Executive MBA in Leadership & Logistics - Kühne Logistics University - The KLU, Hamburg

Profil der Hochschule

The Kühne Logistics University in Germany is a private, state-recognized university dedicated to teaching and research of logistics as a core element of globally organized management. Our students and professors don’t see logistics in the literal sense of the word, but rather as a leadership function in all sectors of the international economy. Almost no other area of expertise prepares future management leaders for tomorrow's global challenges better than a broad understanding of logistics. The university was founded in 2010 and has been granted state-recognition and university status in September the same year.

Based in Hamburg, THE KLU is interdisciplinary and international in its teaching and research, driven by the vision of its founder Professor Klaus-Michael Kühne. The choice of the HafenCity docklands district for its campus is a further expression of the confidence of the university and the foundation in the prosperous future development of the City of Hamburg.

Besonderheiten der Studiengänge

Executive MBA In Leadership & Logistics

The KLU’s Executive MBA in Leadership and Logistics is an exciting educational experience focused on preparing high potential professionals to become global leaders in supply chain operations and management.

Students completing this program acquire practical knowledge and skills enabling them to:

• Lead and manage global businesses having complex international operations;
• Develop effective corporate and supply strategies to compete in complex international settings
• Understand complexities of intercultural cooperation to ensure effective interaction with international subsidiaries and partners
• Leverage the creative energies of themselves and their colleagues to create innovative solutions to global operational issues that are both sustainable and profitable.

Our Executive MBA in Logistics and Leadership is a hands on program composed of team based learning that focuses on creating leaders in the logistics profession that create true, sustainable value for their organizations, their society and themselves.

The program is an eighteen month long part time program mixing class room work with team based projects. Two international trips are integrated into the curriculum to provide the students with background information on how other cultures learn and work. A capstone project (thesis) based on a real world problem of importance to the student and their employer integrates the knowledge developed throughout the program and provides the student with a transition from learning to actual practice.

The program is composed of eleven modules, including the capstone project. The four dimensions of the educational program are:

The Strategic Dimension

• Where are we going?
• Who are our competitors?
• How are we different?
• How will we compete?

The Organizational Dimension

• How should we organize to compete?
• What resources do we need?
• How can we motivate our people?
• How do we control ourselves?

The Product Dimension

• What products do we want to make?
• How do we keep them fresh?
• How do we get our message to the customer?
• How can we get feedback from our customers?

The Operational Dimension

• How can we operate effectively and efficiently?
• How can we operate in a sustainable manner?
• How can we involve everyone in the operation?
• How can we continuously improve?