Management

Management

Course Type:
Master’s Programme

Programme Introduction

This programme aims to enable the progress of the students from the 1st study cycle in Management and develop the 2nd cycle academic offer in the field of management. The Master in Management inted to produce professionals with advanced training in Management, able to operate in global, complex and changeable environments, with initiative and with ethic and social responsibility conscientiousnes.

Programme Coordinator

Neuza Manuel Pereira Ribeiro
coord.mge.estg@ipleiria.pt

Reference

9295

School

Technology and Management

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

Morning & Afternoon

Length

3 Semesters

Vacancies

General and International student contingent: 35

Notice

Edital 2026 (PT Doc retf)

DGES certification

Objectives

Programme
  • Develop partnerships with companies of the region through internships, projects and dissertations that explore practical issues of management of those companies;
  • Develop research in the field of management by the completion of projects and dissertations;
  • Promote the transference of advanced knowledge in the field of management to society.
1st Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
1st Semester 6 30 h
  1. International Finance
    1. Introduction: Framework of International Finance
    2. Exchange Rates: direct and indirect quotation, cross exchange rate, spot and forward exchange rate;bilateral and triangular arbitrage;
    3. Exchange risk management, arbitration mechanisms, currency swaps, currency options;
  2. Behavioral Finance
    1. Background: behavioral finance versus rational finance;
    2. Cognitive and emotional biases of investors;
    3. Behavioral models of assets prices
    4. The behavioral finance in the company;
  3. Venture Capital
    1. Background: Venture Capital – concept, characteristics and advantages;
    2. Types of investment in venture capital;
    3. Venture Capital Funds.
1st Semester 6 30 h
  1. Strategy concept
  2. Innovation and value creation to the customer
  3. Corporate governance
  4. Ethics and social responsibility in strategy management
  5. The importance of corporate culture in the implementation of the strategy
  6. Managing the human factor and the efficiency of strategic implementatioN
  7. Analysis of the specific case of the strategic objectives in small business
  8. Evaluation and control of strategic implementation | Case Study – Grupo Lena
1st Semester 6 60 h
  1. Complements of Statistics
    1. Preliminary data analysis
    2. Point and interval estimation
    3. Hypothesis testing
  2. Linear regression
    1. Interpretation and estimation of the model
    2. Model assumptions analysis (normality, homoscedasticity, autocorrelation, multicollinearity and influential observations)
    3. Inference for the model parameters
    4. Quality and model comparison measures
    5. Prediction
    6. The use of dummy variables
    7. Dynamical models
    8. Analysis of the presence of mediator variables
    9. Analysis of the presence of moderator variables
  3. Principal component analysis and factor analysis
    1. Principal component analysis
    2. Improving multiple linear regression model using principal component analysis
    3. Factor analysis and internal consistency
  4. Models with limited dependent variable
    1. Linear probability models
    2. Logit and Probit Models
    3. Tobit Model
  5. Models based
1st Semester 6 30 h
  1. Operations and logistics
  2. Equipment localization
  3. Transportation
  4. Stocks
  5. Process analysis
  6. Operations scheduling
  7. Lean approaches in Operations
1st Semester 6 30 h
  1. Management and Managers: new realities, new challenges
  2. Management of relationships: Relationship Marketing
  3. Management by processes: problem solving Methodolog
Financial Information 2nd Semester 6 30 h
Organizational Behaviour 2nd Semester 6 30 h
2nd Semester 6 30 h
  • 9295115 – Consultadoria em Gestão Estratégica a)
  • 9295116 – Gestão de Pessoas a)
  • 9295117 – Planeamento e Controlo de Gestão a)
  • 9295118 – Complementos de Gestão de Operações a)

a) Créditos a obter entre as unidades curriculares optativas definidas pelo órgão legal estatutariamente competente.
2nd Semester 6 30 h
  • 9295115 – Consultadoria em Gestão Estratégica b)
  • 9295116 – Gestão de Pessoas b)
  • 9295117 – Planeamento e Controlo de Gestão b)
  • 9295118 – Complementos de Gestão de Operações b)

b) Créditos a obter entre as unidades curriculares optativas definidas pelo órgão legal estatutariamente competente.
2175210 Management Seminars II 2nd Semester 6 60 h
2nd Year
ID Name Semester ECTS Length
2175214 S1 30
  • 2175211 – Management Dissertation c)
  • 2175212 – Management Project c)
  • 2175213 – Management Internship c)

c) Os estudantes devem optar pela realização de uma das unidades curriculares optativas de Dissertação em Gestão, Projeto em Gestão ou Estágio em Gestão.

Entry Requirements

  1. Holders of an undergraduate degree or a legal equivalent In Business or related fields.
  2. Holders of a foreign higher education diploma, granted after a first cycle of studies, under the principles of the Bologna Process, by a State, which has subscribed this Process.
  3. Holders of a foreign higher education diploma that is recognized as meeting the objectives of an undergraduate degree by the scientific body of the ESTG-IPLeiria.
  4. Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum, recognized as adequate to attend the study cycle by the scientific body of the ESTG-IPLeiria.

Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 4
Publication Date: 30/09/2020
A3ES Accreditation

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How to apply

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 50€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 1140€
International student contingent: 3000€