School of Business
Ekonominaukio 1
Department of Management Studies
Department of Management Studies
The Department of Management Studies offers a dynamic environment for scholarship and learning, where cutting-edge research underpins high-quality teaching.
The department educates strategic leaders with a strong ethical mindset for the contemporary global business environments. The research is mainly focused on advancing knowledge and critical scholarship in the broader field of management and organization studies.
Research
At the Department of Management Studies, members of faculty carry out their research in multiple areas, collaborating across disciplinary borders with internationally acknowledged scholars from all over the world. The research strategy of the department rests on the discipline’s core strength in understandings of organisational settings as sites, where decisions are made in the face of potentially incompatible demands.
Research in International Business
International Business - cutting edge in research and teaching
Research in Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship unit offers a unique action-oriented learning experience for Master’s students and a high-quality research programme that contributes to scholarly debates and policy development.
Research in Organization and Management
Organization and Management comprises a broad group of scholars. Research and teaching in the discipline is informed by the recognition of complexities that pluralist demands from multiple stakeholder groups create for management.
Research in Organizational Communication
Research and teaching in the unit of Organizational Communication focuses on the social and communicative practices through which organizations, communities, and societies are managed and organized in the era characterized by rapid economic, organizational, and technological changes and challenges created by them.
Research in Philosophy of Management
Research and teaching in Philosophy of Management concentrate mainly on moral and political philosophy, business ethics, and the philosophy of social sciences.
Studies
Economics, Bachelor of Science (Economics and Business Administration) and Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
The Economics programme provides tools and knowledge to understand and explain current phenomena in the world from an economic perspective.
International Business, Bachelor (BScBA, Mikkeli) and Master of Science (Otaniemi) in Economics and Business Administration
The Bachelor’s Programme in International Business provides students with a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge to build, develop and lead companies on a global scale. A bachelor’s degree in business with an international focus opens up a wide variety of career opportunities across all industries and continents.
International Design Business Management, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
IDBM is a pioneering and renowned study programme that truly embodies the vision of Aalto by integrating design and technology with global business development. Through transdisciplinary teamwork and real-life business challenges provided by our prominent industry partners, the programme prepares students as the next generation of creative professionals. IDBM is uniquely positioned as the only programme offered in all six schools of Aalto, allowing programme graduates to earn a Master’s degree in either business, design or technology.
Creative Sustainability, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
The Creative Sustainability (CS) programme provides students with the skills and knowledge to address pressing global sustainability challenges through business. Students with different backgrounds are united by the creative solutions, hands-on methodologies and shared values that characterise the programme. Graduates are well-prepared for leadership positions that require harnessing business understanding to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Master's Programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (external link)
Master's Programme in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Doctoral Programme in International Business (external link)
Doctoral Programme in International Business
Doctoral Programme in Organization and Management (external link)
Doctoral Programme in Organization and Management
Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship (external link)
Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship
Doctoral Programme in Organizational Communication (external link)
Doctoral Programme in Organizational Communication
Global Management, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
The Master’s programme in Global Management prepares students to operate responsibly and successfully in influential decision-maker positions in a globalized environment. The programme develops students’ knowledge and skills in strategy, business development, leadership, and cross-cultural understanding. The programme incorporates CEMS Master’s in International Management.
People
People in International Business
Meet the professors, researchers, doctoral students and staff of International Business.
People in Entrepreneurship
Meet the professors, researchers, doctoral students and staff of Entrepreneurship.
People in Organization and Management
Meet the professors, researchers, doctoral students and staff of Organization and Management.
People in Organizational Communication
Meet the professors, researchers, doctoral students and staff of Organizational Communication.
People in Philosophy of Management
Meet the professors, researchers and doctoral students of Philosophy of Management.
Department Administration
Meet the Administration of Department of Management Studies
News
New event: Aalto Research Data Uncovered
Join us online or in-person at the Hybrid Stage!
Various career paths: Satu Rämö writes bestseller crime stories to balance a career in digital communication where brevity and concision rule
Rämö is able to lead a life that is truly her own as an author and entrepreneur in communication, as her business competence allows her to maintain sufficient profit margins and keep her finances in check
The students’ research work gave Pohjola Insurance and OP Life Assurance companies an important overall insight to sustainable insurance business
Customers and investors are expecting insurers to undertake sustainability actions in all the business activities
From periphery to business core – the 30th anniversary of the Sustainability in Business group
Sustainability was an unusual, if not odd, research topic in business schools in the early 1990s. The most radical changes are, however, yet to come, says Professor Minna Halme.Events
Data documentation, folder organisation, and describing datasets in repositories
Learn about data documentation, organisation, and metadata with Data Agents Dr. Pedro Silva, Ilari Lähteenmäki, and Information Specialist Laura Mure from Research Services.
Solve the SDGs 2023
A hackathon on two continents for one purpose: building a better tomorrow. Apply by Friday 17.3. to join!
EDUCase Platform organizes a workshop for network HEIs
You are warmly welcome to the Workshop for Network HEIs on Friday 31.3.2023, taking place from 10.00 to 15.00 at Aalto University.
Better Business — Better Society Seminar: ”Murros mallissa tai markkinassa – uusi mahdollisuus haastaa”
The Better Business — Better Society seminar series offers our collaborators, supporters, and alumni opportunities to learn about and discuss current societally important topics.
Impact Investing Research Project
Future of Work
Headquarters Location Research Project
Quantum Computing – from Labs to Markets
Contact information
We are located in Aalto University School of Business' campus in Otaniemi
Visiting address
Ekonominaukio 1
02150, Espoo
Department administration
Head of the Department: Johanna Moisander
Secretary: Tiia Melander
School of Business
At the School of Business we strive for better business and better society. We excel in education and research with a multidisciplinary approach and in collaboration with our partners.
