the committee

Report on Results

Once the follow-up on the Degree is carried out, the quantitative information concerning the results of the follow-up for each academic year is shown.

Report on Results:

General Information Collection Plan

Within the Quality Guarantee System at Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- Profile of the students

-Teacher assessment

- Degree of satisfaction:

Student
Of graduates
Of the teaching staff
Of administration and services staff

- Labor insertion

-External practices:

student satisfaction
External tutor satisfaction
Satisfaction of evaluators

Survey results:

Steps towards Improvement

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the Quality Assurance Committee of the degree is the information derived from the indicators of the degree and the achievement of a report that includes improvement plans if the results indicate.

Recognition of quality

Accreditation renewal supposes the culmination of the implementation of the official undergraduate and Master's degrees registered in the University, Center, and Degree Register. The accreditation renewal of official undergraduate and Master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit, and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the situation of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment report that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of assessors who are external to the degree in question.”